Native American Politics, Indian Law, Tribal Politics (Page 320)

The Fight for Baby Veronica, Part 2

This is part 2 of a series about the custody battle for...

Rios Montt Guilty of Genocide in Guatemala

On Friday, May 10th, former Dictator and General Jose...

Repeal Health Care Law? Again? So Now What?

The U.S. House of Representatives has scheduled a vote...

Dr. Jill Biden to Deliver Navajo Technical College Commencement Address

You may not have heard of Navajo Technical College (NTC) in...

Great Plains ICWA Summit Hoping to Address Native Foster Care Concerns

The Great Plains ICWA Summit has been a long time coming...

Freedom of Information Act Used To Push IHS To Offer Plan B Over the Counter

Mainstream Americans continue to battle over the...

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Prosecutors Seek 2-Year Sentence for Abramoff Lobbyist

Gale Courey Toensing

February 05, 2011

Federal prosecutors on Friday recommended a two-year prison sentence for Michael Scanlon, a key figure in the scandal surrounding disgraced former Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff...

Canada’s New Environment Minister Tows the Line

ICTMN Staff

February 05, 2011

Canada’s new environment minister, Peter Kent, did not earn many points with critics when he gave his first major speech at the end of January, three weeks after being appointed in...

Interior Department Rebuts Schumer, Reconfirms Oneida’s 300,000-acre Reservation

Gale Courey Toensing

February 04, 2011

The Interior Department has re-confirmed its long held position that the Oneida Indian Nation’s 300,000-acre reservation has not been disestablished...

Kiowa Citizen Nominated for Federal Court

ICTMN Staff

February 03, 2011

On Wednesday, President Barack Obama nominated Paul A. Engelmayer and Arvo Mikkanen to United States District Court judgeships...

USET Leaders Challenging Power

Gale Courey Toensing

February 03, 2011

WASHINGTON—The United South and Eastern Tribes is leading a movement to change the way Indians nations and the federal government interact...

ATNI Speakers Urge Caution, Strength

ICTMN Staff

February 02, 2011

The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians opened its winter conference at the Coquille Tribe’s Mill Casino in North Bend, Oregon, on optimistic and ominous notes...

Two New Mexico Cities Oppose Navajo Water Rights

ICTMN Staff

February 01, 2011

The cities of Aztec and Bloomfield are preparing to contest in court the water rights settlement that was signed into law in December by Interior secretary Ken Salazar and former N...

Snyder Hates Devils, Likes Redskins

Rob Capriccioso

February 01, 2011

WASHINGTON — File under irony...

Antidiscrimination Clause Doesn’t Waive Sovereignty

Carol Berry

February 01, 2011

DENVER—A tribe’s sovereign immunity from lawsuit is not waived simply because it also complies with an antidiscrimination employment policy, the 10 th U.S...

Indians to HuffPo: What About Us?

Rob Capriccioso

February 01, 2011

On the news that the Huffington Post website is planning to launch a section for African American topics, Native Americans are asking the popular mainstream blog and news site to c...