Sorry to break up the discussions with a shameless plug, but the Nokomis Center in Okemos will be hosting its first annual “Spring Feast” this Sunday, April 13th, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Guests will get to indulge in buffalo meat, as well as hear special musical guests. Tickets are $25 per [...]
In yesterday’s oral arguments at the Supreme Court for District of Columbia v. Heller - the case regarding the constitutionality of the Washington, D.C. handgun ban - the justices were concerned with the issue of whether the right to “bear arms” under the 2nd amendment is a “personal” right, or a right secured for the [...]
During a Full Committee MarkUp session today, the House Committee on Natural Resources voted to report HR 2176 (A bill to provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Bay Mills Indian Community) to the floor of the House of Representatives by a vote of 21 to 5.
The Committee also voted [...]
From the Sydney Morning Herald:
The wording of the apology Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will make today to the stolen generations has been revealed.
“The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia’s history by righting the wrongs of the past and so move forward with confidence to the future,” Mr Rudd’s [...]
Last week, the Department of Interior rejected fee-to-trust applications for eleven tribes . Matthew has linked to the rejection letters elsewhere on this site. In rejecting these applications, the DoI has changed the method by which it will review all fee-to-trust applications under 25 C.F.R. Part 151. On January 3rd, Assistant Secretary [...]
