Wednesday, March 12, 2003
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Judge notes 'pattern of deceit' at Interior
The federal judge overseeing the Indian trust fund sanctioned the government on Tuesday for "misleading" his court by falsely claiming to have records of an historical accounting....
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On accounting, Norton find her magic date
Taking the stand in her own trial more than a year ago, Secretary of Interior Gale Norton seemed genuinely flabbergasted that she was facing contempt charges for her failure to fix the broken Indian trust....
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In The Hoop: Afternoon Delight
Yes, it's true, National Native News is leaving Alaska for New Mexico....
Editorial: Indian trust rulings are a victory
The Supreme Court may have handed defeat to the Navajo Nation but Indian Country won overall with last week's fiduciary trust rulings, The Denver Post says in an editorial today....
Defense to present case in Alaska murder trial
The trial of a man accused of raping and murdering an Alaska Native woman continues with the defense making its case starting today, The Anchorage Daily News reports....
'I don't believe in a sovereign nation'
A former New York county lawmaker doesn't "believe in a sovereign nation" but is urging cohorts not to oppose a proposed tribal bingo hall, The Syracuse Post-Standard reports....
Editorial: Lumbee Tribe should follow BIA process
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina shouldn't "circumvent" the Bureau of Indian Affairs' process for federal recognition, The Asheville Citizen-Times says in an editorial today....
GOP said to move closer to ANWR approval
Republicans in the Senate say they are within one vote of approving drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, according to news accounts....
Gov. Bush to vote on whether to seize tribe's land
Florida Governor Jeb Bush (R) and his Cabinet are voting tomorrow on whether to seize land owned by the Miccosukee Tribe....
Proposal to create Indian center advances
A plan to create an American Indian cultural center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, moved one step closer to reality on Tuesday....
Hearing to address expansion of waste facility
The Minnesota Legislature will hold a hearing today to consider the expansion of a nuclear waste facility near the Prairie Island Indian Community....
Shoshone massacre site being donated to tribe
The Trust for Public Lands is turning over the site of the bloody Bear River Massacre to the Northwest Band of the Shoshone Nation....
Indian students in Mont. walk to raise money for state
Students from the Crow and Northern Cheyenne reservations of Montana are staging walk-a-thon to raise money for a state education program....
NIGC investigating Nooksack Tribe's casino
The National Indian Gaming Commission is looking into allegations of mismanagement at the Nooksack Tribe's casino in Washington....
School officials on Ariz. reservation ousted
Voters on the Tohono O'odham Reservation in Arizona participated in a recall election for the school board on Tuesday....
McCain: It's time to destroy Saddam Hussein
"American and British armed forces will likely soon begin to disarm Iraq by destroying the regime of Saddam Hussein....
Schram on the Street: Say no to Indian mascots
"Contrary to what so-called 'traditionalists' say, I think white schools that long ago came up with a white notion of chief, tribe, squaw, or brave, wearing a loincloth, waving a tomahawk or outfitted in a feathered headdress, is simple stupidity thinly disguised....
Bush and Senate jockey over Estrada nomination
President Bush called on the Senate to amend its rules in order to force votes on his judicial nominees as a filibuster continued over Miguel Estrada, a Hispanic lawyer picked for the D.C....
Norton, Veneman: Let citizens protect wetlands
"Every year, the federal government and Americans across the country preserve, restore and enhance thousands of acres of wetlands through cooperative conservation efforts, partnerships and voluntary programs....
HHS dropping 'One Department' initiative
The Department of Health and Human Services (IHS) has decided it doesn't need to consolidate its public affairs functions, The Washington Post reports....
Mont. tribes could benefit from expanded gaming
Montana's tribes could benefit if the state approves an expansion of gaming....
N.Y. county considers casino pact with Modoc Tribe
Some Ulster County, New York, lawmakers are accusing an attorney for the Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma of trying to bully them into approve a casino deal with the tribe....
GOP warned that anti-gaming push could turn racial
A Republican state lawmaker in Wisconsin is warning colleagues that their opposition to new tribal gaming deals could turn racial....
School board to hold public vote on Chieftains
The Osseo-Fairchild school board in Wisconsin will hold an advisory referendum on the Chieftains logo and mascot....
Idaho tribal tobacco tax bill resurrected
Idaho lawmakers revived a bill to impose state cigarette sales tax on reservations....
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