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The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs approved legislation Wednesday that would give all federally recognized tribes authority to issue 99-year leases on trust lands, a change tribal leaders say is critical for attracting investment and financing development projects.
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Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) have introduced legislation aimed at improving federal support for tribal buffalo restoration efforts — a central goal of the food sovereignty movement.
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Congressional negotiators on Sunday released the text of the annual National Defense Authorization Act, a sweeping defense and national security bill that includes multiple provisions affecting tribal nations — headlined by federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.
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President Donald Trump signed legislation Wednesday night ending a 43-day government shutdown that disrupted federal programs across Indian Country, including food assistance, housing and tribal lending operations.
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On Wednesday, the Minnesota Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in State of Minnesota v. Todd Jeremy Thompson, a case that could affect how a longstanding public law applies to cannabis in Indian Country.
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As the federal government grinds through another shutdown, the effects are being felt unevenly across the country. For most Americans, the pain is abstract — delayed permits, closed National Parks and bureaucratic bottlenecks. For tribal nations, it’s existential.
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A prolonged federal shutdown and deep staff cuts are hollowing out essential Indian Country programs and breaking the government’s trust obligations, leaders told the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Wednesday.
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A federal judge has ruled against three members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation who sought recognition of aboriginal fishing rights in Shinnecock Bay, holding that New York’s conservation regulations on American eel are “valid, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory.”
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined for a second time to hear a case brought by Apache Stronghold seeking to block a land transfer that would allow copper mining at Oak Flat, a site in Arizona considered sacred by Apache people.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear RunItOneTime LLC v. United States, ending a challenge to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and preserving the state of Washington’s tribal gaming compacts.