Friday, January 11, 2002
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McCaleb tries to explain state of shutdown
Leaving out some details about his department's handling of the
debacle, Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb on Thursday tried to assure
concerned tribal leaders that making royalty payments to Indian Country
was a top priority....
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Yucca Mountain recommended as nuclear dump
1Setting off a political storm whose
resolution will be decided by Congress,
and perhaps the courts, Secretary of
Energy Spencer Abraham on Thursday
informed Nevada Gov....
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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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Norton begins defense in trust fund contempt
Attorneys for Secretary of Interior Gale Norton launched the
government's long-awaited contempt defense on Thursday with the
unsurprising request that the major charges against her and Assistant
Secretary Neal McCaleb be dismissed....
Tribal compacts get favorable review
The Washington State Gambling Commission on Thursday voted
unanimously to approve compacts with two tribes....
Exhibit features Iroquois beadwork
Grace Glueck of The New York Times reviews an exhibit of Iroquois
beadwork from historic times to the present, noting the fashion sense
and function of tribal craft....
Alleged tribe racks up more fines
A Connecticut group claiming to be a sovereign tribe is being fined an
additional $1,800 in fines for three vehicles abandoned on a piece of
property in the city of Norwich....
Lawlessness of reservation decried
A White Earth Ojibwe couple who lost their 22-year-old son to a traffic
accident told a judge on Wednesday of the lawless nature of their tribe's
reservation and said the death could have been preventable....
Sioux tribe worried about mold
Calling the situation an emergency, the Oglala Lakota Tribe of South
Dakota is asking the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Centers for Disease
Control for help in dealing with a mold infesting homes on the
reservation....
Billy Frank: Protecting our salmon
"I've stopped being surprised by folks who want to blame harvest for the
shape wild salmon stocks are in these days....
S.D. schools asked for mascot data
The Office of Civil Rights within the Department of Education has asked
school districts in South Dakota to provide data about their use of
Indian-themed mascots, symbols, performances and other
representations....
Agreement reached on cultural sites
The city of Boulder, Colorado, has reached an agreement to consult with
area tribes and other representatives on cultural sites....
N.M. reservation bank robbed
A bank in Santa Ana Pueblo of New Mexico was robbed on Thursday by a
man who took an undisclosed amount of cash....
Lawsuit filed on Pequot golf course
A Connecticut man and his family have sued a local planning commission
for approving a golf course and resort proposed by the Mashantucket
Pequot Tribal Nation, saying parcels of the land belong to them....
Enron scandal widens to White House
The fallout over the bankruptcy of Enron Corp increased in breadth on
Thursday with a number of revelations that may prove damaging to the
Bush administration and increase the liability of the company....
School takes stand on mascots
Schools belonging to the National Collegiate Athletic Association are
being urged by the president of St....
Mescalero election returns incumbent
A final election in a dispute over the leadership of the Mescalero Apache
Nation of New Mexico has returned what the loser is calling an
incredulous result....
Stop the pop, Wyo. schools urged
Public schools in Wyoming are being urged by a dentist to stop selling
soda pop in vending machines because the drink is high in sugar and
unhealthy....
Suit against whale hunt filed again
A coalition of environmental groups has again filed suit against the
federal government for approving a whale hunt by the Makah Nation of
Washington....
Peyote dispute heading to Utah court
Utah's Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging whether
non-Indians can use peyote....
Former BIA official says work altered
The former Bureau of Indian Affairs official who decided to recognize the
Duwamish Tribe of Washington on the last day of the Clinton
administration is charging that staff members altered a document he
authored....
Tribal water deal seeing obstacles
A deal to settle the water rights of two Oklahoma tribe and sell the water
to Texas is running into obstacles from the state and, reportedly, the
prospective buyer....
Wash. court upholds double jeopardy
The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously upheld the
dual conviction of a tribal hunter, saying it was not prohibited by the
double jeopardy clause of the Constitution....
Seminole lawyer in hospital, tribe on guard
Jim Shore, general counsel to the Seminole Tribe of Florida, was still
hospitalized on Thursday after being shot several times in what has been
described as a mob-style, planned hit....
Nevada: Yucca Mountain decision 'stinks'
Reaction from Nevada regarding the Bush administration's decision to
push forward a nuclear dump in the state was swift, harsh and to the
point....
Editorial: Fix the trust problem already
In an editorial, The Bismarck Tribune calls on the Department of Interior
to fix its long-standing computer problems that led to an Internet
shutdown, now in its second month....
Sioux tribe honored for payments
January 10 was declared Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Day, in honor of the
South Dakota tribe's help in distributing general assistance checks to
Indian Country....
Consultation continues in South Dakota
The fourth meeting over a proposal to create a new Indian trust agency
was held in South Dakota on Thursday and was a repeat of prior sessions
in terms of opposition....
Navajo children buried in N.M.
A funeral was held in Gallup, New Mexico, on Wednesday for three Navajo
children who were allegedly murdered by their mother....
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