Monday, October 21, 2002
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Interior deadline nears on gaming decision
The Bush administration is set to decide whether an Oklahoma tribe has
the right to open a casino on land hundreds of miles away from its current
home....
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The Week in Review
Supreme Court decisions target of tribal campaign, trust reform legislation delayed in Congress, Indian voter registrations examine in South Dakota, and tribal casino ad draws complaints....
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Review disputes 'costly' Indian trust litigation
An independent review of Indian trust decisions attempts to counter Bush
administration claims of a flood of "costly" litigation over mismanagement
of Indian assets....
Washoe tribal members oppose chairman
Some members of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California plan to
protest the Nevada Day Parade on Saturday....
Yellow Bird: No McDonald's in Mongolia
"There are few opportunities to see your country through the eyes of a
foreigner....
John Potter: Mad about Yellowstone bison
"We Indians rely on many signs, provided to us by nature, to let us know
when a bad winter is coming....
Wyo. tribal council leadership ousted
Voters of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe of Wyoming have elected an entirely
new council....
Navajo debates refused by challenger
Navajo Nation presidential candidate Joe Shirley doesn't want to debate
incumbent President Kelsey Begaye....
Haskell students offer to pay more fees
A proposal to raise student fees at Haskell Indian Nations University in
Kansas originated with students, The Lawrence Journal-World reports....
Center seeks to keep languages alive
The Alaska Native Language Center was founded by the state Legislature
in 1972 to document and cultivate Alaska's 20 Native language....
Alaska Natives split on governor's race
Alaska Natives are split mostly along urban-rural lines over the
candidates for governor of Alaska....
Acting Crow chairman clears primary
The acting chairman of the Crow Tribe of Montana received the second
highest number of votes in a primary held on Saturday....
Gay Navajo 'assured' of win for office
Jack Jackson Junior, a Democrat running for the Arizona State Legislature, is
expected to win his race, the Associated Press reports....
Democrats won't budge on ANWR drilling
Republicans have given up on trying to open the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge to drilling, according to a leading Senate proponent....
Minn. school starts Indian outreach
Bemidji State University of Minnesota is building a $2.6 million American
Indian Resource Center....
Cherokee Nation gets out the vote
The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma has registered more than 9,000 voters....
Choctaw employees cite pressure to donate
A spokesperson for the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma denies allegations
that tribal employees were pressured to make campaign contributions....
Tribes stuff Hayworth's coffers
The majority of money in a campaign fund created by Representative J.D.Hayworth (R-Arizona) comes from tribes or tribal lobbyists, a review by
The Arizona Republic has found....
AFN events kick off today in Anchorage
Nearly 5,000 Alaska Natives are expected to turn out for the 2002 Alaska
Federation in Anchorage this week....
Few clues in search for missing teen
A weekend search for a missing members of North Dakota's Turtle
Mountain Ojibwe Tribe turned up no leads....
Viejas chairman charged with murder
Authorities in California will charge the chairman of the Viejas Band of
Kumeyaay Indians and his nephew with murder and attmpted, according
to news accounts....
DOI: Task force has done nothing
Nothing has come out of nine months of talks about trust reform with
tribal leaders, a Department of Interior official said....
State official quits at Indian meeting
The Utah official in charge of student testing quit during a meeting with
Indian education leaders....
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