LandPatchak Decision
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Washburn Announces Plan of Attack for Patchak Patch (5/24/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn is laying out a plan to resolve problems created by a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision,...
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Washburn Proposes Changes to Land-into-Trust Procedures to Achieve Greater Transparency, Clarity and Certainty for Tribes (5/24/2013)
(Washington D.C.) -- WASHINGTON – Today, Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Kevin K. Washburn issued for public comment a proposed rule designed to demonstrate the...
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First Nations Politics
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Lil'wat Nation gains greater control over reserve lands after signing federal act (5/23/2013)
(Ottawa) -- The Lil'wat Nation has become a signatory to the federal government's First Nations Land Management Regime (FNLM), a process that will allow it to...
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Quebec to give land back to Mohawks (5/11/2013)
(Quebec) -- A group of South Shore mayors are reeling after the Parti Québécois government announced its decision Friday to give back 300 hectares of land to the...
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Oneida Nation
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Cayuga Nation opposes deal with Oneidas (5/23/2013)
(New York) -- Representatives of the Cayuga Indian Nation of New York have notified state and federal officials of their opposition to the agreement secured by Gov....
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New York Land Claims
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Mohawks Look To Revive Land Claim Demands With State (5/22/2013)
(New York) -- Fresh from reaching a deal with the state over casino payments, St. Regis Mohawk Tribal leaders say reviving land claim demands near the reservation is up...
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Oneida Nation compact with New York a bad deal for all Iroquois: Commentary from Doug George-Kanentiio (5/22/2013)
(New York) -- As an original member of the Land Claims Committee for the Mohawk Nation I took a firm stance against the cession of our aboriginal lands to New York State...
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Game of casinos includes Saratoga (5/22/2013)
(New York) -- The way Gov. Andrew Cuomo is carving the upstate map for potential casino expansion has improved the odds of a Las Vegas-like gambling hall being developed...
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LETTER: Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s deal with Oneida Indian Nation bad for local taxpayers (5/22/2013)
(New York) -- Gov. Cuomo, what were you thinking when you came up with this “toughly negotiated” settlement with the New York Oneida tribe? It appears that...
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LETTER: Oneida Indian Nation deal has 'serious flaws' (5/22/2013)
(New York) -- The proposed settlement agreement between the New York Oneida tribe operating the casino and its other enterprises and the state of New York and the...
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Oneida Nation land won't be taxed: Read the full Oneida-New York settlement here (5/21/2013)
(New York) -- When the sweeping settlement was announced last week by New York and the Oneida Indian Nation, officials gave just the bare outlines. But starting Monday,...
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HOPKINS: Cuomo's Oneida deal not so great (5/19/2013)
(New York) -- There was big news from Albany last week when Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a casino agreement had been reached with the Oneida Indian Nation.
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How Gov. Cuomo, the Oneida Indian Nation and two counties made historic deal in record time (5/19/2013)
(New York) -- In less than one month of intense negotiations, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is close to ending decades of disputes that proved too complicated and contentious for...
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Many questions remain about Oneidas agreement (5/19/2013)
(New York) -- The historic agreement among the Oneida Indian Nation, New York state and Oneida and Madison counties Thursday tries to resolve some of the major issues...
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Oneida Nation to share casino take with state, counties (update) (5/18/2013)
(New York) -- Leaders of the Oneida Indian Nation, New York state, Madison County and Oneida County have come to an agreement they say will end decades of court battles...
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OP/ED: Scrap Cuomo-Halbritter deal (5/18/2013)
(New York) -- In his January 2006 letter to the Bureau of Indian Affairs opposing the Land-In-Trust application of the Oneida Indian Nation, County Attorney S. John...
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Opinion: Cuomo’s Upstate Bet (5/18/2013)
(New York) -- Gov. Cuomo has now given his blessing to seven new Las Vegas-like casinos. He did so partly on the grounds that the casinos will help revive New York...
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St. Regis Mohawk
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Mohawk chiefs hope casino pact paves way for more land (5/22/2013)
(New York) -- On Tuesday, Governor Cuomo and the chiefs of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe announced a surprise deal in Albany. It grants the Mohawks' exclusive gaming...
