Court Cases (Page 31)

Inuit and Canadian Officials Lash Out at European Union's Seal Products Ban

Canadian, Inuit and international trade leaders alike are...

Montana's Native Vote Could Decide US Senate Control

The decision of U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana) not...

Cherokee Attorney Earns National Crime Victims' Service Award

Dianne Barker Harrold took a seven-year experience with...

Cape Wind: Justice Department Urges Swift Lawsuit Resolution Before Tax Breaks Expire

Lawyers from the Department of Justice have urged a federal...

Jim Thorpe's Sons Win Federal Lawsuit Against Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania

The two surviving children of sports great Jim Thorpe won a...

Exxon Removing Section of Ruptured Arkansas Pipeline

Exxon Mobil Corp. on Monday April 15 removed 52 feet of its...

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Shoshone Farmer, Raymond Yowell, Set to Take on the Bureau of Land Management

Thomas Mills

February 19, 2012

In the past 80 years Raymond Yowell’s ancestral homeland has had more than 900 nuclear bomb tests, 50 million ounces of gold extracted from its depths, and now, his cattle rounded ...

First Cobell Settlement Appeal Heard

Rob Capriccioso

February 16, 2012

WASHINGTON – A three-judge panel of the U.S...

Tribes’ Payday Loan Operations Upheld

Carol Berry

February 15, 2012

Although the courts and others may question tribes’ acceptance of their non-Native business operators’ activities, the skepticism may be a remnant of “paternalistic days” that are ...

Tribal Judges Revive National Tribal Justice Resource Center

Carol Berry

February 15, 2012

Increasingly powerful tribal courts can make use of a law resource center that will provide training and technical assistance to tribal justice systems across the country...

Showing 'Indianness' for ICWA Benefits Isn't Easy

Carol Berry

February 15, 2012

Proving Indian identity, a sometimes-difficult task, is a crucial challenge when dealing with Native children in the foster-care system...

Assailant’s Needs Are Considered

Carol Berry

February 14, 2012

A 25-year-old Northern Arapaho man deemed by a lower court to be “literally frozen in place with an alcohol addiction” failed to persuade the U.S...

Advocate Frank LaMere Talks About Battles Shaping Indian Child Welfare

Stephanie Woodard

February 14, 2012

The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) has been in the news lately...

Cheyenne River’s ICWA Director Discusses Challenges of Protecting Tribe’s Youngsters

Stephanie Woodard

February 14, 2012

Too many Native parents face extraordinary hurdles in keeping their children—including cultural misunderstandings and legal barriers that are unimaginable to many non-Native people...

Funding Inequities Amount to Racism Against Canada's Aboriginal Children, Federal Court Hears

ICTMN Staff

February 13, 2012

Aboriginal child welfare was on the docket in Federal Court on February 13 as child advocates argued that inequities in funding between on-reserve education, health and children’s ...

San Francisco Peaks Ruling Draws Heavy Opinions

Anne Minard

February 13, 2012

Flagstaff, Arizona residents were out in droves on February 10, to enjoy a sunny and unusually warm winter’s day in the shadow of the San Francisco Peaks...