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Norton resisting court presence on trust reform
Attorneys for Secretary of Interior Gale Norton on Thursday said the Bush
administration won't support additional judicial oversight of trust reform
unless their demands are met....
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Paper clips and lip service for trust records
A court official hurled another salvo against the Department of Interior
on Thursday as part of a particularly acrimonious investigation that has
lasted more than a year....
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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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State escalates fight against Winnebago Tribe
The state of Kansas on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for officials of
the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, escalating a fight over a inter-tribal
commerce gas deal....
Mohegan Tribe seeks water for hotel
The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut is willing to spend $7 million on a
regional water project to ensure its new hotel gets needed water....
Okla. tribe brings slots to Kansas
The Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma is moving forward with plans to open
a casino in Kansas against objections from the state....
Veto on Navajo school overridden
The Navajo Nation Council on Thursday voted to restore $2 million in
funds to the Navajo Preparatory School....
Tribal treasurer faces removal
The Otoe-Missouria Tribe has asked treasurer Linda Francis to respond to
allegations of misuse of funds....
Pequot lawsuit bill resisted
Representative Frank Wolf (R-Va.), an anti-casino advocate and federal recognition
critic, is opposing an effort to pay three Connecticut towns for their failed
lawsuit....
Pequot critic claims intimidation
Democrat Congressional hopeful Jeff Benedict is claiming he is being
muscled out of a chance to represent voters in Connecticut....
ANWR amendment delayed in Senate
Senate Republicans will introduce their proposal to allow drilling in the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge next Tuesday....
Letter: Justice for non-Indians too
"A good friend (non-Indian) has been trying for over three years to get
visitation with his son who was taken to the reservation by his (part)
Native American mother....
Elk being transferred to tribe
The US Fish and Wildlife Service has begun moving elk from the Hanford
Reach National Monument to the Spokane Reservation in Washington....
Senate moves to continue COPS program
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday passed a bill to reauthorize
the Community Oriented Police Services (COPS) program....
U.S. boycotts war crimes court
The International Criminal Court was officially created on Thursday by
the United Nations....
Subsistence fishery approved
A subsistence halibut fishery used for thousands of years in Alaska has
been approved by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council....
School moves to remove Indian mascot
The Indian mascot of the Issaquah High School in Washington is under
debate....
Indian Day rejected in N.M.
A request to add an Indian Cultural Day as a school holiday was rejected
by a New Mexico school district....
Couple claims marriage by Native man
The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday annulled the
marriage of a 15-year-old girl to a 48-year-old man....
Protest held over enrollment vote
A regional Bureau of Indian Affairs official in Montana on Thursday
admitted he didn't properly inform Chippewa-Cree Nation tribal members
of a vote on tribal enrollment....
Suit filed on kitty litter mine
A Chicago company on Thursday filed a lawsuit in federal court to try and
force approval of a kitty litter plant in Nevada....
State wants in on tribal commerce
The state of Kansas continues to assert jurisdiction over an inter-tribal
commerce deal....
Jurisdiction at issue on Pueblo land
Native Americans will commit crimes in Indian Country because they
know they can get away with them, a chief of police in New Mexico told
The New York Times....
Paper clarifies comment on treaties
The Washington Post today issued a clarification on a commentary which
said tribes received "reparations" for lost land....
Killing of Navajo woman detailed
The trial of a New Mexico man accused of murdering a Navajo mother
continued on Thursday with graphic descriptions of her death....
Maine tribes agreed to state oversight
Two Maine tribes have dropped their objection to state control of water
quality on and near their reservations....
FBI author of Pine Ridge list promoted
The FBI official who authored a report which explained away the deaths
of dozens of American Indians during the 1970s has been promoted....
Report blasts trust records progress
Special master Alan Balaran on Thursday released a report criticizing the
Department of Interior's records management policies....
Norton defends use of pro-ANWR video
A Democrat opponent of drilling in the House accused Secretary of
Interior Gale Norton on Thursday of breaking the law....
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Norton treads uncharted waters over remains
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton might be forced into deciding who owns
a set of 10,000-year-old human remains an independent review panel
said should go to a Nevada tribe....
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Responses filed to court monitor request
The Department of Interior and the Cobell plaintiffs today filed their
responses to a proposed extension of court monitor Joseph S....
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ANWR estimates go up thanks to Hussein
The White House on Wednesday made an urgent pitch to open up the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, saying Saddam Hussein of Iraq
was moving to cut off his supply of oil to the U.S....
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Pequot drug court ready for use
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut has established its
own drug court....
Tribute to Mohawk ironworkers set
The National Museum of the American Indian in New York City this month
will hold a special tribute to honor the Mohawk men who helped build the
now fallen World Trade Center complex....
Andersen reported close to guilty plea
Arthur Andersen is near entering a guilty plea for destroying documents
related to the fall of Enron, The New York Times reports today....
