Monday, November 11, 2002


Arizona's close governor race has been settled....


The Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe is waiting for the Bush administration to make a decision on its federal recognition petition....


The Creek Nation of Oklahoma is hoping a building boom translates into an economic one....


Award-winning artist Keith Secola takes his inspiration from his Anishinabe roots but his music incorporates a wide variety of styles from rock to reggae....


A group of Alaska Natives re-enacted parts of a traditional seal hunting festival on Saturday....


The Blackfeet Nation of Montana might still remove its chairman and vice-chairman, The Great Falls Tribune reported....


The Navajo Nation community of Lake Valley, New Mexico, has been hooked up to its first water line....


Two Alaska villages recently approved the sale of liquor....


A program at the Na'Nizhoozhi Center in New Mexico tries to help Navajo tribal members overcome alcohol addiction through traditional teachings....


"The crowing from the Republicans' sweep of Congress is at a high pitch in my area....


The Adopt-a-Native-Elder program was started to help a few Navajo elders sell their rugs but has since grown to include a large arts show that helps keep tradition alive....


One of the most powerful earthquakes in U.S....


Voters in Arizona have narrowly approved a tribal gaming initiative....


The Tanana Chiefs Conference will lay off 10 employees by the end of the year to make up for a $6.5 million budget deficit....


Today's scheduled launch of the space shuttle Endeavour, featuring Chickasaw Nation tribal member John Herrington, has been called off due to an oxygen leak on the spacecraft....


The families of two couples killed by an ex-Bureau of Indian Affairs employee are asking a federal judge to force the agency to reform its driver policies....


The Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona has a memorial to tribal members killed while fighting to protect the United States....


The vast majority of computer systems at the Department of Interior are back online, according to a new court report....


The Department of Interior's latest quarterly report on trust reform is available online....


If you haven't participated in our very first BITAM survey, there is still time for you to get involved! We are taking your input to mark the one-year anniversary of the Bush administration's proposal to split up the Bureau of Indian Affairs of its core duties....


Former Congressman Pat Williams (D-Montana) spoke at the Montana Indian Education Association's legislative forum on Friday....