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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...
Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community faces loss of office (02/25)
The Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community of Minnesota will lose its office and gathering space unless it can come up with the money to buy the property. The unrecognized tribe has been renting the house in Mendota but the owners...
Bills introduced to extend federal recognition to Virginia tribes (02/22)
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...
County takes battle against Mishewal Wappo Tribe to Capitol Hill (02/10)
Two officials from Napa County, California, were in Washington, D.C., to discuss their federal recognition fight against the Mishewal Wappo Tribe. The county intervened in a lawsuit the tribe filed against the Interior Department. Officials are worried that the tribe...
County settles federal recognition suit with Mishewal Wappo Tribe (02/02)
Lake County in California has withdrawn from the federal recognition lawsuit of the Mishewal Wappo Tribe of California. The county agreed to drop out after the tribe said it wouldn't seek land in the county for at least 10 years...
Abenaki tribes in Vermont seek recognition from state lawmakers (01/20)
Two Abenaki tribes in Vermont are in the final stages of the state recognition process. The Nulhegan Band and the Elnu Band have been recommended for recognition by the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs. Now it's up to state...
Editorial: Time to group after Native Hawaiian recognition bill fails (01/17)
"Ten years after the race toward federal recognition began, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs leaders look down and find themselves still standing on the starting line — and this following a congressional session in which a win seemed almost a...
Amah Mutsun Tribe third in line on BIA federal recognition queue (01/11)
Leaders of the Amah Mutsun Tribe of California hope the Bureau of Indian Affairs will make a decision on their federal recognition petition in the next few years The tribe started the process in 1990. Its petition was complete in...
Lumbee chairman upset by introduction of federal recognition bill (01/07)
Leaders of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina weren't consulted about a new federal recognition bill, Chairman Purnell Swett said. Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-North Carolina) introduced H.R.27 on Wednesday, the first day of the 112th Congress. "I will do all...
Editorial: Lumbee Tribe back to square one on federal recognition (01/06)
"The Lumbee Tribal Council's ill-conceived dalliance with the gaming industry has cost the tribe government recognition it has sought for more than a century and deserves. In 2009, the bill cleared the House by 61 votes. Then, despite support from...
Editorial: Unity needed as Lumbee Tribe recovers from a tough year (01/03)
"Arlinda Locklear has spoken truth to power. We hope that truth inspires her fellow Lumbees to return to the struggle for recognition with renewed determination to make it happen. Locklear, a Maryland lawyer, was longtime leader of the tribe's attempts...
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