Tuesday, June 10, 2003
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Appeals court won't invalidate Indian child adoption
Two tribes seeking to invalidate the adoption of an Indian child were rejected by a federal appeals court on Monday....
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Group cites shift in tribal self-determination policy
A public employees group on Monday called on the Bush administration to halt efforts to hand control of national parks and refuges to tribal governments....
Column: Oneida clinic possible through gaming
"Not all that long ago, a facility such as the Oneida Community Health Center would have been inconceivable.
But today it is a reality....
USDA allowing exemptions to roadless forest rule
The US Department of Agriculture will reinstate a Clinton administration regulation to limit road-building and logging on 60 million acres of roadless areas in national forests but will allow modifications....
Huge crowds turn out for United Auburn casino
Huge crowds were reported for the opening of the United Auburn Indian Community casino in Lincoln, California....
Supreme Court allows veterans' Agent Orange suit
The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling that allows Vietnam veterans a chance to pursue claims against companies who manufactured the herbicide Agent Orange....
Editorial: Tribal housing complex badly needed
The Farmington Daily Times in an editorial welcomes a new housing complex under construction on the Navajo Nation....
Menominee boxer faces longtime foe in hyped match
In a fight billed as "Ruthless Aggression - Bad Blood," J.J....
Yellow Bird: Nature's wonders in own back yard
"Finding Chase Lake in North Dakota is a bit of a chore....
NPS repair budget cut to pay for consultants
The National Park Service has been ordered to cut its repair budget by 28 percent in order to pay for consultants who are studying privatization of jobs, The Washington Post reports....
Martin expected to win Miss. Choctaw election
The Mississippi Choctaw Tribe is holding an election today....
Seneca-Cayuga chief, gaming supporter, re-elected
LeRoy Howard was re-elected chief of the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, The Syracuse Post-Standard reported....
Navajo patients undergo aquatherapy treatment
About a dozen patients at the Northern Navajo Medical Center are making aqua-therapy a part of their treatment....
Opposition forming to Ho-Chunk casino in Ill.
The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin is running into opposition for a proposed off-reservation casino in Illinois....
State wants Mich. tribal members to pay taxes
The state of Michigan wants members of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community of Michigan to pay state taxes, WLUC TV 6 reports....
ANSCA corporations took in $2.7B in 2001
The 12 Alaska Native regional corporations took in $2.7 billion in revenues in 2001, up from $2.3 billion the year before, according to a recent report from the Association of ANCSA Regional Corporation Presidents/CEOs....
Wash. tribe awarded grant for tech services
The Squaxin Island Tribe of Washington has been awarded a $735,250 Rural Utilities Service Broadband Program grant to provide the more than 100 tribal homes with high-speed Internet, cable TV and telephone access....
Okla. judge says tribal office is Indian Country
An Oklahoma district county judge has declared the headquarters of the United Keetoowah Band is Indian Country, The Tahlequah Daily Press reported....
N.Y. tribes criticize anti-treaty rights protest
The Cayuga Nation and the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe criticized an anti-treaty rights group for plans to protest a tribal development....
N.D. tribes still feel effects of dam project
In the 1950s, the federal government flooded valuable land on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota as part of a massive waterworks project along the Missouri River....
Police chief admits Natives were abandoned
The police chief in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, had admitted police in the city dropped Natives at the edge of town "more than once," CBC News reports....
Federal judge upholds Rosebud hog farm lease
A federal judge last Thursday upheld a lease that allows development of the largest farm operation in Indian Country....
Meskwaki faction wants to fire rival law firm
The recently elected council for the Meskwaki Tribe of Iowa said it will schedule a vote to fire a law firm, Dorsey & Whitney, retained by the previously elected council....
Reservation school embraces tribal culture
Kindergarten students at Fort Hall Elementary School on the Shoshone-Bannock Reservation are taught more than the three R's....
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