Thursday, May 15, 2003
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Senate committee considers Indian gaming needs
The head of the National Indian Gaming Commission on Wednesday laid out a broad agenda aimed at beefing up regulation of the $12 billion and growing tribal casino industry....
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In The Hoop: Indian Gaming Blues
Remember BITAM? Phil Hogen, chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission, certainly does....
Wash. tribe said unaware of risky financial backers
The executive director of the Stillaguamish Tribe of Washington said the tribe was unaware that the backers of a tribal-casino related loan were recently indicted by a federal grand jury....
New federal highway funds bill introduced
The Bush administration is proposing to spend $300 billion on the reauthorization of the federal transportation bill....
Millions at risk under new blood pressure guidelines
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute revised blood pressure guidelines, lowering the level of what is considered "normal" blood pressure....
Minn. project will reach out to Indian families
The American Indian Families Project is a new partnership between the American Indian community and Hennepin County in Minnesota....
N.M. school hosts Navajo family conference
The Dine Family Institute held last Friday and Saturday at the TseBitAi Middle School in Shiprock, New Mexico....
Md. school board bans use of Indian mascots
The Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland has banned the use of Indians in school mascots, logos, team names and chants....
Indian charter school disputes allegations
The Heart of the Earth Center for American Indian Education in Minneapolis disputed allegations that financial records were destroyed....
Summer classes return to Haskell, with changes
Summer classes at Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas have returned with some cutbacks in order to save money....
Conn. tribes called 'country clubs' by excluded
An author says Connecticut's two federally-recognized "country club" tribes are excluding legitimate tribal members....
Shooting on Pine Ridge Reservation investigated
The Bureau of Indian Affairs, the FBI and the Oglala Sioux tribal police are investigating a shooting on the Pine Ridge Reservation that left a man in critical condition....
S.D. lawyers start Indian legal service project
The Young Lawyers Section of the State Bar of South Dakota has received a $700 grant to start an Indian legal services project....
Minn. tribal members accept nuclear waste deal
Members of the Prairie Island Mdewakanton Dakota Tribe of Minnesota voted nearly 2 to 1 in favor of accepting a multi-million dollar deal with a nuclear utility that stores radioactive waste next to the reservation....
Federal judge hears arguments in Wis. gaming suit
A federal judge in Wisconsin heard arguments in a suit challenging the state's new tribal casino compacts....
Inhofe wants $45M for Tar Creek cleanup
Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe (R) said Congress will spend $45 million to clean up the Tar Creek Superfund site....
Pequot tribe meets with foes to discuss casino
The Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut met with leaders of a town that opposes its federal recognition....
Seneca Nation reviving Niagara Falls with casino
Business owners and civic leaders in Niagara Falls, New York, say they are already seeing the benefits of the new Seneca Nation casino....
Tohono O'odham in Mexico ask for election delay
Members of the Tohono O'odham Nation who live in Mexico filed suit in tribal court to delay the tribe's upcoming election....
AFN hosts Native self-determination conference
The Alaska Federation of Natives organized a two-day conference on Native self-determination in Washington, D.C....
N.B. First Nations won't participate in boycott
First Nations fishermen in New Brunswick, Canada, won't continue to boycott the crab fishery....
Pueblo standing in for Navajo rez in Hillerman film
PBS is shooting the next installment of Tony Hillerman's Navajo cop series in New Mexico....
Tim Giago: Abuse suit lawyers are questionable
"Monetary compensation would be a salve, but hardly a cure....
DOJ disapproves of Mohawk land and gaming deal
The Bush administration hasn't agreed to settle the St....
Meskwaki casino stays open during leadership spat
The leadership dispute within the Meskwaki Tribe of Iowa hasn't yet forced the closure of the tribe's casino....
S.D. asks court to hold tribal members in contempt
The state of South Dakota is seeking to stop members of the Yankton Sioux Tribe from protesting at a burial site along the Missouri River....
Okla. governor says tribal compact talks ongoing
Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry (D) says talks with tribes over new compacts are ongoing....
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