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Wednesday, 10 March 2010
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The Osage Nation announced Monday that it will seek a rehearing by an
appeals court of its claim that its reservation still exists and has
the same boundaries as Osage County.
That contention was rejected by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
on Friday in the Osage Nation's lawsuit against the Oklahoma Tax
Commission.
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010
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Osage County, Okla., is not an Indian reservation and hasn't been for more than
100 years, the 10th Circuit ruled, dismissing the Osage Nation's bid to stop the
state from collecting income tax from tribal members who live there.
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Wednesday, 03 March 2010
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Former Cherokee Nation Chief Wilma Mankiller has been diagnosed with advanced
pancreatic cancer, her husband said Tuesday. Charlie Soap offered no other
details. He asked that the public respect the family's privacy.
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Monday, 01 March 2010
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Leaders of the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe declined to respond Monday to an
accounting firm's report that claims committee members received
overpayments of $35,000 each.
The general council met on Saturday and discussed the overpayments
along with two other issues, said Logan Line, public relations director
for the tribe.
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Monday, 01 March 2010
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A recent audit of the Seneca-Cayuga Tribal Business Committee showed members were overpaid $59,000.
The eight-page report dated Jan. 11 and prepared by Mense, Churchwell
& Mense, P.C., of Joplin, Mo., showed members were entitled to an
annual stipend of $24,000.
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The Cherokee Nation honored a special family of three veterans during the
February monthly Tribal Council meeting.
“The Cherokee Nation is proud to honor our Ch...
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More than 100 people braved the cold temperature to watch the Cherokee Nation
break ground for a new dental clinic in Salina as part of an expansion
of the tribe's Amo H...
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The Department of Energy recently awarded the Delaware Nation, a
federally-recognized Indian tribe located in Oklahoma, a $250,000 National
Energy Technology Labs Energy...
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Despite difficult nationwide economic times, Downstream Casino and Resort
received a piece of good news from Moody's Investment Service.
In a report
issued last wee...
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After telling a federal court that it would stop supplying its
affiliated smokeshops with controversial cigarettes, the Muscogee Creek
Nation is allowing the stores to see...
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An Anadarko woman who embezzled to get gambling money has been
ordered to pay $14,021 in restitution to the Apache
Tribe of Oklahoma.
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A federal judge has sentenced a former Choctaw Nation employee to four years of
probation for embezzling money from the Native American tribe.
Prosecutors said
Mon...
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Cherokee Nation Attorney General Diane Hammons Friday warned the tribe's
executive and legislative branches that failure to give public notice of
meetings could constitu...
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The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation has filed a federal suit against the governor, attorney
general and other state officials claiming they helped violate federal laws by
inte...
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