Thursday, October 24, 2002

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A new Internet web site contains millions of records from the 1880 U.S. Census, including information on 66,000 American Indians....

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Has the sniper who has killed three people and wounded 10 others in the Washington, DC, area been caught? According to the mainstream media, yes....

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A high-ranking Department of Interior official who has broad authority over Indian affairs appears to have been legally appointed to his position, a Congressional investigation has concluded....

A new program hopes to strengthen the personal and social skills of Aboriginal youth in Canada....

A casino owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida takes in $5.1 million a month, according to The Miami Herald....

The spokespersons for an anti-casino group in Maine also work for a casino company, The Portland Press-Herald reports....

Idaho voters are being asked to authorize expansion of gaming on the state's reservations....

An Indian business owner has founded the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of North Carolina....

Two schools have bought time at a telescope observatory built on an Arizona mountain considered sacred....

A federal judge in Montana on Wednesday sentenced a Crow Reservation man to more than two years in prison for a drunken-driving accident....

"A photograph in last week's Pioneer Press showed a smiling Gov....

Connecticut's 2nd Congressional district heated up earlier this year with a focus on tribal issues by one-time candidate Jeff Benedict....

A Kansas Congressman who has drafted a bill to settle a tribal land claim received donations from casino interest, The Kansas City Star reports....

The three candidates for South Dakota's House seat took part in a televised debate on Wednesday....

A group called Connecticut Alliance Against Casino Expansion will announce its formation and goals today, The New London Day reports....

Two Alaska Native organizations have started a program to ensure children in the foster care system are taken care of....

The Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act is under review by a state commission....

The number of fish killed in the Klamath River in northern California has been raised to 33,000....

Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) plans to introduce legislation to change the way federal funds are distributed to Alaska Native governments....

A federal jury in Montana convicted a former Turtle Mountain Ojibwe chairman and an associate with embezzling more than $100,000 in tribal funds....

UPDATE: Secretary of Interior Gale Norton has exercised her option not to approve or disapprove a gaming compact between the Seneca Nation and the state of New York....

Elsie Swiftbird Garreau LeBeau, a former Bureau of Indian Affairs employee, died in South Dakota from pulmonary complications....

The chairman of the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians has been released from a California jail after authorities failed to bring charges in connection with a fatal stabbing....

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The last Department of Interior consultation on reorganization of Indian trust duties was held on Wednesday in Montana....

Accusations over alleged voter fraud among Indian voters in South Dakota continue as the crucial Senate race between incumbent Tim Johnson (D) and Congressman John Thune (R) nears....
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