Inhofe accuses Cherokee chief of shenanigans (November 1, 2004)

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) is asking the Senate Indian Affairs Committee to investigate allegations that Cherokee Nation Chief Chad Smith is improperly using tribal and federal funds to campaign for Rep. Brad Carson (D-Oklahoma). Inhofe said Smith has inserted pro-Carson...

A Day at the Races: Election 2004 (November 1, 2004)

PRESIDENTIAL RACE • Washington Post Analysis • New York Times Guide • Indianz.Com Census Data Campaign Sites: George Bush | John Kerry A Day at the Races: South Dakota | California | Oklahoma | Alaska | Washington | Nebraska...

A Day at the Races: Colorado (November 1, 2004)

Retiring Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell. Photo © Indianz.Com A DAY AT THE RACES South Dakota Heated Senate race targets Native voters. California Governor makes issue of tribal gaming. Again. Oklahoma Cherokee tribal member eyes open Senate seat. Alaska Two...

A Day at the Races: Montana (November 1, 2004)

The Zortman-Landusky gold mine complex on the southern border of the Fort Belknap Reservation. Photo © Assiniboine and Gros Ventre tribes A DAY AT THE RACES South Dakota Heated Senate race targets Native voters. California Governor makes issue of...

A Day at the Races: Nebraska (November 1, 2004)

The Ohiya Casino in Nebraska. Photo © Santee Sioux Tribe A DAY AT THE RACES South Dakota Heated Senate race targets Native voters. California Governor makes issue of tribal gaming. Again. Oklahoma Cherokee tribal member eyes open Senate seat....

A Day at the Races: Washington (November 1, 2004)

A DAY AT THE RACES South Dakota Heated Senate race targets Native voters. California Governor makes issue of tribal gaming. Again. Oklahoma Cherokee tribal member eyes open Senate seat. Alaska Two strong candidates bank on Native vote. Washington Washington...

A Day at the Races: Alaska (November 1, 2004)

Democrat Tony Knowles (top) and Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Photos © AP A DAY AT THE RACES South Dakota Heated Senate race targets Native voters. California Governor makes issue of tribal gaming. Again. Oklahoma Cherokee tribal member eyes open...

A Day at the Races: Oklahoma (November 1, 2004)

Republican Tom Coburn (l) and Rep. Brad Carson. Photos © AP A DAY AT THE RACES South Dakota Heated Senate race targets Native voters. California Governor makes issue of tribal gaming. Again. Oklahoma Cherokee tribal member eyes open Senate...

A Day at the Races: California (November 1, 2004)

Agua Caliente Chairman Richard Milanovich. Photo © Indianz.Com A DAY AT THE RACES South Dakota Heated Senate race targets Native voters. California Governor makes issue of tribal gaming. Again. Oklahoma Cherokee tribal member eyes open Senate seat. Alaska Two...

A Day at the Races: South Dakota (November 1, 2004)

Democrat Sen. Tom Daschle (top) and Republican John Thune. Photos © AP A DAY AT THE RACES South Dakota Heated Senate race targets Native voters. California Governor makes issue of tribal gaming. Again. Oklahoma Cherokee tribal member eyes open...

Vote: Your life depends on it (November 1, 2004)

Ed. Note: The following is a commentary by Anthony R. Pico, chairman of the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians from California. Vote, like your life depended on it: Because it does. The President appoints and the U.S. Senate confirms the...

Letter: Domenici out of touch with Indian Country (November 1, 2004)

Ed. Note: The following is a response to Sen. Pete Domenici (R-New Mexico), who has criticized Navajo Nation leaders for supporting Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry. Senator Domenici: Who is really out of touch with reality? Let us help...

Supreme Court asked to rule on Goshute waste dump (November 1, 2004)

The state of Utah is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to enter the battle over nuclear waste on the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation. In August, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned state laws meant to block deliveries of waste...

Senator seeks delay to tribe's bison range contract (November 1, 2004)

Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Montana) has asked the Interior Department to delay an agreement allowing the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to have some management duties at the National Bison Range in Montana. Burns says more time is needed to discuss...

NCAI wins tribal voter ID lawsuit in Minnesota (November 1, 2004)

Minnesota Indians who live off the reservation will be able to vote on Tuesday using their tribal identification cards thanks to a ruling issued on Friday. U.S. District Judge James Rosenbaum issued a temporary restraining order against the state. He...

