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Suquamish Tribe got good price on golf course, property (03/10)
The Suquamish Tribe of Washington paid $4.65 million for a golf course and land, far below the assessed value, The Kitsap Sun reports. The White Horse Golf Course and...
Little Traverse Bay Bands weighs open meeting statute (03/09)
The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians of Michigan is reportedly considering a new open meetings policy. The tribal council at one point barred non-members from council meetings. The...
Seneca Nation lobbies against cigarette trafficking bill (03/08)
The Seneca Nation of New York has mounted a lobbying campaign in hopes of stopping the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act. The tribe spent over $300,000 last year on lobbying...
Smoke shops on Agua Caliente land close for business (03/03)
Four smoke shops that were operating on the Agua Caliente Reservation in California have closed for business, The Palm Springs Desert Sun reports. Black Hawk Tobacco Shop Inc. was...
Warm Springs company recovers after near shutdown (03/03)
A company owned by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Spring Reservation of Oregon is bouncing back after nearly shutting down two years ago. Warm Springs Forest Products Industries had...
Salt River Tribe building first Marriott in Indian Country (03/01)
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of Arizona will be home to the first Marriott hotel property in Indian Country. The 156-room Courtyard by Marriott is scheduled to open in...
Stillaguamish Tribe names former leaders in theft suit (02/26)
The Stillaguamish Tribe of Washington says two former leaders cheated the tribe out of millions of dollars. A lawsuit in federal court says Edward L. Goodridge and his son Edward...
North Dakota tribe sees $1M a month in oil production (02/25)
The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation of North Dakota has hit an oil production benchmark, The Bismarck Tribune reports. The tribe and its members are receiving more than $1 million...
Commerce secretary addresses Indian business meet (02/25)
Department of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke spoke at the 2010 Reservation Economic Summit in Las Vegas on Monday. Locke told attendees that tribes will be included in the jobs...
DOJ brief backs Cayuga Nation in tobacco tax dispute (02/25)
The Department of Justice has submitted an amicus brief in a tobacco tax case involving the Cayuga Nation of New York, The Auburn Citizen reports. Authorities in Cayuga and Seneca...
North Dakota tribe benefits from energy development (02/24)
The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation of North Dakota is benefiting from a boom in energy development on the Fort Berthold Reservation. The million-acre reservation sits atop a portion...
Klamath Tribes close to deal to buy land near Portland (02/24)
The Klamath Tribes of Oregon are close to a deal to purchase 385 acres near Portland. The tribe has been negotiating with Tom and Chris Maletis for six years. A...
New York governor proposes tobacco tax regulations (02/24)
New York Gov. David Paterson (D) proposed regulations that would prevent cigarette manufacturers from selling products to tribal retailers. The regulations require manufacturers to limit sales to retailers that certify...
Yurok mother and daughter purchase historic hotel (02/23)
A mother and daughter from the Yurok Tribe of California are the proud owners of the Historic Requa Inn. Janet Wortman and her daughter Geneva Wiki are the first...
Navajo family opens traditional eatery in New Mexico (02/17)
A family from the Navajo Nation opened a restaurant based on traditional Navajo foods in Farmington, New Mexico. Bernice and Dexter Begay, along with their son, Danaman Begay, own...
Redding Rancheria nears deal to buy city-owned land (02/15)
The Redding Rancheria is close to a deal to buy 82 acres from the city of Redding, California. The tribe has been interested in the so-called Churn Creek Bottom property...
Oklahoma seizes tobacco bound for Muscogee shops (02/15)
The Oklahoma Tax Commission seized 77 cases of cigarettes that were on their way to smoke shops on the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. The commission says the retailers were selling the...
Treasury announces $1B in stimulus bond authority (02/12)
The Department of Treasury announced another $1 billion in tribal bonding authority under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Under the authority, 76 tribes can issue tax-exempt bonds...
Little Traverse Bay Bands ends partnership with tribe (02/08)
The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians of Michigan will no longer be doing business with a tribe whose executives have been accused of financial mismanagement. The Little Traverse...
Miccosukee Tribe cuts sponsorship for NASCAR driver (02/08)
The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is no longer sponsoring NASCAR events or supporting NASCAR drivers. Under former chairman Billy Cypress, the tribe sponsored all three of NASCAR's national tours and...
Coquille Tribe settles dispute over municipal services (02/04)
The Coquille Tribe and the city of North Bend, Oregon, settled a dispute over municipal services. The tribe agreed to pay the city $275,000 for police, fire and sewer services...
Architect files lawsuit against Navajo council speaker (02/01)
An Arizona architect has filed a lawsuit against Navajo Nation Council Speaker Lawrence Morgan and the speaker's chief of staff in Navajo Nation court. Will Graven, the owner of North...
Alaska Native lawmaker faces complaint for remarks (01/25)
Alaska Sen. Albert Kookesh (D) could face an ethics complain over remarks he made to the city council in Craig, The Anchorage Daily News reports. Kookesh asked the council...
Seneca Nation targets Sen. Gillibrand for tobacco bill (01/25)
The Seneca Nation might spend up to $250,000 this year to target Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) for co-sponsoring the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act. The PACT Act prohibits the...
Chickasaw firm secures land consolidation contract (01/21)
Chickasaw Nations Industries, the economic development corporation of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, has landed a contract for the Indian land consolidation program for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. CNI...
Mississippi Choctaw business cuts over half of staff (01/21)
IKBI, Inc., a general contracting firm owned by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, has eliminated over half of its workforce. The firm laid off 47 people last week. That...
Seneca Nation prepares for battle over cigarette taxes (01/20)
The Seneca Nation isn't surprised by the state's latest attempt to impose tobacco taxes on the reservation, a tribal leader said. J.C. Seneca, the chair of the tribe's foreign relations...
New York governor puts Indian tobacco tax in new budget (01/19)
New York Gov. David Paterson (D) is proposing to collect taxes on the sale of tobacco to non-Indians. Paterson and his predecessors have declined to issue regulations that would force...
Editorial: Pass legislation for Cedar Band tax exemption (01/19)
"Representatives of the Cedar Band of the Paiute Tribe gave an informational presentation to the Iron County Commission recently about its pursuit of its own tax code. The main purpose...
Two tribes pursuing plants to convert waste into energy (01/19)
Two tribes, one in South Dakota and another in Wisconsin, are looking to develop plants that will convert waste into energy. The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe signed a memorandum of...
Saginaw Chippewa Tribe makes way for indoor water park (01/15)
The Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan expects to start construction on an indoor water park this spring. The tribe will close and demolish the Soaring Eagle Inn and Conference Center...
Yakama Nation protests prosecution for selling tobacco (01/15)
Members and leaders of the Yakama Nation of Washington held a protest outside a federal court where three tribal members are on trial for selling untaxed cigarettes. Harry and...
Native corporations to help Shell with off-shore drilling (01/14)
Two Alaska Native village corporations have entered into a partnership with Shell to provide services for off-shore drilling operations. Olgoonik Corp., the corporation for the village of Wainwright, will serve...
Cedar Band plans to start construction on travel center (01/14)
The Cedar Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah plans to break ground this summer on a travel center. The $9 million Wai’ani Eagle Travel Center would be located...
New Mexico tribe close to finalizing solar power plant (01/13)
Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico is close to finalizing a deal to sell power from a solar plant. The tribe plans to build a four-megawatt solar plant on 30 acres....
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