Tuesday, July 2, 2002
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Attack on Indian trust fund monitor decried
The Department of Interior is coming under fire for accusing a court
investigator who has uncovered Indian trust fund mismanagement of
bias....
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In The Hoop: Independence
Indianz.Com is declaring its independence from vague warnings of
unsubstantiated terrorist chatter and is going on vacation this July 4
weekend!
The holiday will extend to July 9, so those readers needing their daily
Indian news fix will have to hold tight....
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Bush cutting cleanup funds for Okla. site
The Bush administration is cutting cleanup funds for one of the worst
toxic waste sites in the nation, according to a document made public on
Monday, an action affecting members of an Oklahoma tribe....
Wis. tribe welcomes return of fish
Efforts to restore the sturgeon to the Great Lakes has helped revive a
tradition of the Menominee Nation of Wisconsin....
Judge strikes federal death penalty law
A federal judge in New York on Monday ruled the federal death penalty
unconstitutional....
'We didn't come to use the bathroom'
A group of African-American farmers took over a Department of
Agriculture office in Tennessee on Monday to protest inaction over
delayed loan applications....
Neb. group promises gaming battle
An anti-casino group in Nebraska plans to fight a proposed ballot
initiative to expand gaming....
Nipmuc public comment period extended
The public has until October 1 to comment on the federal recognition
petitions of two Nipmuc tribes in Massachusetts....
Conn. paper identifies source of dissent
The New London Day of Connecticut discloses that the writer of a letter
published in today's paper is the leader of an anti-Indian and anti-treaty
rights group....
Editorial: Solutions needed on burial site
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader in an editorial today criticizes the state of
South Dakota and the U.S....
Yellow Bird: I learned more too
"Even though I have lived in many parts of this country, I believed that
the northern Plains was the "real" Indian country after all, North Dakota
is my home....
Okla. tribe elects leaders
Voters of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma elected council
members on Saturday....
Goshute nuclear hearings continue
The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board on Monday held the first of three
final hearings into a proposed nuclear waste facility on the Skull Valley
Goshute Reservation....
Ex-Peru spymaster gets nine years
Peru's disgraced former intelligence minister, Vladimiro Montesinos, was
sentenced to more than nine years in prison and fined $2.8 million on
Monday....
Alaska salmon returns best in years
Subsistence and sport fishermen are enjoying the best run of Western
Alaska king and chum salmon in years....
FBI investigating tribal officer death
The FBI continues to investigate the death of a tribal police officer on the
Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana....
Group to study Sioux battle sites
A non-profit group plans to document 12 sites where Sioux warriors
battled Army forces after the historic 1876 Battle at Little Bighorn....
EPA criticized for Superfund cuts
Congressional and environmental critics on Monday accused the Bush
administration of lying about its commitment to cleanup toxic waste
sites across the nation....
Threat of fire closes part of Mesa Verde
Parts of Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado are closed due to threat of
fire....
White woman remains free for fire
White Mountain Apache tribal members in Arizona are questioning why a
white woman implicated in one of the largest fires in state history
remains free....
Okla. casino game settlement faces delay
National Indian Gaming Commission Chairman Montie Deer asked a
federal judge on Monday to delay court-ordered settlement talks over a
controversial casino game....
Historical accounting plan missing in action
Another deadline for one of Secretary of Interior Gale Norton's promises
has come and gone....
In Today's Federal Register
Proposed Indian Offenses Court
The Bureau of Indian Affairs seeks public comment on a final rule to
create a Courts of Indian Offenses for the Santa Fe Indian School in New
Mexico....
Oneida Nation claim could be limited
Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday threatened to have Congress
resolve the Oneida Nation land claim if the sides can't agree on a
settlement....
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