Navajo vote seen as key in New Mexico, Arizona (November 1, 2004)

Boasting the largest membership in the country, the Navajo Nation has been targeted by Democrats and Republicans this election season. Navajos make up sizable parts of the population in New Mexico and Arizona, two battleground states. Tribal leaders have endorsed...

South Dakota Lakotas upset over Thune mailer (November 1, 2004)

Residents of the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Sioux reservations are upset over a campaign mailer from Republican John Thune that appears to equate supporters of Sen. Tom Daschle (D) to dogs. ''The dogs are lining up to vote for Tom...

Native vote targeted in unprecedented effort (November 1, 2004)

A nationwide campaign to increase the Native vote has tribes, Democrats and Republicans hoping to make history, and victory, on November 2. Tribes throughout the country are running their own get-out-the-vote efforts. They are signing up voters, taking them to...

Native leader's hate crimes trial delayed again (November 1, 2004)

A Native leader's hate crimes trial over remarks supporting Hitler and the Holocaust has been delayed for the second time this year. David Ahenakew, former chief of the Assembly of First Nations and former head of the Federation of Saskatchewan...

Audit finds misspending by Metis drug program (November 1, 2004)

A government audit into the Métis Addictions Council of Saskatchewan has found nearly $600,000 in improper spending. The report says the Department of Health allowed the drug treatment program to spend government funds with little to no oversight. About 7...

Pine Ridge judge bars state GOP from reservation (November 1, 2004)

A judge on the Pine Ridge Reservation has barred the South Dakota Republican Party from watching Tuesday's election but the U.S. Attorney says the tribe lacks jurisdiction over the matter. The state GOP was accused of videotaping workers for Four...

Washington tribes work to increase voter turnout (November 1, 2004)

Washington tribes and tribal members are hoping to make history on November 2 with a large turnout of Native voters. Craig Bill, the director of the state Democratic Party's Native American Vote campaign and member of the Swinomish Tribe, said...

Indian Eddie: Kerry is Indian Country's best choice (November 1, 2004)

"One big reason we're hearing so much campaign rhetoric concerning American Indians this year is because swing-state New Mexico has a large number of eligible American Indian voters. But regardless of who's showed up here more often, blowing smoke about...

Opinion: Alaska Natives too dependent on system (November 1, 2004)

"In the midst of my own reflection, I realized that much of what is wrong with tribal governments and Native corporations is that they have provided too many opportunities for us to become dependent. This isn't so much a financial...

Turtle Mountain Chippewa election in dispute (November 1, 2004)

The chairman of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in North Dakota has suspended the tribe's election scheduled for tomorrow but the election board says it will go forward. A dispute has arisen over a candidate who was convicted of...

BIA could rule on out-of-state land acquisition (November 1, 2004)

The Bureau of Indian Affairs could issue a preliminary decision on an Oklahoma tribe's out-of-stand land acquisition, The Washington Post reports. The Delaware Nation filed an application to have 480 acres in Maryland placed in trust. The tribe would then...

Campbell corruption probe flies under the radar (November 1, 2004)

A probe into alleged corruption in the office of Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colorado) shows little signs of activity, The Denver Post reports. Campbell announced that the Justice Department was investigating allegations of a kickback and improper lobbying. But the...

Alaska opinion backs away from tribal courts (November 1, 2004)

Tribal leaders in Alaska are upset over a new attorney general opinion that directs state social workers to assume jurisdiction over child welfare cases. Attorney general Gregg Renkes said the state has a "duty" to enforce state law over Native...

Mark Trahant: So what happens after the election? (November 1, 2004)

"It's late Tuesday. The polls are closed, votes are counted and your candidate is the president-elect. Now what? The next president has won the prize of dealing with hard decisions that wait to be moved off the "let's do it...

Editorial: Gaming campaign tried to slur Natives (November 1, 2004)

"At least one Eastern Washington newspaper has been asked to run a group of political cartoons in support of Initiative 892 that use offensive stereotypes to depict Indians. Most tribes oppose the measure. The cartoons were done by artist Larry...

Yellow Bird: A story for Halloween night (November 1, 2004)

"OK, nephew. Here is a simple test. If you don't believe the dead come back, go the graveyard. There is a new grave in the cemetery where the old ones, the ancients, are buried. "Go on Halloween night. The white...

Former Tulalip housing official admits embezzlement (November 1, 2004)

The former housing director for the Tulalip Tribes of Washington pleaded guilty on Friday to embezzling $23,500. Dale M. Jones "double dipped" into tribal housing accounts, federal authorities said. He admitted taking stipends for meetings and travel while being paid...

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