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Government moves to delay trust fund monitor
The Department of Justice is refusing to allow top Indian trust officials to
appear before a court investigator accused of disparaging Secretary of
Interior Gale Norton....
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U.S. fights state for tribal water rights
The Supreme Court is set to decide whether the state of Nevada can
divert more water from a prized desert lake over the objections of the
federal government and a tribe fighting to save a sacred species of fish....
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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....
Tribal shellfish agreement set
Disputes over the gathering of shellfish by 15 tribes will be handled by
one federal magistrate....
Pequot casino sued by ex-worker
The casino owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation is being
sued by a former worker for $13.8 million....
White House discloses Enron contacts
Documents the White House released to a Congressional committee
details greater ties to bankrupt company Enron that Bush administration
officials previously acknowledged, according to The Washington Post....
Appeals court pick goes to Senate
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved the nomination
of President Bush's pick to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals....
Mexico owes 456 billion gallons of water
The Mexican government owes the United States 456 billion gallons of
water and is asking President Bush for a $420 million loan to help pay the
debt back....
FBI orders inquiry into foul-up
FBI Director Robert Mueller III has ordered an inquiry to address
allegations of a botched investigation of a September 11 terrorist
suspect....
Wis. school drops Indian mascot
Students at a Wisconsin high school voted this week on a replacement
for their scrapped "Indians" logo and team name....
The Daily Indian Mascot Rant
Richard Hart: "Referring to a nationality or race by skin color has been
used as a derogatory comment, in my experience, predominately by
white Christian males....
Sweat lodge built on wrong property
A sweat lodge at the University of Montana is located on property that
doesn't belong to the school....
State takes tour of Whiteclay
Nebraska state officials toured the border town of Whiteclay on
Thursday....
Ojibwe school mural dedicated
A community project five years in the making was dedicated at a school
on the Mille Lacs Ojibwe Reservation in Minnesota on Thursday....
Maine tribes march for sovereignty
Members of two Maine tribes are wrapping up a 33-mile walk in support of
their sovereignty....
Vote against Native hunt decried
Inupiat Eskimo leaders vow to continue their traditional subsistence
whale hunt in the face of an international setback....
BIA fires Wayne Smith
The top aide to Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb was fired today and
has requested the U.S....
Makah whaling quota approved
The International Whaling Commission on Thursday extended the gray
whale quota to the Makah Nation of Washington....
Pentagon admits nerve gas test
The Pentagon has begun contacting Navy veterans who were exposed to
chemical agents during the 1960s....
Geronimo stick may be up for sale
An Oklahoma man believes he owns a walking stick that belonged to
Apache leader Geronimo....
Smith won't go without fight
The top aide to Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb has refused to resign,
The Washington Post reports today....
McCaleb steps into Seminole Nation dispute
Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb is playing the diplomat of sorts by
calling a meeting with two tribal leaders who claim to control the
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma....
Okla. tribe says land is Indian Country
The Apache Tribe of Oklahoma wants a federal judge to declare a parcel
of land as Indian Country....
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Tribal leaders debate trust reform bill
Tribal leaders expressed concern on Wednesday about a provision in a
trust reform bill that would define who is and who isn't an Indian....
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Clinton bison plan exceptions allow slaughter
Montana state officials have begun killing bison that wander out of
Yellowstone National Park without testing for a deadly cattle disease at
the center of the controversial battle....
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Bush lawyer rises through ranks for judgeship
A top aide to Attorney General John Ashcroft and a figure in an Iraqi loan
scandal during the first Bush administration was nominated to a spot on
the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday....
House panel approves sacred site sale
The House Resources Committee on Wednesday approved a bill to sell a
parcel of federal land to the Mormon Church....
FBI memo on terrorists downplayed
The FBI agent who warned of possible airplane hijackings by followers of
terrorist Osama bin Laden is downplaying his memo as routine....
Senate panel subpoenas White House
The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee voted along party lines on
Wednesday to subpoena information from the White House regarding
potential contacts with bankrupt company Enron....
DOJ seeks dismissal of GAO suit
The Department of Justice on Tuesday filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit
against Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force....
Plea in Navajo death to stick
A New Mexico man has changed his man about withdrawing a guilty plea
for beating a Navajo teenager to death....
Judge opposed by law professors
About 20 law professors were in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to
oppose one of President Bush's judicial picks, Judy Sarasohn of the
Washington Post reports in her "Special Interests" column....
Guilty verdict for church bombing
A jury in Alabama convicted an ex-KKK member guilty on for murdering
four African-American girls in a 1963 church bombing....
Bush coal decision decried
A member of a federal energy advisory panel quit after President Bush
reversed a campaign pledge on the reduction of carbon dioxide
emissions....
Court halts Missouri River orders
A federal appeals court on Tuesday stayed three court orders affecting
the flow of water on the Missouri River....
Mass. group holds pow-wow
The Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness is holding its
annual pow-wow this weekend....
Wash. students want mascot back
Students at a Washington high school staged a walk-out on Wednesday
to get their their "Indians" mascot back....
