Monday, April 29, 2002
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Debate continues on disputed gaming rules
Tribal complaints have prompted the nation's Indian gaming regulators
to reopen debate on a controversial rewrite of casino rules....
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The Week in Review
The Supreme Court takes its first Indian law case
of the term, Congress hears debate over a
long-running Pueblo land claim and trust fund
problems mount for the Bush administration....
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EPA heightens risk of cancer-causing toxins
The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to tie cancer-causing
chemicals to the consumption of everyday food products, according to a
Congressional report released on Friday....
Native bank seeks inroads
Tribes will be helping decide where the Native American Bank will open
additional branches....
Get your indiantribe.gov domain
Federally recognized tribes can now register their own .gov Internet
domain....
Tribal immunity upheld in lawsuit
The New Mexico Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the tribes are
immune from damage lawsuits for incidents that allegedly occurred prior
to 1997....
Native corp votes to keep leader
Board members of Cook Inlet Region Inc., an Alaska Native regional
corporation, voted on Friday to keep Carl Marrs as CEO....
John Potter: Create Indian holiday
"I cannot BELIEVE the amount of letters I received after last week's
dissertation (i.e., my rantings and ravings) about Christopher Columbus,
and about our educational system's disenchanting perpetuation of the
hero-myth surrounding the man's supposed "discovery" of America....
Miami Nation wrote to Indiana city
The Miami Nation of Oklahoma threatened a land claims lawsuit to the
mayor of Gary, Indiana, The Chicago Tribune reports today....
Pequot Tribe biggest Indian contributor
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut made more
political donations during the 2000 presidential campaign than any other
tribe in the country, according to The Norwich Bulletin....
Pequot Tribe ready to fight fires
On alert 24 hours a day, the fire department of the Mashantucket Pequot
Tribal Nation responds to calls on and off the Connecticut reservation....
BIA hosting arts festival
The Bureau of Indian Affair's Office of Indian Education Programs is
hosting a National Special Arts Festival this week in Oklahoma....
Mont. reservation homes studied
Homes on the Blackfeet Reservation are being studied by various federal
agencies for environmental and health problems....
Abuses of Natives ignited reaction
The sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church has The Washington Post
looking to Canada for insight....
Choctaw Tribe's successes promoted
Descendants of Choctaws who refused to be removed to Oklahoma, the
Mississippi Band of Choctaws have grown to be one of the most
financially successful tribes in the nation....
Whitman defended on cleanup deal
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christie Whitman didn't
benefit from a Superfund cleanup deal because she wasn't a member of
the Bush administration when the agreement was made, her
spokesperson told the Denver Post....
State continuing search for graves
The state of Kansas is still unable to substantiate claims that hundreds of
Native children are buried in wetlands near Haskell Indian Nations
University....
BIA aware of employee driving record
A Bureau of Indian Affairs employee who pleaded guilty the murders of
four people told his supervisor of his alcohol-related driving record....
Sand Creek site deeded to tribes
A central part of the Sand Creek Massacre site was deeded to the
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma on Sunday....
Zuni Pueblo reopens highway
Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico temporarily closed a highway on its
reservation to all traffic....
Gathering of Nation ends
The 19th annual Gathering of Nations Pow-Wow was held this past
weekend in Albuquerque, New Mexico....
Okla. tribe moving boarding school
The Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma is moving the campus of its boarding
school....
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