Friday, January 24, 2003

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For the second time in recent months, the Senate has approved settlement of a New Mexico tribe's long-simmering land claim....

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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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Former Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb "fabricated" a story to coverup his failure to preserve trust-related documents, a court investigator wrote today in a scathing report....

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The Senate last night approved a $390 billion spending bill to fund most of the federal agencies, including the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Indian Health Service (IHS), for the coming year....


The top cultural official for the Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island is upset that an employee of a nearby tribe are planning to bury a red-tail hawk that died in Narragansett territory, The New London Day reports....


The leader of a racist group that has relocated to a town near the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming was caught on tape approving of a plot to kill a federal judge....


Members of the Shinnecock Nation of New York, a state recognized tribe, voted last November to negotiate a casino deal with an out-of-state developer....


Former Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt, who was held in contempt of court for his handling of the trust fund, said the nation needs a comprehensive land use plan....


The New London Day in editorial today welcomes the addition of a professional women's basketball team to Connecticut....


A man from the Crow Reservation in Montana pleaded guilty in federal court to assaulting a state police officer....


The former superintendent of an Indian boarding school in North Dakota pleaded innocent on Wednesday to charges that she embezzled more than $6,000....


A Kansas state official whose efforts helped win federal approval of a highway project over the objections of students and alumni at Haskell Indian Nations University is leaving his post....


A detention center on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico doesn't have room for all the offenders, The Farmington Daily-Times reports....


Vandals have defaced and damaged six Indians pictographs on federal land in Oregon....


A Utah couple has agreed to pay the state $10,000 as part of a settlement to charges they dug up a burial site, The Salt Lake Tribune reports....


"In the coming battle over affirmative action, we might reflect on a case where the system worked just as it is supposed to — the case of a boy named George applying to Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass....


The Alaska Native Heritage Center is ringing in the new year again tonight with a special ceremony....


The overwhelming majority of Minnesota residents want the Prairie Island Indian Community to be consulted about the expansion of a nuclear waste facility, according to a poll commissioned by the tribe....


Jack Jackson Sr and Jack Jackson Jr, members of the Navajo Nation, are the only father and son in the Arizona State Legislature....


Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski (R) gave his State of the State address on Thursday and said he would work to resolve the debate over subsistence....


Washington tribal leaders are opposing Governor Gary Locke's water legislation....


With a record seven tribal members in the Montana Legislature, Indian issues promise to be an important part of the current session....


The chairman of the Crow Tribe of Montana helped give the State of the Indian Nations address to lawmakers on Thursday....


The nation's top Indian gaming regulator issued a warning to tribes, and states that want a chunk of casino profits, that the Bush administration will scrutinize revenue sharing agreements....


Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) drafted a proposal to allow Alaska Native corporations to own casinos in the continental United States....


A former Bureau of Indian Affairs firefighter pleaded guilty to setting a fire on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in southern New Mexico....

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