Jay Daniels

A Review of Land-Buy Consultation Meeting, Minneapolis

The first of the second round of tribal consultations between the Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Office of the Special Trustee (OST) and various tribes took place at the Mystic Lake Resort & Casino, hosted by the Mdewakatan Sioux Indian Community in Shakopee...

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February 06, 2013
Gabriel S. Galanda

Don't Believe the Land-Consolidation Hype

When the United States supposedly sent $1,000 checks to over 300,000 Indians in time for Christmas or the New Year, the holiday good tidings read: “South Dakota to receive $115M in Cobell monies.” “Cobell settlement brings $25M to Wyoming.” “50,000 Oklahoma Indians to share in $...

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January 29, 2013

Cobell Conundrum: Don’t Lien on Me

Rob Capriccioso
June 13, 2012
As Indian appellants of the Cobell settlement ponder continuing their appeal after the D.C...
Gabriel S. Galanda

Interior's Land Consolidation Plan: Another 'Disaster' in the Making

To quote an Indianz.com headline: “Interior’s land consolidation plan is a disaster.” The Department of the Interior’s proposal to spend $1.9 billion in taxpayer dollars authorized by the Cobell settlement focuses myopically on effecting consolidation through tribal government land acqu...

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April 19, 2012
Gabriel S. Galanda

Interior’s Consolidation Plan Threatens Indian Land Tenure

This month the U.S....

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March 28, 2012

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