News Archive: February 12, 2006 - February 18, 2006 Archives

February 17, 2006
GAO: Telephone service lacking in Indian Country, (02/17)
Native American a 'four letter word' after Abramoff (02/17)
Congressman seeks review of Seneca land buys (02/17)
Yakama Nation finally fills tribal court positions (02/17)
Valbuena: Yes, tribes are sovereign governments (02/17)
Review: 'In the Shadow of Wounded Knee' (02/17)
Tribes receive meat from Yellowstone bison (02/17)
Democrat leader accused of bullying First Nations (02/17)
Tribes oppose education reorganization at BIA (02/17)
Pauma Band bans nine amid heightened security (02/17)
Board won't ask schools to change Indian mascots (02/17)
Santee Sioux Tribe reclaims jurisdiction from state (02/17)
Pechanga Band donates $600k to tourism bureau (02/17)
Navajo Nation president issues drought warning (02/17)
NCAI hires new governmental affairs director (02/17)
Gonzales won't step away from Abramoff investigation (02/17)

February 16, 2006
Bill gives tax break to Navajo power plant developer (02/16)
Native people not descended from lost Jewish tribe (02/16)
Passamaquoddy Tribe seeks former naval base (02/16)
FEC official seeks to rein in tribal political donations (02/16)
Editorial: Good work in keeping tribe's ER open (02/16)
Oneida Nation wants land claim settlement honored (02/16)
Wyoming tribes drop coalbed methane proposal (02/16)
Judge won't move Arapaho man's murder trial (02/16)
Police seek missing 14-year-old twin Native girls (02/16)
Writer accused of slur against premier's Indian wife (02/16)
Investigation into murder of 14-year-old Native girl (02/16)
Ex-premier denies running a 'redneck' government (02/16)
Bill opens tribal colleges to lottery scholarships (02/16)
Group pushes Pataki to collect reservation taxes (02/16)
Pombo starts investigation of DOI royalty program (02/16)
Ceremonial swearing-in set for new Justice Alito (02/16)
Tom Daschle: Opportunity for tribes and energy (02/16)
Alaska Native leader to leave Tanana Chiefs post (02/16)
Column: Urban Indian colony still thriving (02/16)

February 15, 2006
Alabama senator doesn't believe in sovereignty (02/15)
Senators, tribal leaders bash Bush's latest budget (02/15)
Billy Mills to be honored at NMAI for charity work (02/15)
Goshute nuclear waste dump faces more obstacles (02/15)
Navajo Nation Supreme Court takes case on the road (02/15)
Choctaw chief accused of hiding political spending (02/15)
Cherokee chief wants to sue BIA over constitution (02/15)
Oglala Sioux Tribe to lose 59 police officers (02/15)
Tom Heffelfinger to step down as U.S. Attorney (02/15)
Ex-premier testifies at inquiry into Native man's death (02/15)
Hualapai Tribe sees interest in Grand Canyon skywalk (02/15)
Kickapoo corruption case moves forward in Texas (02/15)
Lobby League: Top Indian shops in Washington (02/15)
Opinion: Lawyer for anti-Indian group questions tribes (02/15)
Bush, Democrats oppose $7B royalty giveaway (02/15)
Several lobbying firms report strong growth in 2005 (02/15)
Editorial: White House doesn't know Jack Abramoff (02/15)

February 14, 2006
Census Bureau report highlights Indian Country (02/14)
License granted to store waste on Goshute reservation (02/14)
Jodi Rave: Program to help Natives in legal system (02/14)
Elimination of urban Indian health care opposed (02/14)
Hopi v. Navajo contest for Arizona State Senate (02/14)
Jicarilla Apache Nation celebrates 119 years (02/14)
Yellow Bird: Names and nicknames important (02/14)
Mother guilty for death of son on First Nation (02/14)
Big witness to testify about killing of Native man (02/14)
Pombo says Abramoff 'never lobbied me on anything' (02/14)
Fatal bus accident on Tohono O'odham Reservation (02/14)
Interior to give away $7B in oil and gas royalties (02/14)
Bush has no time frame, cost on Yucca Mountain (02/14)
Abramoff boasted of contacts with White House (02/14)
Bald eagle faces removal from endangered species list (02/14)
New FEC official seeks limits on tribal political donations (02/14)
Listening Lounge: Hearing on FY2007 budget request (02/14)
McCain criticized for focus on lobbying, gaming (02/14)
Tim Giago: Yes, Virginia, Indians do pay taxes (02/14)

February 13, 2006
Jodi Rave: Tribal employee admits to fraud in Iraq (02/13)
Abramoff tried to exploit tribes for Washington project (02/13)
Yakama Nation members take tribe to federal court (02/13)
Oneida Nation opposes efforts to restrict tribes (02/13)
BIA proposes to take land into trust for Cayuga Nation (02/13)
DOI meeting on energy rights-of-way on tribal lands (02/13)
Tribal member, a lobbyist, not part of Team Abramoff (02/13)
Man claims to have killed 412lb buck on reservation (02/13)
EPA to hold meeting on tribe's treatment as state (02/13)
Shakopee Tribe's trust land stirs controversy (02/13)
Body of missing Indian man found on reservation (02/13)
Rep. Doolittle defends aid for Meskwaki Tribe (02/13)
Bush in photo with ex-Kickapoo chief and Abramoff (02/13)
Interview: Lance Morgan, CEO of Ho-Chunk Inc. (02/13)
Opinion: Storm photos cast Indians in negative light (02/13)
Editorial: Indians punished for standing up for rights (02/13)
Opinion: UND ignores opponents of 'Sioux' (02/13)
Mark Trahant: Future taxpayers will cough up dough (02/13)
Yellow Bird: Film to explore tribe's young people (02/13)

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