Juarez and Diverse Seattle Government Ready for Busy 2016 in Northwest

Richard Walker
1/6/16
Here are a few of the headlines to watch for in Northwest Native America over the next few months...

‘Baseless and Fictitious Anti-Indian Rhetoric’ at Rogue Congressional Hearing on Fed Recognition

Gale Courey Toensing
5/13/15
The United South and Eastern Tribes, seven partner organizations and a federally recognized sovereign Indian nation have asked the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian, I...

Blue Stone Strategy Group: Client Success Is Our Success

Gale Courey Toensing
3/5/15
What’s a good way to evaluate the job performance of a company that offers tribal governments, businesses and organizations advice on good governance and economic development?...

First in Line: Government Shutdown Hits Indian Country

ICTMN Staff
10/3/13
Washington, D.C. has been shut down for 63 hours, and while the effects aren’t entirely noticeable throughout the United States yet, they are glaring in Indian country...

Senate Democrats Defy White House Plan to Cheat Tribal Health Costs

Rob Capriccioso
10/1/13
In a rare policy schism, Senate Democrats have defied pressure from the Democratic White House to include a proposal in the federal budget that would authorize the Indian Health Se...

Stearns: Maybe We Can Take Our Land Back if They Don’t Pay

ICTMN Staff
10/1/13
The United States Government has shutdown with some 800,000 essential government employees being furloughed until further noticed – a situation that seems like a bad dream for one ...

2,000-Plus Indian Affairs Employees Told Not to Come to Work

ICTMN Staff
10/1/13
The government has been shut down for just over 12 hours, with thousands of government employees on non-paid leave until Congress and the President can come to an agreement on a sp...

Government Shutdown Frustrates Tribal Leaders

Rob Capriccioso
10/1/13
The federal government has a trust responsibility to tribes and their citizens...

Northwest Salmon, Part 3: Tribes Work to Restore Habitat

Richard Walker
9/4/13
It has been about a year since the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission report “State of Our Watersheds” was released in September 2012...

Casino Battle: Why the Opposition to Spokane Tribe's Anti-Poverty Plan?

Kevin Taylor
3/29/13
The Bureau of Indian Affairs issued a final report in February endorsing a large, off-reservation casino and hotel development for the Spokane Tribe in eastern Washington, but obse...

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