2014 Recognition & Enrollment News Stories
A voice of reason in Connecticut's anti-fed recognition wilderness
(Indian Country Today) 10/9/14
Kaine calls for flexibility in recognition process for Indian Tribes (Augusta Free Press) 10/1/14
Little Shell Chippewa Tribe closes in on official federal recognition (Grand Forks Herald) 8/22/14
AB 52, Native American bill, passes committee with changes: consultation process still limited to federally recognized (Monterey Herald) 8/15/14
New rules might recognize more tribes, create new casinos (Miami Herald) 8/12/14
Tribes criticize veto provisions in BIA federal recognition rule (Indianz) 7/30/14
(See notices here and here).
San Carlos Apache Tribe ventures to increase enrollment (Arizona Silver Belt) 7/29/14
CA tribe has new recognition hopes after costly, two-decade struggle (Indian Country Today) 7/21/14
Tribal court hears argument to dismiss reopened disenrollment cases (Central Michigan Life) 7/11/14
Court acknowledges Choctaw tribe in Jackson County (Associated Press News) 7/10/14
Anti-recognition sentiment runs fierce on Kauai (Honolulu Star-Advertiser) 7/2/14
Hawaiian sovereignty 101: the growing fight for native independence (Indian Country Today) 6/28/14
Federal government explores Hawaiian sovereignty (89.3 KPCC) 6/27/14
Interior?s new Hawaiian initiative (Indian Country Today) 6/25/14
Native Hawaiians voice anger at federal officials (Maui News) 6/24/14
Native Hawaiian recognition takes big step (KHNL News 8) 6/19/14
Embattled Nooksacks win delay in loss of membership (Bellingham Herald) 6/12/14
Nooksack tribe re-starts disenrollment process for 306 members (Bellingham Herald RSS) 6/3/14
Tester statement on rule affecting Little Shell recognition (U.S. Senate) 5/28/14
Rule aims at recognition for Native Hawaiians (Honolulu Star-Advertiser) 5/25/14
Interior proposes reform of federal acknowledgment regulations (Turtle Talk) 5/22/14
A Hawaiian nation? (Honolulu Star-Advertiser) 5/11/14
Cherokee present case in freedmen litigation (Muskogee Phoenix) 5/5/14
Hawaiian sovereignty moves forward in international courts (Indian Country Today) 4/24/14
Little Shell Tribe gets closer to recognition (Indianz.com) 4/16/14
High court: State must recognize Fort Sill Apaches (Santa Fe New Mexican) 4/16/14
Virginia Indian tribes move one step closer to federal recognition (Tidewater Review) 4/3/14
Senate Indian Affairs approves Tester and Walsh's Little Shell recognition bill (Tester Press Release) 4/2/14
New Mexico high court orders tribal recognition (Miami Herald) 4/14/14
Bill to recognize Nansemonds passes committee (Suffolk News-Herald) 4/2/14
N.M. Supreme Court to hear Fort Sill Apaches' case next month (Albuquerque Journal) 3/26/14
Fort Sill Apaches seek recognition (Albuquerque Journal) 3/27/14
A giant step forward for equal voting rights in native lawsuit (Indian Country Today) 3/20/14
Appeals panel says Nooksack ouster must get federal approval (The Olympian) 3/18/14
Cherokee Freedmen continue fight for citizenship (Oklahoma's Own) 3/6/14
'Nooksack 306' wards off disenrollment with multiple legal actions
(Indian Country Today) 3/3/14
Local tribes share their struggle for federal recognition in panel discussion Saturday (Monterey Herald) 2/22/14
DOI requests summary judgement in Cherokee Freedmen case (Native Times) 2/3/14
Nipmuc Nation files federal suit seeking recognition as tribe (Boston Business Journal) 1/27/14
Tribal 'disenrollment' reaches Oregon's Grande Rondes, proves gut-wrenching for some (Oregon Live) 1/20/14
Disenrollment from Native American tribes leaves families 'culturally homeless' (Deseret News) 1/20/14
Tester statement on Little Shell recognition progress (John Tester ) 1/17/14
Pamunkey Indian tribe one step closer to federal recognition
(Indian Country Today) 1/17/14
Opinion: BIA should not be allowed to make enrollment decisions for tribes (Indian Country Today) 1/15/14
