2004 Land & Water News Stories
• •Tribal opinion on dam sought (Union
Democrat) 12/30/04
• •Nuclear and
chemical warfare, unwanted neighbors in Indian Country (Infoshop.org)
12/30/04
• •Water vote
sinks (Gallup
Independent) 12/16/04
• •Cayuga agreement
challenged (The
Post-Standard) 12/14/04
• •Tribal members
disagree about land claim settlement (The
Green Bay News-Chronicle) 12/16/04
• •Tribe decries
exploration approval (The
Reno Gazette-Journal) 12/13/04
• •Bush administration
had detailed knowledge of fraudulent practices (Smartmoney.com)
12/7/04
• •Homeless
no more - Samish land restored (Indian
Country Today) 12/08/04
• •Feds
say tribes get Coos Head (The
Coos Bay World) 11/24/04
• •U.S. Senate
OKs Utah water bill (Casper
Star Tribune) 11/22/04
• •Federal court
rules in favor of Loyalists (Indian
Country Today) 11/21/04
• •Senate passes
Nez Perce agreement (The
Times-News) 11/20/04
• •Congress
OKs water settlement empowering tribes (The
Arizona Republic) 11/18/04
• • Bill targets
settlement of land claims (Anchorage
Daily News) 11/18/04
• •Tribe, N.
Stonington Still Disagree Over Water At Lake Of Isles (The
New London Day) 11/18/04
• • Blackfeet
tribe lays claim to park land (Billings
Gazette) 11/16/04
• •Mattaponi's
1677 treaty rights under court review (Indian
Country Today) 11/11/04
• •Bush brings
limited reform to trust land probate process (Indian
Country Today) 11/05/04
• •Colville
tribes, utility settle fight over dam (The
Seattle Times Company) 11/2/04
• •Proposal
Restricts Appeals on Dams (Washington
Post) 10/28/04
• •Nez Perce
Agreement meets resistance (The
Times-News) 10/27/04
• •Bank remains
firm on appeal to the Supreme Court (Mille
Lacs Messenger) 10/22/04
• •State opts
out of riverbed court fight for now (Billings
Gazette) 10/19/04
• •Organizations
and Indian tribes file briefs for Sherrill and Oneida Indian Nation (The
Post Standard) 10/18/04
• •Brazilians
Battle Indians: 'This Land Is Our Land' (New
York Times) 10/15/04
• •Senate OKs
water disputes bill (The
Arizona Republic) 10/12/04
• •Tribe to
appeal ruling on size of reservation (The
Post-Crescent) 10/7/04
• •The Mattaponi
say the construction of the King William Reservoir contradicts a 1677
land treaty (Daily
Press) 10/6/04
• •9th Circuit
upholds dam operations (The
Billings Gazette) 10/5/04
• •Tribe wants
water storage information as it contemplates seeking payments (kgw.com)
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• •[Rosebud Sioux] Tribe voices land-trust concerns to committee (KOTA
TERRITORY NEWS) 9/23/04
• •BLM land
vote expected today (Press
Enterprise) 9/22/04
• •Stevens tries
to broker Doyon Ltd. land deal (Fairbanks
Daily News-Miner) 9/17/04
• •Park Service
can't give Lake Clark land to CIRI nonprofits (Anchorage
Daily News) 9/16/04
• •Samish have
trust land once more, and plans for homes near Campbell Lake (Anacortes
American) 9/16/04
• •Stevens tries
to broker Doyon Ltd. land deal (Fairbanks
Daily News-Miner) 9/17/04
• •Park Service
can't give Lake Clark land to CIRI nonprofits (Anchorage
Daily News) 9/16/04
• •Samish have
trust land once more, and plans for homes near Campbell Lake (Anacortes
American) 9/16/04
• •CIRI's elite
guests help bid for disputed parkland (Anchorage
Daily News) 9/3/04 *requires sign on
• •Feds conclude
dams don't jeopardize salmon (The
Seattle Times) 9/1/04
• •New confrontation
brewing at Sun Peaks (CBC
News British Columbia) 8/30/04
• •Owens to
denounce casino (Denver
