Friday, October 4, 2002
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Navajo Nation challenges contract policy
A federal appeals court on Wednesday agreed to rehear a contracting
dispute that could change the way tribes throughout the nation receive
federal dollars....
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In The Hoop: Winners, Losers
A Very Special Loser Shoutout goes to Eric Ruff and his lackeys at the
Department of Interior's communications office! Their treatment of Indian
Country for the past year has been sorely lacking....
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Court moves BIA intimidation case forward
The federal judge overseeing the Indian trust debacle has cleared the way
to probe the contemptuous behavior of Bureau of Indian Affairs officials
who sent an employee home after she questioned efforts to fix the broken
system....
Obituary: John Starr, elder and priest
Athabaskan elder John Starr died on Tuesday after suffering an
aneurysm last week....
Repeal of casino law considered
Legislative leaders in Connecticut aren't rushing to repeal a law that
allows casino gaming in the state....
Native artist in Minn. awarded grant
Robert DesJarlait, an Ojibwe artist and writer, will receive a grant to study
Indian communities....
Oneida Nation appeals land claim suit
The Oneida Nation of Wisconsin is appealing the dismissal of land claim
suits filed against private landowners....
Native vets offered compensation
The Canadian government is offering Native veterans $20,000 in
compensation, an amount many feel is grossly understated....
Tribal members protest enrollment proposal
Members of the Flathead Nation of Montana are protesting a proposed
change in enrollment requirements....
Native poet won't appear at college
Navajo poet Luci Tapahonso has canceled today's appearance at San Juan
College in New Mexico....
Ariz. won't become another Las Vegas
Arizona's tribes are poised to make new strides in gaming but observers
don't think the state will turn into a second Las Vegas....
Okla. conference focuses on diabetes
The Return to Your Roots conference on Indian diabetes began in Tulsa,
Oklahoma, on Thursday....
Traffic woes come with Shiprock Fair
The Shiprock Northern Navajo Nation Fair is in full swing in Shiprock, New
Mexico....
Hearings focus on use of Navajo tax
Public hearings are being held to discuss the use of the Navajo Nation's
3-percent sales tax....
Support grows for Idaho's tribes
Tribes in north Idaho have garnered the support of 12,000 residents to
back a voter initiative on Indian gaming....
GOPs want Torricelli on N.J. ballot
Attorneys for the Republican Party asked the Supreme Court on Thursday
to intervene in New Jersey's senate race....
Haskell needs volunteers for tutor program
Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas has run out of grant money to
pay tutors so the tribal college is asking for volunteers....
Obituary: Darrow, Apache chairwoman
Ruey Haozous Darrow, chairwoman of the Fort Sill Chiricahua / Warm
Springs Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, died this past Monday at the age of 76.
Darrow was the first Native American Medical Technologist....
Apache mother, children to be buried
Funeral services are being planned for a New Mexico woman who police
say drowned herself and her two children at a river this week....
Russell Means in race for tribal president
American Indian Movement activist and actor Russell Means will face
Oglala Lakota President John Yellowbird Steele in the South Dakota tribe's
upcoming November 5 election....
Tribes, foes finalize cooperation plan
The Nez Perce Tribe and a group of local governments and school district
are finalizing an agreement on how to resolve their disputes....
McCaleb's plan not enough, say critics
Critics of federal recognition process say Neal McCaleb's new reform plan
doesn't do enough to address problems at the Bureau of Indian Affairs....
NPS manager to quit over Cherokee swap
A National Park Service superintendent said he will retire than be
transferred to a park where the Cherokee Tribe of North Carolina wants to
swap land....
Haney takes control of Seminole Nation
Jerry Haney resumed control of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, more
than a year after he was ousted as the tribe's principal chief....
U.S. asked to halt Shoshone cattle auction
The Organization of American States has urged the United States to cancel
today's auction of cattle seized from two Western Shoshone sisters....
DOI has no comment on retaliation ruling
After complaining pretty loudly about the role of a trust fund monitor, the
Department of Interior is all of a sudden quiet about a judge's ruling
affirming his court's oversight....
Opinion: Change 'Fighting Sioux' nick
"At this point in the history of American race relations, our inability to
abandon racial symbol patterns set in the 1930s reveals a community
dragging its feet reluctantly into the 21st century when it comes to race
relations....
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