By Susan Essoyan
Students who believe Kamehameha Schools’ admissions policy is racially discriminatory must reveal their names publicly if they want to sue in federal court, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by hunwut
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Rob Capriccioso
By now I’ve heard many Natives and non-Natives alike herald the vibrant presentation by the First Nations elders, fancydancers, hoop throwers and drummers who kicked off the 2010 winter Olympic games.

Posted on February 13th, 2010 by hunwut
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SOBOBA: Robert Salgado pleaded ‘not guilty’ to charges of bribery, tax evasion, and conspiracy.
By CHARLES HAND / The Valley Chronicle
The 26 bribery counts, six counts of filing false income tax returns, and single count of conspiracy with which the federal government has charged Soboba Tribal Chairman Robert Salgado carry a combined maximum sentence of 363 [...]

Posted on October 30th, 2009 by hunwut
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First formal court system established on tribal reservation
The San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians commemorated the opening of the new San Manuel Tribal Court Friday, Oct. 23.
The grand opening event marked an important milestone in the tribe’s exercise of its sovereign authorities as a government and was attended by 100 guests from regional tribal [...]

Posted on October 29th, 2009 by hunwut
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Chiefs ask administration for better communication
By Rob Capriccioso
WASHINGTON - When several tribal leaders trekked to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House grounds Aug. 31, it represented one of the rare times in American history when a cross-section of tribes were invited by a sitting president’s staff to conduct official business.

Posted on September 7th, 2009 by hunwut
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By GAIL WESSON, The Press-Enterprise
After a wait of more than a year, the public will get a chance to review and comment on a draft environmental report for the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians’ proposal to annex almost 535 acres to its reservation next to San Jacinto where it wants to build a hotel-casino complex.

Posted on July 4th, 2009 by hunwut
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Proposal would give tribe control over 2,000 acres it owns
By Onell R. Soto, Union-Tribune Staff Writer
The Sycuan Indian band is seeking to triple the size of its reservation just east of El Cajon by annexing 2,000 acres it owns, including a former sand mine, a golf course and a hotel.
The proposal to bring the land [...]

Posted on June 3rd, 2009 by hunwut
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By Steven Newcomb
In a recent interview, Indian Country Today reporter Gale Courey Toensing asked John Echohawk, executive director of the Native American Rights Fund, about inherent sovereignty and plenary power. “How does it relate to inherent sovereignty to have another sovereign come and say, ‘We now have this jurisdiction over you? Is anyone challenging Congress’ [...]

Posted on May 29th, 2009 by hunwut
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By Dan Bacher
Arrayed in traditional regalia, over two dozen members of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe held a war dance along the banks of the American River on the evening of April 19 and morning of April 20 to bring attention to decades of injustice and destruction of their cultural sites by the federal government.

Posted on April 24th, 2009 by hunwut
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By Gale Courey Toensing
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Congress’ apology for overthrowing the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893 bears no moral, political or legal weight in stopping the State of Hawaii from selling 1.2 million acres of land seized during the illegal regime change before resolving land claims by Native Hawaiians.
The ruling [...]

Posted on April 6th, 2009 by hunwut
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