Lloyd Miller

Supreme Court Vindicates Tribal Contract Rights

On June 18 the Supreme Court issued a rare decision favoring Indian Tribes in a one billion dollar case pitting the Tribes against the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the U.S. Indian Health Service....

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August 05, 2012

Laverdure Names Thomas Thompson Director of Budget Management for Indian Affairs

ICTMN Staff
July 27, 2012
On July 13, Donald “Del” Laverdure, acting assistant secretary-Indian Affairs, announced the appointment of Thomas D...

VA Discusses New Tactics For Processing Claims

Vincent Schilling
July 18, 2012
On July 11, The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced several efforts geared toward the process of completing veterans’ disability claims faster and more accurately...

Western Law Trumps Native’s Claim

Carol Berry
July 17, 2012
A Navajo man who sued the government for misdiagnosing and then botching surgery on his injured hand lost in the Tenth U.S...

Preemptive Genocide: Only Now Are Reparations Being Made to Eugenics Victims

Anne Minard
June 04, 2012
When North Carolina announced earlier this year that it intends to be the first state to compensate victims of decades-ago sterilization programs, it renewed a nationwide debate ov...

Indian Health Law in Danger at Supreme Court

Rob Capriccioso
March 29, 2012
WASHINGTON – If the U.S. Supreme Court decides to throw out the Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act (ACA), a major Indian health law would go out with the bathwater...

Indian Health Service Gets Record Request in Obama 2013 Budget; BIA Level

Rob Capriccioso
February 13, 2012
WASHINGTON –The Indian Health Service (IHS), the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and other Indian programs fare well under President Barack Obama’s proposed budget for 2013...

Government Contests Cost Payments

Carol Berry
December 26, 2011
Even if Uncle Sam is short on cash, the government may have to pay—or not—contract support costs (CSC) under a law designed to increase Native participation in federal services to ...

Political Forecast: Continued Stormy Weather

Gale Courey Toensing
November 14, 2011
Here’s something to ponder: The congressional and presidential election campaigns next year are likely to spend around $8 billion – more than the federal government’s budgeted amou...

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Weekly Roundup – September 19 – 25

Carol Berry
September 26, 2011
Beginning this week Indian Country Today Media Network is introducing a weekly roundup from court cases that have been heard by the U.S...

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