Tribe’s ex-finance director gets one year

April 28, 2009
A federal judge Monday sentenced the former finance director of the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township to a year and a day in federal prison for his role in the misuse of triba... Read more

Colonial Catawba leader inducted into hall of fame

Jim Largo, Today correspondent
April 28, 2009
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – A Catawba chief who lived in the middle 1700s was inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame in ceremonies at the convention center... Read more

A leader's resignation is part of the Stillaguamish Tribe's efforts to move on

April 28, 2009
A member of the Stillaguamish Tribal Council* has resigned from her position in what the tribe's lawyer says is part of the tribe's ongoing efforts to rebuild its government after ... Read more

Yakamas part of lawsuit over alleged Jesuit abuse

April 27, 2009
Yakama tribal members are among those suing a Northwest order of Catholic Jesuits over allegations that they were abused at an Indian boarding school in Okanogan County... Read more

Schumer asks new Interior secretary to approve land in trust for casinos

April 27, 2009
US Senator Charles Schumer says he would like new Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to approve lands in trust so that casinos could be built in Sullivan County by Native American trib... Read more

Navajo Nation celebrates sovereignty day

April 27, 2009
All Navajo-operated government, educational and business organizations are closed today in commemoration of Navajo Sovereignty Day... Read more

Kalispel tribe, PUD agree on new dam license

Nicholas K. Geranios, Associated Press Writer
April 27, 2009
SPOKANE, Wash. – Box Canyon Dam will become friendlier to fish under a federally mediated deal that ends a decade of litigation over the structure’s new operating license... Read more

22nd casino to open in Michigan

April 27, 2009
The FireKeepers Casino is scheduled to add to Michigan's 20-plus casinos this summer. However, according to CEO Andy Asselin of the Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort, 6800 E... Read more

Tribal members recruited into medical fields

April 27, 2009
For a young Hopi medical student, the problem was over- coming her culture's view of handling a dead body... Read more

A Sovereign (And Successful) Chickasaw Nation

April 27, 2009
If we think of the Chickasaw as a nation, their No. 1 foreign policy priority is trade. Their No. 1 trading partner? Texas... Read more

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