http://waccamawindians.us Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:47:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://waccamawindians.us/city-moves-closer-to-selling-water-for-snow-in-san-francisco-peaks/ http://waccamawindians.us/city-moves-closer-to-selling-water-for-snow-in-san-francisco-peaks/#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:47:22 +0000 admin http://waccamawindians.us/city-moves-closer-to-selling-water-for-snow-in-san-francisco-peaks/ The city of Flagstaff, Arizona, is moving closer to a decision on selling water to a ski resort in the sacred San Francisco Peaks. The city’s water commission held a…

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]]> http://waccamawindians.us/senate-plans-separate-legislation-for-cobell-trust-fund-settlement/feed/ 0 http://waccamawindians.us/us-attorney-objects-to-lawsuit-against-bia-officers-in-yankton-court/ http://waccamawindians.us/us-attorney-objects-to-lawsuit-against-bia-officers-in-yankton-court/#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:47:22 +0000 admin http://waccamawindians.us/us-attorney-objects-to-lawsuit-against-bia-officers-in-yankton-court/ The U.S. Attorney’s Office in South Dakota says a member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe should not be able to sue Bureau of Indian Affairs police officers. in tribal court….

]]> http://waccamawindians.us/us-attorney-objects-to-lawsuit-against-bia-officers-in-yankton-court/feed/ 0 http://waccamawindians.us/appeals-court-denies-mashpee-wampanaog-claim-to-ancestral-land/ http://waccamawindians.us/appeals-court-denies-mashpee-wampanaog-claim-to-ancestral-land/#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:47:22 +0000 admin http://waccamawindians.us/appeals-court-denies-mashpee-wampanaog-claim-to-ancestral-land/ Two members of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts lost their land claim before the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals today. Amelia Bingham and her son, Steven, sued the state…

]]> http://waccamawindians.us/appeals-court-denies-mashpee-wampanaog-claim-to-ancestral-land/feed/ 0 http://waccamawindians.us/obama-working-with-congress-to-authorize-trust-fund-settlement/ http://waccamawindians.us/obama-working-with-congress-to-authorize-trust-fund-settlement/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:47:01 +0000 admin http://waccamawindians.us/obama-working-with-congress-to-authorize-trust-fund-settlement/ President Barack Obama mentioned the Indian trust fund settlement at the White House on Thursday. The Obama administration reached a $3.4 billion settlement to the case last December. Congress has…

]]> http://waccamawindians.us/obama-working-with-congress-to-authorize-trust-fund-settlement/feed/ 0 http://waccamawindians.us/editorial-tribal-law-and-order-act-a-good-first-step-in-south-dakota/ http://waccamawindians.us/editorial-tribal-law-and-order-act-a-good-first-step-in-south-dakota/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:47:01 +0000 admin http://waccamawindians.us/editorial-tribal-law-and-order-act-a-good-first-step-in-south-dakota/ “A bill signed Thursday by President Obama should lend a bit more stability to American Indian reservations nationwide. The Tribal Law and Order Act is designed to strengthen tribal law…

]]> http://waccamawindians.us/editorial-tribal-law-and-order-act-a-good-first-step-in-south-dakota/feed/ 0 http://waccamawindians.us/opinion-obama-the-tribal-law-and-order-act-and-immigration-laws/ http://waccamawindians.us/opinion-obama-the-tribal-law-and-order-act-and-immigration-laws/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:47:01 +0000 admin http://waccamawindians.us/opinion-obama-the-tribal-law-and-order-act-and-immigration-laws/ ” Comes now President Obama, the Chief Executive Officer of the United States, sworn to faithfully execute the federal laws, who instructs Attorney General Holder to march into federal court…

]]> http://waccamawindians.us/opinion-obama-the-tribal-law-and-order-act-and-immigration-laws/feed/ 0 http://waccamawindians.us/blog-tribal-law-and-order-act-empowers-women-to-combat-assault/ http://waccamawindians.us/blog-tribal-law-and-order-act-empowers-women-to-combat-assault/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:47:01 +0000 admin http://waccamawindians.us/blog-tribal-law-and-order-act-empowers-women-to-combat-assault/ “One in three Native American women will be raped at least once in her lifetime. And that’s why President Obama’s signing of the Tribal Law and Order Act today is…

]]> http://waccamawindians.us/blog-tribal-law-and-order-act-empowers-women-to-combat-assault/feed/ 0 http://waccamawindians.us/interview-sen-murkowski-on-need-for-the-tribal-law-and-order-act/ http://waccamawindians.us/interview-sen-murkowski-on-need-for-the-tribal-law-and-order-act/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:47:01 +0000 admin http://waccamawindians.us/interview-sen-murkowski-on-need-for-the-tribal-law-and-order-act/ The Tundra Drums interviewed Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, and asked about the Tribal Law and Order Act and its effect on Alaska….

]]> http://waccamawindians.us/interview-sen-murkowski-on-need-for-the-tribal-law-and-order-act/feed/ 0 http://waccamawindians.us/npr-tribal-law-and-order-act-boosts-law-efforts-for-indian-country/ http://waccamawindians.us/npr-tribal-law-and-order-act-boosts-law-efforts-for-indian-country/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:47:01 +0000 admin http://waccamawindians.us/npr-tribal-law-and-order-act-boosts-law-efforts-for-indian-country/ “MICHELE NORRIS, host: President Obama signed a bill into law today that gives American Indian tribes more authority to combat crime. President BARACK OBAMA: I have no interest in just…

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