Ridge makes first briefing
Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge on Wednesday held his first
Congressional briefing....
Campaign finance survives House test
The House on Wednesday rejected a Republican-led attempt to scuttle
reforms brought about the campaign finance reform bill....
Bush pushes for cloning ban
President Bush on Wednesday called on the Senate to ban all types of
human cloning....
Wyo. gaming goes to mediator
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered mediation between the state of
Wyoming and the Northern Arapaho Tribe....
R.I. study could have wide impact
As part of a casino study approved in Rhode Island, local laws will be
examined....
Bill to send Ariz. stadium back
The Arizona House on Wednesday approved a bill affecting a proposed
$350 million Arizona Cardinals football stadium....
Superfund cuts and costs blasted
A Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee on Wednesday
held an oversight hearing on the Superfund program....
DOE limited its consultation
The Department of Energy on Wednesday released 950 pages of
documents related to President Bush's national energy task force....
Mont. gets hold of coal tracts
Representatives of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe were on hand
Wednesday for the official transfer of coal tracts to the state of Montana.
A member of the tribal council and a tribal elder expressed hope that
that development of the highly lucrative Otter Coal Tracts would benefit
the local community and be done in a culturally sensitive way....
Flap over addition of Indian day
A proposal to replace Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday and Columbus Day
with holidays for Veterans Day and Indian Cultural Day is raising flak in
New Mexico....
Film to document Sand Creek Massacre
Colorado filmmaker Don Vasicek is planning a documentary of the Sand
Creek Massacre....
Commentary: Cuts hurt Native community
"The recent P-I article about the imminent loss of two Native American
outreach workers at DSHS was right on target, except where it
perpetuated the invisibility of Native people who live in the margins of
our urban areas....
Kitty litter liked by some at DOI
The Chicago company hoping to start a kitty litter plant on land next to a
Nevada reservation might get a chuckle knowing that some people at the
Department of Interior support the product....
Navajo takeover of IHS tabled
The Navajo Nation Council on Tuesday tabled a proposal to take over
health contracting from the Indian Health Service....
Witnesses testify in Navajo murder trial
Testimony in the trial of a New Mexico man charged with murdering a
Navajo mother continued on Wednesday....
Yucca Mountain water shut off
The state of Nevada on Wednesday shut
off water to the Yucca Mountain nuclear
waste project....
Bill to compensate for loss of land
The House Resources Committee next week will hold a hearing on a bill
to compensate three Oklahoma for the loss of land on the Arkansas
River....
Fight expected over gas taxes
The courts may end up deciding whether the Winnebago Tribe of
Nebraska owes gas taxes for distributing oil to fellow tribes....
ANWR debate about procedures
Senate Republicans on Wednesday tried to force debate on drilling in the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge....
Crash threat cited to Goshute facility
The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board is considering whether jet
crashes might be a threat to a nuclear waste facility on the Skull Valley
Goshute Reservation in Utah....
Cop demoted for dishonorable conduct
A non-Native police offer in Ontario, Canada, was demoted on
Wednesday for distributing a picture of an injured Aboriginal man on the
Internet....
Man fights Pequot tribal court
A non-Indian man is asking a federal court to award him $158,000 for
what he claims was a lost jackpot at the casino owned by the
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut....
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No one to punish for destroyed e-mails
Attorneys for the federal government admit the Department of Interior
destroyed evidence and information related to the Indian trust but have
told a federal judge the Bush administration cannot be held accountable....
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'Culture' of student drinking targeted
Calling college alcohol use a "culture of drinking," a national task force on
Tuesday recommended wide-sweeping changes aimed at reducing
student deaths, rapes and other consequences associated with the
campus phenomenon....
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In The Hoop: Norton's Folly
If you believe Secretary of Interior Gale Norton, the Clinton
administration is to blame for everything that is wrong with Indian trust.
TAAMS....
Ore. challenging trust status
The state of Oregon on Tuesday filed suit against the Department of
Interior over the status of reservation lands for the Confederated Coos,
Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Tribes....
R.I. casino study approved
The Narragansett Tribe's casino bid was delayed on Tuesday when the
Rhode Island House approved a study of gaming in the state....
Tribal critic fighting to stay in race
Federal recognition and casino critic Jeff Benedict says he won't drop out
of the running for Connecticut's 2nd Congressional District....
Attorney who defended Mohawks indicted
A New York attorney who once defended the Mohawk Warriors was
indicted on Tuesday for allegedly helping pass terrorist messages among
Islamic fundamentalists....
Students pay tribute to veterans
Students from Santa Fe Indian School in New Mexico helped pay tribute
to the survivors of the Bataan Death March on Tuesday....
Votes said short against Yucca
Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle
(D-S.D.) on Tuesday said more than 30
Democrats are prepared to sustain the
state of Nevada's veto of the Yucca
Mountain nuclear waste site....
