Wednesday, January 2, 2002
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McCaleb reopens controversial gaming debate
Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb gave state and local governments a
belated Christmas present last week, reopening the debate on a
controversial policy that allows tribes to open casinos on land far away
from existing reservations....
Editorial: No confidence in Norton plan
In an editorial, The Washington Post criticizes the Department of Interior
for making no progress on fixing the broken trust fund, saying there is
"little confidence" Secretary Gale Norton's proposal to strip the Bureau of
Indian Affairs of its core duties will work....
Norton circles her wagon
Will Secretary of Interior Gale Norton be able to pull off her proposal to
create the Bureau of Indian Trust Assets Management? That's the big
political question of the new year as a federal judge continues his
contempt trial in Washington, D.C., this week....
Trust fund regulations revised
The Department of Interior has revised regulations affecting the
distribution of trust assets following the death of an individual Indian
landowner....
Factions of tribe seeking recognition
Two factions of a Connecticut tribe filed for federal recognition last year,
competing with a third whose status is due to be acted upon by the
Bureau of Indian Affairs in August....
Gaming standards being finalized
The National Indian Gaming Commission is finalizing a set of gaming
rules covering all aspects of tribal gaming....
IHS looking to conduct survey
The Indian Health Service, an agency of the Department of Health and
Human Services, is seeking comments on whether it should conduct an
annual survey of tribal and health leaders....
N.Y. tribe not so brotherly
A group called the New York Brothertown Tribal Nation is challenging the
claims of the Brothertown Nation, a Wisconsin group seeking federal
recognition....
Probe into contested Pequot law sought
The leaders of three Connecticut towns have asked their Congressman to
start an investigation of the 1983 Mashantucket Pequot Settlement Act....
John Potter: Running into Robert Redford
"Since [Robert] Redford owns Sundance, it’s not that surprising that we
saw him there....
Yellow Bird: Passing of tribal warrior
"They say that when those who are great leave this Earth, they are
escorted to the spirit world by ancestors on tumultuous clouds of rain or
snow....
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