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Indian trust standards before Supreme Court
The federal government cannot be sued by tribes for alleged breaches of
trust unless Congress adopts clear standards, the Supreme Court has
been told....
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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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Federal judge shoots down treaty challenge
A federal judge dealt a blow to several animal-rights groups on Thursday,
dismissing their challenge to the treaty rights of a Washington tribe....
Neb. tribal gaming measure defeated
Nebraska lawmakers on Thursday killed a proposal to allow tribes to open
casinos....
More Colombian violence feared
Some Colombians are predicting more blood will be shed in the country's
forty-year civil war....
New England towns fear Indian casinos
An organization representing 35 rural towns in' Connecticut and
Massachusetts is officially gone on record in opposition to casinos....
N.Y. presses labor issue on tribe
New York Governor George Pataki (R) might finalize a gaming compact with the
Seneca Nation as early as Monday, a source told The Albany Times-Union....
Iowa eyes a share of tribal profits
Tribes that operate casinos in Iowa might be asked to share sharing their
profits with the state....
Editorial: Tribes were a 'better choice'
The Lincoln Journal Star in an editorial today criticizes Nebraska
lawmakers for killing a proposal to allow tribal gaming....
BLM won't cap own oil wells
The Bureau of Land Management is refusing to cap leaking oil wells drilled
by the federal government....
Navajos treated for tick disease
Relapsing fever, a tick-borne disease, has been reported in the Four
Corners area of the Navajo Nation....
Grant awarded for Okla. Indian exhibit
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a $250,000
grant to the Oklahoma Historical Society for an exhibit on Oklahoma's
American Indians....
Famous grizzly bear killed in Alaska
Biologists in Alaska shot and killed Grizzly 001 on Wednesday because
they said the 15-year-old bear was posing a threat to humans....
Sand Creek deal not approved by tribes
A deal to preserve a key part of the Sand Creek massacre site in Colorado
hasn't been approved by the Oklahoma tribes who are supposed to
receive the land....
City to apologize to Native activist
A California city will apologize, thirty years late, to an American Indian
activist whose totem pole was chopped down in 1973....
Navajo teen walking across America
Sherelle Lynne Walker, a member of the Navajo Nation, is midway through
her walk across America....
Wife of slain ex-cop unable to talk
The wife of an Alaska Native man killed last weekend is still not well
enough to talk to police about the devastating incident....
Tribal member in charge of police force
Richard Saunders is getting a test run as police chief of the Tohono
O'odham Nation of Arizona....
Dig opposed by Lakota activists delayed
The National Park Service has delayed a fossil dig in the Badlands National
Park of South Dakota....
Accusers of Oneida official won't testify
Two Oneida Nation women who accused a tribal official of assault failed to
show up and testify at a hearing on Thursday....
Pequot museum considered asset in region
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut was given approval
to make improvements to its museum....
Girl, 3, found after night with dingo
A three-year-old girl is safe and sound after going missing on the Colville
Reservation in Washington....
Makah tribe 'pleased' with whale ruling
Makah Nation chairman Gordon Smith is "very pleased" with a ruling
throwing out a challenge to the Washington tribe's whale hunt, the
Associated Press reports today....
NNN: Peabody Coal pollutes streams
"Tons" of coal slurry has been spilled in Arizona streams by Peabody Coal,
the company that operates mines on the Hopi and Navajo reservations,
National Native News reports....
Full trust fund report online
A complete and more readable version of a Department of Interior report
on the Indian trust fund is available to download....
Calif. tribe to negotiate for casino
The Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians of California can finally start
negotiating a casino deal with the state....
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The Seminole Nation's hanging chad
A dispute over the leadership of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma appears
to get muddier as time goes on....
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Australian Aborigines lose native rights case
Australia's highest court on Thursday denied an Aboriginal tribe's claim to
natural resources on thousands of acres of land in the western part of the
country....
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In The Hoop: Spammed
Thanks to an eagle-eyed staff member of the House, Indianz.Com
discovered that several pages are missing from our electronic version of
the Department of Interior's recent report "Allegations Concerning
Conduct of Department of the Interior Employees Involved in Various
Aspects of the Cobell Litigation."
Not only is our copy missing page 73, it also does not contain a set of
recommendations Inspector General Earl E....
Wash. tribe negotiates gaming agreement
The Confederated Colville Tribes have negotiated a casino agreement with
the state of Washington....
Top DOI computer official to retire
The Department of Interior's former chief information officer is retiring,
Federal Computer Week reports....
Explosion kills 14 in Colombia
A leftist group was blamed for an explosive attack on Colombia's capital
as the country's new president, who has promised to crack down on
violent rebels, was being sworn in....
EPA to allow states more control
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing regulations to allow
states more flexibility in cleaning up polluted waters....
