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Native Sun News: $3.4B Cobell settlement still in question (2/22/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- In an appeal filed by Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate member Kimberly Craven of Boulder, Colo., the Cobell trust fund settlement was questioned concerning...
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D.C. Circuit Examines $3.4B Settlement In Native American Trust Case (2/16/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- The Justice Department today defended in a Washington federal appeals court the historic $3.4 billion settlement to resolve claims that the...
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First Cobell Settlement Appeal Heard (2/16/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia today heard the first of four appeals to the $3.4 billion...
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Mining & Drilling
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Environmental, Native groups challenge Shell Arctic air permit (2/22/2012)
(Alaska) -- Environmental and Alaska Native groups will try to keep Shell Oil out of Arctic waters this summer by appealing an air quality permit that was granted by the...
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Residential Schools
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Lawyer disbarred, pleads guilty to taking nearly $1 million from residential school survivors (2/22/2012)
(Winnipeg) -- Howard Lorne Tennenhouse was disbarred by the Law Society of Manitoba Tuesday after pleading guilty to taking nearly $1 million from 55 residential school...
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MORON ALERT: Native school survivors' lawyer disbarred (2/21/2012)
(Manitoba) -- A Winnipeg lawyer has been stripped of his licence to practise law because he overcharged 55 former residential school students of almost $1 million.
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Whiteclay
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Tribe seeks injunction on Whiteclay beer sales (2/22/2012)
(Nebraska) -- A Native American tribe in South Dakota has asked for a court order to sharply restrict beer sales in the Nebraska village of Whiteclay while larger legal...
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Tribe seeks order to limit beer sales in Neb. town (2/22/2012)
(Nebraska) -- Leaders of an American Indian tribe in South Dakota who are suing beer makers, distributors and retailers are now asking a judge to limit alcohol sales in...
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Tribe seeks to limit beer sales at Whiteclay (2/22/2012)
(Nebraska) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe is asking a federal court to limit alcohol sales in a small Nebraska town that sells nearly 5 million cans of beer a year.
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Tribe seeks to limit Whiteclay beer sales (2/22/2012)
(Nebraska) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe has amended its lawsuit against four beer stores in Whiteclay and the brewers and distributors that serve them to include an...
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Tribe Sues Big Beer Makers for Damages (2/14/2012)
(South Dakota) -- Near the site of the bloody massacre at Wounded Knee, a new lawsuit addresses an old problem. The Oglala Sioux Tribe at Pine Ridge reservation is suing...
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Supreme Court
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GAO report confirms big declination rate in Indian Country cases (2/21/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- Federal prosecutors turn down 50 percent of cases in Indian Country, the Government Accountability Office reported.
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Supreme Court asks for state reply in Public Law 280 case (2/21/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- The U.S. Supreme Court is asking the state of Minnesota for a reply in Beaulieu v. Minnesota, a Public Law 280 case. David Beaulieu, a member of the...
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Supreme Court declines Ute Mountain Ute Tribe's tax case (2/21/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- The U.S. Supreme Court today declined a petition in Ute Mountain Ute Tribe v. Padilla, a taxation case.
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Supreme Court won't hear tribal court jurisdiction dispute (2/21/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- The U.S. Supreme Court today denied a petition in Gustafson v. Poitra, a tribal jurisdiction case.
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Fighting Sioux
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N.D. Supreme Court asked to take Fighting Sioux case (2/20/2012)
(North Dakota) -- North Dakota's Supreme Court should block a June referendum on the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname because the law...
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N.D. attorney general files request for Supreme Court injunction on nickname law, referral (2/17/2012)
(North Dakota) -- North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has asked the state Supreme Court to exercise its original jurisdiction and issue an order declaring the...
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ND House majority leader says Legislature will help pick lawyer to defend Fighting Sioux law (2/15/2012)
(North Dakota) -- The North Dakota House's Republican majority leader says the Legislature will be involved in choosing an attorney to defend the state's...
