Thursday, January 17, 2002
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Norton signs trust reform update
As ordered by a federal judge, Secretary of Interior Gale Norton
personally vouched for the accuracy of her department's latest update
on trust reform and turned in the document yesterday....
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Interior delaying update to EDS report
The Department of Interior is delaying the release of the final version of a
consultant's report on trust reform....
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Appeals court upholds eagle protection laws
Federal laws protecting bald and golden eagles do not violate the U.S.
Constitution, an appeals court ruled on Wednesday....
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Interior's security weaknesses not unique
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton and her senior aides were aware last
summer of computer security weaknesses similar to ones that led to a
court-ordered shutdown that has crippled the department's daily
business and suspended critical royalty payments to Indian landowners....
Republicans not happy about lynx lapse
Republican lawmakers in the state of Washington aren't satisfied with
explanations federal and state biologists gave regarding a nationwide
lynx study and are seeking an opinion on whether criminal charges are
warranted....
Okla. water deal still alive, foes fear
Opponents of a compact between two tribes and the state of Oklahoma
aren't buying the state's explanation that negotiations with the state of
Texas are dead....
Groups don't want tribe to have boat
Animal rights activists don't want the Makah Nation of Washington to buy
a $1.2 million boat because the groups say it will only help the tribe's
controversial whale hunt....
Reservation said safe for nuclear waste
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has finalized its environmental
impact study giving a favorable approval to a controversial plan to store
up to 40,000 tons of nuclear waste on the Skull Valley Goshute
Reservation in Utah....
Political pressure urged on Yucca Mountain
Rep Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) is urging constituents to write President
Bush and pressure him not to approve a controversial nuclear waste
dump in Nevada....
Sioux woman arrested on animal cruelty
A Sioux woman whose complaints about her landlords has been part of
an ongoing dispute between city officials in Norwich, Connecticut, and an
alleged tribe was arrested on animal cruelty charged on Wednesday, The
New London Day reports....
Seminole Tribe gave to embattled lawmaker
The Seminole Tribe of Florida gave $10,000 to the legal defense fund of
Sen Robert Torricelli (D-NJ) who was under investigation for personal
and political finances, according to the Associated Press....
Political dispute over EPA watchdog
The Environmental Protection Agency is refusing to cooperate with its
independent watchdog because he has sued the agency....
Decision limits Mi'kmaq hunting
Ruling that treaty rights can be limited in the name of public safety,
Canada's Court of Appeal on Wednesday reinstated the conviction of a
Mi'kmaq hunter....
White House pressed on energy task force
The increasing Congressional interest in the failure of Enron has put the
pressure on the White House to release documents and records used to
develop its national energy policy....
Canada gets new fisheries minister
First Nations leaders on Wednesday expressed hope with the
appointment of new Fisheries and Oceans Minister Robert Thibault....
Native pressure on district map denied
The chairwoman of the Alaska Redistricting Board took the stand in a
case disputing the political districts in the state and denied any pressure
from Alaska Native corporations played a part in her decision to approve
a particular map....
Andersen questioned Enron relationship
An internal Arthur Andersen e-mail being reported by the media
questioned the accounting practices of failed energy giant Enron and top
executives considered dropping the client....
Subsistence an issue for Legislature
Alaska lawmakers are considering whether to support an amendment to
the state's constitution to recognize Alaska Native and rural subsistence.
A task force created by Gov....
Opening of Senate building put on hold
The long-awaited opening of the Senate Hart Office Building has been
delayed again....
Reservation power plant on hold
The Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Tribe of California is disappointed
about the announcement a power plant planned for the reservation is on
hold, said Chairwoman Mary Belardo....
Another Oñate statue drawing scorn
A sculpture of Spanish explorer and convicted criminal Don Juan de
Oñate is drawing opposition from scholars and others who don't want the
monument erected....
Native miniseries to air on ABC
ABC has approved a $30 million Native "mythology" miniseries called
"Dreamkeeper," entertainment trade magazine Variety is reporting....
White House mocks BIA budget request
At a breakfast sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor on
Wednesday, White House Office of Management and Budget Director
Mitch Daniels chided the Department of Interior for a budget request it
made to beef up its homeland security....
Norton trying to buy mineral rights
The Department of Interior is trying to buy the mineral rights of a Florida
family whose plan to drill for oil in the Big Cypress National Preserve has
been approved, Secretary Gale Norton said on Wednesday....
Court hears eagle protection cases
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday heard three cases
regarding the possession of eagle feathers....
Other methods used to reach Interior
Phone, fax and snail mail have replaced the Internet and e-mail as the
methods tribes and others use to communicate with the Department of
Interior....
Proposal puts Mont, reservations together
A proposal to put three reservations into one senate district in Montana
gained support at a public hearing on Wednesday....
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