Twenty-seven tribal nations and four tribal organizations on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in support of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians’ (Bad River Band) fight to eject Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 pipeline from its reservation in northern Wisconsin, along the shores of Lake Superior. The basis of the Bad River Band’s lawsuit is Enbridge’s right-of-way with the sovereign nation to operate the Line 5 expired in 2013 and was not renewed by the tribe.
New bill could make it easier for California tribes to reclaim ancestral lands
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A new bill working its way through the California assembly would make it easier for federally recognized tribes to purchase surplus land from nearby cities, a change that the local Tule River Indian Tribe is pushing for.
The proposed legislation would put tribal governments on an even playing field with local governments when purchasing surplus land. Under current law, affordable housing projects get the first opportunity to buy land from government agencies before negotiations with other potential buyers may begin.
An exemption exists for other government agencies but not for California s hundred-plus federally recognized tribes. That would change under Assembly Bill 1180.
San Diego Native American tribes demonstrate resilience in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic
In some parts of the country, the incidence of confirmed Coronavirus cases among American Indians is more than three times that of whites Author: Richard Allyn (Reporter) Updated: 11:27 PM PST February 17, 2021
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. While COVID-19 has devastated many Native American tribes across the country, killing older American Indians at alarmingly high rates, local tribes in San Diego County have had their resilience put to the test in other ways during the pandemic. Many lives are being lost, especially our cultural keepers and our elders, said Dr. Joely Proudfit, chair of the American Indian Studies Department at Cal State San Marcos. The cultural knowledge that they bring to the community: that is irreplaceable.