Court Cases (Page 36)

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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Métis Stake Their Claim in the Supreme Court

ICTMN Staff

December 29, 2011

The Métis are anxiously awaiting a Supreme Court decision on a potentially precedent-setting land claim covering 1.4 million acres in Manitoba...

Indian Law Expert and Turtle Talk Blogger Matthew Fletcher on His Tribal Law Tome

Gale Courey Toensing

December 28, 2011

The first legal casebook dedicated entirely to tribal law is the fruit of seven years of work by Dr. Matthew L.M...

Eagle Rises from San Francisco Peaks in Spectacular Solstice Shot

ICTMN Staff

December 28, 2011

Navajo Northern Arizona University photography professor

Church of Latter-Day Saints Challenged

Carol Berry

December 27, 2011

Ruling on a request termed “incomprehensible,” a three-judge panel of the U.S...

Government Contests Cost Payments

Carol Berry

December 26, 2011

Even if Uncle Sam is short on cash, the government may have to pay—or not—contract support costs (CSC) under a law designed to increase Native participation in federal services to ...

Not a Good Year for Indian Country in the Courts or Congress

Gale Courey Toensing

December 25, 2011

The year 2011 provided few bright spots in the courts or Congress for Indian nations. The year began inauspiciously in January with a ruling from the U.S...

Leroy S. Bedonie, Navajo District Court Judge to Retire

ICTMN Staff

December 24, 2011

After serving 22 years in the Navajo Nation court systems, from a probationary judge to a District Court Judge, Leroy S. Bedonie has decided to retire effective December 31...

Pawnees Get New Law Enforcement Center

Wilhelm Murg

December 22, 2011

PAWNEE, Okla – On Friday, December 16 th , the Pawnee Nation hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Law Enforcement Center that will be constructed on their agency campus...

Joe Arpaio's Officers Turn in Badges Following Immigration Violations

ICTMN Staff

December 22, 2011

Following a Justice Department report accusing the Maricopa County Sheriff’s office, led by sheriff Joe Arpaio, of violating civil rights and discriminating against Latino resident...

White House Laments GOP’s Mikkanen Rejection

Rob Capriccioso

December 22, 2011

WASHINGTON – The White House is expressing disappointment by a Republican-led senatorial rejection of President Barack Obama’s nomination of Kiowa tribal citizen Arvo Mikkanen to b...