Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
An American Indian man who saw his conviction overturned after reports of racial bias by his Salt Lake City jury won't get a new trial after all, a federal appeals court in Denver decided Wednesday.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
He was known as "Fast Eddie" around Arlington, for his bright yellow Ferrari and his brash business plans to benefit the Stillaguamish Indian Tribe.The Tribe's executive director alienated Snohomish County elected leaders and many neighbors by locating a $36 million tribal casino in a quiet, rural area north of Arlington, in defiance of local zoning laws to which the tribe wasn't subject. A...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
... top Capitol Hill aides.Blackann said he pushed for a political appointment at the Bureau of Indian Affairs, as well as "official action beneficial" to Equipment Rental Co., a construction rental company. Blackann worked for Blunt from 1998 to 2001 and for Bond from 2001 to 2005.Blackann said in court documents he knew "the lobbyists gave these things of value for or because of official...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
... top Capitol Hill aides.Blackann said he pushed for a political appointment at the Bureau of Indian Affairs, as well as "official action beneficial" to Equipment Rental Co., a construction rental company. Blackann worked for Blunt from 1998 to 2001 and for Bond from 2001 to 2005.Blackann said in court documents he knew "the lobbyists gave these things of value for or because of official...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
... top Capitol Hill aides.Blackann said he pushed for a political appointment at the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the lobbyists, as well as officials actions that would be beneficial to Equipment Rental Co., a construction rental company. Blackann worked for Blunt, R-Mo., from 1998-2001 and Bond, R-Mo., from 2001-2005.Blackann said in court documents he knew "the lobbyists gave these...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
... top Capitol Hill aides.Blackann said he pushed for a political appointment at the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the lobbyists, as well as officials actions that would be beneficial to Equipment Rental Co., a construction rental company. Blackann worked for Blunt, R-Mo., from 1998-2001 and Bond, R-Mo., from 2001-2005.Blackann said in court documents he knew "the lobbyists gave these...
TPMmuckraker (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Bond to write a letter of support for someone who wanted a political appointment to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. According to the Associated Press, Blackann said in court documents Blackann that he knew "the lobbyists gave these things of value for or because of official actions they were seeking from him or had obtained from him." Abramoff has been cooperating with prosecutors as...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... in Abramoff's office help on issues before Congress, including appointments at the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
USA Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
... in Abramoff's office help on issues before Congress, including appointments at the Bureau of Indian Affairs.Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
The Sacramento Business Journal (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
The Bureau of Indian Affairs approved the state of California’s amended gambling compact with the Shingle Springs Rancheria Band of Miwok for Red Hawk Casino, which opens Dec. 17.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
JNU pact with Union Ministry on migration research Professor Binod Khadria will head the projectProject envisages international collaborationNEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs has signed an agreement with Jawaharlal Nehru University here to work on a project for “International migration and diaspora research” at the Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies at...
The Business Journal of Phoenix (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
... Bush and served as legal counsel to U.S. Sen John McCain, R-Ariz., when he chaired the U.S Senate Indian Affairs Committee. Most Bush appointees in U.S. Attorney positions are expected to step down with the transition in power to Obama.Burke stepped down from his position in the governor’s office earlier this year and there has been speculation he could run for Arizona Attorney General...
billingsgazette.com top headlines (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
... he said.Problems with strays on the reservation have become so severe, he said, that the Bureau of Indian Affairs has had to round up horses and auction them off."The BIA is trying to get them a better home, but I don't think they sold 10 to 20 percent of those horses," he said.Things aren't much better at the Missoula auction.Values smallOut in the corrals, Mocha's owner, Riley Lewis,...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
Thiruvananthapuram: Panniyan Raveendran, MP, has urged the Union government to investigate the death of A. Jayachandran from the city in an air crash near Fallujah in Iraq. Mr. Raveendran has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi and Union Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahmed requesting an inquiry into the crash. — Staff...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Harry LaForme broke his silence on Thursday over his sudden resignation last month from the commission into Indian Residential School abuse, saying his "moral code" gave him no choice but to resign after his authority was undermined.