Neb. tribal gaming vote delayed
The Nebraska Legislature's General Affairs Committee on Wednesday
delayed a vote on a proposal to allow up to nine tribal casinos....
Navajo medicine man charged with rape
A Navajo medicine man from New Mexico was arrested and charged with a
rape that allegedly occurred two years ago....
State-tribal water pipeline discussed
Navajo Nation representatives and New Mexico lawmakers met on
Tuesday to discuss water rights and a proposal to build a water pipeline....
Tribes urged to settle water disputes
A Department of Interior official is urging tribes to settle their outstanding
water claims....
Mohegan Tribe considers enrollment
The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut is considering whether or not to close
the tribal rolls....
Editorial: BIA is just too political
Decisions made at the Bureau of Indian Affairs during the Clinton and Bush
administrations are influenced by politics and casino money, The New
London Day says in an editorial today....
Halt to land-into-trust decisions sought
Connecticut's Congressional delegation is being asked to halt all pending
land-into-trust decisions at the Bureau of Indian Affairs....
Calif. bill addresses tribal taxation
The California Legislature is considering a bill to eliminate what tribes say
is a "double tax" on the sale of goods on reservations....
Tribe in Argentina seeks autonomy
Up until 1994, the Mapuche Tribe of Argentina was barely recognized by
the federal government....
Candidates file for Native-heavy district
Five Democratic candidates filed papers this week for a 90 percent Native
district in a Montana county....
Editorial: Toxic fish a problem for all
Everyone in the Pacific Northwest should be concerned about a federal
study that shows fish in the Columbia River are contaminated, The Seattle
Post-Intelligencer says in an editorial....
Alaska Native whaling faces threat
Japan's negotiator in international whaling talks on Wednesday indicated
his country would block Alaska Native subsistence whaling....
Inouye: Native Hawaiian bill won't pass
A bill to recognize a Native Hawaiian government probably won't pass the
Senate this year, Sen Dan Inouye (D-Hawaii) said....
Campbell isn't running, yet, that is
The only tribal member in the Senate is "leaving heavily" towards running
for re-election, The Denver Rocky Mountain News reports today....
N.J. tribe hosts hoop dance competition
The Powhatan Renape Nation of New Jersey hosts the Eastern North
American Hoop Dance Championship this weekend....
Trust fund monitor has secret document
A court investigator in the Indian trust fund case has obtained a document
he says may support allegations surrounding the recent ouster of a top
Department of Interior official....
Yavapai Nation stresses education, culture
The Yavapai Nation of Arizona is putting a major focus on the education
and culture of its tribal members....
Lakota activists fight Badlands dig
Oglala Lakota activists in South Dakota are protesting a planned
archaeological dig in the Badlands where tribal ancestors gathered after
the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890....
Cobell speaks at race relations forum
The lead plaintiff in the Indian trust fund lawsuit spoke at the Montana
Conference on Race Relation on Wednesday....
Trust fund meeting set in N.D.
The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation of North Dakota is hosting an
update meeting with Elouise Cobell, lead plaintiff in the Indian trust fund
lawsuit, tomorrow....
Alaska tribe uses money for health clinic
An Alaska Native tribal organization will use a federal grant to reopen a
struggling community health clinic....
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Probe raises more questions than answers
Senior Department of Interior officials and their attorneys are so divided
by petty disputes and personal concerns that they "cannot see or think
clearly" when they manage millions of dollars in Indian trust funds, an
internal report released this week concluded....
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How to Mismanage Indian Trust Assets Without Really Trying
After a bitter confirmation battle that saw her receive more negative
votes than any of her predecessors, Gale Norton was unceremoniously
sworn in as Secretary of Interior on January 31, 2001....
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Termination policy still affects Utah tribes
A non-recognized Shoshone tribe cannot intervene in a lawsuit seeking to
determine property interests in a Utah reservation, a federal appeals
court ruled late last month....
Final Sand Creek land sale delayed
A "glitch" has delayed the closing of a land sale considered vital to the
protection of the Sand Creek Massacre site in Colorado, The Denver Post
reports today....
Bush makes controversial farm appointment
President Bush installed a controversial nominee at the Agriculture
Department on Monday, bypassing objections of Democrats who were
leaning towards rejecting the appointee....
Neb. panel to consider tribal gaming
The General Affairs Committee of the Nebraska Legislature will consider a
proposal to allow up to nine tribal casinos in the state....
R.I. holding gaming study hearings
A special commission approved by Rhode Island lawmakers held the
second in a series of hearings on Tuesday night regarding gaming in the
state....
Minn. tribe plans forest fund
The Red Lake Nation of Minnesota is using a $53 settlement to restore a
once-thriving forest whittled down from 60,000 to 10,000 acres....
N.D. tribal officials indicted
A federal jury has indicted three top officials of the Turtle Mountain Ojibwe
Tribe of North Dakota....
