2012 Tribal Government News Stories
• • Senator Daniel Akaka sponsors self-governance bill (Native News Network) 12/19/12
• • Advancing the State-Tribal Consultation Mandate (Indian Country Today) 10/17/12
• • Q&A with Ryan Wilson, Oglala Sioux candidate (Indianz.com) 10/1/12
• • BIA to make final visit to Spirit Lake before big decision on child protection services (GrandForksHerald.com) 9/09/12
• • Tribal leaders discuss successes and failures in justice programs (Bismark Tribune) 9/06/12
• • Cherokee council passes act barring nontribal members from executive posts (Tulsa World) 8/15/12
• • Chukchansi family files federal suit (Sierra Star) 7/12/12
• • PALA: Tribe affirms decision to expel 154 members (North Country Times) 6/18/12
• • Colvilles argue about $193 million settlement (The Daily World) 6/7/12
• • Village of Hotevilla formally rejects SB 2109 (Navajo-Hopi Observer) 05/2/12
• • Stalemate puts Snoqualmie Tribe at risk of federal takeover (The Seattle Times) 05/27/12
• • Navajo Nation gets ID cards (The Farmington Daily-Times) 05/22/12
• • Oglala Sioux tribe in SD trying restorative justice technique called sentencing circles (The Republic) 05/18/12
• • Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes sue Oklahoma district judge over frozen funds (NewsOk) 05/17/12
• • Oklahoma tribes' accounts to remain frozen, federal judge rules (News OK) 05/11/12
• • Questions about transparency, concentration of power for Mashpee tribe (The Enterprise Cape News) 05/04/12
• • $12.5 million Chippewa Cree Tribe Tribal Justice Center adds jobs, jail cells (The Great Falls Tribune) 05/02/12
• • Tribe appeals ruling in suit against mission school, diocese to Supreme Court (Billings Gazette) 05/01/12
• • Oklahoma bank freezes accounts of Native American tribes embroiled in leadership dispute (The Republic) 04/29/12
• • Tribe's dilemma: Splitting $43 million (The Durango Herald) 04/27/12
• • Chukchansi plans to start a tribal court (Fresno Bee) 04/20/12
• • Chairman Akaka holds Indian Affairs field hearing on Native Hawaiian homeownership (United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs) 04/16/12
• • Cherokee Nation Tribal Council approves shield law for journalists (Tulsa World) 04/18/12
• • Inter-Tribal Council shows unified front (The Cherokee Phoenix) 04/09/12
• • Lewis and Tein, Miami lawyers in Miccosukee Indian wrongful-death case, face Florida Bar ethics probes (Miami Herald) 04/05/12
• • Miccosukee Indian Tribe alleges 'fraud' in legal malpractice suit against former Miami U.S. attorney and law partner (The Miami Herald) 04/02/12
• • Florida capital briefs: State Supreme Court rejects Seminole appeal in gas tax case (News-Press.com) 03/19/12
• • Deputies patrol around site of Calif. tribal fight (CBS News) 02/01/12
• • Power struggle over Indian tribe splinters into violence in California (The New York Times) 02/28/12
• • Chukchansi tribe members take over casino offices (ABC local) 02/27/12
? ? Miccosukee Indians: We owe the IRS nearly $26 million, and our lawyer Dexter Lehtinen is to blame (The Miami Heral) 02/13/12
? ? BIA says Chukchansi people can 'work it out' (The Sierra Star) 02/09/12
• • Judge seeks federal help in White Mountain Apache Tribe dispute
(The Arizona Republic) 02/03/12
• • GIAGO: RST Constitution is supposed to be 'law of the land' (The Native American Times) 01/30/12
• • Muscogee Creek Nation Government Sworn In (Newson6) 01/07/12
