Thursday, July 25, 2002

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Wall Street benefited from a surge in stock prices on Wednesday but the rally largely bypassed a casino company with close ties to the $10 billion Indian gaming industry....

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The federal judge overseeing the Indian trust debacle dealt the Bush administration a major blow this week with his decision to take on several tribal mismanagement disputes....


A woman on the Crow Reservation of Montana pleaded not guilty to charges of assaulting a child on Wednesday....


Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, who was found in contempt for mishandling the Indian trust fund, won't face questions for his role in another accounting scandal, The Washington Times reports today....


A Nebraska state court will hold a trial next month to determine the validity of a voter petition that could expand gaming options for tribes....


A Wisconsin man is suing the Ho-Chunk Nation and a slot machine manufacturer over a lost $1.17 million jackpot....


The Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to block negotiations on permanent casinos in Detroit....


Language in a $28.9 billion counterterrorism spending bill exempts the Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota from environmental regulations and lawsuits that are blocking some forest thinning projects....


Several pieces of human arm bones were discovered this week at the Little Bighorn Battlefield in Montana....


Two factions are battling to name a new bridge in Oklahoma....


"Looking at Connecticut's involvement in the Eastern Pequot Indian recognition process causes me to wonder what is the difference between our state and Mississippi....


Representative James Traficant (D-Ohio) was expelled by the House on Wednesday night by a vote of 420 to 1....


The American Indian Cultural Festival is being held this week in Berg Park in Farmington, New Mexico....


The Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma is inviting tribal members and area residents to a meeting on Saturday to discuss future plans....


The Tlingit Tribe of Alaska will be getting a key part of its history back with the return of a totem pole....


Several Native performers, including 70s rock legends XIT, are performing in New Mexico this weekend....


Fires in interior Alaska are close to the Native village of Venetie....


The Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved $1 million to help prepare for the residents of Shishmaref, a Native village in Alaska, to relocate....


A new proposal to protect wild salmon supports tribal initiatives but still makes implementation difficult, according to the Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission....


The Seattle Times in an editorial today says tribes and environmentalists are right to question the Department of Energy on plans to clean up a nuclear waste site....


Two police detectives are suing the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut for alleged libel....

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