Wednesday, April 24, 2002
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Supreme Court rejects property-rights claim
The Supreme Court dealt a blow to a group of private landowners in
Nevada and California, finding that temporary prohibitions on
development do not violate the U.S....
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Interior rebuffed on historical accounting
The Bush administration's attempt to define its obligations to 300,000
American Indians was dealt a major setback with the release of a critical
document on Tuesday....
Arson suspected in Mont. fire
Arson is being suspected in a fire that burned more than 200 acres on the
Rocky Boy's Reservation in Montana....
In The Hoop: More Ps and Qs
It's time for the second installment of our First Annual In The Hoop
Reader Appreciation Survey!
We've received an overwhelming response to yesterday's survey, and
you can still send in your answers to that one....
McCaleb defends Ross Swimmer
Ross Swimmer is uniquely qualified to handle the Indian trust, Assistant
Secretary Neal McCaleb told The Tulsa World this week....
Domenici opposes Pueblo land claim bill
Senator Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) is opposing a bill to settle Sandia Pueblo's
land claim to the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico....
Navajo killer cries in court
A New Mexico man convicted of murdering a Navajo mother cried in court
on Tuesday, begging jurors not to sentence him to death....
State digs for bones in wetlands
An archaeologist went digging for graves in wetlands near Haskell Indian
Nations University in Kansas, apparently without consulting tribes and
affected Indians....
Haskell cancels summer school
Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas has canceled summer school
for lack of funding....
Alaska Native drilling won't be pushed
The Senate is set to vote Thursday on the energy bill without provisions
allowing drilling on Alaska Native lands in the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge....
Move on sacred site praised
Tribal leaders and preservationists are welcoming an oil company's
decision not to drill at a sacred site in Montana....
The Tigua Tribe: Texas' social ill
The rags-to-riches story of the Tigua Tribe of Texas is written up in the
Christian Science Monitor today....
Fire on Mescalero Reservation
A fire broke out Tuesday on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in
southern New Mexico....
Mohegan Tribe hotel open for business
The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut opened its new hotel on Tuesday....
Navajo chapter leader supported
Members of the Shiprock chapter of the Navajo Nation don't want their
leader to quit....
Goshute nuclear hearings continue
The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board is continuing hearings on a
proposed nuclear waste storage facility on the Skull Valley Goshute
Reservation in Utah....
Urban Indian health care pushed
The Arizona Legislature has passed a bill urging Congress to reauthorize
the Indian Health Care Improvement Act....
Mich. tribal casino ruled legal
A federal judge in Michigan has ruled the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa
and Ojibwe Indians is operating its casino legally....
Fight over Native corp leadership
Shareholders of an Alaska Native corporation are reacting with surprise
to news that former executive and his main opponent are teaming up to
gain control of Cook Inlet Region Inc....
Norton developing monument plans
The Department of Interior is beginning a formal consultation process
with states, tribes and local governments on management plans for 15
national monuments....
House Panel approves Yucca Mountain
A House Energy and Commerce
subcommittee on Tuesday voted to
approve Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the
nation's nuclear waste repository....
Battle over Congressional seat in Conn
Author Jeff Benedict has forced a delegate primary in a Connecticut town
in order to stay in a hotly contested race in the state's 2nd Congressional
district....
Ariz. gaming bill delayed
Reconsideration of a rejected gaming bill has been delayed in the Arizona
Legislature....
Pequot Tribe to settle lawsuit
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut is settling a
lawsuit over a proposed golf course and resort....
Charges filed for reservation death
Two people have been charged for the death of a man on the Blackfeet
Reservation in Montana....
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