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Mohawk land claim talks starting soon (5/22/2013)
(New York) -- The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe will begin negotiations with the state within 10 days to get back property tribal leaders say was granted to them in a 2005 land...
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Tribe eager to reclaim land (5/22/2013)
(New York) -- Terms outlined but never ratified in a 2005 land-claims agreement between the state and the St. Regis Mohawk tribe will be the starting point for renewed...
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Wounded Knee
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Ickler: More trouble at Wounded Knee (5/19/2013)
(Massachusetts) -- Forty years ago I was writing editorials about the 71-day armed occupation of a desolate place in South Dakota named Wounded Knee.
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Wounded Knee seller says he's still negotiating with potential buyers (5/14/2013)
(South Dakota) -- The Rapid City man who is selling a controversial parcel of property near the burial ground of the Wounded Knee massacre said Monday that he is talking...
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OTHER VIEW: Holocaust Museum of the Indigenous People should be built at Wounded Knee (5/11/2013)
(South Dakota) -- Since 1492 the history of the Western Hemisphere has been marked by one of the greatest holocausts in the history of the world.
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Native Sun News: Wounded Knee descendants speak out (5/10/2013)
(South Dakota) -- The conversation surrounding the sale of Wounded Knee has included commentary from people on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, activists from urban...
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ROLO: Remembering Wounded Knee – four decades later (5/10/2013)
(South Dakota) -- It’s been 40 years since American Indian activists ended their occupation of Wounded Knee, S.D., but thanks to them, life has improved in Indian...
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Commentary: Wounded Knee is American Indians' Gettysburg: Interior Dept Should Declare Eminent Domain (5/9/2013)
(Michigan) -- Ever since the property at Wounded Knee was put up for sale, American Indians across America have wondered aloud how a place such as Wounded Knee that is...
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KENT: Hallowed ground for sale (5/9/2013)
(South Dakota) -- It’s been many years since I first visited the Little Bighorn Battlefield -- a vast area of beautiful rolling hills scorched by memories of the...
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Prospective buyers close in on Wounded Knee (5/9/2013)
(South Dakota) -- Native Sun News has reviewed documents showing that there are now three separate entities making offers on the two 40 acre plots of land that Jim...
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Wounded Knee Mystery Bidders Working to Secure Land for Tribe (5/8/2013)
(South Dakota) -- On May 1 the site of the Wounded Knee massacre was put on the open market by owner James Czywczynski with a price tag of $4.9 million. He says three of...
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S.D. tribe faces ultimatum on sale of massacre site (5/5/2013)
(South Dakota) -- A small patch of prairie sits largely unnoticed off a desolate road in southwestern South Dakota, tucked amid gently rolling hills and surrounded by...
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Column: Wounded Knee should be a national monument, not a profit centre (5/4/2013)
(South Dakota) -- Wednesday 1 May 2013, we may learn the fate of the massacre site at Wounded Knee, a plot of land on the Pine Ridge Reservation that is currently owned...
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GREED: Wounded Knee Parcel For Sale - Asking Price $3.9 Million, Taxable Value $6,600 (5/4/2013)
(Michigan) -- When I first heard Wounded Knee was for sale back in February I thought it was a joke of some sort. I immediately rejected the idea because it was...
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Oglala President Brewer on Wounded Knee (5/4/2013)
(South Dakota) -- James A. Czywczynski of Rapid City, South Dakota has extended the deadline for bids for two tracts of land near Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Indian...
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Wounded Knee Historic Site Now for Sale on the Open Market (5/3/2013)
(South Dakota) -- The May 1 deadline came and went without a word from the Oglala Sioux Tribe, so James Czywczynski, who owns the site of the Wounded Knee massacre, has...
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Enterprise Rancheria
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Yuba County casino property is 'Indian land now' (5/17/2013)
(California) -- After more than 12 years of legal wrangling, federal officials earlier this week placed 40 acres of Yuba County land into trust for the proposed...
