Friday, May 16, 2003
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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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Senate bill called vital to Native language survival
A bill to expand the education of Native languages drew so much support at a Senate hearing on Thursday that just about everyone asked to be a part of it....
O'odham tribal court to hear election lawsuit
A Tohono O'odham Nation court will hear a suit Monday challenging the way Mexican tribal members are registered to vote....
Senator's son helped broker Calif. casino deal
In 2000, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) sponsored legislation to restore the federal status of the Coast Miwok Tribe....
Senate GOP to reconsider rejected judge
Senate Republicans plan to resurrect the nomination of Charles Pickering to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals....
Drug reportedly reduces craving for alcohol
Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center have completed a study that shows a drug used for treating seizures also reduces the craving for alcohol....
Mashantucket Tribe to lay off, transfer employees
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut will lay off 30 employees and transfer 225 more as part of a "right-sizing" of the tribal government operations, The New London Day reports....
Sentencing for Ariz. murder turns emotional
A Navajo man was sentenced to 25 years to life for murdering a Hopi woman in Arizona....
Alaska's Young wants $375B for transportation
Alaska Congressman Don Young (R-Alaska), chairman of the House Transportation Committee, wants to spend $375 billion on highway construction and transportation....
R.I. tribe plans to open tax-free tobacco shop
The Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island plans to open a tax-free tobacco shop, The New London Day reports....
Tohono O'odham Nation forms boxing commission
The Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona will become the sixth tribe in the country to form its own boxing commission....
Wyo. tribes working on reservation development plan
The tribes on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming are continuing work on a 20-year land use-development plan....
Indian student is sole graduate from Mont. school
Katie Baros is graduating with top honors today....
Kan. tribes reach agreement on urban casino
The Kickapoo Tribe and the Sac and Fox Nation of Kansas have finalized an urban casino agreement with two local governments....
Boy expected to recover from lake accident
A 17-month-old boy is expected to recover after being rescued from a submerged car in an accident at the Spirit Lake Nation in North Dakota....
DOI wants Mont. tribe to manage bison range
The Department of Interior held a public hearing on Thursday to discuss handing management of the National Bison Range to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation of Montana....
Ute court upholds authority over non-members
The Southern Ute Tribe of Colorado can exercise civil jurisdiction over non-members, a tribal court ruled this week....
Okla. tribal compacts include gaming rights
Oklahoma tribes are negotiating a "model gaming compact" with the state, according to news reports....
N.Y. lawmakers restore tax on Indian businesses
New York lawmakers overrode Governor George Pataki's vetoes of their budget measures on Thursday, restoring a provision that directs the state to collect taxes on the sale of goods to non-Indians....
State to oppose Mont. tribe's drilling lawsuit
The state of Wyoming is opposing the Northern Cheyenne Tribe's coalbed methane lawsuit....
Delaware ancestor was granted 315 acres in Penn.
In 1685, the historic Delaware (Lenape) tribe lost 1,200 square miles of land in what is now Pennsylvania....
Navajo nepotism hearings delayed by panel
A Navajo Nation council panel delayed hearings into charges of nepotism among the tribe's top leaders....
Zuni Pueblo continues fight against mine
The state of New Mexico has asked a utility company to submit additional information about its plans to build a mine near a sacred lake....
Pine Ridge residents to march on Whiteclay
A march will be held June 7 to protest the unsolved murders of Oglala Lakota men who were found dead near the town of Whiteclay, Nebraska....
Alaska Native village school graduates three
Three students took part in commencement exercises at the Top of the Kuskokwim School in Nikolai, Alaska....
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