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Footsteps: United States v. Milner
Amerisurv
... of Point Elliot with several Native American tribes. 1873 President Grant expands the reservation of the Lummi Nation to include portions of the Washington State mainland, including a sandy spit know as Sandy Point, in what is now Whatcom County.


Calif. casino tribes kick out some members
Daily Herald
Ricginda Dryer, 50, reflects on being expelled last month from the Chukchansi Indian tribe on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Ahwahnee, Calif. Two casino-owning tribes in California cut their membership ranks over the last several months, expelling scores of ...

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Calif. Casino Tribes Kick Out Some Members
KGTV San Diego
Exact expulsion figures are hard to come by, but Laura Wass, Central California director for the American Indian Movement, estimates that about 2500 tribal members have been purged since 1997, most in California. The Chukchansi, owners of the ...

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California Casino Tribes Expel Dozens Of Members
Huffington Post
Exact expulsion figures are hard to come by, but Laura Wass, Central California director for the American Indian Movement, estimates that about 2500 tribal members have been purged since 1997, most in California. The Chukchansi, owners of the ...

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California casino tribes kick out some members
Sparks Today
Exact expulsion figures are hard to come by, but Laura Wass, Central California director for the American Indian Movement, estimates that about 2500 tribal members have been purged since 1997, most in California. The Chukchansi, owners of the ...

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Deseret News

Calif. casino tribes kick out some members
Deseret News
Gary Kazanjian, Associated Press Ricginda Dryer, 50, reflects on being expelled last month from the Chukchansi Indian tribe on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Ahwahnee, Calif. Two casino-owning tribes in California cut their membership ranks over the last ...

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Boston.com

Calif. casino tribes kick out some members
Boston.com
Ricginda Dryer, 50, reflects on being expelled last month from the Chukchansi Indian tribe on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Ahwahnee, Calif. Two casino-owning tribes in California cut their membership ranks over the last several months, expelling scores of ...

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Calif. casino tribes kick out some members
STLtoday.com
Ricginda Dryer, 50, reflects on being expelled last month from the Chukchansi Indian tribe on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Ahwahnee, Calif. Two casino-owning tribes in California cut their membership ranks over the last several months, expelling scores of ...

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Calif. casino tribes kick out some members
Seattle Post Intelligencer
SUDHIN THANAWALA, AP Ricginda Dryer, 50, reflects on being expelled last month from the Chukchansi Indian tribe on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Ahwahnee, Calif. Two casino-owning tribes in California cut their membership ranks over the last several months, ...

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Atlanta Journal Constitution

Calif. casino tribes kick out some members
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Ricginda Dryer, 50, is shown on the deck of her guest house after being expelled last month from the Chukchansi Indian tribe on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Ahwahnee, Calif. Two casino-owning tribes in California cut their membership ranks over the last ...

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Calif. casino tribes kick out some members
Fox News
Exact expulsion figures are hard to come by, but Laura Wass, Central California director for the American Indian Movement, estimates that about 2500 tribal members have been purged since 1997, most in California. The Chukchansi, owners of the ...

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ABC News

Calif. Casino Tribes Kick out Some Members
ABC News
Exact expulsion figures are hard to come by, but Laura Wass, Central California director for the American Indian Movement, estimates that about 2500 tribal members have been purged since 1997, most in California. The Chukchansi, owners of the ...

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Calif. casino tribes kick out some members
The Associated Press
Exact expulsion figures are hard to come by, but Laura Wass, Central California director for the American Indian Movement, estimates that about 2500 tribal members have been purged since 1997, most in California. The Chukchansi, owners of the ...

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Judge seeks federal help in White Mountain Apache Tribe dispute
Tucson Citizen
03, 2012, under Arizona Republic News The White Mountain Apache Tribe's chief judge has asked federal authorities to intercede in a governmental showdown that has divided the Native American nation near Show Low. Judge Reagan Armstrong Sr. said he has ...

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Judge seeks federal help in White Mountain Apache Tribe dispute
Arizona Republic
3, 2012 09:53 PM The White Mountain Apache Tribe's chief judge has asked federal authorities to intercede in a governmental showdown that has divided the Native American nation near Show Low. Judge Reagan Armstrong Sr. said he has gone to the Bureau of ...

