Friday, February 22, 2002
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Norton leaves unanswered questions on contempt
US District Judge Royce Lamberth is set to decide in the coming weeks
whether to hold Secretary of Interior Gale Norton and Assistant
Secretary Neal McCaleb in contempt for their handling of the Individual
Indian Money (IIM) trust....
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BIA: Grazing payments still held up
The Bureau of Indian Affairs confirmed on Thursday that National
Congress of American Indians President Tex Hall and other members of
the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation haven't received their grazing
checks even though the computer system that processes the funds has
been up and running for nearly a month....
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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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Judge sets in for long haul on trust fund
The federal judge presiding over the trust fund class action heard closing
arguments in Secretary of Interior Gale Norton's contempt trial on
Thursday, expressing frustration that the long-running debacle may
never end....
Editorial: No fuss on jurisdiction
In an editorial today, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader says a recent
controversy over law enforcement on the Cheyenne River Sioux
Reservation is "nothing to get worked up about."
The paper says the dispute was based on a "misunderstanding." The
tribe was trying to clarify how it works with state and not federal entities,
the editorial points out....
Pequot Tribe hires old friend
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut will be paying
$11,000 a month for the services of a lobbyist who helped negotiate a
gaming compact with the state....
No lemons for Miss. Choctaw
The Mississippi Band of Choctaws have become the first tribe in the
country to own a new car dealership....
Battles continue on Neb. gaming
Nebraska state lawmakers on Thursday continued to debate whether to
allow expanding gaming....
Pueblo opposing redistricting
Santo Domingo Pueblo in New Mexico is accusing the local school board
of moving to create districts that dilute the tribe's voting power....
Editorial: Stop urban casino
In an editorial published in today's edition of The Minneapolis Star
Tribune, nine tribal leaders say they oppose a plan to create an urban
casino and share the proceeds with two impoverished tribes....
Native expert testifies in abuse case
A clinical psychologist who works on the Wind River Reservation in
Wyoming testified in a sexual abuse trial of a Montana man....
Minn. tribe highlights sovereignty
Leech Lake Ojibwe Chairman Eli Hunt gave his annual State of the Band
address on Wednesday....
Tigua closure could help others
Gamblers looking for a place to drop their change have already started
finding alternatives to the now-closed casino owned by the Tigua Tribe of
Texas....
Editorial: Allow Indian gaming
In an editorial today, The Lincoln Journal Star says tribes in Nebraska
have the right to decide whether to allow gaming on their reservations....
Future of tribal building doubted
A building located on a burial ground of the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut
faces an uncertain future more than two years after an agreement was
signed to address development....
Haskell conference seeks Bush
Haskell Indian Nations University is hosting a conference on Indian
gaming in April and has asked President Bush to attend....
Navajo president goes to Washington
Navajo Nation President Kelsey Begaye and Navajo Housing Authority
director Chester Carl recently met with the White House's liaison to
Indian Country to discuss housing issues....
Navajo homeless might get aid from tribe
A resolution making its way through the Navajo Nation tribal council
would approve $105,000 to help with homeless tribal members in
Farmington, New Mexico....
Paper blasts Navajo Nation
The Farmington Daily-Times slams the Navajo Nation today for failing to
give Navajo Code Talker David Tsosie his Congressional silver medal....
Wisconsin Oneida file land claims
Making good on an earlier threat, the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin filed 20
lawsuits on land in the tribe's ancestral home of New York....
Tongans happy with Ethnic Village
Although several Native vendors and artisans have complained they are
losing money at the Ethnic Village at the Winter 2002 Olympics in Salt
Lake City, one community is rather happy....
Klamath Tribes blast fish report
Researchers for the Klamath Tribes of Oregon released this week a
response to a recent National Academy of Sciences report which called
into measures taken to uphold the tribes' treaty rights....
Kitty litter mine advancing
A kitty litter mine the Hungry Valley Indian Colony characterizes as its
biggest threat is inching towards final approval in Nevada....
Minn. schools oppose mascots
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities board unanimously voted
on Thursday to pass a resolution condemning the use of ethnic or
offensive logos, names, mascots and nicknames....
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