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Genting
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Future of Herald building site in hands of Genting (5/16/2013)
(Florida) -- The Miami Herald’s remaining employees closed down the newspaper’s longstanding building at One Herald Plaza on Thursday night. Next home for...
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Land Issues
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Congress Advances Utah Land Bill (5/16/2013)
(Utah) -- Congress is advancing a swap of mineral rights between Utah and the Ute Indians that opens up more land for oil and gas drilling. Congressman Rob Bishop says...
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Ottawa threatening to shut down land claim negotiations, says grand chief from Mohawk community at heart of Oka Crisis (5/6/2013)
(Ottawa) -- The grand chief for the Mohawk community at the heart of the Oka crisis says Ottawa’s lead negotiator threatened to shut down land claim negotiations...
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Maine Gaming
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Plan reignites hopes for Scarborough racino (5/16/2013)
(Maine) -- The owners of Scarborough Downs hope that new zoning proposed for their 500-acre property will help their efforts to bring slot machines to the racetrack.
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Mining & Drilling
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The new plunder of Native lands (5/16/2013)
(USA) -- THOUGH YOU wouldn't know it from the mainstream media, the U.S. economy continues to suffer the aftershocks of the Great Recession of 2008. California is...
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Tribal Taxation
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Bill would require state to reimburse Cayuga, other counties that don't receive property tax payments from Indian nations (5/15/2013)
(New York) -- Legislation sponsored by several central New York representatives would require the state to reimburse counties affected by the failure of Indian nations...
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County board denies tribe appeal (5/15/2013)
(Oklahoma) -- The Comanche County Board of Equalization on Wednesday denied an appeal from the Comanche Nation of a property tax bill for a building that houses tribal...
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Experts: Tribal tax rule change a big deal (5/2/2013)
(California) -- Legal experts say a new federal regulation at the center of a lawsuit brought by Desert Water Agency could lead to dramatic changes to what money state...
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Gun Lake
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Tribe denied tax break, seeks Jijak land trust (5/9/2013)
(Michigan) -- At the Hopkins Township Board’s May 13 meeting, supervisor Mark Evans will present proposed answers to questions posed by the U.S. Department of the...
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Native Voices
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CHAMPAGNE: Renewing the Sacred and the Importance of Place (5/9/2013)
(USA) -- Many tribal nations remember and perform ceremonies at sacred places that are not on their reservations. Do Indians have any spiritual claims to their ancient...
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Cobell
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Cherokees may wait 10 years for Cobell land buys (5/6/2013)
(Oklahoma) -- Cherokee Nation citizens who signed up for the Land Buy-Back Program under the $3.4 billion Cobell Settlement may be waiting up to 10 years before selling...
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Gila River
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Initiative to approve the Loop 202 extention on tribal land still stands in limbo (5/6/2013)
(Arizona) -- The Draft Environmental Impact Study (DEIS) for the South Mountain Freeway was released on April 26, but as the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT)...
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Initiative to approve the Loop 202 on tribal land still stands in limbo (5/2/2013)
(Arizona) -- The Draft Environmental Impact Study (DEIS) for the South Mountain Freeway was released on April 26, but as the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT)...
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Chumash Tribe
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Commentary: The fight to reclaim ancestral land (5/5/2013)
(California) -- The Committee to Improve North County is constantly searching for ways to keep our members informed about issues that impact our community.
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Spokane County Casino
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Fairchild should get KC-46A decision this month (5/2/2013)
(Washington) -- Fairchild Air Force Base should get word later this month whether it will become the permanent home for the Air Force's new KC-46A tankers.
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Other News
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Air Force briefs Oglala Sioux tribe members on Badlands Bombing Range (5/24/2013)
(South Dakota) -- The Air Force Friday briefed members of the Oglala Sioux tribe on the timeframe for the final transfer of the Badlands Bombing Range back to the tribe.
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Winnipeg gets first urban reserve (5/23/2013)
(Winnipeg) -- It was a historic day for Long Plain First Nation, which officially opened the first urban reserve in the city of Winnipeg on Friday.
