Wednesday, September 25, 2002
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Okla. tribes banking on Hogen stance
Phil Hogen goes before the Senate today for his confirmation hearing as
chief regulator of the $12.7 billion Indian gaming industry....
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Recession hits poverty and income levels
American Indians and Alaska Natives suffer from the highest poverty
rates in the nation, the Census Bureau reported on Tuesday....
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Norton 'incapable' of reform, say trust experts
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton will never be able to fix the broken Indian
trust fund, two former government officials who left their posts amid
high-level pressure told Congress on Tuesday....
Editorial: Tribes need nursing homes
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader in an editorial today throws its support
behind a bill to use federal funds for reservation nursing homes....
Sacred site land sale bill 'dead'
A bill to sell a federal site to the Mormon Church is stalled in the Senate....
Minn. school urged on telescope project
The University of Minnesota regents plan to vote on the school's
participation in a controversial telescope project located on sacred land in
Arizona....
Book examines treaty negotiations
A book by a Smithsonian curator describes how federal bureaucrats were
able to negotiate treaties with tribal leaders during the late 1800s....
Neb. tribe in tobacco tax dispute
The state of Nebraska claims the Omaha Tribe owes in $300,000 in
tobacco-related taxes....
Native corp rejects land appeal
An Alaska Native corporation won't allow the Sitka Tribe to choose new
lands because the request came too late....
Apache tribe plans forest burns
The White Mountain Apache Tribe plans proscribed and pile burns on its
Arizona reservation....
Tribe seizes 300 pounds of drugs daily
Tribal police on the Tohono O'odham Nation in Arizona will seize more than
100,000 pounds of illicit drugs this year, about 300 pounds a day, The
Washington Times reports....
Whiteclay protesters fined for drinking
A Nebraska state judge fined five activists $100 for drinking beer in public
as a protest against liquor sales to Native Americans....
Wash. tribes share casino profits
A unique provision in gaming compacts in Washington state allows tribes
to share in the casino wealth....
The recognition beat goes on...
Federal recognition must be the most important Indian policy issue, the
way politicians and the media in Connecticut see it....
Neb. gaming supporters go to court
Supporters of expanded gaming in Nebraska filed a federal lawsuit on
Monday to get their voter initiative back on the November ballot....
Ariz. water rights bill introduced
A massive water rights bill settling outstanding tribal claims in Arizona has
been introduced in the Senate....
Navajo ticket called 'big business'
Navajo Nation voters are questioning the presidential ticket of Joe Shirley
and Frank Dayish....
Salmon dying in Klamath River
Thousands of otherwise healthy salmon have been reported dying in the
Klamath River Basin in California-Oregon....
House panel to hear Indian bills
The House Resources Committee will hear testimony on three Indian
policy bills....
Seminole council to meet on ousting Haney
The general council of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma will meet
tomorrow to move forward with plans to suspend Jerry Haney as the
tribe's principal chief....
Roundup: The Indian Enron and other editorials
The Indian Enron: "If the theft of billions of dollars from some of the
nation's poorest citizens isn't enough to galvanize American taxpayers
into action, guarding their own pocketbooks should be....
Griles met with former industry clients
Deputy Interior Secretary Steven Griles continued to meet with former
clients from the mining industry despite signing recusals barring his
involvement, The Washington Post reports today....
Editorial: Strip Norton of trust
"The recent decision to hold Department of Interior Secretary Gale Norton
in contempt of court for failing to solve her department's mismanagement
of Indian trust funds does not go far enough....
DOI claims a partial accounting
The Department of Interior wants to mail what it claims are historical
accountings to Indian beneficiaries....
Non-Indians don't like tribal rules
A non-enforceable moratorium on new construction has non-Indian
residents on the Tulalip Reservation in Washington worried....
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