Monday, May 6, 2002
Featured Story
Halt to trust records move extended
The federal judge overseeing the individual Indian trust fund on Friday
extended a temporary restraining order preventing the Department of
Interior from moving 32,000 boxes of records....
Featured Story
Appeals court halts tax-free ruling for Natives
Citing potential "chaos" to the country's revenue system, Canada's
Court of Appeal has put a halt to a ruling that freed tens of thousands of
Natives from paying federal taxes on alcohol, cigarettes and other
goods....
Featured Story
The Week in Review
Court monitor renews criticism of trust reform efforts,
Wayne Smith stays in the spotlight for old ties, federal
judge throws out Black Seminole lawsuit, and United States
indicts for deaths of Native activists....
Featured Story
No one jumps into trust fund hot seats
Five months after a court-ordered shutdown, and more than a year since
a Bureau of Indian Affairs official first disclosed major security leaks, the
Department of Interior still can't find anyone to fill its top information
technology posts....
Attack on Indian rights worker doubted
An anthropologist who has worked for the Quileute Tribe of Washington is
being accused of staging an attack....
John Potter: Hope springs eternal
"It's time to think thoughts and write columns not so heavy, and think
not of stock market, high crime or mill levy....
Miami Nation stirred by rival
The Miami Nation of Indiana is upset with the federally recognized Miami
Nation of Oklahoma....
Ozzy a smash at White House press dinner
President Bush and comedian Drew Carey got some laughs but the star
of Saturday night's White House Correspondents' Association dinner was
Ozzy Osbourne....
Kan. Indian business group started
Native business leaders in Kansas are launching the state's first
American Indian chamber of commerce....
Court halts pending Makah whale hunt
A federal judge in Washington on Friday told the Makah Nation to put a
halt to pending whale hunting activities....
Tribes plan to challenge mine plan
The Fort Belknap Tribes of Montana are challenging a plan to cleanup a
mine near their reservation....
Peabody denies water use claims
Peabody Energy, the largest coal company in the world, is blaming
drought and increased population for springs that are drying up near the
Hopi and Navajo reservations in northeastern Arizona....
N.M. tribe develops owl plan
The Mescalero Apache Nation of New Mexico recently agreed to a
management plan with the federal government regarding the protection
of spotted owls....
Parties target Native voters
The Democratic and Republican parties are actively targeting Indian
Country voters, according to their respective chiefs....
Pueblos take in $97 million on slots
The first quarter of 2002 has been good to some tribes in New Mexico....
Utah cops accused of brutality
The director of the Utah Division of Indian Affairs is alleging three Native
Americans were physically harassed by local law enforcement, Salt Lake
Tribune columnists Rolly and Wells report today....
Griles discounts meeting invite
An upcoming oil industry meeting featuring Department of Interior
officials will not be used to bash bureaucrats, Deputy Secretary J....
Students almost protest Norton
Some students at the Colorado School of Mines weren't happy this past
Friday when Secretary of Interior Gale Norton delivered their school's
commencement address....
Coeur d'Alene voters go to polls
Voters of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho returned longtime chairman
Ernie Stensgar to the tribal council over the weekend....
Chippewas want to be separate from Cree
Descendants of Chippewa Chief Asiniweyin are asserting their own status
separate of the Cree and Metis of the Rocky Boy's Reservation in
Montana....
Navajo royalty owners get IOUs
The Department of Interior is promising to pay thousands of Navajo
royalty owners but so far all they have received is rhetoric, said Rep.
Tom Udall (D-N.M.)....
Crow chairman indicted
The chairman of the Crow Tribe of Montana has been indicted in federal
court on charges of conspiracy, bribery and stealing money from the
tribe....
Editorial: Mascot bill goes too far
In an editorial today, The Christian Science Monitor says a California bill
banning mascots goes too far because there is no "national consensus"
on the issue....
Search
Trending in News
1 White House Council on Native American Affairs meets quick demise under Donald Trump
2 'A process of reconnecting': Young Lakota actor finds ways to stay tied to tribal culture
3 Jenni Monet: Bureau of Indian Affairs officer on leave after fatal shooting of Brandon Laducer
4 'A disgraceful insult': Joe Biden campaign calls out Navajo leader for Republican speech
5 Kaiser Health News: Sisters from Navajo Nation died after helping coronavirus patients
2 'A process of reconnecting': Young Lakota actor finds ways to stay tied to tribal culture
3 Jenni Monet: Bureau of Indian Affairs officer on leave after fatal shooting of Brandon Laducer
4 'A disgraceful insult': Joe Biden campaign calls out Navajo leader for Republican speech
5 Kaiser Health News: Sisters from Navajo Nation died after helping coronavirus patients
News Archive