Wednesday, March 19, 2003

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In 1888, 45 Lumbee ancestors asked the United States government for federal recognition....

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A day after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two tribal trust cases last December, a panel of Indian law practitioners and legal scholars got together to discuss what they thought of the affair....

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Four Pacific Northwest tribes seeking to rebury a tribal ancestor filed their opening brief in the ongoing battle over Kennewick Man last week, accusing a federal judge of overstepping his boundaries by allowing scientists to study the 9,000-year-old remains....

Homes near the Tar Creek Superfund site in northeastern Oklahoma are contaminated with unsafe levels of lead, according to research from the University of Oklahoma....

Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle (D) vetoed a second bill on Tuesday that seeks to limit his ability to negotiate new tribal casino compacts....

Niagara Falls Mayor Irene Elia and two city officials were recently thrown out of the Seneca Nation's new casino because Elia acted "like she owned the place," The Niagara Falls Reporter said....

A federal judge in California has issued a preliminary injunction against Secretary of Interior Gale Norton that limits her management of the Colorado River....

Two Navajo Nation panels voted against two water-related agreements on Monday....

The tribally-owned gas station on the Elko Indian Colony in Nevada can't keep up with the demand for its lower-priced gasoline....

President Bush's fiscal year 2004 budget request cuts $172 million in education impact aid....

The Page Unified School District in Arizona is being asked to study whether "reconfiguration" of its two elementary schools might help improve the education of Navajo students....

The Four Winds American Indian Magnet School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, will return to its original mission of promoting Indian culture and education under a new proposal....

The Department of Justice is asking tobacco companies to pay $289 billion for allegedly conspiring to mislead the American public about the ill effects of smoking....

The Fort Belknap Tribes of Montana support a bill to dedicate more money to clean up two abandoned mines....

Less than half of the Yellowstone National Park bison that have been slaughtered in recent weeks tested positive for a deadly disease, The Billings Gazette reports....

A judge in Alaska won't force a rape victim to testify in the trial of a man charged with raping and killing an Alaska Native woman....

A disgruntled tobacco farmer who blames the collapse of his farm on federal policies ended his stand-off with District of Columbia police today....

The Senate is scheduled to vote on a budget resolution that would authorize drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge....

A federal judge in South Dakota has scheduled a hearing to address a tribal request to halt construction of a shooting range on sacred land....

The Seminole Tribe of Florida has finally gotten rid of famed chief Jim Billie....

Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colorado) is interested in heading the US Olympic Committee, Al Kamen of The Washington Post reports....

Environmentalists opposed to the expansion of a nuclear plant near the Prairie Island Indian Community say the tribe's new deal with the facility will make their fight more difficult....
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