2015 Intergovernmental News Stories
Pine Ridge group urges judge to keep lawsuit going against Jackson County (Argus Leader) 12/22/15
The Budget – What's in it for Indian Country (FCNL) 12/21/15
Seminole Tribe pours millions into state political donations (Miami Herald) 12/15/15
SCOTUS grants hearing in United States v. Bryant (Indian Country Today) 12/15/15
Supreme Court agrees to review yet another Indian law dispute (Indianz) 12/14/15
BIA Secretary Washburn to resign, to teach at UNM Law School (Albuquerque Journal) 12/10/15
First impressions: Dollar General and Indian Country (Indian Country Today) 12/9/15
South Dakota agency denies bias against Native Americans (Washington Times) 12/4/15
Barrasso opening statement at SCIA oversight hearing on the Tribal Law and Order Act (Indian Affairs) 12/3/15
Congress should not erode treaty rights (The Hill) 12/2/15
From Harvard to White House, Alaskan helps shape Obama's Native agenda (Alaska Dispatch) 11/28/15
SD man gets 27 months in prison for assault on Indian rez (Argus Leader) 11/22/15
Implementing UN indigenous rights declaration good for Inuit (CBC News) 11/20/15
Judicial organization to discuss Indian child welfare issues (ABC 12) 11/16/15
Tribal conflict looms with Maine government (Rutland Herald) 11/16/15
Department of Justice sides with Natives, files lawsuit against SD for discrimination (Indian Country Today) 11/13/15
Canada will implement UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Bennett (Metro News) 11/12/15
Attorney General Jackley and Flandreau Santee Sioux tribal leaders attend government-to-government consultation on marijuana grow operation (South Dakota War College) 11/11/15
BIA takes aim at housing with new regulation and agreement (Indianz) 11/10/15
Ruling clears Oglala Lakota County residents for jury duty (Washington Times) 11/10/15
Department of Justice announces 10 tribes to participate in initial phase of tribal access program to improve exchange of national crime information (DOJ) 11/6/15
Feds sue SD agency alleging discrimination against Natives (KSFY) 11/3/15
Fact Sheet: White House Tribal Nations Conference in 2015 (Indianz) 11/5/15
White House prepares for 7th annual conference with tribal leaders (The Oklahoman) 11/5/15
United States: Sen. Barrasso introduces Carcieri Compromise Bill (Mondaq) 11/4/15 (Copy of Legislation.)
Governor McCrory signs bill supporting Eastern Band of Cherokee Nation (NC Governor) 10/23/15
DOJ prevails in partial motion for summary judgment in NCFA v. Jewell (Turtle Talk) 10/20/15
Tribes urged to bring states on board for Supreme Court case (Indianz) 10/20/15
State lawmakers tour pot farm on Flandreau reservation (Washington Times) 10/16/15
Joint tribal-state court on Kenai Peninsula announced at AFN (Alaska Dispatch News) 10/15/15
Federal judge: Tribal court can't hear wrongful death suit against 11 Utah officers (Vernal Express) 10/12/15
Federal government resolves huge lawsuit with Choctaws and Chickasaws (Tulsa World) 10/12/15
Supreme Court schedules oral arguments in two Indian law cases (Indianz) 10/12/15
SCIA hears nine bills, passes two during business meeting (Indian Country Today) 10/9/15
PSC wants feds to hold hearings on Salish Kootenai Dam transfer (Ravalli Republic) 10/1/15
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs approves two bills at meeting (Indianz) 10/7/15
Bears Ears 1.9 million acre monument would be unique tribal-federal collaboration (Indian Country Today) 10/5/15
U.S. Supreme Court could consider Oklahoma cases in new term (News OK) 10/4/15
Supreme Court agrees to hear Omaha Reservation boundary case (Indianz) 10/2/15
Q&A: A look at the proposal for US-Hawaiian relationship (Associated Press) 9/30/15
New Mexico tribe appeals ruling on casino dispute with state (Santa Fe New Mexican) 9/28/15
Order issued in payday loan lawsuit (Top Class Actions) 9/23/15
Bill before Congress blocks Devils Tower name change (Star Tribune) 9/19/15
11th Circuit decision [taxation] could have nationwide effects (Law Week Colorado) 9/10/15 (See the August 26, 2015 Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Stranburg case information in the Federal Courts Bulletin.)
