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March 20, 2006 Cherokee chief calls for an 'Indian' Nation by blood An Indian nation should be composed of people who are Indian by blood, the leader of the second largest tribe in the U.S. said last week. During his State of... Indian issues weren't on Kempthorne's agenda in Senate During his six years in the U.S. Senate, Interior Secretary nominee Dirk Kempthorne signed onto just one piece of legislation related to tribal matters, according to a review of Congressional... Chumash Chair: Tribes are sovereign governments "Native American tribes were independent, self-governing communities long before the arrival of the European nations. The government-to-government relationship between tribal governments and the federal government has existed since the formation... Tribes wary of Kempthorne, Interior nominee Tribal leaders are expressing caution about Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne (R), President Bush's nominee for Interior Secretary. John Guevremont, the chief operating officer and director of government affairs for the... Seminole Tribe, ex-chief Jim Billie settle dispute The Seminole Tribe of Florida has reached a settlement with former chief Jim Billie. The tribe will pay Billie $600,000 to settle a lawsuit that accused him of mismanaging a... Tragedy at Red Lake: One year after deadly shootings Tuesday is the one-year anniversary of the March 21, 2005, shootings on the Red Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota that left 10 people dead. The tribe designated March 21... Accident claims lives of two young Muckleshoots A deadly accident has claimed the lives of two young members of the Muckleshoot Tribe of Washington, with another young tribal member accused of causing the crash. The accident... New Mexico Democrats create Native American caucus The Democratic Party of New Mexico has created its first Native American Caucus. Laura Harris, Comanche, is the chairwoman of the new caucus. She said New Mexico is only the... BIA has one employee for all roads in New Mexico The Bureau of Indian Affairs has just one employee in charge of maintaining all the reservation roads in New Mexico, The Farmington Daily Times reports. That means dirt roads... Chickasaw Nation seeks trust status for new land buy The Chickasaw Nation plans to seek trust status for a 53-acre shopping center the tribe is buying in Newcastle, The Oklahoman reported. The tribe plans to use some of the... Apache family sues over 'Into the West' haircut A Mescalero Apache family from New Mexico is seeking $325,000 in damages for a haircut given to an 8-year-old girl as part of the "Into the West" miniseries. Christina... Judge agrees to delay Abramoff sentencing A federal judge in Washington, D.C., agreed to delay sentencing of Jack Abramoff in order for the disgraced lobbyist to continue cooperating with the Department of Justice's corruption probe. U.S.... Battle brewing over tobacco taxes in New York Tribal leaders and Indian business owners in New York are preparing for legal battles over the state's tobacco taxes. Under a new law that went into effect March 1, tribal-... Alaska Native corporations await GAO report Alaska Native corporations are eagerly awaiting the results of a Government Accountability Office investigation into the billions of sole-source, no-bid federal contracts they have received. Under special legislation that... Goshute waste site offered to Energy Department The backers of a nuclear waste facility on the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation in Utah are offering to sell space at the site to the Energy Department. Private Fuel Storage,... Rep. Doolittle's wife benefited from DeLay, Abramoff The wife of Rep. John Doolittle (R-California), the congressman has defended Jack Abramoff, started a firm whose only major clients are linked to the disgraced lobbyist, The San Diego... Lobbyists already figuring out reform loopholes Lobbyists in the nation's capitol re already figuring out ways to get around "reforms" being considered in Congress, The Washington Post reports. Members of both parties called for reforms in... Editorial: Settle trust fund lawsuit for billions "A decade has passed since Elouise Cobell sued the U.S. Departments of the Interior and Treasury on behalf of 500,000 Indians nationwide whose trust funds she claimed were criminally mishandled... Mark Trahant: Unsaid debates dominate agenda "I don't like the unsaid debates. These are the issues that pop up, almost out of nowhere, yet consume our political discourse. Consider the controversy over the Dubai company's purchase... |