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In The Hoop
FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2002

Welcome to In The Hoop, Indianz.Com's occasional column about assorted Indian issues.

In The Hoop: The Scorecard
Is it Friday already? That means it's time for the weekly list of the movers and shakers in Indian Country and beyond.

The Winners
Makah Nation - You survived the political brouhaha at the International Whaling Commission and emerged with a new quota. But will you use it? We miss the taste of whale.

Court monitor Joseph S. Kieffer - The way the Department of Justice goes after you, it's almost like your personal Groundhog Day. If only Neal McCaleb could help resolve this testy situation.

Sharon Blackwell - We heard you were feted recently by tribes appreciative of your reign of command. Does this mean you are going to stick around longer? And we're still waiting for our exit interview!

Montana Cattle - Why don't they shoot you if you get brucellosis? Oh, we forgot. You are a unique species that cannot be replaced!

The Losers
Wayne Smith - You could just stay on administrative leave like so many other Bureau of Indian Affairs employees.

University of Montana - Oops.

Sandra Spooner - This is not to intimate any intent not to cooperate but you're shooting yourself in the foot.

FBI - Why order an inquiry? We already know it will say you fouled up and then you will "reorganize" and then another report will document your messiness all over again.

In The Middle
Navajo Nation - Tribes wait in anticipation to see if the Supreme Court will take the Bush administration's challenge to your case. We'll be praying too.

Seminole Nation - Neal McCaleb's private meeting with your rival leaders might end this mess once and for all. Or someone could file yet another lawsuit. It seems McCaleb comes out looking good either way. Figure that?

Special monster Alan Balaran - We wonder why Secretary Gale Norton isn't attacking you. Those ulta-secret depositions about who know what, and when, about Indian trust security could have something to do with it.

Inupiat Eskimos - The revenge vote was a setback. But Japan hunts in defiance of the rest of the world, we will support you if you do the same.

In Your Hoop
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