Court Cases (Page 5)

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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Little Traverse Band Recognizes Same-Sex Marriages

Brenda Austin

March 28, 2013

The Little Traverse Bay Bands (LTBB) of Odawa Indians in Harbor Springs, Michigan, made history March 3 when their council voted 5-4 to legally recognize same-sex marriages on thei...

Duwamish Chairwoman Speaks About Fighting for Federal Recognition and Getting Another Chance

Vincent Schilling

March 28, 2013

Nearly 36 years ago in 1977, the Duwamish Tribe, the people of Chief Seattle, petitioned the Bureau of Indian Affairs for federal recognition...

Métis and Off-Reserve Aboriginals Await Outcome of Harper Appeal of Court Status Ruling

ICTMN Staff

March 28, 2013

The Canadian government is appealing a court ruling that gives Métis and off-reserve aboriginals the same constitutional status as those who live on reserves...

Shanley Named New Prosecutor on Standing Rock Reservation to Prosecute Violence Against Women Cases Following Historic Agreement

ICTMN Staff

March 26, 2013

On March 4, U.S. District Judge Roberto A...

Native American Rights Fund Applauds Sponsors of Proposed Offensive 'Redskins' Trademark Legislation

ICTMN Staff

March 26, 2013

On March 21, H.R. 1278, was introduced in the House by Rep...

20-Year Ban on New Uranium-Mining Claims in Grand Canyon Holds Up in Court

ICTMN Staff

March 22, 2013

The Havasupai Tribe, and the Grand Canyon watershed, won in U.S...

San Luis Rey Water Rights Challenge - A 100-Year Old Struggle

ICTMN Staff

March 22, 2013

The following is a release on behalf of the San Luis Rey Indian Water Authority in regards to their 100-year old water rights struggle...

House Introduces Bill to Ban Racist 'Redskins' Trademark

Gale Courey Toensing

March 21, 2013

A new law banning the trademarking of the term “redskins” and other racist language against Native Americans may accomplish what a number of court cases have so far failed to do...

House Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Ban Redskins Trademark

ICTMN Staff

March 21, 2013

Just nine days after the U.S...

A New Generation Takes on the Redskins; Asks Team’s Lawyers to Buy New Dictionaries

Rob Capriccioso

March 21, 2013

Amanda Blackhorse, a 31-year-old Navajo social worker, was in Alexandria, Virginia in early March to begin the next phase of getting the National Football League’s Washington, D.C...