Thursday, May 22, 2003
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Lamberth criticizes interference with trust fund case
The federal judge overseeing the Indian trust fund sent a strong message to Congress and the Bush administration on Wednesday, warning against efforts to "undermine" the landmark case....
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Tribal leaders protest increase in OST resources
Tribal leaders on Wednesday criticized the Bush administration's plans to "grow, not shrink" a Department of Interior office headed by Ross Swimmer, the presidential appointee in charge of overseeing trust reform....
Tohono O'odham candidates have something to offer
Members of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona will go to the polls on Saturday to choose a chairman and vice-chairman....
Replacements suggested for resigning Whitman
With Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christie Whitman resigning at the end of June, some names are surfacing as her replacement....
House exempts Defense from environmental laws
The House voted Wednesday to exempt the Department of Defense from two major environmental laws while the Senate approved a more restricted version....
S.C. panel approves tribal recognition bill
A bill that elevates Indian affairs in the state of South Carolina is advancing in the State Legislature....
Man would be first Indian on federal death row
A Navajo man convicted of two murders would become the first American Indian on federal death row since the federal death penalty was reinstated in 1994, The Gallup Independent reports....
Diabetes center near Navajo Reservation closing
A diabetes prevention center in Gallup, New Mexico, has been shut down, former Navajo Nation Vice President Dr....
Lakota Fund awarded economic development grant
The Lakota Fund has received an economic development grant from Hewlett-Packard....
School district's Indian coordinator retiring
After 23 years of service at the Native American Education Department of an Arizona school district, Anna Chana is retiring this summer....
Ecuador's Indians affected by oil drilling
A delegation of representatives from Ecuador's tribes is in the United States to talk about the effects of drilling in the Amazon....
Okla. governor to declare Jim Thorpe Day
Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry (D) will declare May 22 "Jim Thorpe Day."
Thorpe, a member of the Sac and Fox Nation, is considered one of the greatest athletes in American history....
Tohono O'odham Nation to build new clinic
The Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona will build a $10 million outpatient clinic with tribal gaming revenues....
Bush attacks European ban on bio-tech crops
In a commencement speech at the US Coast Guard Academy, President Bush on Wednesday blamed continued hunger in Africa on Europe's ban on genetically modified crops....
Maori tribe to press government on oil royalties
A New Zealand tribal leader called the federal government a "resource thief" for refusing to consider compensating Maori tribes for oil and gas royalties a treaty commission said they were wrongly denied....
BIA central office employee swamped by workload
The Bureau of Indian Affairs only has one employee handling property transactions for the entire United States, according to the employee charged with the task....
Meskwaki voters asked to choose new leaders
Members of the Meskwaki Tribe of Iowa are being asked to go to the polls to choose a new slate of leaders....
Conn. jury orders Pequot tribe to pay $6.8M
A state jury in Connecticut ordered the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation's hotel company to pay $6.8 million to three former employees....
Minn. county appeals reservation diminishment case
A Minnesota county voted to appeal a suit that contends the Mille Lacs Ojibwe Reservation has been diminished by 61,000 acres....
Opinion: Minn. governor needs Indian law class
"Earlier this month, the governor of Minnesota tried to make up for thoughtless comments from his natural resources commissioner about tribal hunting and fishing traditions....
Editorial: States need authority on reservations
Congress should act to enforce state and local authority over Indian Country, The Sacramento Bee says in an editorial....
Interior ordered to pay special master fees
US District Judge Royce Lamberth on Wednesday denied the Bush administration's attempt to limit reimbursement to two court investigators who have been critical of the Department of Interior's trust reform efforts....
Four S.D. tribes receive $17.4M in housing grants
Four South Dakota tribes have received $17.4 million in housing grants to improve housing on their reservations....
Senate committee approves Pueblo land transfer bill
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today passed US Senator Pete Domenici’s bill to transfer the control of nearly 4,500 acres of remote surplus federal property to the San Ildefonso and Santa Clara pueblos in northern New Mexico....
Daschle testimony on Indian affairs reorganization
The following is the statement of Tom Daschle at the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Hearing on the Reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of the Special Trustee....
Tribal attorney appointed to SBA Indian post
Thelma Stiffarm, a member of the Gros Ventre Tribe of Montana, was recently appointed assistant administrator of the U.S....
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