Wednesday, October 2, 2002
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Bush threatens appeal on $483 breach of trust
Bush administration attorneys last month suggested they might challenge
an Indian trust fund ruling if resolution of the 30-year-old dispute doesn't
go their way....
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Sioux land bill changed by House GOPs
The House on Tuesday approved legislation to compensate two Sioux
tribes for more than 4,000 acres of lost land after Republicans tacked on a
controversial amendment....
Dissident Goshute challenge dismissed
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Tuesday ruled against a group
of Skull Valley Goshute tribal members who oppose plans to store up to
44,000 tons of nuclear waste on their Utah reservation....
N.J.'s Pallone wanted Torricelli seat
New Jersey Congressman Frank Pallone sought but eventually turned
down a chance to replace Senator Robert Torricelli on the upcoming ballot
for Senate, The Washington Post reports....
Duo honored for promoting tribal culture
The Ford Foundation on Tuesday honored two Arizona men for promoting
Tohono O'odham culture and health....
BLM to auction seized Shoshone cattle
The Bureau of Land Management in Nevada plans to auction cattle seized
from two Western Shoshone sisters who have refused to pay grazing fees
on land they consider aboriginal territory....
Oneida Nation pays for sewer study
The Oneida Nation of New York has paid for a study to help resolve sewage
problems in a local town....
Big statue of Indian draws interest
Crowds in Kansas have turned out in force to see a statue representing a
Kanza Indian, to the surprise of its creator....
Native student overcomes obstacles
Christopher Bighorse was failing high school before he discovered the joy
of reading and writing....
Nipmuc recognition comment period closes
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has closed the comment period on the federal
recognition application of two Nipmuc tribes from Massachusetts....
From rural bingo halls to Foxwoods
Indian gaming comes in many forms in many states but has grown to
become an economic powerhouse over the past decade, generating $12.7
billion in revenues for tribal governments....
Editorial: Let's study Kennewick Man
The Denver Post in an editorial today makes the case for scientists to
study the remains of the 9,000-year-old Kennewick Man....
Suit: Navajos told not to speak Navajo
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, an independent federal
agency, has sued an Arizona restaurant over a policy which forbids Navajo
employees from speaking Navajo....
House passes ban on Internet gambling
The House on Tuesday passed a bill to ban Americans from using Internet
sites to gamble....
Kisto, Tohono O'odham leader, dies
Edward Kisto, a former Tohono O'odham Nation council member, died at
his Arizona ranch due to complications from throat cancer and kidney
failure....
Taking of tribal land was 'civilized'
When thousands of acres of Kiowa and Comanche lands to white
settlement in 1901, Oklahomans decided a land run was "not very
civilized." So instead they held a land lottery instead....
Five Nations land reform act in limbo
A bill to change the way land belonging to members of Oklahoma's Five
Civilized Tribes is on hold pending discussions with the oil and gas
industry....
Seminole tribal members protest BIA
A group of Seminole Nation tribal members held a protest on Tuesday
against the Bureau of Indian Affairs' resistance to recognize their elected
leaders....
Reservation, at border, is a 'war zone'
About 1,500 to 2,000 people use the Tohono O'odham Reservation in
Arizona to enter the United States every day....
House passes river bed dispute bill
The House on Tuesday approved legislation to pay three Oklahoma tribes
$40 million for more than 7,000 acres of lost land....
Mormons and Sioux: 'Jim, you can't do this!'
Wyoming's only Congresswoman, a Republican, feels shafted by her own
party leadership on a bill to sell 1,000 acres of federal land to the Mormon
Church....
Senate panel approves Bush nominees
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee on Tuesday approved two of
President Bush's Indian affairs nominees....
Norton faces another contempt citation
A federal judge has been asked to hold Secretary of Interior Gale Norton in
contempt of court for violating a settlement agreement over endangered
manatees in Florida....
Norton rebuffed on Cobell court fees
A federal judge on Monday ordered Secretary of Interior Gale Norton to
continue to reimburse an Indian trust fund investigator....
Obituary: Fleury, Indian affairs official
Kathleen Merle Fleury, the former Indian affairs coordinator for the state
of Montana, died recently....
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