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February 24, 2006 Cobell blasts Bush for blaming BIA cut on lawsuit Elouise Cobell, the lead plaintiff in the Indian trust fund lawsuit, asked key members of Congress on Thursday to stop the Bush administration from cutting the Bureau of Indian Affairs... Scotty Harjo, Haskell coach and mentor, dies at 78 Scotty Harjo, a longtime coach, mentor and icon at Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas, died on Wednesday. He was 78. Harjo was Seminole and Creek from Oklahoma. He... Scientists continue study of Kennewick Man remains A group of scientists is still carrying out studies on the remains of Kennewick Man, a 9,000-year-old skeleton found on former reservation land in Washington. The initial results of the... Northern Cheyenne basketball team barred from court The boys basketball team from the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana was barred from competing in a divisional tournament after two players were found to be ineligible. The Montana... Red Lake principal takes leave due to health problems Chris Dunshee, the principal of the high school on the Red Lake Ojibwe Reservation where the March 21, 2005, shootings took place, is taking a medical leave of absence.... No charges for threat at Leech Lake Reservation school No charges will be laid against a 13-year-old girl accused of making a threat to carry out a shooting at a school on the Leech Lake Ojibwe Reservation in Minnesota.... Man on quest to document Nahuatl language Anthropologist Jonathan Amith is on a quest to create the most extensive Nahuatl language resource, a journey that has so far lasted more than 20 years. Amith conducts his work... Drug trafficking ring busted on Pine Ridge Reservation A joint federal-tribal investigation resulted in the indictments of 16 people for drug trafficking on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The indictments stem from a cocaine trafficking ring... South Dakota Senate rejects bill to aid tribal housing The South Dakota Senate voted 6-29 against a bill that would have ensured tribes could participate in a state housing program. Under the program, prison inmates build small houses for... New York won't collect sales taxes on reservations The New York Department of Taxation and Finance doesn't plan on enforcing legislation that would require the state to collect cigarette and fuel taxes on reservations. On March 1, the... WOJB shines with coverage of cross-country ski race WOJB-FM, a community radio station operated by the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe of Wisconsin, has found lots of fans with its coverage of the American Birkebeiner, the largest cross country... Cherokee Nation donates $2.3M to public schools The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma donated more than $2.3 million to public school in the tribe's 14-county jurisdictional area. The tribe is fulfilling a promise to share revenues from... The World: Ralph Reed took Jack Abramoff's money "It's not one of Dante's circles of hell, but it could be a distant suburb. The Coushatta Casino Resort in Kinder, La., is not kind to the elderly people—yes, with... Wiyot Tribe holds annual candlelight vigil The Wiyot Tribe in northern California is holding the 15th annual Indian Island Candlelight Vigil on Saturday. The tribe started the vigil to commemorate the ancestors who were massacred... Next week a busy one for tribal issues in Washington Next week is a busy one for tribal issues in Washington, D.C., with two major Indian conferences, two Senate hearings and a media seminar taking place in the nation's capitol.... North Dakota tribes criticize Bush's latest budget More Photos from United Tribes Technical College Leaders of four North Dakota tribes criticized President Bush's fiscal year 2007 budget request at a Senate Indian Affairs Committee field hearing... Photos: SCIA FY2007 Hearing at UTTC The following photos were taken at the Senate Indian Affairs Committee field hearing on President Bush's fiscal year 2007 budget. The hearing was held at the United Tribes Technical College... Rep. Doolittle seeks re-election amid Abramoff scandal Rep. John Doolittle (R-California) announced his re-election campaign on Thursday, acknowledging the Jack Abramoff scandal may be an issue for voters. Doolittle is one of several lawmakers said to be... Coushatta Leader: Jack Who? Jack Afterthought The New York Times Magazine asks David Sickey, a council member for the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, about the tribe's involvement with Jack Abramoff. He has some interesting and... |