http://www.mail.com/subjects/24216-tribal-governments.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/24216-tribal-governments.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101898-egypt-leader-claims-victory-captives-release.html CAIRO (AP) — The safe release Wednesday of seven conscripts kidnapped by suspected militants in Sinai brought a victory for Egypt's Islamist president after months of criticism that his government is mismanaging the country. Seated with top military brass and senior officials, an animated Mohammed Morsi lauded the release as a show of how unified and stro... Wed, 22 May 2013 20:42:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101898-egypt-leader-claims-victory-captives-release.html 2013-05-22T20:42:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2046306-iraqi-soldiers-retake-control-sunni-town.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi soldiers backed by tanks retook control of a Sunni town north of Baghdad on Friday after gunmen withdrew without a fight, although violence erupted at three Sunni mosques and clerics called for the formation of a tribal army to protect Sunni cities. The Sunni gunmen had seized Suleiman Beg on Thursday after a firefight with security f... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:11:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2046306-iraqi-soldiers-retake-control-sunni-town.html 2013-04-26T20:11:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043522-iraq-fears-rise-clashes-spread-to-northern-city.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Clashes spread to a key northern city and gunmen took over a town elsewhere in Iraq on Thursday, raising the death toll from three days of violence to more than 150 people as a wave of Sunni unrest intensified. The turmoil is aggravating an already sour political situation between the Shiite-led government and Sunnis, who accuse Prime Minis... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:32:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043522-iraq-fears-rise-clashes-spread-to-northern-city.html 2013-04-25T19:32:33Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2034894-feds-halt-funding-361m-pipeline.html BOX ELDER, Mont. (AP) — Federal officials temporarily stopped funding a $361 million water pipeline for a Native American reservation in Montana after learning that millions of project dollars were missing and a Chippewa Cree leader in charge of the project steered federal dollars to a company he owns. The tribe has since replaced the missing money, but f... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:51:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2034894-feds-halt-funding-361m-pipeline.html 2013-04-21T16:51:34Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1959712-tribes-plan-worst-with-looming-budget-cuts.html FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — When it comes to the automatic spending cuts that began taking effect this month, federal lawmakers spared programs that serve the nation's most vulnerable — such as food stamps, Medicare, Medicaid and veterans' assistance — from hard hits. That wasn't the case with programs for American Indian reservations, where unemployment is f... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:01:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1959712-tribes-plan-worst-with-looming-budget-cuts.html 2013-03-16T20:01:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1956428-un-us-drones-violate-pakistans-sovereignty.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — The head of a U.N. team investigating casualties from U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan declared after a secret research trip to the country that the attacks violate Pakistan's sovereignty. Ben Emmerson, the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, said the Pakistani government made clear to him that it does not consent... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:41:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1956428-un-us-drones-violate-pakistans-sovereignty.html 2013-03-15T16:41:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1950990-tribesmen-stone-pakistani-soldier-to-death.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Tribesmen tied a Pakistani soldier to the hood of a car and stoned him to death in the country's restive northwest for allegedly having a romantic relationship with a local woman, government officials and a tribal elder said Wednesday. The grisly incident took place Tuesday in Parachinar, the capital of the Kurram tribal area. Ku... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:09:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1950990-tribesmen-stone-pakistani-soldier-to-death.html 2013-03-13T13:09:53Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1934574-correction-blackfeet-hunts-musicians-story.html HELENA, Mont. (AP) — In a story March 5 about three Blackfeet tribal members who pleaded guilty to holding illegal big-game hunts for country musicians, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Jay Wells is a former Blackfeet Tribal Business Council member. Wells has been suspended from the council, not removed from it. A corrected version of the st... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:03:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1934574-correction-blackfeet-hunts-musicians-story.html 2013-03-11T16:03:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1937540-law-tribes-authority-non-indians.html FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — American Indian tribes have tried everything from banishment to charging criminal acts as civil offenses to deal with non-Indians who commit crimes on reservations. Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1978 that tribal courts lack criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians, tribes have had to get creative in trying to hold that p... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:03:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1937540-law-tribes-authority-non-indians.html 2013-03-08T02:03:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1930250-suicide-car-bomber-hits-yemen-militia-kills-12.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A suicide bomber blew up an explosives-filled vehicle at a pro-government Yemeni militia headquarters on Monday, killing 12 people and wounding 17, a security official and witnesses said as the country. The explosion, which rocked the city of Lawder in the southern Abyan province, came as a top intelligence official disclosed that the ... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:54:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1930250-suicide-car-bomber-hits-yemen-militia-kills-12.html 2013-03-04T18:54:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1901344-sunni-protesters-dig-tensions-flare-iraq.html RAMADI, Iraq (AP) — Sunni protesters are camped out in dozens of tents festooned with tribal banners on the edge of this one-time Iraqi insurgent stronghold. They are digging in and growing more organized, vowing to keep up their demonstrations against a Shiite-led government they feel has left them behind. The protesters will seek to bring down the gover... