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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A day after federal prosecutors said they could not prove who was responsible for a triple homicide on the Crow Indian Reservation last August, the tribal chairman said he will do everything in his power to make sure justice was done. The federal government has jurisdiction over felony crimes on reservations, but U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said Friday it was impossible to prove who shot whom and in what order. https://apnews.com/1d7f2cd4eeb14423831b46826e88c51e...
If Blake Freeman wanted a showdown with Canada’s cannabis giants, he’d be badly outgunned. As it stands, the legal cannabis industry is dominated by four companies whose combined market cap floats somewhere around $15 billion. http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/kanesatake-entrepreneur-sets-sights-on-indigenous-cannabis-empire...
President Donald Trump’s zero tolerance policy stands to create a zombie army of children forcibly injected with medications that make them dizzy, listless, obese and even incapacitated, according to legal filings that show immigrant children in U.S. custody subdued with powerful psychiatric drugs. Children held at Shiloh Treatment Center, a government contractor south of Houston that houses immigrant minors, have described being held down and injected, according to the federal court filings. The lawsuit alleges that children were told they w...
COOS BAY — A Coos Bay resident armed with a rifle was shot dead Saturday morning at approximately 6:44 a.m. by officers near a residence located at 475 Johnson Avenue, according to a press release from Coos County District Attorney Paul Frasier. Early Saturday, Coos Bay police had attempted on two separate occasions to arrest Eric Sweet for a felony attempting to elude a police officer. In both incidents, pursuits were discontinued for safety reasons. https://theworldlink.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/dead-in-officer-invol...
RIVERTON — The Bureau of Indian Affairs has implemented new training after an audit by the Department of Interior's Office of Inspector General found that the federal agency's failure of oversight allowed the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes to misspend $6.2 million between 2013 and 2015. The audit's draft report said that the BIA did not review financial reports the tribes submitted in 2013 and 2014 until 2016. http://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/news/wyoming/article_7e150ad5-4ef0-5f97-ba2d-55859e19b0ae.html...
Federal efforts to reduce the restrictions placed on cannabis businesses that operate legally under state law are picking up, with new legislation proposed and indications from the administration that it will let states take the lead with regard to enforcement. The bipartisan legislation would amend the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to legalize financial services to marijuana businesses that are legal under state or tribal law. https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/bill-spurs-buzz-on-banking-services-to-63450/...
Last week, a Tohono O’odham citizen was struck by a Customs and Border Protection vehicle on his nation’s reservation in southern Arizona. In cell phone footage of the incident, the Border Patrol SUV never stops, leaving the scene at a casual pace immediately after striking Paulo Remes. Remes was treated and released from a local hospital, and the Tohono O’odham Nation says it has opened a criminal investigation into the incident and is being assisted by federal authorities. https://www.hcn.org/articles/indian-country-news-o...
Federal prosecutors have filed murder charges in the deaths of two women in separate incidents on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation. Court documents show that 38-year-old Billy Joe Herman is charged with felony murder, kidnapping and assault with intent to commit murder in connection with the October 2015 death of 36-year-old Amanda Engst. Her body was found in February 2016 in the Sheyenne River south of Warwick. http://www.crookstontimes.com/news/20180622/prosecutors-file-charges-in-separate-spirit-lake-homicides...
The federal government has authorized a $9.4 million purchase of Maine’s frozen wild blueberries, according to the executive director of the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine, Nancy McBrady. This will be the fifth time since 2012 that the federal government will subsidize wild blueberry growers in Maine amid flagging market prices. The federal government will take a total of 8.9 million pounds of the frozen berries, McBrady said, and the surplus fruit will go to food banks, child care centers and social service agencies. Precise pricing w...
CASS LAKE — Members of Leech Lake's Family Spirit Program wants the band's babies to know where they come from. That's why, for the first time, the band held a public welcoming ceremony for Leech Lake infants Friday. https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/4463853-really-sacred-gift-leech-lake-holds-first-ever-baby-welcoming-ceremony...
Modern-day lacrosse is relatively new to Maine, on display at several small colleges and an increasing number of high schools in central and southern parts of the state. But 31-year-old Corey Hinton is taking the game back to those whose descendants played the original version of the sport centuries ago, often as a tool of diplomacy between Indian tribes. http://bangordailynews.com/2018/06/22/sports/lacrosse/youth-lacrosse-festival-in-down-east-maine-pays-tribute-to-sports-tribal-roots/...
Officials with the N.W.T.'s Environment Department say northerners want more restrictions on using drones to assist hunters. The territorial government is seeking feedback on proposed amendments to the territory's Wildlife Act, which would ban drone use while hunting, with exceptions for hunters with Aboriginal treaty rights. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-government-drone-ban-local-chiefs-1.4714153...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sunday compared people entering the U.S. from Mexico to invaders and said they should be immediately sent back without appearing before a judge. The American Civil Liberties Union said in response that such a step would be illegal and violate the Constitution that Trump swore to uphold, http://www.startribune.com/trump-decries-invaders-entering-us-from-mexico/486396601/...
