Interior Department Disses U.S. House on Tribal Federal Recognition

Rob Capriccioso
July 19, 2012
WASHINGTON – What if Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, held a hearing on federal recognition of tribes and no one came?...

Interior Releases Tribal Economic Data Not Gathered From Tribes

Rob Capriccioso
July 12, 2012
WASHINGTON – Amid calls from the U.S. Congress for the U.S...

Congress Investigating Interior on Missing Tribal Jobs Reports That Broke Law

Rob Capriccioso
July 11, 2012
WASHINGTON – Democratic and Republican Indian affairs leaders in both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate are concerned that the U.S...
Ryan Dreveskracht

House Republicans Add Insult to Indian Injury

Rape in Indian country has recently become the subject of partisan campaign fodder and, even worse, systemic racism in Washington, D.C....

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July 07, 2012

First Tribal Solar Project Set to Shine

Rob Capriccioso
July 06, 2012
A map of the Moapa Project WASHINGTON—After years of pointing out that renewable energy is abundant in Indian country; after years of wading through a complicated federal-tribal bu...

Legal and Political Questions Surround Interior’s Decision Not to Release Tribal Jobs Survey

Rob Capriccioso
July 05, 2012
A long-awaited survey by the U.S. Department of the Interior on tribal jobs will not be released this year, even though federal law requires regular reporting on such matters...
Joseph H. Webster

Considerations for Indian Tribes Seeking to Conduct Intrastate Internet Gaming

With federal internet gaming legislation apparently unlikely in the near future, many Indian tribal governments are considering the prospect of conducting intrastate internet gaming....

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May 17, 2012

Interior Department Unveils New Rules for Fracking on Indian Land

ICTMN Staff
May 04, 2012
Environmentalists have complained that the technique of oil extraction known as hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," is too mysterious—drilling companies are often exempt from disc...

The American Indian Empowerment Act – a ‘Radical’ Tribal Land Plan

Rob Capriccioso
March 04, 2012
The American Indian Empowerment Act is going nowhere in Congress, but its sponsor, Rep...

Indian Trust Official, Ray Joseph, Exits Interior

Rob Capriccioso
January 18, 2012
WASHINGTON – A high-ranking official focused on Indian affairs at the U.S...

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