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Carlson: Legislature will fight higher ed board at N.D. Supreme Court over nickname law (2/14/2012)
(North Dakota) -- Rep. Al Carlson, R-Fargo and author of the revived law requiring UND to keep its Fighting Sioux nickname, said Tuesday that the law is constitutional...
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N.D. education board sues to drop Fighting Sioux (2/14/2012)
(North Dakota) -- North Dakota's Board of Higher Education voted Monday to sue to try to block a state law requiring the University of North Dakota's athletics...
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Stenehjem believes N.D. high court to take up nickname issue soon (2/14/2012)
(North Dakota) -- Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says he believes the North Dakota Supreme Court will quickly take up the dispute over the University of North Dakota...
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Wynn Resorts
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Wynn director could face Macau bribery charges (2/20/2012)
(Macau) -- Wynn Macau director Kazuo Okada may face bribery charges after a probe by the casino operator’s mother company uncovered alleged improper payments to...
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Snowbowl
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Options for saving the San Francisco Peaks dwindling (2/19/2012)
(Arizona) -- Groups trying to block a plan to make snow from treated wastewater atop the San Francisco Peaks are running out of legal options.
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9th Circuit denies second Snowbowl appeal (2/16/2012)
(Arizona) -- Calling it a "gross abuse of the judicial process," a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Feb. 9 turned thumbs down on a...
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Arizona Snowbowl Wins Again in Quest For Snowmaking (2/16/2012)
(Arizona) -- In what a federal appeals court called “a gross abuse of the judicial process,” opponents to snowmaking at Arizona Snowbowl lost yet another...
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Keystone XL Pipeline
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Keystone XL Pipeline: Texas Farmer Wins Temporary Restraining Order Against TransCanada (2/18/2012)
(Texas) -- A coalition of environmentalists, conservative property rights activists and landowners are mounting a full court press against TransCanada in an attempt to...
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Keystone XL Pipeline: Texas Farmer Wins Temporary Restraining Order Against TransCanada (2/14/2012)
(Texas) -- A coalition of environmentalists, conservative property rights activists and landowners are mounting a full court press against TransCanada in an attempt to...
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Casino Taxes
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Boyd sues over ruling that it must pay tax on comped meals (2/17/2012)
(Nevada) -- Boyd Gaming Corp. of Las Vegas, as expected, has filed a lawsuit to overturn rulings by the state Tax Commission requiring it to pay sales taxes on...
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Payday Loans
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Court rules in favor of tribes operating online payday loans (2/17/2012)
(Colorado) -- The Colorado Attorney General's office can no longer investigate two American Indian tribes offering online payday loans, according to a court ruling...
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Indian tribes welcome ruling on sovereignty (2/15/2012)
(Colorado) -- A coalition of Indian tribes is welcoming a court ruling that tribes cannot be held in contempt for commercial ventures such as personal loans offered over...
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Tribes’ Payday Loan Operations Upheld (2/15/2012)
(Colorado) -- Although the courts and others may question tribes’ acceptance of their non-Native business operators’ activities, the skepticism may be a...
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Indian tribes tied to payday lender escape state probe (2/15/2012)
(Utah) -- Two Indian tribes making payday loans over the Internet, even in states that ban or restrict payday lending, won a court victory Tuesday when a Denver judge...
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Native American Lending Alliance Applauds Colorado Court's Sovereign Immunity Affirmation (2/14/2012)
(Colorado) -- The State District Court in Colorado gave sovereign immunity a big win today in their ruling of Cash Advance v State of Colorado. Following the ruling,...
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Unrecognized Tribes
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Mohegan Tribe to be evicted by court-ordered sale (2/17/2012)
(New York) -- After decades of maltreatment in their homeland, history is repeating itself in a case against Native Americans. The federal government allows indigenous...
