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8th Circuit appeals conviction of self-proclaimed Pembina leader (03/11)
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of a man who claims to be the attorney general of the Little Shell Pembina Nation, an illegitimate group based in North Dakota. Michael Reed, who also goes by the name...
Mario Gonzales: Oppose effort to distribute Black Hills settlement (03/11)
The following essay by Mario Gonzales appears in the current issue of The Native Sun News. All content © Native Sun News. A federal class action lawsuit called Different Horse v. Salazar was filed in U.S. District Court by the...
Yakama Nation sues federal government over raid of tobacco firm (03/11)
The Yakama Nation of Washington is suing the federal government over a raid of a tobacco manufacturing company on the reservation. The tribe says the FBI and the Department of Justice violated the Yakama Treaty of 1855. The lawsuit says...
Kevin Abourezk: Nebraska seizes tobacco from Ponca Tribe land (03/11)
"Nebraska state officials apparently seized $13,000 to $14,000 worth of cigarettes from a Ponca tribal smoke shop in Niobrara on Thursday morning, according to the tribe. Ponca Chairwoman Rebecca White said representatives of the Nebraska Department of Revenue entered the...
Man in Oklahoma charged with murder in federal and state court (03/10)
An Oklahoma man faces charges in federal and state court in connection with a fatal shooting on an Indian allotment. Steven Thompson Keeling, 48, is accused of murdering Edward W. "Butch" Brown, 59. Keeling is non-Indian but Brown was a...
10th Circuit hears argument in Wyoming Indian voting rights suit (03/10)
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing oral arguments today in Large v. Fremont County, an Indian voting rights case from Wyoming. Members of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe and the Northern Arapaho Tribe said Fremont County's at-large system diluting...
Lumbee Tribe moving toward shutdown in dispute with chairman (03/10)
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is moving towards a government shutdown as part of a dispute with Chairman Purnell Swett. Council members say Swett has refused to share details about employment and consulting contracts. So they are moving to...
Native Sun News: 8th Circuit to consider Oglala Sioux man's case (03/10)
The following story was written and reported by Evelyn Red Lodge. All content © Native Sun News. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA — In what could become a precedent setting decision, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals will answer an appeal brought by...
New York tax collector 'prepared to enforce' tobacco tax on tribes (03/09)
The new tax commissioner for the state of New York says he is "prepared to enforce" a tobacco tax on tribes. Thomas Mattox was confirmed to the head of the Department of Taxation and Finance on Tuesday. He said the...
ICWA ruling expected to spur tribal-state cooperation in Alaska (03/08)
A ruling from the Alaska Supreme Court should lead to more cooperation between tribes and the state on Indian Child Welfare Act matters, an attorney for the Native American Rights Fund said. The court ruled that nothing in ICWA prevents...
ABA Journal: Tribal courts forging new territory with ethics rules (03/08)
"One of the notable trends in the legal ethics field over the past several years has been a gradual movement toward more uniformity in the substance and application of professional conduct rules. There is little, if any, expectation that the...
Activists protest Oglala Sioux Tribe handling of elderly program (03/08)
The Strong Heart Warrior Society says the Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota is mistreating elders. Strong Heart activists have been peacefully occupying the building that houses the elderly meals program since March 4. They are accusing the staff of...
Navajo Nation appeals decision in dispute over land bid process (03/08)
The Navajo Nation is appealing a decision in a bidding dispute. On February 28, Judge William Platero ruled that the tribe violated its regulations when it awarded leases for land to the highest bidder. The process forced Loretta Morris and...
Guilty plea in connection with bribery case of ex-Soboba leader (03/08)
A business owner pleaded guilty in connection with the bribery case against Robert Salgado, the former chairman of the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians of California. Salgado pleaded guilty in October 2010 to accepting bribes and concealing his income. He...
Alaska Supreme Court supports Native villages in ICWA matters (03/07)
Alaska tribes should be able to initiate child custody proceedings under the Indian Child Welfare Act, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled on Friday. A group of tribes sued when the state attorney general in 2004 issued an opinion that said...
Book Review: Chief Leschi and 'Bitter Waters of Medicine Creek' (03/07)
"When Isaac Stevens, territorial governor of Washington, implemented plans to move the Nisquallies from their ancestral lands to reservations in 1853, Chief Leschi turned from "good Indian" to incendiary. Implacably opposed to removal to a place "where the sting...
Book Review: Siletz restoration in 'The People Are Dancing Again' (03/07)
"When the U.S. Congress began terminating American Indian tribes during the 1950s -- ending the special relationship between formerly sovereign tribes and the federal government -- many Indians thought they would be better off without the Bureau of Indian...
Fort Mojave Tribe revives lawsuit over sacred place in California (03/04)
The Fort Mojave Tribe filed a new lawsuit to protect one of its most sacred sites. The tribe says the California Department of Toxic Substances Control is violating a settlement that was reached in 2006. The tribe says the state...
Echo Hawk urges Crow Tribe to approve water rights settlement (03/04)
Assistant Secretary Larry Echo Hawk urged members of the Crow Tribe of Montana to approve a water rights settlement that was signed into law by President Barack Obama last December. Echo Hawk said the deal protects the tribe's rights...
Shoshone woman jailed for trying to cash OST check at Walmart (03/03)
Terri Wise, a member of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, is suing Walmart after she was arrested for trying to cash her trust fund check, The Ultimate Aldine reports. Wise tried to cash the check at the Walmart in Aldine, Wyoming,...
Muscogee Nation Supreme Court won't remove judge from post (03/03)
The highest court of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma is refusing to remove a judge from his post. The tribe's National Council has passed resolutions to remove District Judge Patrick Moore. But the tribe's Supreme Court said Moore will remain...
SCOTUSblog: Justice Scalia makes the case for Indian defendant (03/03)
"Two days after winding up, quite angrily, on the losing end of a major criminal law ruling, Justice Antonin Scalia moved energetically on Wednesday to try to make sure it does not happen again — at least not in the...
Kevin Abourezk: Tribes in Nebraska oppose tobacco taxation bill (03/03)
"When Lance Morgan went to work for his tribe in 1992, the Winnebago Tribe had just $180,000 in discretionary funds. The Harvard law graduate helped create businesses and jobs, and the tribe now employs nearly 2,000 people and generates more...
Double homicide of Pinoleville Pomo men unsolved after 6 years (03/02)
Authorities are still looking for clues in the double homicide of a father and son from the Pinoleville Pomo Nation of California. Charles "Buzzy" Mitchell, then 66, and Nolan Mitchell, then 34, were killed in the late hours of October...
Navajo Nation judge rules for rancher in dispute over bid process (03/02)
A judge for the Navajo Nation ruled in favor of a rancher who disputed a new bidding process introduced by the tribe. Loretta Morris and her husband leased a ranch in New Mexico from the tribe for the last 40...
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