Panel rejects Native hunting request
The International Whaling Commission rejected a request from the
United States and Russia to extend a five-year quota on Native whale
hunting....
Letter: Where are the Indians?
"I was both excited and dismayed to read about the retreat held last
month by members of the Congressional Black, Hispanic and Asian
Pacific Caucuses....
Ariz. gaming compacts killed
The future of Indian gaming in Arizona will now be decided by state
voters....
Ore. tribal casino endorsed
Voters of the Warm Springs Tribes of Oregon have approved a new
casino by 75 percent....
Editorial: Reform tribal government
The Grand Forks Herald in an editorial today calls on the Turtle Mountain
Ojibwe Tribe of North Dakota to reform its constitution in order to resolve
a "messy" situation....
Idaho tribal initiative questioned
Some candidates for attorney general in Idaho oppose expansion of
gaming by states....
Wayne Smith given the boot
Wayne Smith, the top aide to Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb, has
been asked to resign today or face being fired, The Washington Post
reports....
Alaska wellness conference underway
The Tanana Chiefs Conference is holding a three-day meeting to focus on
wellness issues affecting 41 Native villages in the interior region of
Alaska....
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Audit: No one in charge of Indian trust data
The Department of Interior's information technology systems could be
plunged into chaos again based on the findings of a team of federal
computer security experts....
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Supreme Court considers 'deception' of trust
The Navajo Nation has urged the Supreme Court to reject the Bush
administration's challenge to a $600 million royalty ruling....
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Report stresses importance of health insurance
Tens of thousands of Native Americans who lack health insurance face
additional risks from life-threatening diseases, according to a
comprehensive federally-supported study released on Tuesday....
Tribes enter Missouri River fray
Two tribes in South Dakota have joined a multi-state battle over the
levels of water in the Missouri River....
White House faces Senate subpoena
A Senate panel today will vote on a subpoena to compel the White House
to turn over information related to its contacts with the bankrupt
company Enron....
DOJ to sue over Fla. election
The Department of Justice will sue the state of Florida for alleged voting
rights violations that occurred during the 2000 presidential election....
Inquiry into terrorist attacks sought
Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) on Tuesday said he would
introduce legislation to create an independent panel to review the
September 11 terrorist attacks....
Norton to speak at GOP convention
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton will be a featured guest at the Montana
Republican Party Platform Convention next month....
Babbitt legal fees awarded
A federal appeals court on Tuesday declined to reimburse former
secretary of interior Bruce Babbitt for all of the legal fees incurred as a
result of an investigation into a controversial tribal casino proposal....
Tribal complex gets final nod
Plans for a new office complex for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
of Connecticut have gained final approval....
Researchers find jade mines
Scientists have discovered in Guatemala a huge source of jade used by
the Olmec and Mayan civilizations of Meso-America....
Narragansett casino push supported
A legislative panel in Rhode Island approved a bill to put the
Narragansett Tribe's proposed casino on the November ballot....
Groups appeal to stop Makah whale hunt
Animal-rights activists are appealing a federal judge's decision not to
halt the whale hunt of the Makah Nation of Washington....
Island returned to tribe
A paper company held a ceremony on Tuesday to return a sacred island
to the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine....
Alaska subsistence session dropped
The Alaska Legislature called an end to its work on Tuesday, leaving
public talks on subsistence by the wayside....
Editorial: Sacagewea's lost heritage
Kidnapped and sold at a young age, married into an abusive relationship soon
after and dead at age 25, Sacagawea is getting paid back with a golden dollar
coin that no one seems to want, The Daily Oklahoman laments in an editorial
today....
Sacred site up for historic list
The Department of Interior has determined that Mount Graham in Arizona
is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places....
Kansas finds no graves in wetlands
The state of Kansas is moving forward on an highway project after
finding no remains of Native Americans at a wetlands near Haskell Indian
Nations University....
Neb. group lends helping hand
A grassroots group based on the Winnebago Reservation in Nebraska
held a ceremony on Tuesday to start work on a healing garden....
Anti-Pequot author loses primary
Democrats in a Connecticut city on Tuesday rejected a challenge to their
delegate from author and Congressional hopeful Jeff Benedict....
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Sacred site coalition takes fight to The Hill
Tribal leaders and Native activists seeking to protect hundreds of sacred
sites are taking their concerns to Congress, where they have found a
receptive voice among Indian Country advocates....
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Top trust reform official comes under fire
It was easy to see why it took Special Trustee Tom Slonaker a few days
to respond to a memo asking him to cooperate with the Department of
Interior's ongoing court battle over the Indian trust....
Choctaw Nation gets IHS contract
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma has been awarded a unique contract
from the Indian Health Service....
Report clears ways for dredging
Two federal agencies on Monday issued a revised biological opinion on a
project to dredge the Columbia River to make way for bigger ships....
Decision on tiny tribe fought
A woman who claims to be the leader of a 3-member California tribe is
challenging a Bureau of Indain Affairs ruling....
Charges come on illegal gambling
Five people in Oklahoma have been charged with illegal gambling at a
casino purported to be on tribal land....
Ariz. gaming bill up for vote again
Arizona's gaming tribes have waited for weeks as lawmakers debate
gaming compacts they signed with Gov....