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The case for Native American legal rights
McDonough Voice
The photo is known by many as “The Ten Chiefs,” and portrays the Ponca tribal leaders who journeyed to Washington in 1877 to argue against a federal decision to relocate the tribe from Nebraska to what was then known as the Oklahoma Indian Territory.


Lawrence Livermore and Navajo Nation to Partner in Energy Efforts
Lab Manager Magazine
ST4 integrates and coordinates science and engineering capabilities of the national laboratories in partnership with American Indian tribes. The national laboratories are excellent resources for organizations such as tribes because they work on large ...

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Wis. tribes complain to feds about mining bill
WEAU-TV 13
For that reason WEAU 13 News reserves the right to not post or to remove any comment. by Brian Location: Wi on Feb 3, 2012 at 10:21 AM Didnt the native Americans that now call Wisconsin home take this land from other tribes and force them out?

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Guest column: 'State of Indian Nations' is consistent, straightforward
Green Bay Press Gazette
That outline of how the world should be — at least from the point of view of tribes — is consistent and straightforward. Namely: The United States made promises to American Indians through solemn treaties. Those deals carry the force of constitutional ...


SOURCE: Native American Fair Commerce Coalition
Marketwire (press release)
... a consulting firm committed to assisting Native American tribes in the area of economic development. An enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Brandon brings over 20 years of professional experience in the areas of federal Indian law and ...

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Native American Fair Commerce Coalition Names Barry W. Brandon Executive Director
MarketWatch (press release)
... a consulting firm committed to assisting Native American tribes in the area of economic development. An enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Brandon brings over 20 years of professional experience in the areas of federal Indian law and ...

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Interior releases $1.9B plan to buy Indian land
Newsday
(AP) -- Federal officials Thursday released their proposal on how they plan to spend up to $1.9 billion to buy up Native American-owned fractionated lands and turn them over to tribes. The program is a major part of the $3.4 billion settlement of a ...

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UNITEd by Senator Susan Allen
City College News
“[Allen] is an inspiration for women, especially for Native American women,” said Lucy Skjbfte, MCTC student and member of United Nations of Indian Tribes for Education (UNITE). UNITE is a special interest club that promotes cultural awareness of the ...


Historical exhibit clarifies regional history
The Alestle
Rather than portraying the typical viewpoint of the journey through the eyes of Lewis and Clark themselves, it aims to show the perspective of the Native American tribes who lived along the explorers' path. SIUE history professor Rowena McClinton, ...


CBP designates first native American tribe's Enhanced Tribal Card as ...
Government Security News
The Idaho Kootenai tribe's identification document officially became a valid form of identification to enter the US on Jan. 31. The tribe, whose lands straddle the US/Canadian border in Idaho, was the first native American tribe to sign a memorandum of ...


Indian Country Today Media Network.com

Gathering of Oregon's First Nations Pow Wow
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
American Indians from Tribes across Oregon and the United States celebrated their shared history during the fourth annual Gathering of Oregon's First Nations Pow Wow held at the Oregon State Fairgrounds on Saturday, January 28.


Human jawbone found along Columbia River is Native American
TheNewsTribune.com
By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald A human jawbone found lying in shallow water of the Columbia River in October is Native American, according to the Army Corps of Engineers. It hired an independent physical anthropologist to make the determination, ...

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VAWA at the Crossroads
The Crime Report
Consider American Indians. Katy Jackman of the National Congress of American Indians cites Marcus Levings, former Chair of Three Affiliated Tribes in North Dakota. Preparing to testify on another law, the 2009 Tribal Law and Order Act, Levings told ...

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Indian Country Today Media Network.com

Native Proposes Reservation Business
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
By Carol Berry February 1, 2012 Calvin C. Pohawpatchoko Jr., a Ph.D. candidate and advocate of Native American business and development. From the halls and classrooms of urban academia, one Native American is touting a plan that could make it possible ...


Intermountain Catholic

Native American community celebrates approval of canonization of Blessed ...
Intermountain Catholic
On Dec. 19, their prayers were answered when Pope Benedict XVI approved miracles attributed to the intercession of Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American to be beatified. Blessed Kateri's mother was Algonquin; her father was a Mohawk Indian.

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