2015 Recognition & Enrollment News Stories
Tennessee groups sue for tribal recognition (Courthouse News) 12/23/15
Motion argues canceled Native Hawaiian election flouts high court (Maui News) 12/23/15
Tribal Recognition Act, a controversial bill that strips the Bureau of Indian Affairs of its ability (Indianz) 12/8/15
Will the Little Shell tribe finally be recognized? (High Country News) 12/7/15
House committee holds second hearing on federal recognition bill (Indianz) 12/2/15
American Indians in Louisiana swamps seek tribal recognition (Gulf Live) 11/26/15
American Indians: census weighs changes for count in 2020 (Casa Grande Dispatch) 11/18/15
Senator Burr introduces Lumbee recognition bill (Charlotte Sun Times) 11/18/15
Duwamish still waiting for meeting with Interior Secretary Jewell (Indian Country Today) 11/16/15
Rep. Bishop introduces Tribal Recognition Act of 2015 (Natural Resources) 11/15/15
The anti-disenrollment chorus sings, part 1(Indian Country Today) 11/13/15
Disenrollment from Pala Band affects children in ICWA case (Indianz) 11/12/15
Nooksack tribal members facing disenrollment win records fight (Bellingham Herald) 11/7/15
US official: Congress shouldn't control tribal recognition (AP) 10/28/15
American Indian tribe files second lawsuit against New Jersey (NJ) 10/23/15
Miami Nation denied federal recognition (KPC News) 10/20/15
Challenge filed against Pamunkey's federal recognition (Daily Press) 10/9/15
Federal recognition put on hold for Virginia's Pamunkey Indian tribe (Washington Post) 10/8/15
Tribal leaders must talk about disenrollment (Indian Country Today) 10/5/15
Interior Department announces procedure for Native Hawaiian recognition (West Hawaii Today) 9/30/15
House subcommittee embraces two tribal federal recognition bills (Indianz) 9/30/15
House holds first hearing for Little Shell federal recognition in years (Rep. Zinke) 9/30/15
Law recognizes Native Hawaiians as Indigenous People with special rights (Civil Beat) 9/18/15
Tribal court decisions support enrollment committee rulings (The Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde) 9/16/15
Excluded tribal members lose court decision (OPB) 9/10/15
Back to the future: the GOP and tribal termination (Indian Country Today) 9/9/15
Pocahontas' tribe, the Pamunkey of Virginia, finally recognized by U.S. (LA Times) 8/2/15
Native American tribe sues New Jersey for recognition (NBC 10) 7/21/15
Group that claims Cherokee ancestry files for recognition (Indianz) 7/21/15
Pamunkey nation looks to future after gaining federal recognition (Virginia Gazette) 7/07/15
Duwamish Tribe denied federal recognition (Seattle Times) 7/04/15
Montana tribe's hopes for recognition buoyed by rule changes
(AP) 7/03/15
Department of the Interior announces final federal recognition process to acknowledge Indian tribes (Char-Koosta News) 7/02/15 [see the rules here and additional information from the BIA here.)
U.S. grants federal recognition to Virginia's Pamunkey tribe (The Daily Progress) 7/02/15
Connecticut tribes denied second chance to petition for sovereignty (Register Citizen) 6/30/15
En Banc Ninth Circuit rejects untimely, collateral challenge to legal status of tribe's trust lands and federal recognition (Lexology) 6/5/2015
Towns criticize proposed changes to tribal recognition laws (Mystic River Press) 5/22/2015
Local towns critical of proposed changes to tribal recognition laws (The Westerly Sun) 5/20/2015
With a new bill, North Carolina's Lumbee Tribe continues to push for federal recognition (The Snap Online) 4/16/15
Judge tells Mackinac Tribe to submit federal recognition petition (Indianz) 4/1/15
Sens. Murkowski, Sullivan introduce legislation to give lands back to five Southeast Alaska Native communities (US Department of Energy) 3/26/15
North Stonington first selectman cheers congressional review of tribal recognition (Register Citizen) 3/31/15
Lawmakers urge more study of US tribal recognition changes (New York Times) 3/26/15
Wappo tribe leader vows to fight ruling denying federal recognition (Press Democrat) 3/25/15
Burnout: The Burt Lake Band strives for recognition and restitution (Northern Express) 3/23/15
A famed Virgina Indian tribe seeks recognition amid casino fears (Washington Post) 3/22/15
Senate Committee advances bill to recognize Montana tribes (Billings Gazette) 3/18/15
6 Virginia tribes reattempt federal recognition through act of Congress
(Indian Country Today) 2/19/15
Bipartisan Virginia delegation introduces bill to grant federal recognition of Virginia Indian Tribes (Targeted News Service) 2/11/15
The unintended consequences of disenrollment
(Indian Country Today) 2/2/15
Potawatomi cornerstone: Tribal enrollment, research and eligibility
(Bloomberg) 1/28/15
Native Hawaiians debate best path to sovereignty (Yahoo) 1/16/15
Opinion: Disenrollment is a tool of the colonizers (Indian Country Today) 1/16/15
Zinke introduces legislation to extend federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe
(Zink.gov) 1/15/15
[Lumbee] recognition bill back before House (Robesonian) 1/8/15
Montana senators seek federal recognition for Montana tribe (Helen Air) 1/7/15
