Tuesday, July 30, 2002
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Special Trustee Tom Slonaker leaves DOI
Special Trustee Tom Slonaker, the federal government's top Indian trust
official, resigned from the Bush administration today....
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Judge upholds Calif. tribal gaming compacts
Casino compacts with more than 60 California tribes do not violate the
US Constitution, a federal judge ruled on Monday....
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In The Hoop: Cool Runnings
The Quinault Nation of Washington is spearheading an historic event this
year, the first-ever American Indian and Alaska Native Sovereignty Run....
Okla. tribe fires housing officials
The Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma has fired two of its three housing
commissioners amid a federal investigation....
Bush promises to reduce air pollution
President Bush has submitted legislation to reduce power plant
emissions....
Neb. Democrats reconsider gaming
Nebraska Democrats are meeting this weekend for to choose a state
chairman and reconsider its stance on gaming....
Israel: Catskills casino delayed
The St Regis Mohawk Tribe won't open its casino in the Catskills region of
New York until 2005 at the earlier, Steve Israel reports today....
Bill sets aside tribal police funds
Representative Brad Carson (D-Okla.) has introduced a bill to help rural law
enforcement fight methamphetamine....
Fires shut down Mesa Verde park
Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado was closed on Monday in response
to several wildfires....
Yellow Bird: Drought rears its head
"When you live on the wet, eastern side of the state and drive west, the
extreme drought that people are experiencing in western North Dakota
and South Dakota is shocking.
I went camping in that area for five days last week....
Pope makes stop in Guatemala
Pope John Paul II is in Guatemala today to canonize the country's first
saint, an advocate for Mayan Indians....
First Nation declares water emergency
Heavy rain over the weekend and poor infrastructure have caused the
Cat Lake First Nation to declare a state of emergency....
Bush signs corporate fraud bill
President Bush on Tuesday signed into law stricter corporate
accountability measures....
Doug Grow: Indian clinic a 'third-world country'
"Fired from jobs they loved by an administrator and directors they
despised, three physicians are planning to open a new clinic in the
Phillips neighborhood of south Minneapolis in September....
California casinos worth $4 billion
Casino industry experts believe California's tribes could bring in $4 billion
a year, The Los Angeles Times reports....
Court won't rehear tribal immunity case
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday announced it won't rehear a
case challenging the sovereign immunity of a California tribe....
Battle over urban casino continues
A federal judge on Monday upheld a controversial tribal land acquisition
authorized by President Bill Clinton in one of his final acts in the White
House....
Input allowed into forest management
Three First Nations in the Yukon Territory on Monday signed a forest
management agreement with the Canadian government....
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