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
