Shingle Springs Band acquires 40 acres in trust under new law
The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians thanked Rep. Tom McClintock (R-California) for helping push a land-into-trust law through the 113th Congress. H.R. 2388 places 40 acres into trust for the...
View ArticleCalifornia tribe’s casino plan to go before voters
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Native American tribe’s plan for a Las Vegas-style casino in the Central Valley nearly 40 miles from its reservation has drawn opposition from other casino-owning tribes in the...
View ArticleIvan Star Comes Out: The Indian Reorganization Act at 80 years
Here on the Pine Ridge we encounter daily a controversy regarding the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) of 1934. Essentially, among the growing younger generations, the IRA is readily accepted. Among the...
View ArticleTribe could get casino land as soon as January
In a pivotal development in a yearslong fight to build a casino in Clark County, the Cowlitz Tribe was notified Wednesday they’ll receive 152 acres west of La Center in January or within 30 days of a...
View Article‘Historian’ found claim to tribe’s land Russells Point man led Eastern...
RUSSELLS POINT — Jim Calim got a call in 2002 that changed his life. And as a result, the 77-year-old has spent the last 12 years researching the Ohio roots of a centuries-old American Indian tribe,...
View ArticleMONTANA FSA: Coverage Selection for New 2014 Farm Bill Safety Net Programs...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds farm owners and producers that the opportunity to choose between the new 2014 Farm Bill established programs, Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price...
View ArticleCounty poised to sell park to Suquamish Tribe
SUQUAMISH — Kitsap County has been trying to sell a 200-acre parkland to the Suquamish Tribe for more than a year. Now the two parties have agreed on a price: $1.475 million. The county commission is...
View ArticleBurns Paiute Tribe wants 29,000 acres held in trust
JUNTURA — The Burns Paiute Tribe is seeking to transfer more than 29,000 acres in land now held by the tribe and in Bureau of Land Management allotments in Malheur County to the Secretary of Interior...
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