Post) 8/29/04
• •Domenici:
Navajo settlement too expensive (The
Farmington Daily Times) 8/25/04
• •Pechanga
may expand reservation (North
County Times) 8/25/04
• •Four appeal
Y-A Nation's trust application (Camp
Verde Bugle) 8/12)
• •Water in the West: Klamath Tribes know its worth (Indian
Country Today) 8/10
• •BIA overseeing land consolidation effort (Rapid
City Journal) 8/8
• •[Pechanga]
Tribe seeks long water deal (Press-Enterprise)
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• •Oneidas deny
derailing Cayuga land deal (Post-Standard)
8/6
• •Trust land
decision for New Mexico Pueblos upheld (Indianz.com)
8/5
• •Water rights
battle brews over aging flume: Agua Caliente claims flow going to Banning
Bench (The
Press-Enterprise) 8/5
• •Neighbors
await decision on park (The
Sun Link) 7/31
• •New fences
make angry neighbors near Barona (The
San Diego Union-Tribune) 07/30
• •Towns Want
to Pitch in to Fight Dark Eyes' Tax Appeal (The
Day) 07/30
Ho-Chunk Says
Casino Not Mandatory (thetimesonline.com)
07/22
• •Tribe's Aid
Sought in Land-use Battle for Gas Station (Seattle
Times) 07/21
• •Abandoned
Village Site to be Returned to Minto Residents (Anchorage
Daily News) 07/18 *
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• •Judge Strikes
Down Wyandotte Nation Lawsuit Seeking Industrial Land (The
Wichita Eagle) 07/15 *
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• •Deal Would
Mean Land for Tribe, Fields for Prior Lake (Star
Tribune) 07/14 *
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• •Tribe Prepared
to Add 855 Acres to Reservation (Porterville
Recorder) 07/13
• •Oklahoma
Tribe is Rooted in New York (Democrat
and Chronicle) 07/11
• •Stevens Defends
Federal Buyout of Arctic Allotment (News-Miner)
07/10
• •Tribe Rejects
Casino in Butte (Appeal-Democrat)
07/08
• •Bush Signs
Measure to Pay Western Shoshone for Land (LA
Times) 07/08 *
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• •Casino Group
Offers Schools $1 Billion to Get State Support (Denver
Post) 07/08
• •Gila River
Tribe Plans Land Buy (Arizona
Republic) 07/07
• •Schumer:
Use ruling to End Land Claim (Post
Standard) 07/02 *
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• •Gila Tribe
May Buy 1,200 Acres in San Tan Park (Arizona
Republic) 07/01
• •Tribe May
Drop Romulus Casino (Detroit
News) 06/30
• •City to Cowlitz
Tribe: Let's Talk (The
Columbian) 06/29
• •Supreme Court
to Hear Dispute over Oneida Nation Land (Indianz.com)
06/29
• •Eureka Returns
to Wiyot Tribe in Reconciliation for 1860 Massacre (Union-Tribune)
06/26
• •Western Shoshone
Payout Bill Clears Congress (Indianz.com)
06/25
• •House Committee
Hears Debate on Michigan Casino Bills (Detroit
Free Press) 06/24
• •House Passes
Long-stalled Bill to Pay Western Shoshone for Land (Union-Tribune)
06/21
• •Deal Likely
on Two Casinos (Times
Union) 06/19
• •Settle Tribal
Land Issue (Argus
Leader) 06/18
• •Oklahoma
Tribe Asks State for Casino in Rochester (Post
Standard) 06/15 *
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• •Cayuga Claim
Deal Panned (Post
Standard) 06/15 *
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• •Chumash Annex
Controversy Continues (ksby.com)
06/15
• •Watery Grave
Awaits Hoh Reservation (Post
Intelligencer) 06/15
• •South Dakota
Plans to Sue Tribe over Trust Land (Rapid
City Journal) 06/14
• •Big Debate
over a Tiny Park in Suquamish May Be Settled Soon (Post
Intelligencer) 06/14
• •Repeal Would
Allow Tribal Land Gaming (Providence