Letter: Let Indians drink beer
"Years ago, the Indians were not allowed to buy or use alcohol, but they
said it was unfair, so the legislature said, OK, they could drink....
Editorial: Support tribal courts
In an editorial today, The Norwich Bulletin says tribes in Connecticut
have a right to set up their own court systems and resolve disputes
which occur on the reservation....
Opinion: Tribe's plan not sound
In a guest column in The Seattle Times, two members of a group called
Citizens for Safety and Environment dispute traffic statistics cited for an
outdoor amphitheater the Muckleshoot Tribe hopes to build....
Changes to voting system questioned
Blaine County in Montana on Tuesday night held the second in a series of
meetings to reconsider its voting system....
Mexican tribe defends fishery
Faced with a dwindling fishery, the tiny Seri Tribe of Mexico has taken to
the waters to defend its natural resources....
Coal tracts to be transferred
The Department of Interior will transfer a set of coal tracts to the state of
Montana today....
Drought threatening tribal fish
The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada is pushing for more water for
the endangered cui-ui fish....
Burns says caribou impact 'nil'
Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will have little impact on the
Porcupine caribou herd, according to Sen....
Tribes oppose Black Hills rail
Six Sioux tribes in South Dakota are challenging recent approval of a $1.5
billion rail expansion through the Black Hills....
Tribe's heritage in doubt
A dispute over heritage has the tiny Buena Vista Me-Wuk Tribe of
California lacking of leadership and tribal members....
Evidence ties man to Navajo death
Testimony in the murder trial of a New Mexico accused of murdering a
Navajo mother continued on Tuesday....
Audit finds credit card abuse
An internal audit has found abuse of Department of Interior credit cards....
SIPI breaks ground on tech center
The Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute is building a
64,000-square-foot, $12 million science and technology on its New
Mexico campus....
Winnebago Tribe's gas trucks seized
The state of Kansas on Tuesday seized two gas delivery trucks owned by
the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska....
Aleut fisherman honored for rescue work
Dwain Foster, an Aleut fisherman from Sand Point, has been recognized
by the Alaska Legislature for helping rescue numerous people over the
years....
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ANWR update shows impact of Native drilling
Reversing findings made by
government scientists a week earlier,
the Department of Interior has
concluded that drilling in a limited
part of the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge will not greatly affect a
caribou herd at the center of the
controversial debate....
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In The Hoop: The Arctic Remix
Did you hear the one about a prominent tribal leader who wasn't
recognized by one of his own constituents?
At a benefit for the Phoenix Indian Center last month, said leader
approached a helpful-looking woman to find out where his table was
located....
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Cheney promotes Venetie foe for judgeship
Nearly a year after President Bush made his first nominations to the
federal bench, only three of his initial picks have received a hearing in
the Senate, Vice President Dick Cheney said on Monday....
Nevada vetoes Yucca Mountain
Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn (R) on Monday
announced his veto of President Bush's
decision to store up to 77,000 tons of
nuclear waste at the Yucca Mountain site
outside of Las Vegas....
N.Y. wants Trump lawsuit dismissed
The state of New York has asked the state Supreme Court to dismiss a
lawsuit brought by Donald Trump and anti-casino groups....
Ariz. gaming debated at hearing
A large turnout was reported at a hearing held on Monday by the Arizona
Legislature to address gaming....
Cancer screenings doubted
A growing set of research is fueling the debate over cancer screenings,
casting doubt on the claim that early testing will lead to better
treatment....
Lummi Nation trying again
The Lummi Nation of Washington is opening a new $20 million casino
today....
DOJ holding back documents
Ignoring a federal judge's order, the Department of Justice is refusing to
release documents related to a terrorism investigation....
Idaho tribe to use gas tax
The Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho will continue collecting a
25-cent-per-gallon gas tax and use it for transportation projects on
reservation, city, county and possibly state roads....
Editorial: Native voters need access
In an editorial today, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader raises doubts about a
voting rights lawsuit filed on behalf of members of the Yankton Sioux
Tribe of South Dakota....
State wants Crow elk ruling
A Montana couple has asked the State Supreme Court to dismiss their
appeal of an order that prevented the transfer of some elk to the Crow
Tribe....
Conn. water project supported
The Mohegan Tribe's offer to pay $7 million for a regional Connecticut
water project is gaining support....
Mont. not fulfilling Indian goal
The state of Montana still hasn't fulfilled its constitutional promise to
teach about Indian cultures, educators and officials said on Monday....
Need for more police cited
Testimony in a case challenging how Alaska Native communities are
served by the justice system in Alaska continued on Monday....
BIA employee to plead guilty for deaths
Federal prosecutors in New Mexico on Monday said they have reached an
agreement with a Bureau of Indian Affairs employee charged with
murder....
