(Colorado)
President Obama announced today that he will donate $125,000 of his
$1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize monies to the American Indian College
Fund (the Fund). In a statement issued by the White House, Obama said
of the Fund and nine other charity organizations that received
donations from the president, "These organizations do extraordinary
work ...
(Arizona)
A piece of land critical to a southern Arizona tribe's plan to build a casino in
the City of Glendale will remain under the city's jurisdiction.
Maricopa
County Superior Court Judge J. Kenneth Mangum ruled late Tuesday that a middle
portion of a parcel near 91st and Northern avenues had been annexed by the City
of Glendale and therefor...
(Idaho)
Idaho lawmakers are delaying a vote on a bill that would give Indian tribal
police the authority to arrest non-tribal members on the reservation without
permission from the local sheriff.
(Maine)
Leaders of the Passamaquoddy Tribe sketched out their proposal Thursday for a
November ballot question that would seek voter approval for gambling facilities
in eastern and western Maine as well as table games at Hollywood Slots in
Bangor.
(Connecticut)
The former vice chairman of the Eastern Pequot tribe has been sentenced to 28
months in prison for illegally giving his convicted felon cousin guns to pay off
what authorities say was a drug debt.
(District of Columbia)
Obama administration officials Wednesday vigorously defended the $3.4 billion
settlement of a class-action lawsuit over the long-standing federal
mismanagement of Indian...
(California)
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians announced that it is donating
$250,000 to the Riverside National Cemetery Memorial & Monuments Committee
for the design and constr...
(California)
Palm Springs will be faced with a choice between
cowboys and Indians this weekend, and Michael Hammond, executive director of the
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum, is hopin...
(Connecticut)
Daniel Little, manager of national governmental affairs for the Mashantucket
Pequot Tribe, has been nominated for appointment to the National Indian Gaming
Commission.
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(Minnesota)
As White Earth Tribal Chairwoman Erma Vizenor got ready to give her annual State
of the Tribe address Wednesday, a number of tribe members protested outside of
the Shoot...
(Alaska)
Legislators used Attorney General Dan Sullivan's confirmation hearing
Wednesday to question the Parnell administration's actions on a ground-breaking
child welfare case ...
(New Mexico)
Only two groups of Native American tribes and one state have implemented sex
offender registration and notification systems that comply with a federal law
passed nearly ...
(Florida)
State senators are proposing again to reach a gaming compact with the Seminole
Tribe -- but this year, they say, they won't give Gov. Charlie Crist much leeway
in the ne...
(Minnesota)
Melanie Benjamin, removed in 2008 as chief executive of the Mille Lacs Band
of Ojibwe after it was discovered she used thousands of dollars in tribal money
for improveme...