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:05:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1901344-sunni-protesters-dig-tensions-flare-iraq.html 2013-02-19T20:05:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1891936-womens-security-raised-american-indian-leader.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The president of the National Congress of American Indians urged the House on Thursday to pass the Violence Against Women Act so Native Americans and Alaska Natives can "protect their own people and surrounding communities against brutality." Jefferson Keel's appeal followed Senate passage on Tuesday of the act that continues to allow fu... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:44:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1891936-womens-security-raised-american-indian-leader.html 2013-02-14T20:44:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1890718-landowner-asks-39m-wounded-knee-site.html SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — One of the country's poorest Native American tribes wants to buy a historically significant piece of land where 300 of their ancestors were killed, but tribal leaders say the nearly $4 million price tag for a property appraised at less than $7,000 is just too much. James Czywczynski is trying to sell a 40-acre fraction of the Woun... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:38:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1890718-landowner-asks-39m-wounded-knee-site.html 2013-02-14T01:38:57Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1887114-wisconsin-tribe-threatens-walker-jobs-project.html ODANAH, Wis. (AP) — For generations the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has quietly carved out a hardscrabble existence in the evergreen forests and sloughs along what people here call the Big Water, living off wild rice, fish and game. Little has changed over the decades. They grapple with poverty every day. Their casino is tiny, their homes agi... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1887114-wisconsin-tribe-threatens-walker-jobs-project.html 2013-02-12T20:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851456-11-yemen-soldiers-killed-car-bombing.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A car bomb exploded Monday next to a military checkpoint in a central town where Yemeni government forces waged their first offensive targeting al-Qaida militants in the area, killing 11 soldiers, security and military officials said. The officials said that the explosion rocked the town of Radda, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) south... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851456-11-yemen-soldiers-killed-car-bombing.html 2013-01-28T17:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1848226-fears-grow-that-libya-incubator-turmoil.html Libya's upheaval the past two years helped lead to the ongoing conflict in Mali, and now Mali's war threatens to wash back and further hike Libya's instability. Fears are growing that post-Moammar Gadhafi Libya is becoming an incubator of turmoil, with an overflow of weapons and Islamic jihadi militants operating freely, ready for battlefields at home or abroad. ... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1848226-fears-grow-that-libya-incubator-turmoil.html 2013-01-26T18:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1826556-algeria-mulls-international-force-hostages.html ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria's government searched desperately Thursday for a way to end a desert standoff with Islamic militants who have taken dozens of foreigners hostage at a natural gas complex, turning to tribal leaders among Algerian Tuaregs and contemplating an international force. The government was in talks throughout the night with the U.S. ... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1826556-algeria-mulls-international-force-hostages.html 2013-01-17T08:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1825166-tribal-justice-reform-slow-going-indian-country.html ACOMA PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) — In a desperate attempt to make it to the front door, Robin Sanchez crawled across the living room floor. Her ex-husband, fresh out of jail and intoxicated, used a wooden slat from one of the kitchen chairs to beat her. She recalls how she was about to open the door when a loud crack resonated across her head. Blood gushed down he... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1825166-tribal-justice-reform-slow-going-indian-country.html 2013-01-16T18:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1807346-3-mont-tribal-leaders-indicted-singers-hunts.html GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Three Blackfeet tribal leaders were indicted Tuesday on charges they held illegal big-game hunts for a film crew and country music stars including Josh Thompson and Justin Moore, but supporters say the accusations stem from an internal tribal power struggle. The men organized the hunts on the northwestern Montana reservation in 2... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1807346-3-mont-tribal-leaders-indicted-singers-hunts.html 2013-01-09T00:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1755948-tribe-prepares-to-bury-5-slain-members-calif.html PORTERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Gravediggers work the old-fashioned way on the Tule River Indian Reservation, chipping away at the hard pan by hand with pickaxes and shoveling the dirt aside. They say it's a sign of respect not to use machinery, but never has the crew had to dig so many graves at one time. On Monday, the brothers who run the reservation cemete... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1755948-tribe-prepares-to-bury-5-slain-members-calif.html 2012-12-11T03:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1744082-spending-cuts-shadow-obama-meeting-with-tribes.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Hours after talking tough against Republicans in "fiscal cliff" negotiations, President Barack Obama and members of his Cabinet reassured hundreds of Native American leaders the administration's programs and efforts on their behalf would continue. Obama ticked off a list of achievements by his administration on behalf of Native Americans... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1744082-spending-cuts-shadow-obama-meeting-with-tribes.html 2012-12-05T21:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1734962-apnewsbreak-tribes-raise-9m-sacred-sd-land.html SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — After months of high-profile fundraising that drew celebrities' attention and dollars, a group of Native American tribes has raised $9 million to buy a piece of land in South Dakota's Black Hills that they consider sacred, an official with an Indian land foundation said Friday. The Indian Land Tenure Foundation president Cris Stai... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 03:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1734962-apnewsbreak-tribes-raise-9m-sacred-sd-land.html 2012-12-01T03:32:00Z