Judge rules against Tohono O'odham in West Valley casino lawsuit (AZ Central) 9/18/15
Justice Department awards over $97 Million to improve public safety and victim services for American Indians and Alaska Natives (DOJ) 9/18/15
Invitation to marijuana facilities gets mixed reactions (Argus Leader) 9/15/15
West Valley casino to open without state OK, tribe says (AZ Central) 9/11/15
Judge asked to force Arizona to license Glendale casino (Washington Times) 9/10/15
Eleventh Circuit Invalidates Florida's Rental Tax but Upholds Utility Tax on Electricity Delivered to Tribal Lands (State and Local Tax) 9/9/15
Navajo president blasts feds after FEMA rejects request for disaster relief from EPA toxic spill (Washington Times) 9/5/15
Tribal courts have lessons for children's courts, judges' panel says (Albuquerque Journal) 9/4/15
Alabama can't regulate Poarch Creek casinos, appeals court rules (Tuscaloosa News) 9/3/15
Taking Alaska tribal land into trust: How did it happen? What can be done? (Alaska Dispatch News) 9/1/15
Oklahoma tribes, USDA meet to discuss government-to-government collaborations (Ada News) 9/1/15
Full transcript: Obama speaks at roundtable with Alaska Native leaders in Anchorage (Alaska Dispatch News) 9/1/15
COLORADO: US attorneys hear safety concerns from American Indians (Topix) 8/30/15
How Hillary Clinton's campaign is making its play for Native American support (National Journal) 8/27/15
Crime program aims to close trust gap between government, tribes (NPR) 8/25/15
Judge rejects lawsuit, amended complaint on takeover of Flathead irrigation project (Missoulian) 8/21/15
Tribes to access crime database (The Bismarck Tribune) 8/19/15
Wild rice harvest will test treaty rights [Duluth News Tribune] (Bloomberg) 8/18/15
Lawsuit: Native Hawaiian election would be unconstitutional (Hawaii Tribune Herald) 8/14/15
Senate Indian Affairs Committee to look at tribal gaming industry (Indianz Gaming) 7/13/15
[AK] Governor meets with tribes in advance of land trust deadline (KYUK) 8/10/15
OPINION: Congress should appoint delegates to represent tribal nations (High Country News) 8/5/15
Sen. Cantwell speaks about Carcieri, Fed Rec, Duwamish and more (Indian Country Today) 8/5/15
USET welcomes new version of fix to land-into-trust decision (Indianz) 8/5/15
Assistant Secretary Washburn announces approval of Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa's probate code (BIA News Release) 8/3/15
Tribes scramble to avoid $1 million in fines under Affordable Care Act (Ravalli Republic) 8/1/15
Comprehensive Fee-to-Trust Bill introduced in Senate (CA State Assoc. of Counties) 7/31/15
Senate Indian Affairs Committee delays action on land-into-trust (Indianz) 7/30/15
Sen. Barrasso introduces another version of land-into-trust fix (Indianz) 7/29/15
Senate Indian Affairs Committee to take up land-into-trust fix (Indianz) 7/27/15
Forest Service seeks comments on proposed policies guiding the agency's working relationship with American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations (Native News Online) 7/25/15
Gov. Walker can help protect rural Alaskans by dropping tribal land trust suit (Alaska Dispatch News) 7/24/15
House lawmakers introduce new version of land-into-trust fix (Indianz) 7/24/15
State gets 30-day extension in Native land case (NewsMiner) 7/23/15
Pojoaque Pueblo sues New Mexico over vendor licenses (Washington Times) 7/22/15
Hopi Tribe and city of Flagstaff try to resolve snowmaking lawsuit (Navajo-Hopi Observer) 7/21/15
These Native American tribes legalized weed, but that didn't stop them from getting raided by the feds (HuffingtonPost) 7/18/15
Santa Clara asks feds to shut down Pojoaque casinos amid compact dispute (Sante Fe New Mexican) 7/17/15
President Obama unveils plan to improve tribal opportunities (Miami Herald) 7/15/15
Fort Sill tribe challenges decision from gambling panel (Sante Fe New Mexican) 7/13/15
Chickasaws, Choctaws agree to settle lawsuit against U.S. agencies (The Oklahoman) 7/10/15
Appeals court clarifies 'Indian' status test for criminal defendants (Indianz) 7/09/15
Supreme Court agrees to resolve another Indian law dispute (Indianz) 6/30/15
Pojoaque Pueblo's gambling compact with state to expire (The State) 6/30/15
Native American community sues Arizona governor, attorney general (Phoenix Business Journal) 6/23/15
Gov. Malloy signs Connecticut casino bill into law (Hartford Courant) 6/22/15
When will U.S. apologize for boarding school genocide? (Indian Country Today) 6/19/2015
South Dakota officials concerned after Sioux tribe legalizes marijuana (High Times) 6/17/2015 [copy of tribal ordinance]
Kiowa group files complaint in federal court (Lawton Constitution) 6/14/2015
6th Circuit says Michigan tribe subject to federal labor laws (Michigan Radio) 6/9/2015
