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Last updated: May 17, 2013
Next update is planned to be published by: May 24, 2013
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Culture & Tradition
• • Among Indian tribes, a division over gay marriage (Washington Post) 5/12/13
• • Native Sun News: Wounded Knee descendants speak out (Indianz.com) 5/10/13
Economic Development
• • Mass. panel examines revised tribal casino deal (Boston Herald) 5/15/13
• • Montana Governor vetoes three anti-bison bills, lets the hunt stand (Indian Country Today) 5/12/13
• • Judge dismisses suit trying to block Seneca casino in Buffalo (The Buffalo News) 5/10/13
Environment & Energy
• • America's first climate refugees (Grist.org) 5/15/13
• • U.S. Senate passes Water Resources Development Act (Journal of Commerce) 5/15/13
• • Cherokees OK joint wind-energy project in north-central Oklahoma (Tulsa World) 5/15/13
• • Navajo Nation and scientists work to protect water from uranium (The Daily Times) 5/10/13
Fiduciary Duty
• • Sally Jewell in for a wild ride with Indian Country (Indian Country Today) 5/15/13
• • New secretary lays out agenda for Native Americans (Huffington Post) 5/15/13
Health & Welfare
• • Native Sun News: County's ICWA abuses called 'shocking' (Indianz.com) 5/16/13
• • The fight for Baby Veronica, part 2 (Indian Country Today) 5/13/13
• • Great Plains ICWA summit hoping to address native foster care concerns (Indian Country Today) 5/13/13
• • $2 million funding available for child care grant programs (BNA) 5/7/13
Intergovernmental
• • Oneida Nation, state agree on wide-ranging deal on gaming, taxing, land (Syracuse.com) 5/16/13
• • One B.C. fisherman's fight for cross-border native rights (The First Perspective) 5/16/13
• • Op-Ed: Hands across the melting ice (New York Times) 5/13/13
• • OPINION: Tribes and the Michigan wolf hunt (Turtletalk) 5/10/13
Recognition & Enrollment
• • Appeals court rules for Cahto Tribe in disenrollment dispute (Indianz.com) 5/15/13
Tribal Government
• • Violence Against Women Act and Stafford Act amended to assist Indian Country- now the real work...implementation (BNA) 5/14/13
Tribal Jurisdiction
• • Ninth Circuit holds takings case must proceed through tribal court (Association of Corporate Counsel) 5/3/13
• • Tribal jurisdiction bill (Fourstateshomepage.com) 5/8/13