Court Cases (Page 37)

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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A Lethal Combination Develops

Carol Berry

December 20, 2011

An autumn evening in 2007 that began with three Navajo members drinking and ended with one dead and the other two serving time in prison after an ill-fated union of alcohol and vio...

American Indian Law Center Program Recognized With Award From American Bar Association

ICTMN Staff

December 17, 2011

A program that has been a part of the American Indian Law Center, Inc...

Utes Approach the Supreme Court

Carol Berry

December 15, 2011

The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of southwestern Colorado, Utah and New Mexico has asked the U.S...

Supremes Take Up Gun Lake, Feds' Quiet Title Act and Standing Petitions

Gale Courey Toensing

December 15, 2011

The “Patchak case” will come before the U.S. Supreme Court ...

New Tribal-State Relations

Duane Champagne

December 14, 2011

All of the 50 states recognize the sovereignty of tribal governments ...

Judge Rules in Favor of Klamath Tribes in Water Rights Case

ICTMN Staff

December 13, 2011

For many American Indian nations, water rights are very important and early in December a 36-year water rights dispute in Southern Oregon became the latest milestone victory for In...

Martin Avery Nominated to Navajo Government Development Commission

ICTMN Staff

December 10, 2011

Chief Justice Herb Yazzie announced on November 30 that Martin Avery has been nominated for a two-year appointment to the Navajo Government Development Commission...

Supreme Court Approached on ICWA Issue

Carol Berry

December 10, 2011

The Cherokee Nation and one of its members have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide issues raised by a ruling of the U.S...

Lucinda Adekai-Yellowhair Appointed to State Committee on Probation

ICTMN Staff

December 07, 2011

With a background of more than 20 years in the judicial system, Lucinda Adekai-Yellowhair, chief probation officer of the Navajo Nation was recently announced as the tribal communi...

Yankton Sioux Seek Justice for 17-Year Old Case at the White House Tribal Nations Conference

Stephanie Woodard

December 06, 2011

During the recent White House Tribal Nations Conference, Yankton Sioux Tribe chairman Thurmond Cournoyer hand-delivered a message to Charles Galbraith, Navajo, associate director o...