Ute leader pleads guilty to alcohol charge
The chairman of the Southern Ute Tribe of Colorado faces sentencing next
week for driving under the influence of alcohol....
Citing budget, Haskell trims enrollment
Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas has accepted fewer students
for the upcoming year in hopes of trimming enrollment....
Wash. tribe confronts land-use problems
Tulalip tribal leaders have instituted a moratorium on all for-profit
residential developments on their Washington reservation although legal
questions remain on its effect on land owned by non-Indians....
Trump on Pequots: 'Nobody will get anything'
Casino mogul Donald Trump is promising litigation if he can't open a casino
in Connecticut....
FBI investigates Mont. beating death
A woman who was beaten on Blackfeet Reservation in Montana died on
Sunday, leaving two orphaned children
Glenda Phyliss Dog Taking Gun died after spending several days in the
hospital....
Obituary: Leonard Atole, Jicarilla leader
Leonard Atole, who spent 24 years in top positions for the Jicarilla Apache
Nation of New Mexico, died on Monday....
Native corp plans gas field expansion
An Alaska Native regional corporation and its partners want to expand
natural gas production in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge....
Police release few details about shooting
Police in Anchorage are providing few details about the circumstances of
the shooting death of an Alaska Native executive....
Pueblo tribes take in $100M on slots
New Mexico Pueblos took in $100.5 million in slot machine revenues
during the second quarter of 2002....
'Sacrilege' of Indian sites for a game
A new sport activity, based on an Internet web site, is drawing criticism
from Arizona officials in charge of protecting historic and ancient Indian
sites....
Kiowa tribal member indicted for fraud
A member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma was indicted Tuesday for
allegedly taking $12,000 in money in tribal-related schemes....
Lumbee woman loses N.C. beauty crown
A member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina was stripped of her Miss
North Carolina title....
DOI releases long-awaited trust fund probe
The Department of Interior this week made public an internal report which
concludes its handling of Indian trust fund has been a "not so humorous
comedy of errors."
Inspector General Earl E....
Babbitt didn't lie but was 'inaccurate'
Former Secretary of Interior and former Arizona governor Bruce Babbitt
refused to be interviewed for an internal report into the handling of the
Indian trust fund....
Native students experience college
A group of Native students from all over the country just spend six weeks
at the University of Colorado at Boulder participating in a pre-college
Upward Bound program....
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Sioux tribal members file voting rights suit
Four members of the Sioux Nation filed suit against South Dakota on
Monday, charging the state with massive violations of Native voting
rights....
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Eagle feather ruling leaves open questions
A federal appeals court on Monday raised significant doubts about laws
meant to protect bald and golden eagles but came no closer to resolving a
thorny religious and cultural dispute it first addressed a year ago....
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Indian economic summit has lofty goals
There's something for everyone at a major economic development
gathering being put together by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Assistant
Secretary Neal McCaleb said on Monday....
Cherokee housing program gets $50M
The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and federal officials announced a $50
million home loan program for tribal members....
High N.Y. tax affects cigarette sales
Indian and tribal businesses might be benefiting from New York City's
cigarette tax, the highest in the nation....
Wash. public hearing set on toxic waste
The Department of Energy is holding a public hearing in Washington
tomorrow about largest nuclear waste cleanup project in the country....
Lawmakers don't understand recognition
Lawmakers are confused by the federal recognition process, according to
Representative Rob Simmons (R-Conn.), who himself was baffled about the recent
acknowledgment of the historic Eastern Pequot Tribe....
Ariz. 'kachina' statue up for sale
An Arizona couple is asking for $850,000 for a large, garish kachina statue
some say is offensive to the Hopi Tribe....
Wash. man held for reservation death
A man was killed this weekend on the Tulalip Reservation in Washington....
DOJ can't keep adequate records
The Department of Justice's top investigator released a series of reports
on Monday affirming woeful records-keeping practices....
Yellow Bird: The road less traveled
"In some of the small, family-owned North Dakota and Minnesota
restaurants and cafes, you can find excellent food and friendly people....
Yakama Nation wants salmon protections
The Yakama Nation of Washington wants the federal government to install
fish-passage facilities at a dam under construction....
Mont. tribes get offer from Native corp
An Alaska Native regional corporation wants to help the Fort Peck Tribes of
Montana with a water pipeline project....
White fire-starter apologizes in person
A white woman who started a fire on the Fort Apache Reservation in
Arizona has apologized to local residents in person....
N.M. tribes face water rights questions
Tribal water rights account for 60 percent of the allocation in the San Juan
Basin of New Mexico....
Tribal member kicks off Senate campaign
Oglala Lakota tribal member Ed McGaa officially kicked off his U.S....