Testimony starts in Navajo murder case
Opening arguments and testimony in the murder trial of a New Mexico
accused of murdering a Navajo mother began on Monday....
Tribe wants old Army site cleaned up
United Shawnee Principal Chief Jim Oyler is raising doubts about a bill
aimed at cleaning up a decommissioned Army plant, Bond Buyer reports
today....
Veteran musher killed in accident
Veteran musher Fred Jordan was killed Saturday in a snowmachine
accident....
Winnebago Tribe combats diabetes
The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska has taken a traditional approach to
combating type 2 diabetes, a disease in epidemic stages in Indian
Country....
ANWR amendment may be offered
Depending on who you ask, Republicans in the Senate are going to offer
an amendment to an energy bill allowing drilling in the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge or they are going to abandon the issue....
Opinion: Killings sometimes justified
"Sometimes, though, we treat the deliberate killing of civilians with
reverence, or at least feel a special moral pride in our refusal to condemn
it....
Sentence in air for Enron auditor
A federal judge on Tuesday warned ex-Arthur Andersen partner David
Duncan he could face prison time for pleading guilty to obstruction of
justice related to the destruction of documents for Enron....
No agreement on Wyo. gaming
The Northern Arapaho Tribe and the state of Wyoming have failed to
come to an agreement on a Class III gaming compact....
Goshute waste plan criticized
The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board on Monday night held the first in a
series of Utah field hearings on a plan to store nuclear waste on the Skull
Valley Goshute Reservation....
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Dropping performance blamed on weak leadership
Performance rates at the Department of Interior fell 8 percent during the
first year of the Bush administration, a drop attributed to a lack of
leadership....
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The Week in Review
Federal goverment fined on trust fund as lawsuit
heats up, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge report
dismissed by Bush administration, high smoking
among Native youth documented, and Indian
gaming debated....
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Natives top violent crime list again
American Indians and Alaska Natives
experienced the worst rate of violent
crime in the nation in 2000, according
to a Department of Justice study
released on Sunday....
Ariz. gaming bills face debate
The Arizona Legislature will hold a hearing on three bills affecting gaming
in the state....
Mont. county to discuss new districts
Blaine County in Montana will hold a series of public hearings to redraw
voting districts after a federal judge found the existing system
discriminates against Native Americans....
Treaty referendum criticized
First Nations in British Columbia are challenging a voter referendum on
treaty rights....
Pueblo blamed for failed deal
A former New Mexico state lawmaker is being sued by Santa Ana Pueblo
for a failed investment in an overseas business deal....
Mohegan Tribe fires Andersen
The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut on Friday said it fired Arthur Andersen
as its auditor....
Navajos seek greater water rights
The Navajo Nation is missing out on millions of dollars because the tribe
hasn't asserted its water rights, according to a tribal hydrologist....
School cleared in racism probe
An investigation into a civil rights complaint filed by an Alaska Native
student against the University of Alaska at Anchorage has turned up no
wrongdoing at the school....
Goshute waste plant up for discussion
The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will begin holding technical and
public hearings on a proposed nuclear waste storage facility on the Skull
Goshute Reservation in Utah....
Session set on subsistence
A special session of the Alaska Legislature will begin May 15 to address
subsistence....
Reservation hog farm dealt setback
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled that a hog farm company
doesn't have the right to run a facility on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation.
Sun Prairie filed suit against the Bureau of Indian Affairs after acting
Assistant Secretary James McDivitt voided a lease between the company
and the tribe....
Native history in Alaska complex
The Alaska Anthropological Association recently held its annual meeting,
featuring more than 100 reports about Alaska Native history....
Theater group takes on education
The No Borders Indigenous Theater Company performed at the
Montana-Wyoming Indian Education Association conference on Sunday....
Conference tackles Native health
The third annual Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council health
conference began in Billings, Montana, on Sunday....
Haskell to host Heart Walk
Haskell Indian Nations University will host the American Heart
Association Heart Walk on April 20....
Arts and crafts fraud cited
A Connecticut man who claims to be the rightful leader of the Mohegan
Tribe says he has been ripped off by a group of artists selling Indian
crafts....
Kitty litter fight looms
A battle over a proposed kitty litter operation in Nevada is shaping up as
a key test of an 1872 mining law....
Ex-Andersen auditor to plead guilty
David Duncan, the former Arthur Andersen partner who was the lead
accountant for Enron, will plead guilty today to one federal charge of
obstruction of justice for destroying documents related to the burnt
energy company....
Judicial nominees get stacked
The Senate Judiciary Committee is delaying hearings on nominees
Democrats on the panel consider too conservative for the federal bench....
ANWR findings reversed
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton's political aides pushed for a
re-evaluation of a report which said drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge would hurt a caribou herd considered sacred by an Alaskan tribe....
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