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New York Land Claims

article 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...
article 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...
article 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...
article 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...
article 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...
article 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,...
article 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.
article 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...
article 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...
article 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...
article 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...
article 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

article 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...
article 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...
article 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

article 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.
article 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...
article 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.
article 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...
article 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...
article 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...
article 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...
article 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...
article 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...
article 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...
article 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...
article 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...
article 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...
article 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...
article Sioux don't have funds to buy massacre site tracts (5/2/2013)
(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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Enterprise Rancheria

article 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

article 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

article 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...
article 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...
article Return to the land: Cow Creek Band works to buy ranch (5/1/2013)
(Oregon) -- The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians is hoping to close the purchase of a 1,700-acre cattle ranch at the base of the Table Rocks that it intends to...
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Maine Gaming

article 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

article 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

article 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...
article 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...
article 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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First Nations Politics

article 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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Gun Lake

article 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

article 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

article 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

article 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)...
article 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

article 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.
article OP/ED: The fight to reclaim ancestral land (5/1/2013)
(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

article 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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Pinnacle Entertainment

article Pinnacle land sale encounters another delay (5/1/2013)
(Atlantic City) -- Attempts to sell oceanfront land where the old Sands Casino Hotel once stood have been delayed again, the Las Vegas-based owner said Wednesday in an...
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Other News

article 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.
article 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...
article 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...
article 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...
article 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...
article 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...
article 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...
article 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...
article 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...
article 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.
article 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.
article 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"...
article 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...
article 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...
article 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...
article 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...
article 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.
article Agency considers closing Idaho rock climbing area (5/6/2013)
(Idaho) -- The federal Bureau of Land Management may permanently close a popular climbing site in southeastern Idaho, over opposition from local rock climbers who argue...
article Arizona measure would preserve vast area west of Phoenix (5/4/2013)
(Arizona) -- Roy and Ella Pierpoint continue a 1,500-year way of life, farming near an area awash in Hohokam and Patayan treasures. The Pierpoints, who farm the land the...
article Tribe buying Medford-area ranch near historically significant sites (5/2/2013)
(Oregon) -- A Native American tribe in southern Oregon is buying a cattle ranch outside Medford near sites significant in the Rogue Indian Wars of the 1850s.

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