Friday, April 25, 2003
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In The Hoop: Order in the Court
The hottest ticket in Washington, D.C., yesterday wasn't some swanky diplomatic affair or a high-powered political retreat....
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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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Appeals court halts work of trust fund master
A federal appeals court on Thursday temporarily suspended a court investigator whose work on the Indian trust fund led to the imposition of contempt sanctions on two Bush administration officials....
Code Talkers monument set for Ariz. capitol
Money is being raised to build a monument to the Navajo Code Talkers who fought in World War II....
Critic: DOJ muzzles whistle-blowers with policy
A critic of the Department of Justice said a policy requiring staff members to clear their contacts with members of Congress is an "an attempt to muzzle whistle-blowers," The New York Times reports....
President Bush gives interview to NBC News
President Bush on Thursday gave his most extensive interview since the war on Iraq and the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime to NBC News....
Tribe could adopt nuke deal without voter support
Despite putting the issue to tribal voters, the Prairie Island Dakota Community of Minnesota could finalize a settlement over nuclear waste without their support....
Wis. tribe turns to technology to find graves
The Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians of Wisconsin is trying to locate the graves of ancestors using a radar machine used in the military to find land mines....
Pueblo signs law enforcement agreement with state
Acoma Pueblo and the state of New Mexico have signed an agreement that allows non-Indians accused of crimes committed at that tribe's casino to be prosecuted in state court....
S.D. shuffles tribal government office
South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds has placed the state's tribal government relations office under a new Department of Tourism and State Development, a move that aides say will clarify its mission....
N.C. college feels Indian mascot is justified
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke doesn't feel it has to justify the use of an Indian head logo and "Braves" mascot....
Wash. high school replaces Indians nickname
Students at West Seattle High School in Washington have chosen a new mascot to replace the "Indians" nickname that was dropped last September....
Neb. school hosts fifth annual pow-wow
The Intertribal Student Council at the University of Nebraska at Omaha will hold the fifth annual Native American Pow Wow on Saturday....
Minn. tribe helps launch small businesses
Through its Native American Business Development Center, the Minnesota Ojibwe Tribe is helping members start small businesses....
Scholars: Santorum's views on gays come from Pope
Catholic scholars and religious conservatives -- and some friends -- weren't surprised when they heard Senator Rick Santorum, the No....
Retirement benefits for Navajo agribusiness cut
The Navajo Nation council voted 60-11 on Thursday to cut the retirement program for employees of the tribe's agribusiness....
Editorial: Feds need to protect sacred sites
The US Army Corps of Engineers needs to work with tribal and state governments to preserve sacred sites and burial grounds along the Missouri River, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader says in an editorial....
Norton asked to pull approval for Goshute waste site
Five members of Utah's Congressional delegation wrote a letter to Secretary of Interior Gale Norton on Tuesday, asking her to rescind approval of a nuclear waste facility on the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation....
DOI e-mail server was temporarily disconnected
The Department of Interior temporarily disconnected an e-mail server from the Internet, Government Computer News reports....
Kieffer taken off trust fund case by court
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals removed special master-monitor Joseph S....
BIA's Martin to appear on Native America Calling
Aurene Martin, the acting assistant secretary for Indian Affairs, will appear on the nationally-broadcast radio show Native America Calling today at 1 p.m....
Editorial: Renaming Squaw Peak was right move
All Americans should applaud Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano (D) for pushing to rename Squaw Peak to Piestewa Peak in honor of Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq, The Albuquerque Tribune says in an editorial....
Navajo Nation council honors Lori Piestewa
The Navajo Nation Council on Monday passed a resolution in honor of Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq....
Piestewa remembered in Ariz. candlelight ceremony
A reported 200 attended a candlelight ceremony in Flagstaff, Arizona, for Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq....
Penn. bill would allow state to recognize tribes
A bill under consideration in the Pennsylvania Legislature would authorize the state to recognize tribes....
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