Monday, March 11, 2002

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Environmentalists are upset that Secretary of Interior Gale Norton is using a video created by a pro-drilling lobbying group to promote oil and gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge....

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Tribe and reservation specific services could see major changes as Secretary of Interior Gale Norton moves to standardize the way her department manages the Indian trust fund....

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Secretary of Interior Gale Norton takes on trust, the Senate starts debating energy policy, Jena Choctaws get rejected by the Bush administration, and Supreme Court takes case affecting Native corporations....

Navajo Code Talker David Tsosie received his Congressional silver medal in a ceremony in New Mexico on Saturday....

The prospect of a tribal casino in southern Maine has residents of the town of Kittery buzzing....

For Nebraska state Sen....

A Bureau of Indian Affairs correctional officer in Montana has filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Secretary of Interior Gale Norton....

Famed attorney Johnnie Cochran is representing a group in Connecticut that claims descent from the historic Mohegan Tribe Best known for defending O.J....

The Department of Interior has determined the remains of a man to be culturally affiliated to the Ft....

The expected canonization of Juan Diego has drawn the complaints of a group of Catholic scholars who say the Aztec Indian man is not worthy of sainthood....

"Ever since getting married and moving to Utah, I have become the poster-child for humiliation....

"I am watching a family being totally destroyed because the breadwinner became addicted to gambling at one of our tribal casinos. He owns his own business, and up until recently was very successful....

Threatening further land claims, three New York tribes have told Gov. George Pataki not to negotiate with tribes outside the state....

The Bush administration may not like the compact the Jena Band of Choctaws signed with the state of Louisiana but that doesn't mean the tribe is giving up....

The school in Kivalina, Alaska, is rewriting its discipline plan in hopes of reopening next week....

A unique program at Connecticut College is aimed at making sure the indigenous roots and people of Latin America don't go unnoticed....

The pipeline that has transported oil from the Arctic through Alaska is nearing the end of its 30-year-lease and many are wondering whether it can last any longer....

The Bush administration's enthusiasm for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge isn't necessarily shared by large oil companies who are somewhat quiet about the prospects....

Thanks to profits from its casino, the Kalispel Tribe of Washington has established an educational institution....

The Fort Mojave Tribe is using the California part of its reservation to store tons of sewage waste from a county 270 miles away....

In an effort to persuade a high school to change its mascot, a group of Indian college students in Colorado have nicknamed their intramural basketball team "The Fighting Whities." The University of Northern Colorado team has members of various ethnic backgrounds but wants to show how Indian students feel, say organizers....

A planned move of 32,000 cubit feet of trust fund records is being questioned by the special master in the Cobell class action....

Environmental Protection Agency Administration Christie Whitman is under investigation to determine whether she is making decisions for financial benefit....