Friday, July 19, 2002
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Funding battle underlies trust obligations
Despite a successful rally against limitations contained in a Department
of Interior spending bill, lawmakers who control the federal
government's purse strings seem unwilling to pay for resolution of the
Indian trust fund debacle....
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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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Sacred site bill increases tribal voice
Indian Country advocates on Thursday unveiled new legislation they said
will prevent exploitation of burial sites, ceremonial grounds and other
lands sacred to American Indians and Alaska Natives....
Iowa Tribe's firings disputed
Two health employees of the Iowa Tribe were improperly dismissed, a
tribal grievance board has ruled....
Alaska glaciers quickly melting
Research appearing in today's issue of Science reports that glaciers in
Alaska are melting at a twice the rate than expected....
Conn. tribe pins hopes on casino
The Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe has yet to gain federal recognition but is
forging ahead with grand plans for a casino that it says will bring
enormous riches to southern Connecticut....
Obituary: Mario Juruna, Brazilian Indian leader
Xavante tribal chief Mario Juruna died of complications related to
diabetes on Tuesday....
Anti-tribal candidate called a failure
Congressional hopeful and tribal critic Jeff Benedict is coming under fire
by the leader of his own party in Connecticut....
New Red Lake chairman vows changes
Gerald "Butch" Brun, the newly elected chairman of the Red Lake Nation
of Minnesota, says his tribe is in financial crisis....
Curtis grave site sees improvements
The Kansas grave site of Vice President Charles Curtis and his wife was
re-dedicated at a ceremony on Thursday....
Wash. pow-wow attracts steady following
The 17th annual Seafair Indian Days Powwow at Discovery Park starts
today in Seattle, Washington....
S.D. tribe's nursing program in danger
The Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe's college in South Dakota has been
given until November to reform its registered nursing program....
Opinion: Squabbling, not BIA delays, hurt tribes
"Mergers, pharmaceutical and tribal, are the big news around here, and
I'd sure love to listen in as the Eastern Pequots and the Paucatuck
Eastern Pequots negotiate the terms of the one forced upon them.
Publicly, it's all upbeat talk about joint powwows and drafting a single
constitution....
Kan. landowners served with tribe's suit
The Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma is moving forward on a claim to 2,000
acres in Kansas....
Student participate in Navajo exchange
Eleven students from all over the globe spent this week on the Navajo
Nation as part of a student exchange program....
Investigation of Army secretary sought
Army Secretary Thomas White testified before a Senate committee on
Thursday about his former company Enron....
Alaska youth wins Indian stick pull
A 14-year-old Alaskan won the Indian stick pull contest at the World
Eskimo-Indian Olympics on Thursday....
Trust land debate continues in Okla.
The United Keetowah Band of Cherokee operates a casino that is not on
trust land but the Oklahoma tribe isn't worried....
County criticizes Pueblo for 'ploy'
A New Mexico county commissioner is accusing Sandia Pueblo of
spreading misinformation about the tribe's land claim....
Ill. dealer acquited on sale of skull
A federal jury in Illinois acquitted an antiques dealer of breaking federal
law by trying to sell a skull dating back a few hundred years....
Men plead guilty for racial incident
Three white men on Wednesday pleaded guilty for taking part in a
racially-motivated shooting incident targeting the Klamath Tribes of
Oregon....
Blackfeet Reservation fire still going
A fire on the Blackfeet Reservation consumed about 6,000 acres as of
Thursday....
Northern Cheyenne elder to be honored at run
Northern Cheyenne vice president and hereditary chief John Wooden
Legs will be the guest of honor at the Montana Miler run tonight....
BIA might have oversight on whaling
Native whaling issues might be transferred to the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, according to the president of the Barrow Whaling Captains
Association....
White woman won't be charged for fire
A largely white group of Arizona residents whose community was
destroyed by the worst fire in state history walked out of a press
conference on Thursday after being told no charged would be brought
against a woman who admitted starting part of the blaze....
House lawmakers argued for trust limits
Several Republican and Democrat lawmakers this week unsuccessfully
attempted to limit an historical accounting of the Individual Indian
Money (IIM) trust....
Bill would clear Alaska on Native policy
A spending bill under consideration in the Senate would clear the state of
Alaska of penalties for not allowing Alaska Native organizations to
self-insure....
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