Friday, March 8, 2002
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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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Rejection of Choctaw compact speaks to policy ahead
The Bush administration on Thursday rejected a controversial casino
agreement that drew high-profile attention, and opposition, from state
officials in Louisiana and members of Congress....
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EDS to push privatization of Indian trust
Indian trust duties currently handled by the Department of Interior face
being parceled out to third party contractors based on recommendations
being made by a consulting firm whose qualifications tribal leaders have
questioned....
Sand Creek site in jeopardy
The Sand Creek Massacre Historic Site in Colorado, quickly approved by
Congress after Sen....
Alberta bands win tax case
Twenty-three First Nation bands in Alberta are exempt from taxes, a
federal court judge in Ottawa ruled on Thursday....
Billie reaches out
Ousted Seminole chief Jim Billie is prepared to ask Secretary of Interior
Gale Norton to put him back in power, his attorney says....
'Indian' fashions hit the runway
John Galliano of Christian Dior debuted on Thursday what the press calls
women's clothing inspired by Choctaw, Chippewa, Eskimo, Iroquois and
South American Indian cultures....
Tribal 'bashing' decried
Idaho lawmakers took three actions on Thursday that tribal leaders
consider an attack on their sovereignty....
BIA officer cleared in death
A New Mexico State Judge on Thursday cleared a Bureau of Indian Affairs
criminal investigator of wrongdoing for the dragging death of a young,
deaf Pueblo woman....
More tribes sue for trust accounting
A parade of lawsuits have been filed against the Department of Interior
alleging mismanagement of trust assets....
Dakota teen moved to youth facility
A 17-year-old member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Nation of South
Dakota has been removed from her basement cell to a juvenile facility....
Klamath panel criticized for report
A National Academy of Sciences panel examining the Klamath Basin
faced heavy criticism on Thursday for a report that questioned the
science behind a controversial decision to deny non-Indian farmers
water....
Abenaki Tribe defends recognition
The St Francis Band of the Abenaki Nation of Vermont is defending its
fight to gain federal recognition amid criticism from state officials....
Mohegan elders the VIPs
Thanks to profits from a financially successful casino, the Mohegan Tribe
of Connecticut has opened a housing complex for tribal elders....
ICT slams 'Big Chief' editorial
The Wall Street Journal has lost "serious respect" for a racist editorial it
wrote about Gov....
Book, exhibit document cultures
Pueblo, Navajo, Hopi and Tohono O'odham cultures are documented in a
new exhibit and book at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa
Fe, New Mexico....
N.M. students face explusion
Students in northern New Mexico who participated in a riot at Española
Valley High School face expulsion and other punishment....
Ceremony for Code Talker set
Navajo Code Talker David Tsosie will finally get his Congressional silver
medal tomorrow at a ceremony in Bloomfield, New Mexico.....
Wampanoag leader remembered
Hundreds of friends, family and others gathered in Massachusetts on
Wednesday to say a final goodbye to Wampanoag leader Russell Peters....
Order on Goshute finances halted
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday halted an order that
required the Skull Valley Goshute Tribe of Utah to disclose spending
related to a proposed nuclear waste dumb....
Pataki restricting tribal contacts
Governor George Pataki (R) has told state agencies and colleges to limit
contact with tribes to those "recognized" by the federal government....
EPA's Whitman criticized for remarks
Democrats and environmentalists on Thursday criticized Environmental
Protection Agency Administrator Christie Whitman for testimony she
made regarding pollution litigation....
Vote delayed on embattled judge
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday delayed by one week a
vote on a controversial nominee to a federal appeals court....
A rally for 'one of us'
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are vowing repercussions for the
firing of U.S....
Maine casino set for rejection
States across the country are looking to gambling to increase revenue
but ever the independent, Gov....
Mohegan Tribe expanding outlook
The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut is looking to expand business
opportunities beyond its casino, reports The New London Day....
Changes eyed at Mescalero casino
Mescalero Apache Nation President Sara Misquez is considering
renovating the New Mexico tribe's casino and inn, reports The
Albuquerque Journal....
Input sought into tribal stadium
Residents in Chandler, Arizona, are seeking input into a proposal football
stadium on the Gila River Reservation....
Wisconsin Oneida claim more land
The Oneida Nation of Wisconsin has filed additional land claims in the
state of New York....
Rejection of Pequot tribes sought
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on Thursday asked the
Department of Interior to overturn the federal recognition bids of two
Pequot tribes in the state....
Sentences for Cheyenne drug bust
A federal judge has sentenced two men for conspiring to bring
methamphetamine to the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana....
Choctaw casino decision big news
Thursday's rejection of a casino compact between the Jena Band of
Choctaws and the state of Louisiana continues to be big news, focusing
on what might happen next....
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