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Wampanoag Casino
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Federal judge upholds state casino law; provisions on possible tribal casino survive challenge (2/17/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Advantages extended to a Native American tribe in the state’s new casino law are constitutional and will be allowed to stand, a federal judge...
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Judge rejects New Bedford developer's challenge of tribal casino provision (2/17/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Ruling that the preference given to federally recognized Indian tribes in the state’s new gaming law is based on a political distinction and not...
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Judge rules tribal advantages in casino law are constitutional (2/17/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- A provision in state law that gives a Native American tribe an advantage in pursuing a casino in Southeastern Massachusetts is constitutional and will...
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Judge Says Tribe Provision In New Casino Law Is Constitutional (2/17/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- The preference for a Native American tribe to win at least one casino license under the state’s new gambling law is constitutional, according to...
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Broken Arrow Casino
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Pruitt sues to end casino construction (2/16/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court to halt construction of an Indian casino in a residential section of...
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Glendale Casino
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Ninth Circuit fast tracks appeal in casino case (2/16/2012)
(Arizona) -- City Attorney Craig Tindall will be in San Francisco April 16 when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals hears oral arguments involving the Tohono O'odham...
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Proposed tribal casino case goes to appeals court (2/14/2012)
(Arizona) -- In April, Glendale leaders and others will ask a court to overturn a federal decision to grant reservation status to a 54-acre tract near the city that is...
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First Nations Politics
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First Nation child welfare battle continues in Federal Court (2/15/2012)
(Ottawa) -- Lawyers were back in Federal Court today arguing about whether a decision by the Human Rights Tribunal should be overturned.
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Canadian denounce lack of funding for Aboriginal children (2/14/2012)
(Ottawa) -- Hundreds of people came to the Canadian parliament on Tuesday to denounce the lack of funding for Aboriginal children. The activists have launched a campaign...
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Case argues systematic discrimination against First Nations children (2/14/2012)
(Ottawa) -- Sweet-smelling smoke from a smudging ceremony filled an Ottawa courtroom Monday as a controversial case began that could open the door for First Nations...
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Court told First Nations' children underfunded (2/14/2012)
(Ottawa) -- Sweet-smelling smoke from a smudging ceremony filled an Ottawa courtroom Monday as a controversial case began that could open the door for First Nations...
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Federal court hears arguments in First Nations chlid welfare case (2/14/2012)
(Ottawa) -- The Federal court began to hear arguments on whether a ruling from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal should be overturned.
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Government still trying to assimilate aboriginals by underfunding child welfare, natives argue (2/14/2012)
(Ottawa) -- The federal government continues to use assimilationist policies — such as those perpetrated by decades of residential schools — by consistently...
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Supporters pack Federal court hearing on First Nations child welfare (2/14/2012)
(Ottawa) -- The Federal court was packed with people for hearings into whether the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal erred when it dismissed a complaint against Ottawa over...
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Pine Ridge
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Native Sun News: Oglala Sioux man loses ruling on court fees (2/15/2012)
(South Dakota) -- A Pine Ridge Reservation business owner who stood to regain just over $28,000 in court-related costs and attorneys’ fees stemming from a decade-...
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Catawba Nation
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Catawba Indians plan to offer gambling, ready to go to court (2/14/2012)
(South Carolina) -- The Catawba Indian Nation plans to open a temporary gaming facility on their land in York County, but first they’re seeking a judge’s...
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Other News
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Plaintiffs appealing Vegas casino age bias ruling (2/22/2012)
(Las Vegas) -- Six former Las Vegas Strip casino spa employees are asking an appeals court to overrule a federal judge and let a jury decide if they were dismissed...
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Casino developer testifies Alabama senator sought bribes for other legislators (2/22/2012)
(Alabama) -- Country Crossing casino developer Ronnie Gilley testified Wednesday that a state senator on trial on corruption charges was his best recruiter for votes for...
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Ronnie Gilley: No trucks for vote on bingo bill (2/22/2012)
(Alabama) -- Country Crossing developer Ronnie Gilley said he never offered to buy trucks from a state senator's dealership as a way to get his vote on a gambling...