Wife of slain ex-cop still recovering
The wife of an Alaska Native corporate executive who was killed in his
home is recovering after a second round of surgery....
Cancer hits Alaskas Natives hard
Alaska Natives have a 30 percent higher risk of dying from all cancers than
whites, according to two recent reports....
N.D. tribal member missing as family worries
A teenage member of the Turtle Mountain Ojibwe Tribe of North Dakota
has been missing for more than three weeks....
Indians treated the same 'since the 1800s'
The state of South Dakota has always ignored Native Americans,
according to a plaintiff in a voting rights lawsuit filed on Monday....
Forum on Wyandotte lawsuit planned
A Kansas county is holding an informational forum about a land claim
lawsuit filed by the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma....
First Nations Chief lashes out
A traditional First Nations chief is accusing his political opponents in
British Columbia of currying to the white man....
Neb. tribal gaming measure sees support
Lawmakers in Nebraska are being urged to vote for a constitutional
amendment to allow up to nine tribally-operated casinos....
Ariz. stadium still only a dream for tribe
The Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation submitted a proposal to host a $350
million Arizona Cardinals football stadium but its chances of success are
slim....
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Probe into Indian trust fund ouster expands
A leading Senator is calling for an investigation into the ouster of the
Department of Interior's top Indian trust official, a probe that threatens to
expose White House political involvement in litigation affecting billions of
dollars in government mismanagement....
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Bush appoints interim director of IHS
President Bush last week promoted a regional Indian Health Service
official tribes in Oklahoma claim is part of an unresolved problem over lack
of accountability and financial irresponsibility....
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The Week in Review
Top Indian trust official leaves Bush administration, California tribal gaming rights reinforced, Congress goes on break after busy session, and Pope John Paul II takes on indigenous rights....
Senate panel debates Shoshone payout bill
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee on Friday held a long-delayed
hearing on a bill to distribute $138 million to members of the Western
Shoshone Nation of Nevada....
Mesa Verde set to reopen after fire
A fire at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado was 80 percent contained
as of Sunday....
Membership disputes tear tribes apart
Obtaining recognition from the federal government is one of the hardest
tasks these days but getting it from one's own tribe might be even
tougher....
Native corp exec, ex-cop shot in home
The first Alaska Native to become head of the Alaska State Troopers was
shot dead early Saturday during what was described as a
domestic-related dispute....
Neb. pow-wow an emotional affair
The 50th annual Lincoln Indian Club Pow-wow was held this past weekend
in Lincoln, Nebraska....
States turn to gaming to solve budget woes
With their budgets seeing major deficits, states across the country have
looked to gaming to bring in needed revenue....
Indian leader loses presidential bid
After 24 hours of colorful debate punctuated with speeches in Native
languages and feasts on coca leaves, Bolivia's Congress picked a new
president on Sunday....
Mont. tribes hold ceremony for remains
The White Clay Society on the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana held a
reburial ceremony for seven tribal ancestors taken from their graves in
1914....
Alaska residents question pipeline push
Some residents in Alaska want the Department of Interior to release more
information about its plans to renew leases for the trans-Alaska oil
pipeline corridor....
Mexico's President invites tribal leaders
Several Arizona tribal leaders and Indian advocates have been invited to
take part in talks with Mexican President Vicente Fox....
Kevin Gover: Anti-Indian or anti-casino
"The opponents of the Eastern Pequot tribe have chosen the wrong ground
for their battle and in so doing have compromised their credibility and
endangered their ultimate objective....
Editorial: Begay not retaliating for spat
The Navajo Nation's top lawmaker is doing the right thing by denying
funds to an election board that disqualified him from the tribe's
presidential ballot, The Farmington Daily-Times says in an editorial today....
Thompson makes promise to Alaska on health
Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson was in Alaska
this past weekend to announce $15 million in health care grants....
Tribal police know community and dogs
Compared to other Nevada communities, the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony
has a heavy police force presence....
Caddo women take over tribal affairs
LaRue Martin Parker was elected chairwoman of the Caddo Tribe of
Oklahoma in 1999, starting a trend of an all-woman government....
N.D. won't allow tribal casino boat
The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation can't open a casino boat without
changes in state law, according to North Dakota Attorney General Wayne
Stenehjem....
Editorial: What Norton doesn't want to hear
Tom Slonaker was ousted from the Department of Interior because he told
Secretary Gale Norton "things she didn't want to hear," The Denver Post
says in an editorial....
In Today's Federal Register
The Bureau of Indian Affairs today publishes notice of an amendment to a
Class III gaming compact between the state of Montana and the Northern
Cheyenne Tribe....
Study compares casino addiction rates
A new study in Connecticut takes a look at gambling problems in casinos....
Events mark Nez Perce War of 1877
The Nez Perce War of 1877 is being commemorated with a number of
events this weekend....
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