Wednesday, September 18, 2002
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Griles close to 'perjury' on Indian trust
Deputy Interior Secretary Steven Griles, who swore under oath that he
is in charge of Indian trust, came "perilously close" to perjuring himself by
trying to smear a court investigator, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday....
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Republicans defend Norton on trust fund
Members of Congress reacted in a partisan fashion on Tuesday to a
federal judge's ruling that found Secretary of Interior Gale Norton in
contempt of court for ignoring the rights of 500,000 American Indians....
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Judge find Bush officials in contempt on trust
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton on Tuesday said the Bush administration
plans to challenge a federal judge's stinging ruling which declared her and
Indian affairs aide Neal McCaleb "unfit" to manage money belonging to
500,000 Native Americans....
Fla. tribe fights for court oversight
A federal judge in Florida won't appoint a court monitor to oversee the
federal government's $7.8 billion Everglades cleanup....
Hearing held on federal recognition
Critics of federal recognition got a chance to air their complaints at a
Senate hearing on Tuesday....
Native school program gets award
The Native American Studies Program at the University of Oklahoma was
named "outstanding educational program of the year" by the Oklahoma
Native American Business Development Center....
N.M. candidates debate Indian issues
The three major candidates for governor of New Mexico debated Indian
issues in recent interviews....
Tribal elders teach traditional games
Blackfeet tribal elders helped teachers and students at schools in Great
Falls, Montana, learn more about traditional culture....
Editorial: Prosecute Indian killer
A man already convicted of murdering a Navajo woman must be
prosecuted for other crimes, The Farmington Daily-Times writes in an
editorial today....
Navajo candidate chooses running mate
Navajo Nation presidential hopeful Joe Shirley chose Frank Dayish as his
running mate....
Mont. tribe helps bust drug house
The Blackfeet Nation of Montana participated in a raid on a drug house
near a school on the Blackfeet Reservation....
Indian candidates seek county seat
Five Indian candidates are seeking a seat on a Montana county
commission, thanks to a federal judge's ruling that found Native voting
rights had been violated....
Narragansett Tribe gives thanks
For more than 300 years, the Narragansett Tribe has met every August to
give thanks to corn....
Alaska village school problems continue
Problems at an Inupiat village school in Alaska have not been corrected,
critics charged....
Judge rejects tribal casino challenge
A New York state judge on Tuesday dismissed a challenge to the Seneca
Nation's casino compact....
Ariz. tribe fights to protect past
The Hualapai Tribe of Arizona, like many throughout the nation, is trying to
protect its past and sacred sites from being destroyed....
School president: Haskell is not closing
Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas is not about to close, school
president Karen Swisher told students on Tuesday....
Company bows to tribal pressure on mine
A multinational company seeking to start a mine near a Wisconsin
reservation is withdrawing from the controversial project....
New indictments in Crow Nation scandal
Two new federal indictments were issued on Tuesday for a bribery scandal
involving the ex-chairman of the Crow Nation of Montana....
Slonaker feels vindicated by ruling
Tom Slonaker, ousted from his trust reform oversight role at the
Department of Interior, feels vindicated with yesterday's decision holding
the Bush administration in contempt of court....
Editorial: Norton is 'disgrace'
"Once again the United States of America is reminded of its disgrace, via
its Department of Interior, for how it has historically bungled trust assets
belonging to American Indian people....
Editorial: Norton deserves rebuke
"Gale Norton, US Interior Secretary, is a decent, hardworking person -
who deserves to get taken to the woodshed for mishandling the Indian
trust funds....
Editorial: Send Norton the liar to jail
"Interior Secretary Gale Norton and an assistant secretary were enshrined
yesterday in the Hall of Shame over the epic debacle of the Indian trust
case....
Lamberth makes ruling on trust
The federal judge overseeing the Indian trust class action issued a
number of decisions on Tuesday....
Tribes and businesses flock to summit
About 1,500 tribal leaders, Indian entrepreneurs and business
representatives are attending the Bureau of Indian Affairs National
Summit on Emerging Tribal Economies this week in Phoenix, Arizona....
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