Wednesday, March 13, 2002
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Among Inupiat Eskimos, an 'injustice'
No one promotes quite like Senator Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska)....
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In The Hoop: California Screaming
If you didn't attend, or listen to on the Internet, today's House Resources
Committee hearing on the Klamath Basin, you missed lots of yelling, lots
of promises and no tribal leaders....
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Trust fund accounting tests federal judge
A federal judge has accepted Secretary of Interior Gale Norton's request
to drop historical accounting arguments made during the Clinton
administration but questioned the government's truthfulness on the
controversial matter....
Company kills tribal gaming plans
After more than two years of inaction, a Kansas company has killed plans
to start a tribal gaming management subsidiary....
Alaska's Young asked to chair panel
Representative Don Young (R-Alaska) will chair the House Resources Committee if
the Republican leadership agrees to his demands, reports The Fairbanks
Daily News-Miner....
Widespread drug pollution found
Research published in today's issue of Environmental Science and
Technology has found that 80 percent of streams analyzed by the federal
government are contaminated with antibiotics, steroids, synthetic
hormones and other pharmaceutical waste....
Accident involves Mayan workers
Several Mayan workers from Mexico were injured and one died when a
van they were traveling in crashed in Colorado....
Letter: Racial bias against Indians
"Thank you for running the article on Adelia Godfrey on the front page of
your March 3 paper....
Tribe's parking lot at issue
The Connecticut town of Ledyard is considering a request by the
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation to continue use of a parking lot....
Group formed to fight Maine casinos
A group of residents in Maine has formed Casinos No! to oppose a
proposed tribal casino in the southern part of the state....
Okla. tribe on Catskills radar
The Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma is willing to drop its part of a land
claim settlement in exchange for a casino in New York....
Exhibit features Penobscot culture
The Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine, is hosting an exhibit featuring
Penobscot items from a private collection....
Drilling considered in monument
The Bureau of Land Management is considering allowing a British
company to test for oil deposits in a monument home to ancient
Puebloan ruins....
Death hits Navajo community
Federal charges may be brought against a Navajo man in connection
with the beating death of a man on the Navajo Reservation in New
Mexico....
Cayuga settlement wanted
New York Governor George Pataki (R) and attorneys for the Cayuga Nation
are pushing a settlement of the $247.9 million claim....
Idaho gaming study approved
An opponent of a tribal gaming initiative has succeeded in pushing
through a study of casinos in Idaho....
Grave discovery halts development
A $22 million bridge project in New York has been delayed due to the
discovery of a grave dating back to the 13th century....
Get your 'Whities' t-shirt
Native students who started the "Fighting Whities" basketball team at
the University of Northern Colorado are planning on selling t-shirts
bearing their unusual name for $20....
BIA issues warning on driving
In response to a recent deadly accident involving an employee, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs in New Mexico has issued a warning on drinking
and driving....
Peltier appeals life sentences
Imprisoned American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier has
asked a federal appeals court to reduce his two life sentences....
First Nations Briefs
First Nations leaders are oppsing a referendum that tests voter support
for sovereignty and the treaty process....
Tribal tax bill advances
A Idaho legislative committee on Tuesday passed a bill to retroactively
tax Idaho tribes....
Gwich'in leader awarded Ford grant
The Ford Foundation has awarded a member of the Gwich'in Nation in
Alaska a $130,000 grant....
Report questions ANWR claim
America's dependence on foreign oil will drop by 2 percent if the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge is opened to oil drilling, a federal report states....
NEW: Chief Illiniwek report
A trustee of the University of Illinois is taking
the middle ground when it comes to the
school's controversial "Chief Illiniwek"
mascot....
Group wants Oneida claims dismissed
A group of private landowners in New York has asked a federal judge to
dismiss land claims made by the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin....
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