2015 Tribal Government News Stories

Bill containing veto override does not pass (Daily Times) 12/30/15

White Earth Chairwoman Erma Vizenor a step closer to being removed from office (The Bemidji Pioneer) 12/29/15

Navajo Nation leaders divided on challenge to presidential line-item veto (Navajo-Hopi Observer) 12/22/15

Former officials in Alaska Yup'ik village refuse to step down (CBC News) 12/9/15

Supreme Court seems to favor limits on tribal court lawsuits (Associated Press) 12/7/15

AVCP aims to establish tribal court in every YK village (Alaska Public Media) 11/17/15

Vote to proceed involving self-governing by native Hawaiians (ABC News) 10/23/15

Yakama Nation gets authority for self-governance on reservation (Tri-City Herald) 10/19/15

DOI announces final rule on secretarial elections for tribes (Native Times) 10/19/15

The current and future authority of Alaska's tribal governments (Alaska Public Media) 10/16/15

Ak-Chin woman sues tribe to recognize same-sex marriage (Washington Times) 9/30/15

Lower Brule Sioux Tribe celebrates new leader (The Daily Republic) 9/26/15

Navajo Nation bill calls on Obama to hold EPA accountable for Gold King Mine spill (Four Corners News) 9/20/15

South Dakota tribal chairman faces impeachment for drug testing his employees (Star Tribune) 9/18/15

Blackfeet Tribe decides to banish drug dealers (Great Falls Tribune) 9/14/15

Former members of the Navajo Board of Election Supervisors intend to sue tribe (Albuquerque Journal) 9/9/15

Lumbee high court rules that tribal chairman can seek re-election to another term (Daily Reporter) 9/2/15

Spirit Lake declares state of emergency in fight against drug trafficking (Grand Forks Herald) 8/26/15

Historic treaty signed among 10 First Nations and tribes in Banff (CBC News) 8/14/15

Menominee Indian Tribe members to voice opinions on legalizing marijuana on reservation (Daily Reporter) 7/22/15

Feds seize marijuana from Indian tribal lands in Northern California (Contra Costa Times) 7/08/15

Tulalip Tribes take county, state to court over sales taxes (HeraldNet) 6/13/2015

Navajo president takes firm stance against Grand Canyon tram (Associated Press) 5/14/2015

Bills propose to reverse National Labor Relations Board jurisdictions over Indian tribal governments (National Law Review) 5/12/2015

A foot in two worlds: The battle for gay marriage on tribal lands (Indian Country Today) 4/28/15

Native American tribes are looking to cash in on the legal weed industry (Vice) 4/23/15

Navajo junk food tax gets mixed reviews (Food Manufacturing) 4/9/15

Two largest Native American tribes in U.S. ban gay marriage (Vocativ) 4/7/15

Tribes dig in on same-sex union (Boston Globe) 4/7/15

New [Osage] policy addresses opportunity to recognize veterans, police, and tribal leaders (Indian Country Today) 3/28/15

Ho-Chunk Nation raises minimum wage to $10 (Indian Country Today) 3/26/15

Navajo Nation will soon have the country's first-ever junk-food tax (Mother Jones) 3/25/15

Tribal court orders April election for Navajo President (Red Lake Nation News) 3/23/15

Shrinking budgets putting tribal history at risk? (Indian Country Today) 3/18/15

Three Maine tribes weighing legalization of pot on their lands (Native Biz) 3/18/15

Three tribes in Maine are latest to express interest in marijuana (Indianz) 3/16/15

Navajo president approves vote on language requirements (Herald Extra) 3/16/15

Tribes in Wisconsin discuss marijuana with federal prosecutors (Indianz) 3/9/15

Feds tell Cayuga Indian Nation to settle bitter power struggle without U.S. interference (Syracuse) 2/25/15

Same-sex marriage mixes with tribal sovereignty (Juneau Empire) 2/24/15

Judge: Nooksack tribe must hold off on disenrolling members (Bellingham Herald) 2/23/15

Among the Navajos, a renewed debate about gay marriage (New York Times) 2/21/15

Cherokee Nation adopts policy to provide 8 weeks paid maternity leave (PR Web) 2/19/15

Tribal leaders to discuss rormation of Tribal Cannabis Association (Indian Country Today) 2/18/15

Native American governments are getting ready to cash in by growing legal weed (Policy Mic) 2/3/15

More than 100 Native American tribes consider growing marijuana (Huffington Post) 2/3/15

Bill requires law degree to join Navajo Nation Supreme Court (Indianz) 2/3/15

Fort Peck Tribes approve use of marijuana for medicinal purposes (Indianz) 1/19/15

A Navajo inauguration, minus a new leader (New York Times) 1/16/15

Minnesota tribe to discuss marijuana on its lands (Grand Forks Herald) 1/11/15


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