Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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Four northern Wisconsin tribes have filed a federal lawsuit against Gov. Scott Walker, the state and town officials over the taxation of reservation lands. The tribes argue the state and towns don’t have the right to tax reservation lands. The complaint was filed Friday, Nov. 30, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District Court of Wisconsin by the Red Cliff, Bad River, Lac du Flambeau and Lac Courte Oreilles tribes. They contend the Wisconsin Department of Revenue, 11 towns and their assessors have been taxing fee simple lands on r...
Cigarette sales on the Winnebago Indian Reservation can still be regulated in some ways, even though tribal reservations are considered sovereign territory, attorneys for the state of Nebraska argued Monday in federal district court in Omaha. Assistant Attorney General Daniel Muelleman said the two companies that manufacture and distribute the cigarettes on the Winnebago's territory aren't actually part of tribe. As such, they can be required to put money into an escrow account to cover revenue shortfalls. https://www.omaha....
MINNEAPOLIS — The first of more than 200 homeless people are expected to move Tuesday from a camp in south Minneapolis to three large heated tents near the Franklin Avenue light-rail station. Mayor Jacob Frey and American Indian leaders made an impassioned plea for unity Sunday at a crowded public meeting, which was hastily called in response to complaints of harassment and intimidation of humanitarian aid workers at the large homeless camp. https://www.sctimes.com/story/news/local/minnesota/2018/12/10/tensions-high-minneapo...
