2nd Circuit to hear Schaghticoke appeal

Gale Courey Toensing
September 27, 2009
NEW YORK – Almost five years to the date after the BIA issued a devastating reversal of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation’s federal acknowledgment, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals wi... Read more

Kickapoos historic meeting

Staff reports
September 27, 2009
T he first meeting of the Kickpoo Tribe of Oklahoma, Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas and the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas since 1854 was hosted by the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma in... Read more

Tackling the tax of tribal health care benefits

Rob Capriccioso
September 26, 2009
WASHINGTON – As tribes that offer health care benefits for its members face increased scrutiny from the Internal Revenue Service, tribal leaders are growing increasingly perplexed... Read more

‘Old’ principle in action

Letter to the Editor
September 26, 2009
T heodore Roosevelt wrote in his best-selling book about the history of the American West, “Many of the best of the backwoodsmen were Bible-readers... Read more

Blumenthal files amicus brief

Gale Courey Toensing
September 26, 2009
NEW LONDON, Conn... Read more

Health dangers of sewer water snowmaking should be considered

Staff reports
September 26, 2009
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz... Read more

Send’em to Japan

Letter to the Editor
September 25, 2009
I am the band booster director at Central High School in Phoenix, Ariz... Read more

NIGC's Hogen to retire; Skibine to be interim chair

Gale Courey Toensing
September 25, 2009
WASHINGTON – Phil Hogen, chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission will be stepping down after nine years on the job... Read more

North Dakota tribes urge settlement in Keepseagle case

Staff reports
September 25, 2009
BISMARCK, N.D. (UTN) – The five tribes of North Dakota are urging a settlement in the 10-year-old lawsuit by American Indian ranchers against the U. S. Department of Agriculture... Read more

Tribes ‘oversubscribed’ to bonding authority program

Rob Capriccioso
September 25, 2009
WASHINGTON – The Treasury Department has been eager to report that tribes have overwhelmingly taken advantage of bonding authority provisions granted under the stimulus act... Read more

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