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A bipartisan bill in Congress aims to streamline how tribal governments and other tribal entities access federal programs that support job creation, business development and local economies.
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Kituwah Energy Project #2 LLC, an Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians-owned company, has sued Pro Football Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith and five co-defendants, alleging they diverted a $2.5 million tribal loan intended for a Texas solar development.
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A federal judge sentenced a second defendant to six years and six months in prison for helping divert more than $4.7 million from the Oglala Sioux Tribe.
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A federal judge sentenced Jessica Engle, former CEO of the Yurok Tribe’s wholly owned telecommunications subsidiary, to two years in prison for embezzling more than $550,000 from the company.
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The U.S. Senate voted 90-6 Saturday to pass the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027, a stopgap spending bill that would fund the federal government through Dec. 11.
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The Senate Appropriations Committee has moved to delay a sweeping rewrite of federal grant rules that tribal governments say could disrupt funding across Indian Country.
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The Alaska Native Landless Equity Act has advanced to the Senate floor after clearing the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, marking the furthest progress yet for legislation aimed at Native villages excluded under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
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More than 2 million acres that many Tribal Nations consider ancestral homelands could be reopened to mining and mineral claims after President Donald Trump ordered sweeping reductions to two Utah national monuments.
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A former employee of the Oglala Sioux Tribe's Tribal Employment Rights Office was sentenced to six years and six months in federal prison for her role in a scheme that diverted more than $4.7 million from the tribe over nearly seven years.
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A former elected official of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and a former tribal employee have been sentenced to federal prison for embezzling approximately $160,000 from the tribe.