Thursday’s decision awarding the land claim settlement amounts to federal acknowledgement that the Chinook Indian Nation is the sole political successor of that land, Johnson said.

June 30 is also the deadline for 17,000 allotment heirs to file claims regarding $38 million in unclaimed settlement money ...

BARAGA, Mich. (WLUC) - The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2025 has been reintroduced after ...

The Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act was a thorough and significant breakthrough. That isn’t to to say, 40 years later, that it should not be changed.

A hearing of the House Subcommittee on Indian Insular Affairs was held in Washington, D.C. Wednesday, regarding four bills surrounding issues impacting Native American peoples and tribes. Among the ...

Largest water settlement and a historic land deal. This settlement is considered the largest Indian water rights settlement, with its price tag of $5 billion in federal funding for water ...

The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2025, also known as as Senate Bill 642, is meant to address both concerns.

Tribes in the state are governed by the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980 that stipulates they’re bound by state law, treating reservations much like municipalities, and setting them ...