County nixes cross-deputization deal

August 27, 2009
Faced with a legal challenge, the Glacier County Commission has backed off its formal cross-deputization agreement with the Blackfeet Tribe — at least for now... Read more

New York Wins Round in Fight Against Indian Tobacco Vendors

August 27, 2009
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that a group of tobacco vendors on an Indian reservation on Long Island cannot sell tax-free cigarettes to the general public until a court rules i... Read more

NM tribes get grants for police equipment

August 27, 2009
Four tribal police departments in New Mexico have been awarded $1.25 million in grants from the federal government's Office of Community Policing Services... Read more

Diamondbacks and Rockies will train on tribal land

Brenda Austin, Today correspondent
August 27, 2009
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz... Read more

Cayuga Indians seek return of seized cigarettes

August 27, 2009
A lawyer for the Cayuga Indian Nation is asking a state judge for a second time to order the return of 176,000 cartons of cigarettes seized last November during raids on the tribe'... Read more

St. Regis Mohawk files treaty boundary lawsuit

Gale Courey Toensing
August 27, 2009
AKWESASNE, N.Y. – The St... Read more

Paterson, Hinchey renew push for Catskill casinos

August 27, 2009
With the state's ongoing fiscal problems, Gov... Read more

Zelaya can’t return to office, Honduran leader says

Tyler Bridges, McClatchy Newspapers
August 26, 2009
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Honduras’ interim president told McClatchy Newspapers Aug... Read more

Wampanoag swear in new court's justices

August 26, 2009
One by one, the judges raised their right hands, taking an oath to promote, protect, uphold and enforce tribal law... Read more

Ex-tribe official suing for back pay

August 26, 2009
A former spokeswoman for the Mashpee Wampanoag is suing the tribe for more than $400,000 in back pay and expenses... Read more

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