Thursday, January 24, 2002

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California's San Diego State University on Wednesday debuted its new Aztec symbol, refashioned as a cultural ambassador after Hispanic and Native students complained about the spear-chucking, red-faced warrior that had been a tradition for decades....

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After spending $40 million on a computer system that had a number of software bugs, the state of New Mexico has decided to scrap it for a cheaper package....

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After surviving more than a month without critical funds, thousands of American Indians throughout the country are closer to getting money that has been locked up in a political, legal and technical dispute....


The Alaska House on Wednesday voted 33-2 to give $1.1 million to a lobbying group trying to convince the Senate to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling....


A group which writes information for the National Cancer Institute but doesn't make specific medical recommendations said on Wednesday it was changing its position on mammogram screening....


The chairmen of three Senate committees on Wednesday asked Vice President Dick Cheney to release documents and records from the national energy task force he chaired....


Confirming projections by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, the White House on Wednesday said the national deficit has returned and would stay until the end of President Bush's term....


The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to relax rules governing the storage of nuclear waste by eliminating events it considers unlikely....


The US Army Corps of Engineers is still reviewing a fisheries plan proposed by the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut....


The Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans from Wisconsin has reached a deal to open a casino in the Catskills region of New York....


In a short editorial, The Lincoln Journal Star today gives the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska kudos for coming up with an innovative way to sell energy to a local university....


Washington's two Democratic senators are miffed they weren't consulted over the nomination of the state's U.S....


The Montana State University at Billings hosted a forum on racial profiling on Wednesday, an event which included a Bureau of Indian Affairs criminal investigator....


The 10-member New Mexico Commission on Indian Affairs voted last Friday to remove executive director Terry Aguilar from his position should he choose not to resign voluntarily....


"When I was a child growing up in central New Mexico, we used to pass Isleta Pueblo on our way to Albuquerque....


Nebraska State Sen Chris Beutler of Lincoln has introduced a bill to legalize casino gaming on and off reservations in the state....


The Alaska House on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill to add a second verse to the state song that recognizes Alaska Natives....


A South Dakota attorney with experience in Indian law is up for the U.S. Attorney's job....


The Washoe County Commission has decided to delay by one month a decision on a controversial kitty litter mine....


Native American activists erected a teepee on the lawn of University of Minnesota President Mark Yudof's home on Wednesday to protest the school's involvement in an telescope project....


Nebraska Senator Don Preister of Omaha has introduced a bill that would prohibit the issuance of new liquor licenses within a five-mile radius of any reservation that bans alcohol....


A 911 operator who took one of the calls from two Aboriginal sisters killed in a domestic violence dispute testified on Wednesday that the incident has had negative effects on the emergency system in Winnipeg, Manitoba....


Law enforcement authorities in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, are investigating new evidence that suggests police officers played a role in the death of an Aboriginal man who was found frozen on the outskirts of town two winters ago....


Two Congressional committees are holding hearings today on the Enron / Arthur Andersen debacle....


Three Native American Church groups have asked a federal judge for permission to intervene in a religious freedom case occurring in New Mexico....