• • Virginia governor to Senate committee: Mark up recognition bill (Indian Country Today) 7/4/08

• • MOWA tribe suit dismissed (Press-Register) 7/4/08

• • Get out, stay out [CA state law regarding trespass on tribal lands] (San Diego Reader) 7/2/08

• • Governor requesting U.S. Senate to officially recognize Monacans (New Era Progress) 7/2/08

• • North Dakota Supreme Court rejects ICWA ruling (Indianz.com) 6/27/08

• • State panel votes to back Wintu tribe (Chico Enterprise-Record) 6/26/08

• • Pee Dee Indian Nation might get federal recognition (SCNow) 6/21/08

• • Six Indian tribes fight for recognition (Roll Call) 6/16/08

• • Paiutes celebrate restoration (The Salt Lake Tribune) 6/16/08

• • Feds reject two local Indian tribes (HoumaToday.com) 6/11/08

• • Schaghticoke further challenges Interior associate deputy's authority (Indian Country Today) 6/6/08

• • Banished Snoqualmie file civil-rights lawsuit (The Seattle Times) 5/31/08

• • BIA publishes federal recognition decisions (Indianz.com) 5/30/08

• • Artman takes stab at streamlining recognition process (Indianz.com) 5/27/08

• • Snoqualmie Tribe banishes nine members, disenrolls 43 (Indian Country Today) 5/26/08

• • BIA to publish federal recognition guidance (Indianz.com) 5/22/08

• • Shinnecock tribal seal added at Southampton town hall (Newsday) 5/16/08

• • Duwamish tribe sues to reverse 'extinct' status (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) 5/7/08

• • Lumbee recognition bill elicits concerns from other Indian groups (NBC) 5/1/08

• • Senate panel votes for Lumbee recognition (Winston-Salem Journal) 4/25/08

• • Senate business meeting, hearing on recognition (Indianz.com) 4/21/08

• • Hoopa Valley Tribe changes enrollment requirements (The Times-Standard) 4/13/08

• • Snohomish Tribe's road to recognition faces uphill battle (The Daily Herald) 4/2/08

• • Abenaki bands craft coalition against recognition amendment (Indian Country Today) 3/28/08

• • Chief's daughter takes recognition fight to Web (The Connecticut Post) 3/22/08

• • Should tribes consider ditching blood requirements? (The Missoulian) 3/14/08

• • Disenfranchising the Oglala Lakota people (Indianz.com) 3/10/08

• • Snohomish Tribe sues to overturn denial of U.S. recognition (The Daily Herald) 3/6/08

• • Recognition flaps continue for Abenaki (Indian Country Today) 3/3/08

• • Wisconsin tribes ask state for official recognition (Green Bay Press-Gazette) 2/27/08

• • Vermont legislature to consider recognition amendments (Indian Country Today) 2/18/08

• • Native Americans testify on Abenaki recognition bill (The Boston Globe) 2/15/08

• • Rep. Rehberg renews push for Little Shell recognition (Great Falls Tribune) 2/14/08

• • Claiming Indian heritage becomes popular (The Huffington Post) 1/28/08

• • Delaware still seeking official status (Tulsa World) 1/13/08

• • Back restoration of Winnemem Wintu recognition by supporting AJR 39 (Central Valley) 1/3/08

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