New Tribal-State Relations

Duane Champagne
December 14, 2011
All of the 50 states recognize the sovereignty of tribal governments ...

Six Sworn in to the Hopi Tribal Council Representatives

ICTMN Staff
December 09, 2011
Village leaders and current Hopi Tribal Council members recently swore in six newly elected village representatives...

Hopi Tribal Council Reduces Tribal Chairman’s Powers

Carol Berry
December 05, 2011
UPDATED December 9, 2011: The Hopi Tribal Council has voted unanimously to reduce the scope of the tribal chairman’s authority and to end the legal services of its tribal attorney...

Tribes, Kibbutzim, and Iron Cages

Duane Champagne
December 01, 2011
Both Indian tribes and Israeli kibbutzim, plural for kibbutz, have engaged in alternative ways of economic production and organization...

Mastering Tribal Governance

Konnie LeMay
November 29, 2011
Tadd Johnson Think of it as GPS for those working in or for tribal government ...

Seneca President and Council Announce Reconciliation, Council Chairmanship Remains Unclear

Gale Courey Toensing
November 18, 2011
The Seneca Nation president and council appear to have resolved an internal power struggle that threatened to paralyze the government’s functioning...
Hawk Rosales

A Sea of Change for Tribal-State Relations

“I hope that if one thing comes out of this process, it's the beginning of long term trust between sovereign [tribal] governments and the state of Ca...

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November 28, 2011

AIAI Announces New Deputy Grand Chief

ICTMN Staff
November 08, 2011
Gord Peters is the new Deputy Grand Chief of the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians (AIAI), the eight-member aboriginal treaty-rights group announced on November 8...

Tribal Access to a Healthy and Clean Environment

Duane Champagne
October 14, 2011
During the 1960s many environmental activists and scholars became aware that a disproportionate amount of waste, poor water and bad air were found in minority and poor communities...
Thomas Jensen

In Dark Times, a Silver Lining for Tribal Sovereignty

The budgetary hard times that are facing the federal government and states can create a favorable environment for Indian tribal governments....

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October 05, 2011

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