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Former South Dakota tribal relations secretary David Flute has been appointed as senior tribal advisor on Indian Affairs for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians' case seeking to force the federal government to take 71 acres near Detroit into trust for a potential casino development.
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James A. Crawford has resigned as chairman of the Forest County Potawatomi Community after reportedly being selected as the next United States Department of Transportation’s assistant secretary of tribal affairs, according to a news release from the tribe. He would become only the second Native American to hold this high-level federal position.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review whether Nebraska can enforce state tobacco regulations on sales occurring within the Winnebago Indian Reservation, dealing a blow to tribal sovereignty claims.
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A federal court has issued a temporary stay blocking the transfer of more than 80 acres in Ledyard, Connecticut, into trust for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe.
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President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of Jason Galanis, the second person convicted in a scheme that defrauded the Oglala Sioux Nation to receive clemency in recent days.
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President Donald Trump has pardoned Devon Archer, who was convicted in 2018 of defrauding the Oglala Sioux Nation for roughly $60 million.
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A Broward County jury has ordered Wells Fargo to pay $826 million to the Seminole Tribe of Florida's children for mismanaging a trust fund established to manage gaming revenues.
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing Secretary Linda McMahon to begin dismantling the Department of Education and return education authority to the states.
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The Department of the Interior (DOI) has begun offering buyouts to employees as part of the Trump administration's efforts to reduce the federal workforce, according to media reports.