Proposed Osage Tribal Law Rebuked: Hearings Set
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By S.E. Ruckman, Tulsa World, Okla.  May 31--The Osage Nation will hold three hearings to discuss proposed tribal legislation that would establish the Osage Nation Environmental and Natural Resources Department and an Environmental and Natural Resources Commission.
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By Heather Rutz, The Lima News, Ohio  Feb. 2--LIMA -- A piece of property the Eastern Shawnee of Oklahoma have secured for a possible casino is significant in several ways.  It's next to land that was the tribe's last reservation in Ohio.
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A lawyer representing a Texas death row inmate urged the court to rebuke the state and federal judges who supervise the state's capital punishment system, as oral argument on a case of alleged racial discrimination was heard.
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ISLAMABAD, Sept 10: The government on Friday offered a renewed dialogue with opposition on ways to tackle violence in the tribal region bordering Afghanistan but told the National Assembly that
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By Rick Alm, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Sep. 6--The Justice Department said Tuesday that it would appeal a federal judge's ruling that appeared to permit a tribal casino to resume operating in downtown Kansas City, Kan.   In July, U.S.
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A jailed toddler and the hunt for Al Qaeda in Waziristan have renewed debate on tribal law.
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A U.S. judge rejected motions to  dismiss charges against the main defendants in the BALCO  steroid scandal Tuesday but ordered hearings on whether the  government acted properly in the investigation.
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At issue is whether a set of Congressional guidelines or a judge's reasoned judgment should prevail.
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The U.S. military is rehearsing for hearings on whether 14 top terror suspects can be held indefinitely without charge as enemy combatants, but defense lawyers say the outcome is preordained.
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By Sanne Specht, Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore.  Mar. 1--Opponents of the Opp Mine painted a picture of environmental  pollution, property destruction and community demise for Jackson County  commissioners on Wednesday.    More than 75 people attended the three-hour public hearing.
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The Armed Services Committee's hearings will include an examination of criticism that the Defense Department failed to prepare for the insurgency and went into action with a shortage of armor for trucks and Humvees.
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By Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune  Sep. 15--The Bush administration expressed reservations Thursday about  key provisions of a bill, already opposed by environmental groups, aimed at  shaping the explosive growth in Washington County.
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By World Capitol Bureau  The measure was designed to protect owners of land devoted primarily to farming, ranching or forestry.   OKLAHOMA CITY -- Gov. Brad Henry has vetoed a measure that was designed to protect landowners from hunters who stray onto their properties.
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The assessment is likely to be seen as a setback for Kosovoâs ethnic Albanian leadership.
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Tribal leaders have denounced the killing of a gray whale and sent representatives to Washington to assure the stateâs politicians that the hunt was not approved.
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Australian aboriginal leaders are to argue in the High Court that British tests on their ancestral remains should be stopped.
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SAN FRANCISCO - A state commission rebuked a northern California judge Wednesday for telling potential jurors that they should think of a phony reason not to serve if they couldn't acknowledge they were racially biased.    Placer County Superior Court Judge Joseph O'Flaherty, in cases in 1999 and 2000 involving black and Iranian defendants, told prospective jurors they should come up with some other reason to get off the jury if they had racial biases and couldn't admit them...