Thursday, January 30, 2003

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In defending his record to skeptical members of a Senate committee yesterday, one of President Bush's judicial nominees pointed to his work on a case that tribal leaders consider one of the most important to reach the U.S....

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If you happened to catch the January 17 episode of the NBC mid-season replacement Mister Sterling, you may have noticed something very familiar in the character of Senator Thunder Hawk Jackson....

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Democrats in the Senate on Wednesday accused Republicans and the White House of trying to shove through three controversial appeals court nominees who waited nearly two years for a hearing....


Researchers in Montana are completing a report that will reconstruct an 1872 battle between Sioux forces and the U.S....


With a casino opening this summer, the United Auburn Indian Community of California is rebounding from near termination....


The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday held a confirmation hearing for several of President Bush's nominees to the federal bench....


A judge in South Dakota sentenced a former police officer for the Oglala Lakota Tribe to life in prison for raping a woman and her daughter....


Indian doctors in North Dakota are working closely with the University of North Dakota to address a number of Indian health issues....


There are many questions that need to be answered about the unsolved murder of American Indian Movement activist Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader says in an editorial....


A bill has been introduced to federally recognize the Duwamish Tribe of Washington....


There aren't many Native Americans in Leelanau County, Michigan, but they keep the county in business, according to The Leelanau Enterprise....


The Anchorage Museum of History and Art is hosting a symposium and festival on Alutiiq culture....


An Alaska Native-owned firm will design and build a casino for a tribe in Oregon....


The Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona kicks of its 65th annual rodeo and fair today, an event expected to draw 10,000 people....


The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan arm of Congress, released figures on Wednesday that forecast a deficit of $199 billion for the coming year....


John Herrington, a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, returned to his hometown to speak to students about his trip into space....


Alaska Natives are concerned about some of Governor Frank Murkowski's agenda....


A group of Northwestern Shoshone tribal members gathered in Idaho on Wednesday ot remember the massacre of their ancestors....


Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley gave his State of the Navajo Nation address on Tuesday but said he is still working on the details of his agenda, including his presidential appointments....


The Hoopa Valley Tribe of California is going to court to seek more water for the Trinity River....


Several top law enforcement officials on the Rocky Boy's Reservation have been fired, the Associated Press reports....


A University of Northern Colorado intramural team whose name draws attention to the use of Indian mascots donated $100,000 in scholarship funds for minority students at the school....


Montana Governor Judy Martz (R) has warned a lobbyist from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe to stay away from her office, the Associated Press reports....


Two unknown police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, have been accused of beating a homeless Indian man, urinating on him and leaving him and a woman companion out in the freezing cold....


Two members of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona are in charge of the tribe's police force....