WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 17, 2025: * * * Afghan National Pleads Guilty to Obtaining Firearms in Connection with Plot to Conduct ISIS-Inspired Election Day Terrorist Attack Abdullah Haji Zada, 18, a native and citizen of Afghanistan and U.S. lawful permanent resident, pleaded guilty today to a criminal information charging him with knowingly receiving, attempting to receive, and conspiring to receive a firearm and ammunit  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * As Trump Pushes Toward Recession, Heinrich & Lujan Demand Answers on Cuts to New Mexico Manufacturing Center WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) are demanding answers on the Administration's decision to cancel funding for ten National Institute of Standards and Technology Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers across the country, including in  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 (TNSFR) -- The Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences in New York has announced its intent to repatriate a cultural item under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The item in question is an unassociated funerary object, a ceramic vessel, cataloged as number C478. The vessel, which is shell-tempered and features a long neck with indentations on the shoulder, was originally part of a larger burial-ceremonial complex at Moundville, located in Hal  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), has announced the repatriation of 984 cultural items, including ceramic vessel fragments, stone tools, and faunal bones, to the Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. These items, which were removed from a site in the Qualla Boundary, North Carolina, between 1935 and 1936, are considered unassociated funerary objects and  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Josh Brecheen Reintroduces The DRIVE Act To Protect Ranchers, Farmers, and Truckers from Government Overreach Washington, D.C. - Congressman Josh Brecheen reintroduced the Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-Wheelers (DRIVE) Act. This legislation would prohibit the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) from mandating speed limiters on vehicles wi  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 (TNSFR) -- The Gilcrease Museum, located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has announced its intention to repatriate a collection of cultural items under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The collection consists of eight unassociated funerary objects, which include two lots of stone beads, four lots of shell beads, one lot of glass beads, and one tar mat headrest. These items were originally removed from the vicinity of Buena Vista Lake in Kern County,  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * MilCon-VA Subcommittee Focuses on Quality of Life for Troops and Military Families Washington, D.C. - As America honors April as the "Month of the Military Child," the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee underscored its commitment to supporting troops and their families by holding a hearing on quality-of-life issues   more

WASHINGTON, April 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service (NPS), through the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (DEWA), has completed an inventory of human remains and identified a cultural affiliation with the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; the Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin. The remains, representing at least three individuals, were originally excavated by a Seton Hall University archeological student during a  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 (TNSFR) -- The Shelburne Museum, located in Shelburne, Vermont, has issued a notice of intended repatriation of cultural items under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The museum intends to return seven cultural items, including a pair of death moccasins, two umbilical cord cases, a war club, a ceremonial shirt, and two whistles. These items, which were collected by Ogden Pleissner from the central plains between 1880 and 1900, were later   more

WASHINGTON, April 18 (TNSFR) -- The University of California San Diego (UCSD) has announced plans to repatriate three important cultural items that are of significant historical and cultural value to the Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma. These items, which meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), include two Kiowa-Finley ledger drawings and the Koba-Russell sketchbook. The Kiowa-Finley ledger drawings were col  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 (TNSFR) -- The University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology (UTK), has completed an inventory of human remains and confirmed cultural affiliation with the Kaw Nation and the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. These remains, representing at least 16 individuals, were recovered from various archaeological sites in Clay and Geary counties, Kansas, and were likely transferred to UTK by William Bass in 1971. These sites, including the Laflin Mound, Robert Younkin, Hartzell, Timbe  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has announced that the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (UWM) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The inventory identifies the remains of at least 31 individuals and 18 associated funerary objects removed from the Pipe Site Complex in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, during archae  more