Matthew Ricchiazzi

In Western NY, Wealthy Corporate Gaming Interests Conspire to Defraud Senecas

Jack Abramoff went to prison on that charge. So did an aide to Tom DeLay. They conspired to defraud Indian Tribes of honest services....

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February 20, 2013

Elections 2012: My Sovereign Debate, Recalling George W. Bush's Sovereignty Speech

Mark Trahant
October 02, 2012
What would a presidential debate look like if it were held in Indian country? It could happen. A dozen years ago the Unity Journalists of Color convention was held in Seattle...

Elections 2012: So Goes the Debate, Goes Colorado

Mark Trahant
October 02, 2012
Both presidential candidates would like to win Colorado. It’s a state that is up for grabs...

Elections 2012: A Day of Service and the Swagger of National Security

Mark Trahant
September 11, 2012
Today is September 11. It’s a workday for most people, but also a day of national memory...

Black Mesa Shouldering the Burden of Navajo-Hopi Water Project

Anne Minard
May 27, 2012
Black Mesa is among the most remote and traditional communities on the vast Navajo Nation...

Opposition Still Strong to Navajo-Hopi Water Act

Anne Minard
May 10, 2012
Following a series of public forums on a controversial water settlement involving the Navajo and Hopi tribes, opponents of the settlement and the Navajo Nation president’s office s...

Little Colorado Water Rights Bill Met With Protests From Navajo and Hopi Communities

Anne Minard
April 14, 2012
Protests on the Navajo Nation have been in high gear ever since last week, when tribal members and activists got wind of a proposed settlement that aims to help quantify Navajo wat...

Attack of the Indian-Gaming Fighter, and How the Blowback Against Tribal Gaming Has Evolved

Rob Capriccioso
April 04, 2012
From “not in my backyard” complaints to state and federal politics to flat-out racism, there are plenty of reasons why opponents of Indian gaming are waging war...

Abramoff Admitted He'd Been Willing to Bribe Mainstream Journalists

Rob Capriccioso
April 03, 2012
A hot guessing game is being played in the Washington journalism and political worlds these days after a tribal lobbyist got disgraced super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff to admit that he...
Steven Newcomb

The Darkside of the Dome: ‘The American Dominate’

During my decades of research into the origins of federal Indian law and international law, I discovered that domination is the Latin language for "government." I keep returning to this connection between "government" and "domination" as I reflect upon the U.S....

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January 02, 2012

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