The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation opened a new technology business aimed at diversifying the tribal economy. Cayuse Technologies has partnered with Accenture, a management consulting and technology services company. The company will employ about 450 people to develop software and run a customer service center. Cayuse is the first business to operate [...]

Citizens of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians are trying to figure out what happened to their lands. The federal government allotted land to Chippewa Indians in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana, but landowners say no one kept track of their property — or the activities that occurred on it. The Turtle Mountain [...]

In the Cobell case that was filed in 1996, the federal judge handling the trust fund case said he plans to award money to hundreds of thousands of Indian landowners. The exact amount will be determined later this summer in a trial starting June 9 before Judge James Robertson. The Cobell plaintiffs want $58 billion. [...]

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a challenge to the land-into-trust application for the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan. The court said the BIA did not violate the National Environmental Protection Act in agreeing to take 147 acres in trust for the tribe’s casino. The court also upheld the constitutionality of the [...]

After a little more than a year on the job, assistant secretary Carl Artman announced his resignation as head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Artman, a citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, did not give a reason. His letter to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne cited “many accomplishments” that he achieved since taking over [...]

If you want to show your support for Barack Obama, please email ekang@BarackObama.com or fax Eugene Kang, 312.819.2089, and you will be sent a form to fill out and send back, thanks.

Here is a specific, point-by-point statement of what Barrack Obama intends to do about issues facing Indian Country. “BARACK OBAMA’S PRINCIPLES FOR STRONGER TRIBAL COMMUNITIES “Perhaps more than anyone else, the Native American community faces huge challenges that have been ignored by Washington for too long. It is time to empower Native Americans in the [...]

This is from Indian Country Today April 27, 2007: “A RETURN TO THE POLITICS OF CONSENSUS Senator Tom Daschle Earlier this year, I endorsed Barack Obama in the race for the Democratic nomination for the 2008 presidential election. Coming nearly 20 months before the election, it is the earliest I have ever endorsed a candidate [...]

Obama: Renewing Our Commitments to Native America by Barack Obama Special to The Native Voice (February 2008) “This election is an opportunity to change the direction of this country. Washington has become too polarized, too partisan and too unresponsive to the real problems facing the American people. And more and more, the public interest gets [...]

Senator Barack Obama and Umatilla Tribal Chairman Antone Minthorn I have joined the group Oregon Indians for Obama. I am supporting him because I think he can bring real change and a breath of fresh air to American politics. I also appreciate his emphasis of American Indian issues. He has already shown that he is [...]