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Tuesday, October 15, 2002

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Appeals court won't recognize tribal authority

Applying Supreme Court precedent seen as negative to Indian rights, a federal appeals court last week refused to uphold tribal authority over a health clinic located on tribal land....

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Interior cites 'jeopardy' to Cherokee sites

The Department of Interior is opposing plans to dredge a South Carolina lake for fear of disturbing ancestral Cherokee sites....

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The Week in Review

The historic Sovereignty Run ends at the Supreme Court, an accounting for Indian trust funds is still in dispute, Colorado prepares for another Columbus Day, and Leonard Peltier goes back to court....

Tribes complain about media coverage

Tribes in New England complained about media coverage at a Harvard University panel discussion on Monday....

Indiana Miamis reclaim culture

Denied recognition by the federal government, the Miami Nation of Indiana is still trying to keep its culture alive....

Navajos are hazardous to their health

Navajo Nation tribal members have the highest accidental death rate, 138.5 per 100,000 people, of all Indian tribes....

Urban Navajos can vote off-reservation

The Navajo Nation will have an off-reservation polling site in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the upcoming November 5 election....

Ojibwe chairman ousted in recall vote

Members of the Leech Lake Ojibwe Band of Minnesota voted Chairman Eli Hunt out of office on Friday....

Okla. tribe's king disputes removal

The Thlopthlocco Tribal Town swore in a new mekko, or king, on Monday....

Navajo leader disputes extradition

A Navajo Nation council member is disputing charges that he violated New Mexico state livestock law....

State wants tribe to pay gas tax

The state of South Dakota is threatening to revoke the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe's fuel-importer license for not paying a state tax....

Alaska Native whaling quota approved

The International Whaling Commission on Monday unanimously approved an Alaska Native whaling quota....

Minn. school won't revive pow-wow

A Minnesota school on Monday said it will not reschedule a pow-wow even though a civil rights lawsuit has been dropped....

Tracks could take money from tribes

A voter forum was held in Arizona on Monday night to debate three competing Indian gaming measures....

Alaska village bootlegers busted

The Yup'ik village of Emmonak has become a hotbed of criminal activity, according to reports in The Anchorage Daily News....

Casino exec calls for tribal taxation

A casino executive in Mississippi says the Choctaw Tribe has an unfair advantage because of its sovereign status....

Indian casino ad offends Italians

Italians in Maine are offended by a campaign ad that criticizes a gubernatorial candidate for changing his mind on an Indian casino....

Oilmen fight tribal land reform bill

An oil industry lobbyist in Oklahoma claims to have a document that details a tribal plan for retaliating against the oil industry....

Letters: Columbus Day marches and more

Mark Cohen: "In an article about the events on Columbus Day in which I was quoted, The Post stated that I and other Transform Columbus Day Alliance members "believe" Columbus committed genocide against indigenous peoples, implying that there is a legitimate dispute as to whether he did....

Columbus Day not a celebration for all

The official Columbus Day holiday took place on Monday....

Opposition to Shoshone payout mounts

With the Senate poised to pass a bill to distribute $138 million to members of the Western Shoshone Nation, opponents are rallying support....

Ski area on sacred mountain expanding

The US Forest Service is planning to expand a ski area located on the sacred San Francisco Peaks in Arizona....

Problems cited with Indian voter drive

The Washington Times today reports on possible "voter discrepancies" among voter registrations of Indians in South Dakota....