Friday, January 31, 2003
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Troubled Indian programs prompt GAO criticism
Fulfilling the federal government's responsibilities to American Indians continues to be a major challenge for the Department of Interior, Congressional investigators said on Thursday....
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In The Hoop: Winners, Losers
George Bush - From you was the State of the Union address to your judicial appointees, you always come out looking clean....
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Police union chief blasts allegations of brutality
The head of the Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officers' union on Thursday vehemently denied allegations of police brutality, suggesting accounts of a beating of an American Indian man and women were false....
'Man, no Indian is going to want to wear that'
Keith DeHaas, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, got into the apparel business because he got tired of t-shirts with rainbows and maidens being sold at pow-wows....
Cherokee group seeks recognition in own state
The "Lost" Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri is seeking recognition by the state of Missouri....
Conn. casinos unlikely to see competition soon
Connecticut's two tribal casinos aren't likely to see any competition in the region soon, The New London Day reports....
Comic book aims to educate Native youth
A member of the Spirit Lake Nation of North Dakota has created a comic book for Native youth....
Kan. tribes offer deal with state on casino
The Kickapoo Tribe and the Sac and Fox Tribe made their pitch for a new casino in Kansas on Thursday....
N.M. man forgot where he left daughter, 7
A New Mexico man has been charged with a third-degree felony count of child abuse for losing track of his seven-year-old daugther daughter what was reported to be an alcohol binge....
Seminole Tribe pays tribute to warrior and leader
Members of the Seminole Tribe of Florida paid tribute on Thursday to Chief Osceola....
Impeachment of Mescalero Apache president vetoed
The president of the Mescalero Apache Nation of New Mexico and a council member were impeached by the tribal council on Wednesday....
Navajo council leader posts go to old guard
Although most of the delegates to the Navajo Nation council are freshmen, the committee leadership are veterans of the tribe's governing body....
Shinnecock members challenge land ownership
Members of the Shinnecock Nation of New York are opposing a local landowner's development plans, claiming the land in question belongs to the tribe....
Senate approves controversial Bush nominee
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee pushed through the nomination of a controversial appeals court nominee on Thursday....
Internal DOI report supports snowmobile ban
An internal Department of Interior report supports a ban on snowmobile use at Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks....
White Lady: Tribes should build housing [where?]
"Here in southeastern Connecticut, we have what might be called the “company nation,” a community dominated by one giant business, gambling, that affects everything in sight but has a far less paternalistic attitude toward its employees.
This is a good thing, and a bad thing.
Employees at Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods casinos can take care of many of their personal needs, from dry cleaning to banking to weight lifting to filling prescriptions and filling up at the gas tank, right on company property....
Opinion: Don't Leave Indian children behind
"In April 2001, No Child Left Behind was launched as the Bush administration's sweeping new educational initiative that was hailed as "revolutionary" in bringing our nation's public school systems into the 21st century....
Mark Trahant to join another Seattle paper
Shoshone-Bannock tribal member Mark Trahant has been named editorial page editor for The Seattle Post-Intelligencer....
Editorial: We were wrong about Neal McCaleb
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader in an editorial today says it was wrong to "sympathize" with former assistant secretary Neal McCaleb....
Idaho tribe seeks probe in police shooting
The Shoshone-Bannock Nation of Idaho is asking the FBI to investigate the shooting death of a tribal member....
Minn. police denials not surprising to some
American Indian Movement activist Clyde Bellecourt said he wasn't surprised that a Minneapolis, Minnesota, police union official was denying claims of police brutality....
S.D. tribe organizes march on IHS hospital
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe is planning a march on the IHS hospital on the Rosebud Reservation....
Shakeup at Alaska Native broadcast company
Changes underway at an Alaska Native-owned company could spell the end of the nation's first daily Native newscast, sources and employees said on Thursday....
State of Indian Nations speech on C-SPAN
The first annual State of American Indian Nations Address will be given today by National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) President Tex Hall....
Cobell trust reform responses due in court
Attorneys for 500,000 Indian beneficiaries said they would be working to meet a midnight deadline in order to respond to the Bush administration's trust reform plans....
Congressman's first bill is for N.M. tribe
Freshman Congressman Rick Renzi (R-Arizona) introduced his first bill on Thursday, to settle some water rights of the Zuni Tribe of New Mexico....
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