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/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/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/senate-plans-separate-legislation-for-cobell-trust-fund-settlement/ http://waccamawindians.us/senate-plans-separate-legislation-for-cobell-trust-fund-settlement/#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:47:22 +0000 admin http://waccamawindians.us/senate-plans-separate-legislation-for-cobell-trust-fund-settlement/ The Senate will vote on a stand-alone bill with the Indian trust fund settlement and a settlement for African-American farmers, The Hill reprots. The vote is scheduled for Monday. John…

]]> http://waccamawindians.us/senate-plans-separate-legislation-for-cobell-trust-fund-settlement/feed/ 0 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…

]]> http://waccamawindians.us/city-moves-closer-to-selling-water-for-snow-in-san-francisco-peaks/feed/ 0 http://waccamawindians.us/california-tribes-first-to-file-a-new-independent-expenditure-group/ http://waccamawindians.us/california-tribes-first-to-file-a-new-independent-expenditure-group/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:47:01 +0000 admin http://waccamawindians.us/california-tribes-first-to-file-a-new-independent-expenditure-group/ An independent expenditure group backed by California tribes was the first to file papers with the Federal Election Commission. Californians for Fiscally Responsible Leadership filed within 24 hours of the…

]]> http://waccamawindians.us/california-tribes-first-to-file-a-new-independent-expenditure-group/feed/ 0 http://waccamawindians.us/navajo-family-sues-restaurant-for-serving-alcohol-in-fatal-accident/ http://waccamawindians.us/navajo-family-sues-restaurant-for-serving-alcohol-in-fatal-accident/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:47:01 +0000 admin http://waccamawindians.us/navajo-family-sues-restaurant-for-serving-alcohol-in-fatal-accident/ A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a Navajo Nation family that was involved in a fatal accident in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Peshlakai family was…

]]> http://waccamawindians.us/navajo-family-sues-restaurant-for-serving-alcohol-in-fatal-accident/feed/ 0 http://waccamawindians.us/rep-herseth-sandlin-hopes-to-address-high-dropout-rate-at-hearing/ http://waccamawindians.us/rep-herseth-sandlin-hopes-to-address-high-dropout-rate-at-hearing/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:47:01 +0000 admin http://waccamawindians.us/rep-herseth-sandlin-hopes-to-address-high-dropout-rate-at-hearing/ Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-South Dakota) hopes to address the high Indian dropout rate and other Indian education issues at a field hearing next week. Only 28 percent of Indian…

]]> http://waccamawindians.us/rep-herseth-sandlin-hopes-to-address-high-dropout-rate-at-hearing/feed/ 0 http://waccamawindians.us/another-republican-complains-about-tribal-law-and-order-process/ http://waccamawindians.us/another-republican-complains-about-tribal-law-and-order-process/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:47:01 +0000 admin http://waccamawindians.us/another-republican-complains-about-tribal-law-and-order-process/ Another Republican has come forward to explain why he voted against the Tribal Law and Order Act. Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colorado) was one of 92 Republicans who opposed the bill…

]]> http://waccamawindians.us/another-republican-complains-about-tribal-law-and-order-process/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…

]]> http://waccamawindians.us/npr-tribal-law-and-order-act-boosts-law-efforts-for-indian-country/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….

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