Friday, June 27, 2003
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In The Hoop: Winners, Losers
Is it Friday already? That means it's time for the weekly list of the movers and shakers in Indian Country and beyond....
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Swimmer affirms right to trust fund accounting
The federal government has always had a duty to account for the Indian trust fund, the Department of Interior official in charge of reforming the system said on Thursday....
Native comedians turn hardship into humor
Four Navajo comedians are using their experiences with substance abuse to send a positive and humorous message to their audience....
Tribal housing employees investigated by FBI
The FBI paid a recent visit to the Navajo Nation's Division of Social Services as part of an investigation into the alleged misuse of federal housing funds, The Gallup Independent reports....
Hopi woman in running for vice-chair post
The Hopi Tribe of Arizona held a special primary for vice-chair on Wednesday....
Catawba members help excavate settlements
Archaeologists at the University of North Carolina have unearthed Catawba tribal settlements dating to the 1700s....
Tribal land eyed as new telescope site
consortium of research institutions is eyeing a new location for a telescope project....
Rosebud Sioux Tribe harnesses wind power
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota is using a wind turbine to generate electricity for at least 220 homes....
Obituary: Hasse, non-Indian tribal advocate
Funeral services are scheduled Saturday for Arlo Hasse, a non-Indian who advocated for the rights of the Dakota people in Minnesota....
County says tribe abandoned ancestral land
A New York county filed a brief in response to the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe's land rights lawsuit....
Supreme Court strikes down sex abuse law
The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a California law that allowed prosecution of sex abuse cases even after the statute of limitations had expired....
Calling all Indian teens to be Switched!
A new ABC Family Channel program called Switched! is seeking Indian teens to swap lives with other teens....
Wyo. governor calls for sacred site protections
Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal is calling on the Bureau of Land Management to restrict drilling in the Jack Morrow Hills in order to protect sacred sites....
Family honors warrior who fought at Bighorn
The descendants of a Minniconjou warrior who fought at the June 25, 1876, Battle of Little Bighorn dedicated a marker to him at the battle site....
Senate committee approves reservation roads bill
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee on Thursday approved a bill to reauthorize the Indian Reservation Roads program....
Ore. tribe had warned rancher on bison herd
The Confederated Umatilla Tribes of Oregon had ordered a private rancher to comply with tribal environmental law for a bison herd that is now loose on the reservation....
Meskwaki faction votes to oust law firm
A faction of the Meskwaki Tribe of Iowa held an election last night to vote on a law firm that reportedly charged the tribe $340,000 for one month of work....
Supreme Court to hear Everglades cleanup case
The Supreme Court today announced it will hear a case affecting the $8 billion cleanup of the Everglades....
Lamberth questions latest trust reform plans
US District Judge Royce Lamberth questioned special trustee Ross Swimmer this week about efforts to reform the broken Indian trust....
Bill subjects Calif. tribe to gaming law
Members of California's Congressional delegation have introduced a bill to make it harder for the Department of Interior to take land into trust for a restored tribe....
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