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Part I focused on a newly formed group of tribal members and others who live on Spirit Lake Reservation and are working toward solutions for the meth abuse problem. Unlike any other region of the United States, an Indian reservation is unique in that the enforcement of laws is often quite complex. Tribes across the nation are limited in their ability to dole out punishment to non-tribal members who commit crimes on reservations. Unless a crime rises to the level that the state or federal government decides to prosecute, non-members often get...
RCMP who were on the scene when a Peguis First Nation man died during a shooting last fall did everything by the book, the Independent Investigation Unit (IIU) of Manitoba finds. RCMP from Fisher Branch and Peguis were both called Sept. 4, 2015, after reports of gunshots, two people injured and a vehicle in the ditch. Four officers arrived to find a third person, who was in the vehicle by himself at the time. He was heard talking and officers tried to communicate with him, RCMP said. Not long after, a gun went off inside the vehicle, RCMP...
The chairman and secretary of the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council were re-elected July 14 and a new vice chairman was sworn in at a ceremony in Browning. Chairman Harry Barnes and Secretary Tyson Running Wolf were selected to serve for two more years as the leaders of the nine-person tribal council. Newly elected member Terry J. Tatsey was selected to serve as vice chairman. The inauguration came two weeks after the tribe’s general election that saw three new councilors elected and one incumbent hold on to his seat. Among the incumbents w...
A Lake Superior tribe is assessing damage after a storm this week brought torrential rains and flooded their reservation. The flooding cut off the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa from regular routes to food, water and medical supplies. Bad River's flood command spokesman Dylan Jennings said the tribe is doing what it can for members. "The ones that have lost their houses and whatnot are being put up in either the casino lodge or in some of the other local hotels in the area and taken care of in that way," he said. h...
About 200 people from Red Earth First Nation in northeast Saskatchewan are in a Saskatoon evacuation centre and hotel after getting forced out by rising water levels along the Carrot River. The evacuees, who are considered "health priority" individuals, are at the Henk Ruys Soccer Centre, and a hotel. Some people arrived last night around midnight. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/red-earth-cree-nation-evacuated-to-saskatoon-1.3680454...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, praised the Senate’s passage of two bills for tribes in Oregon: · S. 817, a bill to provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the state of Oregon; and · S. 818, a bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical corrections, and for other purposes. Both bills were introduced by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR). They passed out of the Senate Committee on In...