Monday, October 14, 2002


A parcel of land where a Navajo man was found beaten to death is not Indian Country, a New Mexico appeals court has ruled....


The National Park Service is not trying to violate the free speech rights of employees, a regional spokesperson said....


The Native American Local Government Commission of Great Falls, Montana, has been established to give Native Americans more voice in local government....


Police in Alaska believe teens in a Yup'ik village were trading berries for marijuana....


The Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho has established a new breed of the Appaloosa horse....


The Great Falls Tribune in an editorial today praises the Blackfeet Nation of Montana and a local town for working together to bring medical services to the region....


Native Hawaiians are launching a education initiative to promote Native Hawaiian sovereignty....


Once mired in poverty, the Mississippi Band of Choctaws has grown to become more self-sufficient, thanks to Indian gaming and a pro-business tribal chairman....


Campbell University of North Carolina, the the second largest Baptist university in the world, recently held a "lunch and learn" about a headhunting tribe in southeast Asia....


"Our Native youths deserve better....


About 600 police officers were on duty Saturday to keep the peace in Denver, Colorado, where two opposing Columbus Day marches were held....


The two men vying to replace South Dakota Governor Bill Janklow (R) promise to improve Indian Country relations if elected....


The gubernatorial campaign of Frank Murkowski is crying foul over attacks about his ties to an Alaska Native corporation....


Members of the Klamath and Hoopa Valley tribes of northern California held a protest on Friday against water policies of the Bush administration....


The Anchorage Daily News in a two-part series examines the problems the local police faced when responding to a domestic-related dispute at an Alaska Native home....


"Perhaps now, in this new millennium, it is time America should rediscover Christopher Columbus....


Mexican President Vicente Fox supported anti-Columbus Day rallies throughout his country, calling it a day of healing for indigenous people....


There are 17 states that don't celebrate Columbus Day....


"Native American activists are busy reminding us that Columbus was a man of exploitation....


A Bush administration official said there is $1 billion in unused funds for Indian Country housing programs....