Bill clears tribes for stadium
The Arizona Legislature on Monday cleared the way for tribes to host a
$350 million Arizona Cardinal football stadium....
Native man one of three killed
A 27-year-old Native man was one of three employees killed at an
Arizona fast food restaurant on Sunday night....
School's rice research protested
Native American activists and their supporters on Monday protested rice
research taking place at the University of Minnesota....
Narragansett Tribe eyes change in law
The Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island still wants to repeal a provision in
federal affecting its chances of gaming....
Maine tribes to hand over documents
Two Maine tribes are going to hand over internal documents to paper
companies this week after marching 33 miles to protest the order which
requires them to do so....
Md. schools reject mascot request
A school district has rejected a request to drop two Indian-themed
mascots....
BIA drops privatization push
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has dropped plans to privatize the
worst-performing Indian schools....
Editorial: Kill 'stupid' Indian mascot
The Denver Post in an editorial today calls on a Colorado school to get rid
of its "Fightin' Reds" mascot....
BIA web site back down
Victory was fleeting for fans of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' web site.
After it was restored last week, it is now "Temporarily Unavailable."
No one knows for sure when it will be up, a Department of Interior
spokesperson told The Denver Post....
Winnebago Tribe wants property back
The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska is going to federal court next month to
prevent further action by the state of Kansas in a dispute over taxes....
In The Hoop: Entrance Polls
Congratulations are due to Native America Calling host and proud father
Harlan McKosato for being recently inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa
chapter of his alma mater, the University of Oklahoma....
Development threatens Maya caves
Hotels and resorts on the Yucatan Peninsula of southern Mexico are
pumping raw sewage into underground caves that contain Mayan
artifacts, according to those who have explored them....
Yellow Bird: Living with diabetes
"Diabetes on reservations is so common that if you lived there, you
would be more likely to become diabetic than you would be to catch the
flu during flu season....
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Charges fly in trust reform dispute
A federal judge and attorneys for Secretary of Interior Gale Norton
traded barbs last week over the Bush administration's efforts to fix the
historically mismanaged Indian trust system....
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The Week in Review
dispute over leadership of Seminole Nation dies
down, trust reform monitor defends work amid
attack, and courts weight powers of tribes against
states....
Okla. tribe seeks trust land
The Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma is seeking 250 acres of trust
land for a $100 million casino project....
Alaska starts subsistence session
The Alaska Legislature began a special session on subsistence this past
Friday but it may soon end....
Record turnout for rejection of casino
Residents of a Maine town turned out overwhelmingly on Saturday to
reject a proposed casino gaming....
Support shown for Seneca casino
The Seneca Nation of New York received a warm welcome from the city
of Buffalo, whose council is rescinding a resolution that endorse a
non-tribal casino....
Teacher criticizes Navajo Nation
A teacher on the Navajo Reservation and a candidate for president say
the tribe isn't doing enough to support the education of its children....
Lakota man gets Green Party nod
The Green Party of Minnesota has endorsed Oglala Lakota tribal member
Ed McGaa for U.S....
Cheney wants terror memo held bac
Vice President Dick Cheney is rejecting requests to allow Congress to
view a private and highly sensitive intelligence briefing which warned of
airplane hijackings by terrorists....
Court won't halt Makah whale hunt
A federal judge in Washington on Friday refused to halt the Makah
Nation's whale hunt until a lawsuit filed by animal-rights activists can be
heard....
Klamath celebration criticized
Klamath tribal chairman Allen Foreman criticized a celebration of
non-Indian farmers in the Klamath Basin....
Tribal members question museum deal
Lingering questions over a California tribe's multi-million dollar
partnership with a museum have delayed approval of the deal, The Los
Angeles Times reports today....
Tribes consider ways to market fish
With farm-fed fish encroaching on their market, Pacific Northwest tribes
are seeking ways to expand sales of wild salmon....
Tribal fish project questioned
An independent review board has recommended against funding a
salmon restoration project of the Colville Tribes and a Washington
irrigation district....
Activists tackle corporate policies
Activists and tribes have taken aim at corporate policies towards Native
Americans for years....
Protest held against mascot
A group called Coloradans Against Ethnic Stereotyping in Colorado protested
the "Fighting Reds" mascot of a local high school Sunday....
Navajo students write book
Navajo students in New Mexico have written a bilingual book on the Long
Walk....
Enter In the Loop contest
Al Kamen of The Washington Post is holding an "In the Loop" contest that
should interest Indianz.Com readers because they are known to love
free gifts....
Norton challenges court monitor
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton's defense team filed last Thursday its
response to the most recent report by court monitor Joseph S....
Action due on Navajo trust case
The Supreme Court will decide next week whether to accept its second
Indian trust case of the term and potentially limit the extent of the
government's responsibilities to tribes....
John Potter: Cutting back
"Something's gotta give, in order for me to spend more time at the easel.
And since the Bush administration won't let me clone myself, one of the
things that will have to give is this farce of a column....
Reservation nunnery closing
The Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity are closing their ministry on
the Tohono O'odham Reservation in Arizona....
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