2016 Tribal Government News Stories
Occupation of Narragansett headquarters ends (thewesterlysun) 12/28/16
Standing Rock weighs tribal utilities regulations (West Fargo Pioneer) 12/19/16
It's not the Picayune Rancheria Of Chukchansi Indians suing Madera County (Sierra Star) 12/8/16
Tribal police arrested after raid of Chukchansi casino are now suing Madera County (Sierra Star) 12/4/16
Tribal symposium inspires Alaska Natives to reconnect with their villages (Daily News-Miner) 11/17/16
Community members discuss Red Lake constitutional reform (Bemidji Pioneer) 10/27/16
Hopi Tribe thanks Navajo Nation Law and Order Committee for opposition to Escalade project (American Towns) 10/25/16
Three times and out for California tribe (Courthouse News Service) 10/21/16
Wind River tribes feud over status of tribal court (Billings Gazette) 10/16/16
OPINION: Why same-sex marriage bans risk Native American sovereignty
(The Atlantic) 10/15/16
Nooksack Indian Tribe creates Supreme Court, gets restraining order against appeals court (Bellingham Herald) 10/13/16
Native Hawaiian Convention tackles self-determination (KFVE) 10/12/16
State tribes awarded $6.8M in federal grants (TriValley Central) 10/8/16
Mohawk band forms indigenous legal system independent of Canada (Jurist) 10/2/16
Critics emerge as BIA reviews new Blackfeet constitution (Flathead Beacon) 9/12/16
Young man blamed for 3 arson deaths in Alaska village gets traditional justice: banishment (Alaska Dispatch News) (9/11/16)
Tlingit & Haida: tribal youth court could launch in a few weeks (KTOO) 8/31/16
Kickapoo attorney: no grounds to dismiss judge, reject tribal Supreme Court decision in lawsuit (Topeka Capital-Journal) 8/31/16
Feds reverse conviction, citing ‘rat’s nest’ of tribal court problems (Cronkite News) 8/30/16 (Turtle Talk materials)
Miccosukees sued by their former lawyers (Miami Herald) 8/26/16
Alaska tribal court conference in Fairbanks (KTVF) 8/8/16
Tribes gain access to federal criminal databases with pilot program (Indianz) 8/2/16
Striving for intellectual curiosity and historical precision in Indian law (Indian Country Today) 7/29/16
Lakota Country Times: Senate committee approves tribal justice bill (Indianz) 7/6/16
Fake Indian tribe: OHA legal shell game copied from southern segregationists (Hawaii Free Press) 6/17/16
6th Am. can't stop federal courts from using tribal convictions (Find Law) 6/15/16
Miranda rights may be the law of the land, but not on tribal lands (Arizona Captial Times) 6/15/16
Tribes create their own food laws to stop USDA from killing Native food economies (Truthout) 5/27/16
Northern Cheyenne tribe asks for federal law enforcement (Native Times) 4/11/16
$500,000 available in cooperative agreement for juvenile sex offenders (Equities) 4/2/16
Tribes in Wyoming battle over future of joint governing council (Indianz) 3/30/16
Supreme Court orders state to enforce tribal child support orders as essential (Alaska Dispatch) 3/28/16
Tlingit and Haida Tribes win major decision in child welfare case (Indianz) 3/25/16
Nooksack tribal court case could test judicial independence (Bellingham Herald) 3/17/16
Juvenile Justice guidelines for Tribes ready for comment (Indian Country Today) 3/16/16
Arizona tribe to host child welfare training for tribal courts (KJZZ) 3/8/16
Conservatorships and guardianships in tribal courts: what tribes need to know (JD Supra) 2/26/16
Updates from Day 2 of National Congress of American Indians winter session in D.C. (Indianz) 2/24/16
National Congress of American Indians opens meeting in D.C. (Indianz) 2/22/16
Crowded contest for White Earth tribal chair (MPR News) 2/17/16
Oglala Lakota tribal council rejects marijuana vote, considers alcohol vote (Keloland) 2/17/16
Kiowa Tribe mired in leadership dispute as some seek BIA help (Indianz) 1/15/16
