Klamath Basin Tribes and allies from the commercial fishing and conservation organizations stage a rally at the bi-annual meeting of the international hydropower industry in 2006. In a Supreme Court term as loaded as this one, it’s not surprising that some cases get lost. One of the court’s lower profile cases is nonetheless among the … Continued
Women and girls from the Colorado River Indian tribes dance after arriving at a protest encampment near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, to lend their support to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The Upper Skagit Tribe has been in Washington for centuries. In 1855, it struck a deal with … Continued
The county and city of Pawnee, Oklahoma are home to the Pawnee (Chahiksichahiks) tribe. Over the course of the 19th century, the tribe declined in numbers from over 10,000 to approximately 4,000 people living on lands along the North Platte river in Nebraska and Kansas. By the 1870s, despite a long history of military service … Continued
During the nineteenth century, the United States had attempted to settle all Indians on well-defined reservations on lands deemed unsuitable for non-Indian development. Here Indians were to remain until they became extinct or had fully assimilated into the Christian American lifestyle. By the end of the nineteenth century, the government began the process of dismantling … Continued
This conference provides leaders from the 565 federally recognized tribes the opportunity to interact directly with the President and representatives from the highest levels of his Administration. Each federally recognized tribe was invited to send one representative to the Conference. This will be the second White House Tribal Nations Conference for the Obama … Continued
