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A former Tribal government official of the MHA Nation has been sentenced to five years prison for his role in a bribery scheme on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota.
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The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) Tribal Council last week reversed an April decision to dedicate $64 million to develop the tribe’s medicinal cannabis enterprise, following a veto from Principal Chief Richard Sneed.
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The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians is the latest Michigan tribe to enter the cannabis business with the April 14 grand opening of its marijuana retail store and consumption lounge, Rolling Embers.
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WASHINGTON—Arlando Teller, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, was sworn in Friday as the U.S. Department of Transportation’s first-ever assistant secretary for Tribal Affairs.
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The Citizen Potawatomi Nation has launched a new pipe manufacturing business, aiming to both spur its workforce development efforts and bring the first permanent enterprise to the Tribe’s Iron Horse Industrial Park in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
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When Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Chief Executive Melanie Benjamin was “overjoyed” to hear of the band's $11 million award through the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program under the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
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The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs met last week to discuss and debate two pieces of legislation that could change the way land leases are handled in Indian Country.