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March 14, 2006 Campbell recommended to run Interior Department Retired Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colorado) is being recommended to replace fellow Coloradan Gale Norton as Secretary of the Interior. Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Colorado) is writing a letter to President... Shoshone-Bannock Tribes win sovereignty ruling A non-Indian company doing business on fee land within the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho must submit to the jurisdiction of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, a federal judge ruled last week.... American Indian Center at UND prepares for debut The American Indian Center at the University of North Dakota is moving to a new building. The $1 million facility will open to students on Monday. The building will house... State, tribe find no artifacts at construction site An inspection by the Mohegan Tribe and the state of Connecticut of a construction site in Norwich turned up no artifacts of evidence of a tribal settlement. The tribe... Tribal-owned tobacco shops exempt from rules The Oklahoma Tax Commission will exempt tribal-owned tobacco shops from emergency tax rules. The commission issued the rules after finding out that some tobacco products weren't being sold with the... DOJ examined financial records of Sen. Burns, staffer The Department of Justice looked at the financial records of Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Montana) and two former staffers as part of the Jack Abramoff investigation, the Roll Call newspaper reported.... County renews three Whiteclay liquor licenses The Sheridan County, Nebraska, Board of Commissioners voted Monday to renew the liquor licenses of three establishments in the border town of Whiteclay. Tribal activists and the group Nebraskans... Wisconsin school to eliminate 'Raider' Indian logo The Wauwatosa School Board voted to eliminate East High School's spear/arrow logo but agreed to keep the Red Raider nickname. Some people, including tribal members, called for the elimination... Mille Lacs Chair: Tribes not to blame for Abramoff "Most Americans were shocked when the scandal involving lobbyist Jack Abramoff began to unfold. Indian people weren't all that surprised. A small group of businessmen hatches a scheme to steal... First Nation mourns death of Luna, the killer whale The Mowachaht-Muchalaht First Nation in British Columbia held a funeral on Monday in honor of Luna, an orphan killer whale who died last week. Known as Tsux'iit, the whale... Kiowa medicine men bless Keeper of the Plains Two medicine men from the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma traveled to Wichita, Kansas, on Monday to hold a blessing ceremony for the 44-foot-tall Keeper of the Plains sculpture. Truman... Tribes awarded $18.4M in energy cost grants The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development agency has awarded $18.4 million in grants to tribes to offset the high cost of energy. In Arizona, the Havasupai Tribe will use... Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation seek to reopen mines The Hopi Tribe and the Navajo Nation are working to reopen coal mines in northeastern Arizona that employed hundreds of tribal members and provided revenues for both tribes. The coal... Osage Nation voters approve new constitution Members of the Osage Nation of Oklahoma voted overwhelmingly in favor of a new constitution. Nearly 67 percent backed the constitution, The Native American Times reported. The tribe will now... Relations between Red Lake, non-Indians improve Race relations in northern Minnesota have come a long way since 1967, when a business leader in Bemidji used the radio to spread racist views about the Red Lake Nation.... Sacred Run 2006 halfway to nation's capitol Participants in the Sacred Run 2006 are halfway through their 4,000-mile journey from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. The 50 or so runners made it to Oklahoma last week. They... Sisseton-Wahpeton chairman removed from office J.C. Crawford, the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribe, has been removed from office on charges of misappropriation. The tribal council voted 5-3 last Friday to remove Crawford. They said he misappropriated more... Margaret Inouye, wife of Sen. Inouye, dies at 81 Margaret Inouye, the wife of Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), died on Monday after a battle with colon cancer. She was 81. The Inouyes had been married for nearly 57... Study: Lumbees at higher risk for heart disease Members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina are at higher risk for heart disease, according to researchers from Duke University. A study of 920 Lumbees who were hospitalized for... Tim Giago: The road to true tribal sovereignty "John Reyhner, Northern Arizona University, a man who has written extensively on Indian education, expressed some very cogent thoughts on Indian sovereignty. He wrote that sovereignty involves taking back control... Human Events: Democrats protect tribal 'loophole' In 2002, Democrats defeated an attempt to close the tribal political donation "loophole," the conservative publication Human Events says. Rep. Dale Kildee (D-Michigan) said the Congressional Native American Caucus worked... |