Wednesday, April 30, 2003

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Bush administration officials say the reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Office of Special Trustee won't be complete for a few more months....

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A Senate panel approved a broad Indian energy package on Tuesday over concerns that it could undermine the federal government's trust responsibilities....

Mapuche Indian leaders in Chile are fighting commercial tree development that has destroyed their water sources....

The Colorado River Indian Tribes reversed course and signed a gaming compact with the state of Arizona....

Casino mogul Donald Trump is still complaining about being dumped by the Eastern Pequot Tribe of Connecticut....

The United States said it won't sign a global tobacco treaty unless it is altered to allow the federal government to opt out of clauses deemed objectionable....

The Senate voted 51 to 42, largely along party lines, to confirm attorney Jeffrey Sutton to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals....

The Mescalero Apache Nation of New Mexico holds its annual Southern Eagle Contest Pow-Wow Friday through Sunday....

It's Native American Week at Kirtland Central High School in Kirtland, New Mexico....

The Esselen Nation of California is asking the Bureau of Indian Affairs for federal recognition....

The North Carolina House and Senate have passed versions of the state budget that cut funds to help the Lumbee Tribe seek federal recognition....

Connecticut officials opposed to the recognition of the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation downplayed a federal judge's dismissal of a lawsuit against the Bureau of Indian Affairs....

Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle (D) expects to take in an extra $162 million, in the coming year, from 11 tribal casinos....

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty set out his energy policy on Tuesday and said the state should move toward renewable energy sources instead of relying on nuclear power....

About 8,400 members of the 25,000-member Tohono O'odham Nation lack documentation to prove their U.S....

A state judge in South Dakota sentenced a man to one year in prison for stalking Miss South Dakota Vanessa Shortbull, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe....

The Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota is dedicating its wind turbine on Thursday....

The Cayuga Nation of New York took the first steps to reclaiming its homeland on Tuesday with the opening of a simple gas station....

The Skull Valley Goshute Tribe of Utah held its semi-annual meeting last Saturday with one dissident characterizing it as "the usual shouting match." The tribe's leaders are being accused of corruption by dissidents, all of whom have filed lawsuits challenging the leaders....

Factions of the Meskwaki Tribe of Iowa continue to disagree over who runs the tribe and its casino....

The Montana Legislature approved a bill to create a monument to Indian veterans....

Friends, associates and tribal officials recalled Gerald "Butch" Brun, the Red Lake Nation chairman who died Saturday, as compassionate, humble and forward-thinking....

The Arizona State Transportation Board will meet Thursday to consider renaming Squaw Peak Freeway in honor of Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq....

A man who claims he is Indian but lacks written documentation was deported to the United States from Canada....
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