Journal) 06/11 *
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• •Cayuga Nation
and Governor Pataki Sign M.O.U. (New
York State Government) 06/10
• •Oneida Nation
Sees Support in Bush Administration Brief (Indianz.com)
06/08
• •How the Timbisha
Shoshone Tribe is Getting Tribal Lands Here (Hesperia
Star) 06/08
• •Indian Tribe
Clashes over Growth Plan (San
Luis Obisop Tribune) 06/07
• •Lumbee Land
Swap Decision Delayed (Fayetteville
Observer) 06/04
• •Tiguas Apply
for Public Trust in Two Area Counties (Alpine
Avalanche) 06/03
• •Measure to
Compensate Western Shoshone Delayed (Review
Journal) 06/02
• •County: Tribe's
Plan Incomplete (The
Columbian) 05/26
• •Court Won't
Rehear Challenge to Tribal Land Base (Indianz.com)
05/21
• •Pembroke
Seeks Tribal Land Swap (Fayetteville
Observer) 05/21
• •State Crafts
Cayuga Land Deal (Post
Standard) *
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• •City Council
Returns Land Back to Wiyot Tribe (Eureka
Reporter) 05/19
• •Tribes Propose
Casino to End Colorado land Claim (newsok.com)
05/19 *
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• •Land Claim
Has Feel of Extortion (Denver
Post) 05/19
• •Mohegans
Seek to Place More Land into Trust (The
Day) 05/18 *
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• •Plan to Sell
to Tribe Offends Many (LA
Times) 05/17 *
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• •Tribal Casino
Investors Offer State $1 Billion (Rocky
Mountain News) 05/14
• •Tribes Say
Placing Cloud on Land Titles Isn't Arm-twisting (Rocky
Mountain News) 05/12
• •Gibbons Backs
Reid Bill on Western Shoshone (Las
Vegas Review-Journal) 05/07
• •Cayuga Tribe
Moves Closer to a Casino in the Catskills (NYT)
05/04 *
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• •BIA to Take
Land into Trust for Two Wisconsin Tribes (Indianz.com)
05/04
• •Court Upholds
Off-reservation Gaming Provision in IGRA (Indianz.com)
05/03
• •Senate Approves
Transfer of Old Minto Village (Daily
News-Miner) 05/02
• •Tribe Wants
Land in Sumter (Sumter North American Family Tribe of Sumter County) (The
Daily Commercial) 04/28
• •Rendell asks
court to dismiss tribe's suit (Philadelphia
Inquirer) 04/24 *
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• •Battle Creek
Casino Plan Is Put on Hold (Detroit
Fee Press) 04/23
• •Campbell
Weighs Hearings on Plan for Tribal Casino (Denver
Post) 04/23
• •Chumash Land-into-Trust
Opposed (Santa
Maria Times) 04/23 *
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• •Delaware
Tribe, Gillmann Group Start Land into Trust Application with Bureau of
Indian Affairs
(Yahoo Finance)
04/22
• •Tribes Seek
Access to Federal Lands (Oakland
Tribune) 04/22
• •Feds Support
Giving Ariz. Land to Tribe (Arizona
Republic) 04/22
• •Oklahoma
Tribe Suffers Setback in Casino Plan (newsok.com)
04/21 *
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• •Okla. Tribes
Seek 27 Million Acres in Eastern Colo. (Denver
Post) 04/15
• •Tribal Chairman
Would Guarantee Access to Bighorn River Fishing Site in Land Swap (Billings
Gazette) 04/15
• •Ukiah Tribe
Says It Didn't Buy Land for Casino (Press
Democrat) 04/15
• •Arundel Concered
over Delawar Nation's Plan for Landfill (Baltimore
Sun) 04/13
• •Tribe's Land
Buy Arouses Fear of Casino Plans (Press
Democrat) 04/08
• •Hearing Clarifies
Nation's Bingo Hall Plans (Post
Standard) 04/08
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• •Tribe: Land
Claim Deal Doable (Post
Standard) 04/02 *