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Lake St. Martin secures new land to replace flooded reserve (5/23/2013)
(Manitoba) -- Two years after a devastating flood hit their community, one Manitoba First Nation has finally secured land to start over and rebuild. Lake St. Martin...
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Argentine Indians Ask President for Their Lands (5/22/2013)
(Argentina) -- Argentina's Qom Indians have asked President Cristina Fernandez for help in recovering some of their ancestral land.
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First Nations act to reclaim name of Mount Doug (5/21/2013)
(British Columbia) -- When Victoria-area First Nations chiefs called for a meeting with colonial governor James Douglas 160 years ago, the peak of Mount Douglas was the...
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Mapuche of Chile Continue Struggle for Land Rights; A Leader in Prison (5/19/2013)
(Chile) -- Daniel Melinao used to draw water from a well on the land near his small, wood-frame house. Now a fire truck has to come once a week to pump 264 gallons of...
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House passes Ute tribe land swap (5/15/2013)
(Washington) -- A land swap between the Ute Indian Tribe and the state of Utah is quickly moving through Congress. The House approved the agreement sponsored by Rep. Rob...
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Lincoln County Commission expresses concerns regarding land transfer to Mescalero (5/15/2013)
(New Mexico) -- Lincoln County commissioners didn't hedge Tuesday about their opposition to any attempt by the Mescalero Apache Tribe to acquire the portion of Ski...
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Tribe trust plan lacks Hopkins support (5/15/2013)
(Michigan) -- In response to a question by the U.S. Department of the Interior asking Hopkins Township to describe whether any potential conflicts of land use may arise...
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N.C. House approves taking Indian Cultural Center; land to be offered to Lumbee Tribe (5/15/2013)
(North Carolina) -- The state House voted unanimously on Monday to take the N.C. Indian Cultural Center property away from a nonprofit agency that has struggled to...
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N.C. House OKs taking Indian Cultural Center; land to be offered to Lumbee Tribe (5/14/2013)
(North Carolina) -- The state House voted unanimously on Monday to take the N.C. Indian Cultural Center property away from a nonprofit agency that has struggled to...
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Donation of sacred Native American land subject of exhibit opening at The Foundry (5/11/2013)
(New York) -- The donation of 100 acres of sacred Native American land back to the League of Iroquois is the subject of an art exhibit starting this weekend at the...
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Landmark operation evicts illegal ranchers from Yanomami land (5/11/2013)
(Brazil) -- The Brazilian authorities have begun an operation to remove eleven illegal ranches from the Yanomami territory in Brazil, and return the land to the Indians.
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Self-professed tribal leader files thousands of lien notices in 4 Utah counties (5/10/2013)
(Utah) -- Prove it! That is Dora Van's answer to anyone who thinks they have a right to the eastern Utah lands that were set aside in the 1800s for Native Americans.
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B.C. First Nation threatens blockades over infrastructure trespasses (5/10/2013)
(British Columbia) -- Southwestern British Columbia's St'at'imc Chiefs Council is threatening to block a highway and rail line and "embarrass"...
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Yukon court orders new trial for First Nation land claim case (5/10/2013)
(North Canada) -- The Court of Appeal for Yukon has overturned a territorial Supreme Court's land claim case ruling that courts do not have the authority to enforce...
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Developers waiting for land in three swap deals (5/9/2013)
(Macau) -- Two Hong Kong developers and a group of companies are still waiting to receive land from the government in return for giving up on plots that were used for...
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Garden Hill First Nation school closed due to eroded roads (5/8/2013)
(Manitoba) -- Children and youth in the Garden Hill First Nation have not been in school for more than three weeks, since the roads have been in such bad shape that...
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Brazil clips wings of Indian affairs office in land dispute (5/8/2013)
(Brazil) -- The Brazilian government sought to appease the country's powerful farm lobby on Wednesday by broadening the decision-making process used to designate...
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Tribal member puts grazing rights to work (5/7/2013)
(Idaho) -- A member of the Nez Perce Tribe is exercising a lesser-known treaty right to graze cattle and horses on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.
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