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Prof. challenges 'Redskins' name as racist (2/21/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- One ESPN anchor was suspended, and another employee of the same network fired, for using the phrase "Chink in the Armor" to describe a...
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State bill would allow tribes federal jurisdiction in civil, criminal matters (2/21/2012)
(Washington) -- In 1953, the federal government began the process of terminating its relationship with tribes and transferring jurisdiction on tribal matters to states...
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Antigua To Relaunch WTO Action After US Online Ruling [SUB REQ'D] (2/21/2012)
(Antigua) -- Authorities in Antigua and Barbuda are set to relaunch World Trade Organization proceedings against the United States and its treatment of offshore gambling...
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Alabama casino developer met senator at arrest (2/21/2012)
(Alabama) -- Country Crossing developer Ronnie Gilley says he never met former state Sen. Larry Means until the day they were arrested and taken to FBI headquarters in...
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Gilley, attorney spar during gambling corruption trial testimony (2/21/2012)
(Alabama) -- The truthfulness of prosecution witness Ronnie Gilley became the primary subject matter Tuesday afternoon when the attorney for Sen. Harri Anne Smith began...
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Legislature considers wider authority for tribal courts (2/20/2012)
(Washington) -- Lawmakers in Washington are considering a proposal to start dismantling the state's civil jurisdiction over American Indians, a step many consider...
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Tribal immunity bars plaintiff’s lawsuit in tort case, appeals court says (2/20/2012)
(Wisconsin) -- The Stockbridge-Munsee Community Indian Tribe, which bought and runs and golf course in Gresham, is immune from liability for a slip-and-fall on the...
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Oklahoma Supreme Court sets April 19 water hearing (2/20/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- The Oklahoma Supreme Court has scheduled an April 19 hearing on a lawsuit concerning the water rights of two Oklahoma-based American Indian tribes in their...
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Former federal prosecutor talks gambling corruption retrial strategy (2/20/2012)
(Alabama) -- It's a case that took a turn when defense attorneys introduced racist remarks caught on tape. A key government witness, Senator Scott Beason, was caught...
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Guilty Casino Chief Describes Offers For Votes (2/19/2012)
(Alabama) -- A casino developer who pleaded guilty to bribery testified Thursday that he promised big campaign donations and support from country music stars to get...
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Racial Comments Played in Ala. Gambling Trial (2/19/2012)
(Alabama) -- Prosecutors in Alabama's gambling corruption trial brought out embarrassing racial comments by Republican state senators Thursday before defense...
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Vernon Lake City Casino thief earns two-year sentence (2/19/2012)
(British Columbia) -- A Kelowna man will spend two years in jail for stealing a woman’s purse at Vernon’s Lake City Casino in December. Terence Donald Thacker, 22, was...
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All sides await Federal Court decision on FN child welfare case (2/18/2012)
(Canada) -- A Federal Court judge has reserved her decision in a case that could impact thousands of First Nation children. She’s been hearing arguments about a human...
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Tribe files new request to stop work on Indian burial ground (2/18/2012)
(California) -- A North County tribe filed two more legal actions Friday to stop construction on a Fallbrook road it says will rip through an ancient tribal burial...
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First Nation family settles 'hair cut' human rights complaint (2/18/2012)
(Ontario) -- A settlement has been reached in a human rights complaint filed by the family of a First Nations boy in Thunder Bay. In 2009, a teaching assistant at...
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Gilley gets grilled (2/18/2012)
(Alabama) -- Beginning the day telling his story and listening to tapes for prosecutors, Country Crossing developer Ronnie Gilley spent another day on the witness stand...
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Gambling losses aren't tax writeoffs, court rules (2/18/2012)
(Ontario) -- A Toronto man trying to write off casino and racetrack losses against his income tax bill has gambled and lost at Canada's Federal Court of Appeal.
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