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• •Shawnee Tribe
Loses Claim to Land of Former Sunflower Plant (Journal-World)
04/01
• •Citizen Potawatomi
Tribe Plans Housing on Land in Kansas (Indianz.com)
04/01
• •Cayuga Land
Claim Rulings Challenged (Post
Standard) * 04/01
• •Smith Pushes
Land for Tribe (Gazette
Times) 03/31
• •Duwamish
Long for Longhouse; Tribe Has Land, Just Need a Little More Money (Post
Intelligencer) 03/29
• •House Committee
OKs Casino Deals (Detroit
News) 03/26
• •Would Land
Swap Remedy Old Problem? (Billings
Gazette) 03/25
• •Coquille
Indian Tribe Completes Purchase of Weyco Land (The
World Link) 03/23
• •Tribe Focusing
on Purchasing Ancestral Land (newsok.com)
* 03/22
• •Miccosukee
Tribe Asks Collier Judge to Dismiss DEP Lawsuit (Naples
Daily News) 03/22
• •American
Indian Tribe Hopes to Regain Land in DeKalb County (Metro
News) 03/20
• •Tribe Offers
Swap: Claim for Casino (Post
Standard) * 03/19
• •Archeaology
Professor Helps Cayuga Land Claims (The
Ithacan) 03/18
• •Ex-Actor,
Chumash Plan Community (LA
Times) * 03/16
• •Chickasaw
Nation Buys Land, Sparks Fued (newsok.com)
* 03/14
• •Seneca-Cayuga
Hall Remains on Hold (Post
Standard) * 03/12
• •Minn. Tribe
Wins Another Round in Reservation Dispute (Indianz.com)
03/11
• •Pala Tribe
Wants 'Junkyard' Removed (North
County Times) 03/11
• •Feds Hear
Casino Opposition (Press
Democrat) 03/11
• •Cowlitz Tribe
Will Speak to Clarify La Center Land Proposal (The
Oregonian) 03/10
• •Tribe Buys
Land to Build Casino near Shullsburg (Wisconsin
State Journal) 03/08
• •Opposition
Steps Up As Tribe Seeks Trust Status (The
Oregonian) 03/04
• •Bush Helps
Barona Tribe Secure Access to Water Supply (Union
Tribune) 03/03
• •Tribe's MRI
Plan Stirs Dispute (Detroit
News) 02/26
• •Would Tribe
Build Arts Center? (Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle) 02/26
• •Cayuga Land
Claim Case to be Heard (Post
Standard) * 02/25
• •Church Property
Attracts Tribal Casino and Boat Retailer (St.
Petersburg Times) 02/24
• •Pueblo Files
Suit against Mining Company (Santa
Fe New Mexican) 02/21
• •Kansas Tribe
Buys Land in Ancestral Reservation (Indianz.com)
02/20
• •Colusa Tribe
Opposing Enterprise Rancheria Casino (Appeal-Democrat)
02/19
• •County Approves
Agreement with Cowlitz Tribe (The
Columbian) 02/18
• •Port Huron
Casino: All Bets May Be Off (Times
Herald) 02/17
• •Tribe Lays
Claim to Sunflower Site (Lawrence
Journal World) 02/14
• •Sherrill
Files Final Supreme Court Brief (Oneida
Dispatch) 02/05
• •Indian Casino
Not a Sure Bet (Colorado casino) (Denver
Post) 02/04
• •Tribe seeking
jackpot (Landless Miwok) (Sacramento
Bee) 02/02
• •6 Local Tribes
Seek Off-site Casinos (northern California) (Press
Deomcrat) 01/29
• •Stillaguamish
Tribe Puts Land in Trust as Buffer to Casino (Seattle
Times) 01/28
• •Darrington-area
Tribe Buys Land for its Future (herald.net)
01/18
• •Tribe takes
land claim to federal court (Philadelphia
Inquirer) 01/16
• •Sunflower
Site Developer Affirmed (Lawrence
Journal World) 01/16
• •Stevens Linked
to Proposed Indian Casino in Colorado (News-Miner)
01/14
• •Western Shoshone
Tribes Divided over Land Dispute with Government (Aberdeen
News) 01/12
• •Town Hall
Turns to Tribes (Herald
and News) 01/12
• •300-room
Hotel and Casino Proposed in Winchester (North
County Times) 01/09
• •Return of
Sealth's Home Hopeful Sign (Post
Intelligencer) 01/08
• •Tribe Claims
to Own Property on ND Campus (South
Bend Tribune) 01/05
