Wednesday, March 26, 2003

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The Republican-controlled Senate rejected on Tuesday a budget amendment that would have provided historic funding to the Indian Health Service (IHS)....

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With media scrutiny mounting and tribal leaders struggling to respond, a Senate panel today holds an oversight hearing on the $12 billion Indian gaming industry....

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A federal judge on Monday gave permission for the release of a report that the Bush administration says proves Indian beneficiaries aren't owed money for more than century of trust fund mismanagement....

$5.2million housing complex on the Navajo Nation remains unoccupied months after it was completed, The Farmington Daily Times reports....

Critics of a proposed casino/entertainment district in Montana say it will open up expanded gaming on the state's reservations....

Two Ojibwe tribes in Minnesota are backing a state-run casino in the Twin Cities area in hopes....

A Minnesota House committee approved a bill to expand nuclear waste storage at a facility next to the Prairie Island Indian Community....

Federal funding allows the school districts to provide tutor and support services to Indian students....

A meeting was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to address a proposed overhaul of a public school aimed at educating Indian students....

The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin broke ground on Tuesday on a $3 million movie theater....

Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico plans to open its 18-hole golf course to the public next week....

The Saskatchewan Department of Justice has concluded that criminal charges aren't warranted against First Nations gaming officials whose spending habits were questioned....

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is being asked to prevent an Oklahoma tribe from opening a bingo hall in New York....

The Supreme Court on Tuesday clarified when federal law limits death penalty appeals....

Sue Dupree has been stripped of her seat on the Saginaw Chippewa tribal council....

Prosecutors in Saskatchewan, Canada, are weighing whether to charge a tribal leader for anti-Semitic comments he made....

The Snoqualmie Tribe of Washington is asking for the return of n ancestral land now being used as a park....

A South Dakota school district has agreed to make changes to its school board elections in response to a lawsuit alleging violation of Indian voter rights....

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ordered the dismissal of sexual assault-related charges against a juvenile American Indian....

The co-chairman of the Congressional Native American Caucus told the Associated Press he is "reluctant" to put much stock into a government report about the mismanaged trust fund....

"The family and friends of Lori Anne Piestewa would like to express our gratitude for the outpouring of love and prayers....

Members of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona came together on Tuesday to pray for the safe return of tribal members in the armed forces, KPNX Channel 12 News reported....

A Utah Republican has "learned" a lesson for making insensitive remarks about American Indian culture and the issue should be "dropped," The Deseret News says in an editorial....

Republicans in Wisconsin are asking President Bush to intervene in their fight against new tribal gaming compacts....
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