Monday, January 13, 2003

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Bush administration officials approved the reorganization of Indian affairs within the Department of Interior in late November, soon after Neal McCaleb promised to share whatever he knew with tribes, according to documents submitted in federal court....

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Debate over reform of Indian trust system resumes, Ross Swimmer nominated to head Office of Special Trustee, and 108th Congress opens under Republican control....

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A group of tribal leaders met in Washington, D.C., last week to consider their response to a set of court-ordered proposals aimed at fixing the broken Indian trust....

Tribes in Arizona are hiring hundreds of new employees due the expansion of gaming in their state....

"I have to do some backpedaling on my Tuesday deer column ....

"Now that the hustle and bustle of the holidays is past, I can finally take a deep breath and say, unequivocally, that I am indeed, the real Slim Shady....

The Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma has dropped plans to open a casino on land that was being investigated by the National Indian Gaming Commission....

The Shawnee News-Star asked the two Democratic candidates vying for a seat in the Oklahoma Legislature about their views on tribal issues....

A federal judge last Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by two former judges of the Crow Tribe of Montana....

A federal judge plans to rule wihin a month whether to halt work on a dam project that is half complete but which is opposed by the Yakama Nation of Washington....

Residents of an Inupiat village in Alaska worked for three hours last week to put out a fire....

A new program called Native Trails is starting in Scottsdale, Arizona, to showcase authentic Native culture....

Connecticut's two federally recognized tribes have their own way of sharing the wealth generated from their highly successful casinos....

Outgoing Illinois Governor George Ryan (R) has commuted the death penalty sentences of 167 people, the result of a multi-year review into a system he said was fraught with errors, inequities and racism....

Cherokee Nation lawmakers are advancing a proposal to use a greater share of their casino funds for tribal projects....

Most Oklahomans support a lottery over increased taxes and budget cuts, according to a poll commissioned by The Tulsa World....

The Metis National Council of Canada suspended president Gerald Morin because he would not resign from his post over assault charges he is facing....

The recent pardon of American Indian Movement activist Russell Means has helped heal race relations in South Dakota, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader says in an editorial today....

The nation's 31 tribal colleges are educating more than 30,000 students every year, more than double the enrollment a decade ago, The Chicago Tribune reports....

The federal Federal Subsistence Board is meeting this week to consider imposing limits on traditional Alaska Native bartering practices....

"Today there are 58 tribes that still live near or on the route followed by Lewis and Clark....

Secretary of Interior Gale Norton and other federal officials will be kicking off events for the bicentennial commemoration of the Lewis and Clark expedition....

President Bush needs to settle the Indian trust fund lawsuit, The Berkshire Eagle of Massachusetts says in an editorial....

The Baton Rouge Advocate in an editorial says the Department of Interior should reject the latest casino proposal by the Jena Band of Choctaws of Louisiana....
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