Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of organizations that self-identify as Native American tribes" in English language version.
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'We call them C-PAINs: Corporations Posing As Indigenous Nations,' said Deborah Dotson, the president of the Delaware Nation, a federally recognized tribe based in Oklahoma.
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Stephen P. Friot of Oklahoma ordered the men to stop pretending to be American Indians and pay Uintah County damages. He called their tribe a "complete sham." ... Uintah County, in turn, filed a counterclaim alleging racketeering and fraud.
Leaders of the Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Tribes announced Tuesday that they had passed a resolution calling on the Major League Baseball team to apologize for "honoring fraudulent groups that pose as tribes without federal recognition" and urging the team to conduct "meaningful consultations" with federally recognized tribes on "how to properly engage with Native Americans."
But in an elaborate scam, Mr Roberts, who lives in upstate New York, created an entire lineage of a fake Native American clan spanning eight generations.
More than 200 unrecognized tribes that claim to be Cherokee exist across the country, some of them selling fraudulent tribal ID cards, representing "Native culture" to non-Natives, and selling counterfeit "Native art."
The bill has been pitched at least a dozen times since 2000, but has always stalled in the Senate over worries that relaxing DOI standards could allow fraudulent "tribes" access federal funds.
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