Former US Attorneys hope to level playing field for American Indians (Indian Country Today) 6/6/2015
Putting human rights at the heart of climate change � Indigenous Peoples' perspectives (Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact) 6/3/15
Federal attorneys seek to block lawsuit by Kansas official against tribal plans (The Joplin Globe) 6/2/2015
Senate passes bipartisan bills to help Native children (USSC on Indian Affairs) 6/1/2015
Would that it be true: Bureau of Indian Affairs' extreme rubber stamping for land into trust applications (Indian Country Today) 5/27/2015
Tribal representatives withdraw from Maine legislature as rift with state grows (Portland Press Herald) 5/26/2015
Judge won't weigh in on fight over Flathead Reservation water rights (Missoulian) 5/21/2015
Indigenous caucus withdraws from negotiations on the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Cultural Survival) 5/19/2015
New Mexico court allows lawsuits for actions of tribal officers (Indianz) 5/18/2015
American Academy of Adoption Attorneys (AAAA) submits official reply to Bureau of Indian Affairs in response to proposed ICWA amendments (Business Wire) 5/13/2015
Justices consider tribal gas-tax lawsuit (The Olympian) 5/12/2015
Lakota Sioux tribe invokes "bad men" treaty clause over Keystone Pipeline (Truthout) 5/10/2015
Tribes, Washington State open door to cooperate on legal marijuana (NW News Network) 5/8/2015
Appeals court again rejects ruling granting Fond-du-Luth casino payments to city of Duluth (Duluth News Tribune) 5/8/2015
BIA hopes to implement new ICWA regulation by end of year (Indianz) 5/8/2015
Republican senators in Colorado kill more Native American legislation
(Indian Country Today) 5/5/15
Congress members support Penobscot v. Maine in unprecedented court filing
(Indian Country Today) 5/5/15
More oil money may flow to Natives thanks to new Interior ruling
(Indian Country Today) 4/30/15
Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage could impact tribes (Indianz) 4/29/15
Native Americans are the unseen victims of a broken US justice system (Quartz) 4/28/15
Sparring continues in Wind River Reservation jurisdictional feud (Indianz) 4/27/15
UN Special Rapporteur: We must hear directly from world's Indigenous peoples
(Indian Contry Today) 4/22/15
Indigenous people from around world gather at United Nations (Cihan) 4/21/15
Maine Governor affirms and rejects tribal sovereignty in new executive order
(Indian Country Today) 4/20/15
How one tribe could slow the rate of "bomb trains" through Seattle (The Stranger) 4/15/15
Northwest congressional delegates seek start of talks with Canada on river treaty updates (Greenfield Reporter) 4/15/15
Congress: Throwing money around � but not to Indian country (FCNL) 4/10/15
Bill passed for Native American birth certificate (NAZ Today) 4/8/15
Tribes protest expansion of military fly zone (Indianz) 4/7/15
Examining Indian Country cases in the federal justice system (NCRJS) 2/20/15
Court hosts first-ever Central Violation Bureau Court held in Indian Country (The One Feather) 4/2/15
Court hosts first-ever Central Violation Bureau Court held in Indian Country (The One Feather) 4/2/15
Another international call for inquiry into murdered and missing indigenous women in Canada
(Indian Country Today) 3/31/15
Indian Country braces for battle with adoption industry over ICWA guidelines (Indian Country Today) 3/30/15
US Attorneys named to lead DOJ Native American subcommittee (Indianz) 3/30/15
US tribe turns to international commission in resort fight (KOIN 6) 3/26/15
In symbolic case, Native American man beats fishing-without-license charge (Rapid City Journal) 3/26/15
Quinault Nation settles discrimination suit
(Indian Country Today) 3/17/15
Court allows Oglala Sioux parents to sue officer for son's death (Indianz) 3/16/15
Sec. Jewell feels the pressure of time when dealing with Native issues
(Indian Country Today) 3/11/15
Amendment includes tribes in anti-human trafficking measure (Indianz) 3/11/5
Funding for aboriginal justice program will continue despite budget concerns (Global News) 3/4/15
Navajo Nation lends support to bills in state legislature (Four Corners News) 2/21/15
Opinion: Alaska's unfinished business is tribal sovereignty (Indianz) 2/20/15
Indigenous Peoples: Architects of the post-2015 development agenda
(Inter Press Service) 2/17/15
Racism in Rapid City: Calls for accountability continue weeks after harassment
(Indian Country Today) 2/13/15
Four bills pass out of Senate Indian Affairs Committee (Native News Online) 2/8/15
NCAI releases analysis of President's FY2015 budget request (WN) 2/6/15
Barrasso: Empowering Indian Country in the new Republican majority (Bloomberg) 1/31/15
Industries suffer if they do not respect Indigenous rights, report says
(Indian Country Today) 1/9/15
