Last updated: February 4, 2010

Next update is planned to be published by: February 12, 2010

Selected Native American News Stories

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Culture & Tradition

• • State senator postpones Indian mascot bill (The Greeley Tribune) 02/03/10

Economic Development

• • Legislation would allow casino operations on Hawaiian Home Lands (Honolulu Advertiser) 02/04/10

• • Morongo Indian Tribe calling for online poker in California (Poker News Daily) 01/31/10

Education

• • Indian Education progresses on federal level (Indian Country Today ) 02/03/10

• • American Indian education statistics indicate failure (The Farmington Daily Times) 02/02/10

Environment & Energy

• • Kivalina, Alaska: eroding village appeals lawsuit's dismissal, blames corporations for climate change (The Huffington Post ) 02/04/10

• • Minnesota DNR, Red Lake Nation renew agreement (Minnesota DNR) 01/28/10

• • Eroding Alaska village appeals lawsuit's dismissal (Examiner.com) 01/28/10

• • Shell Oil Chuckchi Sea drilling plans challenged (EarthJustice.org) 01/20/10

Health & Welfare

• • IGR committee supports position of Congress, administration to reauthorize Indian Health Care Improvement Act (The Navajo Nation ) 02/01/10

• • Session will examine crime in Indian Country (Rapid City Journal) 02/01/10

Intergovernmental

• • Mashantucket and union seal first labor contract under tribal law (Indian Country Today) 02/02/10

Land & Water

• • To cool global meltdown, G-7 heads deep into arctic (KWQC) 02/03/10

• • Missoula attorney named advisor for U.S. Interior (GreatFallsTribune.com) 01/30/10

Sacred Sites

• • Tribes get a hearing on wind farm opposition (The Boston Globe ) 02/03/10

Sovereign Immunity

• • Mashantucket tribal member loses appeal in promotion suit (theday.com) 02/03/10

Tribal Government

• • Leader says tribes stronger through self-determination (NewsOK) 01/30/10

• • 2010 State of Indian Nations Address (audio) (NAPT) 01/29/10

• • 2010 State of Indian Nations Address (transcript) (NCAI.org) 01/29/10

Tribal Jurisdiction

• • Judge dismisses indictment against Aquash defendent (Indianz.com) 02/04/10

• • Michigan supreme court allows lawsuit to move forward (Sault Tribe) 02/01/10

• • Creek Nation files lawsuit over state tax code (Tulsa World) 01/29/10

• • Court lets tribe intervene (trib.com) 01/28/10

Voting

• • Campaign finance ruling impacts tribes (Indian Country Today) 02/04/10

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Notes:

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For a more complete list of recent news stories see:
Indianz.com
Indian Country Today
PECHANGA
Native Web News Digest
IMDiversity

For a list of American Indian media see
Lisa Mitten's web site.