2009 Recognition and Enrollment News Stories
• • Driver license renewal law leaves many in limbo (Salt Lake Tribune) 01/13/10
• • The Shinnecocks, recognized (The New York Times) 01/02/10
• • Shinnecock Indians see prosperity ahead (The New York Times) 12/28/09
• • Hawaii governer opposes Akaka Bill revisions (Honolulu Advertiser) 12/16/09
• • Varnertown Indians gain state recognition (Post and Courier) 11/26/09
• • The fast lane to first-class U.S. citizenship (KUAM News) 11/17/09
• • Feds pledge overhaul of tribal recognition system (Sun News) 11/4/09
• • Little Shells denied Bureau of Indian Affairs recognition, await congressional action (Indian Country Today) 11/4/09
• • For state?s tribes, goal?s in sight (Lynchburg News Advance) 11/3/09
• • Delawares eligible for federal funds and services (Native American Times) 11/2/09
• • Tribal trouble in Tennessee (GOVERNING) 11/1/09
• • Tribal recognition process too cumbersome (Spokesman-Review) 10/29/09
• • Little Shell recognition bid rejected (Great Falls Tribune) 10/27/09
• • Virginia tribes take another step on road to federal recognition (Richmond Times-Dispatch) 10/23/09
• • Senate committee advances Lumbee bills (Fayetteville Observer) 10/23/09
• • Schaghticokes lose quest for federal recognition again (New Milford Spectrum) 10/22/09
• • For Schaghticokes, the fight's not over (New London Day) 10/20/09
• • Delaware Tribe eligible for federal funds (Cherokee Phoenix) 10/14/09
• • ?We deserve to win': Indian tribe wants money ? but not a casino (News Herald) 10/11/09
• • Lumbees trying again for tribal recognition (Greensboro News & Record) 10/9/09
• • Cherokee group optimistic on recognition (Indianz.com) 10/8/09
• • Senate gets Lumbee bill (Robesonian) 10/2/09
• • Feds delay Mont. tribe?s recognition request (Indian Country Today) 9/28/09
• • Snoqualmie tribe votes to reinstate 9 members banished in election dispute (Seattle Times) 9/27/09
• • Sac and Fox Second Chief on 'voluntary absence' (Shawnee News-Star) 9/24/09
• • Paterson endorses Shinnecock Tribe?s bid for recognition (New York Times) 9/24/09
• • Senator Dorgan introduces Carcieri fix (Turtle Talk) 9/24/09
• • Interior delays Little Shell decision again (Great Falls Tribune) 9/23/09
• • A response to Medina's claims about tribal evictions (Lake County News) 9/17/09
• • Maliseet Indians celebrate Recognition Day (Bangor Daily News) 9/14/09
• • Tribe disputes eviction story (Lake County News) 9/12/09
• • City, county challenge Wilton Miwok restoration (Elk Grove Citizen) 9/1/09
• • Tribal eviction efforts at Robinson Rancheria result in Saturday protest (Lake County News) 8/30/09
• • Appeals court upholds existence of SD reservation (The Daily Republic) 8/27/09
• • Native Hawaiians applaud recognition (The Maui News) 8/26/09
• • Brothertown tribal status turned down (Fond du Lac Reporter) 8/20/09
• • Akaka Bill gets Obama approval (Indian Country Today) 8/18/09
• • Burr: Right ?vehicle? needed for Lumbee bill (The Robesonian) 8/11/09
• • Prospects brighten for passage of Akaka bill (
Maui News) 8/7/09
• • Obama backs Native Hawaiian self-governance bill (Honolulu Advertiser) 8/7/09
• • Mashpee leader: Carcieri fix must be ?retrospective, prospective? ? and speedy (Indian Country Today) 8/5/09
• • After almost 10 years, Hawaiian homelands suit set for trial today ( Honolulu Advertiser) 8/4/09
• • Montana tribe awaits decision on U.S. recognition (Havre Daily News) 7/28/09
• • Little Shell recognition decision delayed (Great Falls Tribune) 7/28/09
• • State, Osage tribal members dispute validity of reservation (The Oklahoma Journal Record) 7/28/09
• • Little Shell recognition bid seeks Congressional help (Great Falls Tribune) 7/17/09
• • Duwamish tribe tries for federal recognition ? again (Seattle Post Intelligencer) 7/15/09
• • Chinooks get their day before Congress (The Daily Astorian) 7/15/09
• • Federal recognition weeks away for Delaware tribe (Native American Times) 7/14/09
• • Hearing set for Little Shell's recognition (
Great Falls Tribune) 7/8/09
• • The Akaka bill can be rejected for reasons that do not attack the legitimacy of the genuine Indian tribes (Hawaiian Reporter) 7/8/09
• • Wilton Miwok Rancheria tribe outlines future goals (
Elk Grove Citizen) 7/7/09
• • Trenton Chippewa try for recognition as separate tribe (The Bismarck Tribune) 6/30/09
• • BIA head's letter raises questions on rights (Tulsa World) 6/26/09
• • Coquille Tribe to hold 2-day celebration in Bandon (The Bandon Western World) 6/25/09
