Monday, September 30, 2002

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When Steven Griles took the stand earlier this year in defense of the Bush administration's handling of the Indian trust debacle, he seemed confident in his words....

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Bush officials take hard line on Indian trust reform, court tries to resolve Seminole Nation leadership dispute, tribal recognition battles continue, and gaming nominee Phil Hogen goes before the Senate....

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Amid Congressional attempts to protect Indian Country's significant places, the Bush administration on Friday gave new life to plans for a controversial gold mine located near a California tribe's most sacred site....

The Bureau of Indian Affairs won't recognize the governing body of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma....

"If, indeed, smallpox has become a weapon in the hands of terrorists, there is reason to be concerned....

The Northern Plains Tribal Arts 2002 festival wrapped up on Sunday in Sioux Falls, South Dakota....

Dave Kehr of The New York Times reviews "Skins," the latest movie by director Chris Eyre, calling it a funny but "uninspired" movie about two brothers on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota....

Sherman Alexie's latest film "The Business of Fancydancing" has been opening nationwide to positive reviews....

Economists hired by two Maine tribes will provide support of the economic benefits a casino will bring....

The Arizona Republic takes a critical look at three gaming initiatives being put before state voters....

The Department of Interior has affirmed a decision to take five acres of land into trust for the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska....

The Wind River Tribal College on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming wants to join the American Indian Higher Education Consortium....

The No Child Left Behind Act, an initiative of President Bush, is leaving some Yaqui elders who teach language skills in Arizona behind....

A 36-foot Salish totem pole will be auctioned in Washington because of a controversy involving a tribal member....

There is just one Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission and he feels lonely sometimes....

When it comes to nuclear waste or bingo, Utah residents, by a 2-to-1 margin would rather the Skull Valley Tribe open a bingo hall than a waste repository....

The body of an Army soldier who died under mysterious circumstances is back in South Dakota this week for burial and a second autopsy....

Secretary of Interior Gale Norton on Friday reversed a decision to hold back water for fish in the Klamath River Basin of California and Oregon....

The Environmental Protection Agency will release a draft report on pollution in the upper Columbia River basin in response to a tribal request....

A group of Western Shoshone tribal members in Nevada plan to protest recent federal seizures of cattle....

The five Nez Perce bands who refused to be confined to a reservation in Idaho were almost near their final destination of Canada in late September 1877....

Two years ago, Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colorado) drafted a bill to set up an independent government agency to handle Indian trust....

Did you know that US District Judge Royce Lamberth has a twin brother? And that he's considered the best thing to happen to Indian Country since, well, ever? Thanks to an article in today's Lincoln Journal Star, you can find out what Lamberth thinks of his portrayal as one of the toughest judges....

Jodi Rave of The Lincoln Journal Star, a Lee Enterprises newspaper, has written a series on the Indian trust fund debacle....

"Elouise Cobell lost not a dime on Enron stock....

A Kiowa tribal member armed with a metal detector appears to have discovered remnants of an historic Army fort in his backyard....