Wednesday, April 2, 2003
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Tribal official recalls battle to protect Ariz. fort
An historic Army fort that was the subject of a closely watched Supreme Court case reflects 130 years of changing Indian policy, the White Mountain Apache Tribe's top historic preservationist said on Tuesday....
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Supreme Court takes on race in college admissions
A treaty-based right to affirmative action is unconstitutionally permissible, a lawyer for three white students who were denied admission to the University of Michigan told the Supreme Court on Tuesday....
Navajo farmers offered money for water usage
Navajo Nation farmers in northern New Mexico are being offered money if they stop planting crops for the year and shut down their irrigation systems....
GOP in Wis. headed to court over Indian gaming
Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin are going to file a state lawsuit against Democrat Governor Jim Doyle to oppose a new tribal gaming compact....
Mashantucket Tribe plans $99M casino expansion
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut is planning a $99 million casino and infrastructure expansion project....
Minn. panel rejects urban casino proposed by tribes
The Minnesota House Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Committee voted 10-8 against a plan to build an urban casino that would support two remote Ojibwe tribes....
Mont. gaming proposal killed by two votes
The Montana House voted 59-41 to kill a proposal that would have created a special entertainment and casino district....
Mont. bill raises funds for tribal college students
The Montana House Taxation Committee considered a bill that would raise taxes on video gambling machines and direct some of the money to tribal colleges....
Famous Ariz. reservation church gets new pastor
The Mission San Xavier del Bac on the Tohono O'odham Reservation in Arizona has a new pastor....
Universities train more Indian teachers
Universities and colleges offer programs to increase the number of American Indian and Alaska Native teachers, the Associated Press reports....
One appeals court judge approved, another advanced
The Senate voted 58-41, largely along party lines, to confirm Timothy Tymkovich, a Colorado attorney, to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals....
Crow elder to receive honorary doctorate
A Crow elder will receive an honorary doctorate from Montana State University....
Alaska village is site of Congressional hearing
The House Resources Committee is holding a field hearing on Saturday in Kaktovik, an Inupiat Eskimo village....
R.I. panel recommends public vote on casino
The Rhode Island Special House Commission to Study Gaming released a 133-page report on Tuesday calling for a special state election to authorize the development of one casino....
Testimony wraps up in Alaska murder trial
After ten weeks, testimony in the trial of a Joshua Wade, charged with raping an murdering an Alaska Native woman, ended on Tuesday....
Large group of bison wander out of Yellowstone
A group of 200 bison have wandered out of Yellowstone National Park, the Associated Press reports....
Mohawks on Que. reserve vow to keep roadblock up
Members of the Kanesatake Mohawk First Nation in Quebec, Canada, continued their blockade of the only road leading to the reserve....
Second march planned for Lakota man killed by police
A second "Walk for Justice" will be held on Thursday for Lucas Grey Day-Ghost Bear, a Lakota man who was shot by a police officer in Rapid City, South Dakota, on March 9....
Minn. court rules casino audits must be made public
The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled that most of the information in tribal casino audits must be made public....
Indian health care act subject of Senate hearing
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds a hearing today on the reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act....
Arrest made in murder of Anna Mae Aquash
Arlo Looking Cloud, 49, has pleaded innocent to one charge of first-degree murder for the 1976 death of American Indian Movement activist Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash....
Supreme Court debates race in college admissions
The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in two cases challenging the affirmative action policies of the University of Michigan....
Data: More than 12,000 Natives in military
There are more than 12,000 American Indians, Alaska Natives and Canadian Aboriginals serving in the U.S....
Fellow Piestewa unit member rescued in Iraq
Jessica Lynch, an Army soldier who is a member of the same unit as Lori Piestewa, a Hopi woman considered missing in action, has been rescued....
Executive calls for Native ownership of pipeline
An Alaska Native corporate executive is promoting Native ownership of a proposed gas pipeline....
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