• • House approves Virginia tribes? federal recognition bill (Indian Country Today) 6/17/09
• • Native Hawaiian bill gets new airing (The Washington Post) 6/11/09
• • Senate passes Baca legislation to establish Native American Heritage Day (Targeted News Service) 6/10/09
• • Delaware Tribe on the brink of federal recognition (Tulsa World) 6/9/09
• • Feds restore recognition to Calif. Tribe (Times-Standard) 6/8/09
• • House approves Virginia tribes? federal recognition bill (Indian Country Today) 6/5/09
• • House passes bills to recognize seven tribes (The Boston Globe) 6/3/09
• • Shinnecock makes personal case for recognition (Newsday) 6/3/09
• • Minnesota asks Washington to repeal Indian banishment (Rosemont Town Pages) 5/29/09
• • Shinnecock Indians contemplate a casino as they close in on Federal Recognition (New York Times) 5/28/09
• • Bill would give Chinook tribe federal recognition (Oregonian) 5/21/09
• • Native American tribe protests bill (WSMV Nashville) 5/19/09
• • Sacramento Indians hope bill will restore sovereignty -- in Hawaii (Sacramento Bee) 5/13/09
• • Indian tribes fight for Tenn. recognition; most lose (Knoxville News Sentinel) 5/12/09
• • As requirements change, just who is an Indian? (National Public Radio) 5/11/09
• • Much at stake for tribes awaiting recognition (USA TODAY) 5/4/09
• • House Natural Resources Committee approves Virginia tribes? federal recognition bill (Indian Country Today) 5/1/09
• • Banished Snoqualmie tribal members win federal court ruling (Seattle Times) 5/1/09
• • Disenrollment editorial (Rob J. Peters Blog) 4/29/09
• • Lumbee recognition bill heads to full U.S. House (Fayetteville Observer) 4/23/09
• • House Resources Committee markup on recognition bills (Indianz.com) 4/15/09
• • Tribe disenrolling members (Central Michigan Life) 4/15/09
• • Delaware Tribe sets vote in independence effort (Tulsa World) 4/12/09
• • Boarding schools and federal recognition (Native American Times) 4/6/09
• • Shinnecock leader expects decision on tribe recognition (Newsday) 4/3/09
• • Battle resumes: Disenrollment foe tells his story (Morning Sun) 3/27/09
• • Mich. tribe begins process to remove some members (Chicago Tribune) 3/26/09
• • Recognize the Lumbee (Winston-Salem Journal) 3/26/09
• • Schaghticoke files 2nd Circuit appeal for acknowledgment restoration (Indian Country Today) 3/22/09
• • State recognizes survivors of Indian tribe long thought extinct (News 8 Austin) 3/22/09
• • Obama's influence felt at Lumbee recognition hearing (Indianz.com) 3/19/09
• • 6 tribes seek U.S. approval of status (Washington Times) 3/19/09
• • The realities of tribal recognition (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) 3/12/09
• • Va. Indian tribes deserve federal recognition (Richmond Times-Dispatch) 3/12/09
• • New bill puts recognition in hands of regulators (Fayetteville Observer) 3/11/09
• • Road to recognition: Lumbees learn from travails of Texas tribe (Fayetteville Observer) 3/8/09
• • Small protest highlights rift in Dry Creek Pomo tribe (Press Democrat) 3/8/09
• • Tribe seeks help from Obama: Duwamish need funds in recognition bid (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) 3/5/09
• • Tester backing Little Shell tribe recognition effort (Montana's News Station) 3/2/09
• • Tribal court bans reporter from covering fraud claims (Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press) 3/2/09
• • Hundreds expelled from Chukchansi tribe (Fresno Bee) 2/28/09
• • Question of citizenship (Tulsa World) 2/27/09
• • Snoqualmie banishment case ripping apart tribe (Seattle Times) 2/20/09
• • Virginia's eight tribes lack federal recognition, right to stimulus funds (Daily Press) 2/18/09
• • Interior head says he'll review tribal recognition process (Great Falls Tribune) 2/13/09
• • Truce in recall drive targeting Dry Creek Indian leaders (Press Democrat) 2/9/09
• • Winnebago Tribe expands member definition (Sioux City Journal) 2/7/09
• • Akaka Bill, lacking ban on gambling, is revived (Star Bulletin) 2/5/09
• • Duwamish not extinct (West Seattle Herald) 2/2/09
• • Decision delayed on Little Shell recognition (Great Falls Tribune) 1/28/09
• • Chinook recognition must move soon (Daily Astorian) 1/27/09
• • Dry Creek tribe plans to oust 73 members (Press Democrat) 1/18/09
• • McIntyre resubmits Lumbee bill (Fayetteville Observer) 1/15/09
• • KRV revitalization update (Kern Valley Sun) 1/14/09
• • Blood quantum (High Country News) 1/12/09
• • Tribe takes dispute to court (Charlotte Observer) 1/2/09
