(South Dakota)
The trial of a Rosebud tribal official accused of sex crimes involving minors
was canceled after the Pennington County State's Attorney's office dropped the
charges.
Michael J. Valandra, 50, of Rosebud was arrested last April in Rapid City. He
pleaded not guilty to solicitation of a minor and attempted sexual contact with
a minor. Hi...
(Utah)
Utah lawmakers have approved a $33 million settlement in a dispute alleging
Utah failed to properly manage an oil-and-gas royalty trust set up by Congress
to benefit Utah's Navajo Indians.
(Massachusetts)
The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe's housing commission is moving forward with plans
for a 51-unit affordable housing development off Meetinghouse Road.
The tribe is currently conducting a search for an
affordable housing consultant, housing department director Alice Lopez said.
(Washington)
Members of the Jamestown S'Klallam tribe will place a time capsule in the wall
of the entry of the Jamestown Medical Clinic under construction on Fifth Avenue
on Saturday.
Tribal members will place the at 3 p.m.
(Montana)
Rep. Denny Rehberg is continuing to push for federal
recognition of the Little Shell Band of Chippewa Indians.
Rehberg introduced legislation to grant long-awaited
recognition for the tribe and received a hearing on the bill last July in the
House Committee on Natural Resources.
(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 is...
(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 Super...
(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 ...
(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 ...
(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 autho...
(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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