Thursday, January 16, 2003

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Calling the use of race in college admissions "unconstitutional," President Bush on Wednesday said his administration will file a Supreme Court brief opposing a Michigan school's affirmative action policy....

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A special shout-out goes to the Tech folks over at USA Today, which named Indianz.Com as a Hot Site yesterday....

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Ross Swimmer admitted in a recent court deposition that the Bush administration promised to put him in charge of its failed proposal for a separate Indian trust agency....

The Canadian Museum of Civilization is refusing to return remains to an Algonquin First Nation because they are too old to be Indian, the CBC reports....

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The Stillaguamish Tribe of Washington is hoping a casino development will help create more economic opportunities for its members....

The Lincoln Indian Center of Lincoln, Nebraska, is looking for a new executive director to replace Kay Bursheim, who resigned last month over allegations that she misrepresenting her academic background....

The Zuni Tribe will take part in a Department of Interior forest-thinning project, The Arizona Republic reports....

Tribal, state and federal officials in Nebraska are planning more meetings to address jurisdictional questions affecting Indian Country....

A Nevada man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for the murder on the Walker River Reservation....

Closing arguments are scheduled today in the federal trial of a Navajo mother accused of killing three of her children....

The Seakonk Wampanoag Tribe of Rhode Island is seeking federal recognition and plans to file land claims in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut....

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The Senate on Wednesday approved an organizing resolution that gives the Republicans a one-seat majority on legislative committees and control over 60 percent of funding....

Chad Smith, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is running for re-election....

A former employee of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing the federal agency, which investigates bias claims in the work place, for racial discrimination....

The Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma says 227 acre of land it recently purchased in New York falls in its land claim area....

Members of the Flathead Nation of Montana are voting this Saturday on a change to their tribal enrollment policy....

When Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out to explore the lands west of the Mississippi River, they brought along special gifts for the Indians they would meet....

The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut will own a professional women's basketball team, The Hartford Courant reports....

The Department of Justice today will file a brief "narrowly tailored" to oppose the University of Michigan's affirmative action policy, according to news accounts....

Putting up a Confederate flag to represent the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma is "not appropriate," Chief Chad Smith said....

Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) is being asked to stop the Bush administration's pending reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Office of Special Trustee (OST)....

After four years of leading one of the most financially successful tribes in the country, Kenny Reels has stepped down as chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut....
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