Monday, March 25, 2002
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More Native students abstaining from alcohol
Binge drinking among Native American college students is dropping but
their alcohol use remains among the highest in the nation, according to a
health study released on Friday....
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Key trust fund system being restarted
After a more than three-month delay, the last of the information
technology systems key to the administration of the Indian trust is
finally coming back online....
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The Week in Review
Trust fund accounting still unresolved, sacred sites debate
draws emotion, Indian issues face Bush administration,
and Rhode Island casino controversy brews....
S.D. candidates support tribes
At a debate on Sunday night, the three Democrats running for governor
of South Dakota said they support tribal sovereignty....
Debate over corn continues
American researchers have come under fire for claiming genetically
modified corn has been found in Mexico, the birthplace of the species....
Editorial: 'No justice' on shooting
In an editorial, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader criticizes a South Dakota
judge for ignoring "fairness and justice" in a case involving the Crow
Creek Sioux Tribe's girls basketball team....
Editorial: Support casino funds
In an editorial today, The Norwich Bulletin criticizes the Mashantucket
Pequot Tribal Nation for not supporting a plan to increase casino aid to
five southeastern Connecticut communities....
It's Saddam Hussein v. ANWR
The senators from Alaska and their allies have frequently invoked
Saddam Hussein and Iraq as a reason to open up the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge to drilling....
Train accident hurts two
A man and woman are hospitalized after their car was hit by a Burlington
Northern Santa Fe train on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana....
Man fights tribal courts
A Massachusetts man who claims he lost out on a $158,000 casino
jackpot has taken his case to federal court....
Pequot critic finds new cause
Author and Congressional candidate Jeff Benedict is going to Maine to
oppose a proposed tribal casino....
Law could help tribes get stadium
The Arizona Legislature will meet today to consider ways to allow tribes
to host a new $350 Arizona Cardinals football stadium....
Code Talkers upset with Begaye
Some Navajo Code Talkers may dislike Navajo Nation President Kelsey
Begaye but they are making it clear they aren't endorsing his run for
re-election....
Army Chief reports calls to Enron
Army Secretary Thomas White made 73 calls to his former colleagues at
Enron Corp....
Change cited after Native marriage
Ever since his marriage to an Alaska Native woman, some say Alaska
Senate President Rob Halford has changed his stance on rural and Native
issues....
Gwich'in activist still at it
Gwich'in activist Faith Gimmell has fought against opening up the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to drilling for years and has been
blessed with incredible luck....
Teacher moves to reservation, then leaves
Leanne Moll is spending her school year teaching reading and writing on
the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana....
Recovering teen inspires others
Susette Blackbird, a 17-year-old Cheyenne River Sioux / Omaha girl,
entered drug and alcohol abuse treatment in November....
Report documents Native health in N.M.
The New Mexico Department of Health last week released a report
compiling various health statistics of Pueblo, Navajo and Apache tribes in
the state....
Pequot Tribe cited for high diabetes rate
Thirty to 40 percent of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation has
diabetes, according to a Connecticut health official who cites federal
data....
The injustice of the trust fund
British publication The Economist writes up the Indian trust fund in its
March 23 print edition, saying Elouise Cobell and the plaintiffs may be
near a victory in the five-year-old case....
Roger Jourdain passes on
Roger Jourdain, the outspoken former chairman of the Red Lake Band of
Ojibwe, died at a Minnesota hospital on Thursday....
Native women honored for work
Seven Native American women were honored for their contributions to
their tribes at a ceremony in Montana this past Saturday....
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