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February 22, 2011

Idaho Republicans targeting tribes with tobacco taxation bill
Republican lawmakers in Idaho are threatening to impose the state's tobacco tax on tribes. Lawmakers are considering a bill to raise the state's tax from 57 cents per pack to $1.25 per pack.One provision could try to force tribes to...

Thelma Rios allegedly knew others who wanted Aquash killed
Thelma Rios, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, who admitted her role in the 1975 murder of American Indian Movement activist Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, was apparently willing to provide more details about the case but her death earlier...

North Dakota House backs bill to save Fighting Sioux nickname
The North Dakota House voted 62-58 on Monday to approve a bill that requires the University of North Dakota to keep its controversial "Fighting Sioux" nickname and logo. The school is phasing out the nickname at the direction of the...

Bills introduced to extend federal recognition to Virginia tribes
Two bills have been introduced in the 112th Congress to extend federal recognition to six tribes in Virginia. H.R.783 and S.783 were both introduced on February 17. The bills would recognize the Chickahominy Tribe; the Chickahominy Indian Tribe - Eastern...

Rep. Hanna urges BIA to kill Cayuga Nation land-into-trust bid
Rep. Richard Hanna (R-New York), a new member of Congress, is asking the Bureau of Indian Affairs to reject the Cayuga Nation land-into-trust application. Hanna says the final environmental impact statement doesn't address local concerns about taxation. He Two counties...

Supreme Court asks DOJ for views in Osage diminishment case
In an order today, the U.S. Supreme Court asked for the views of the Department of Justice in Osage Nation v. Irby , a reservation diminishment case. The case began when the Osage Nation sued the Oklahoma Tax Commission. The...

Yakama Nation seeing more business with its utility company
The Yakama Nation of Washington is moving closer to its goal to provide power to the entire reservation. Yakama Power serves tribal offices, tribal businesses, the Indian Health Service and a tribal housing unit. The tribe recently struck a deal...

St. Regis Mohawk Tribe against shipment of nuclear equipment
The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe of New York is opposing the shipment of nuclear equipment through a waterway on the reservation. The owner of a nuclear power plant in Canada wants to ship 16 large steam generators through the St....

Medical marijuana is legal in Montana except in Indian Country
Medical marijuana use is growing in Montana but members of federally recognized tribes face legal consequences if they use the drug on reservations. The Montana Medical Marijuana Program allows certain patients with specific medical conditions to alleviate their symptoms through...

Skull Valley Goshutes elect a new chairman and vice chairman
The Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians in Utah has a new chairman and vice chairman. Lori Bear Skiby was elected chairwoman. She succeeds her father,Lawrence Bear, who died last June while in office Garth Bear Jr. is the tribe's...

Interview: Radmilla Cody discusses Navajo and Black heritage
"The Root: The experience of having your Miss Navajo Nation reign challenged calls to mind the debate over the Cherokee Freedmen. Is this a common issue across the Native community, of African-Native Americans having trouble finding acceptance? Radmilla Cody: I...

Editorial: Oneida Nation addresses concerns over energy plant
"Oneida Seven Generations Corp. made the right choice in shifting its site plan for a gasification plant away from Ashwaubenon, where some neighbors opposed the biomass facility's location. Kevin Cornelius, CEO of Oneida Seven Generations, told the Green Bay Press-Gazette...

HCN: Water right settlement contentious within Navajo Nation
"The Navajo Nation sprawls across about one-tenth of the nearly quarter-million-square-mile Colorado River drainage. But ever since the seven states that depend on the river met to divide its water 88 years ago, the tribe has been pushed into the...

Mark Trahant: Tribes need a Plan B in case of federal shutdown
"Is there a Plan B? That is the question tribes, Indian organizations and government agencies should be asking -- and answering because it looks more and more likely there will be a federal government shutdown early next month. Why is...

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