Tuesday, November 12, 2002

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Election day surprises and upsets put Republicans back in control of Congress, Indian Country still battling on trust reform, and voters go to the polls in support of tribal gaming....

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A Washington county does not have the right to tax land owned by the Quinault Nation, a federal appeals court ruled last Friday....

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New challenges face Indian Country with the Republican Party in control of the White House and Congress, tribal leaders said on Monday....


Students in the hometown of NASA astronaut John Herrington were disappointed with the delay in the Chickasaw Nation tribal member's launch into space, The Daily Oklahoman reported....


The Bush administration has rescinded a ban on snowmobiles in two national parks, the Associated Press reports....


The Vatican will not reverse a five-year moratorium on new Indian deacons in Chiapas, Mexico, the Associated Press reports....


"“Do Indians have to prove who they are?” asks Glenn Marshall in his Aug....


Note: The following appears to be a form letter generated by anti-tribal and ani-treaty rights groups....


The New London Day in an editorial today softens its qualified support for Michael J....


Outgoing Arizona Governor Jane Hull (R) is ready to sign new gaming compacts with tribes in the state but is waiting until a federal judge gives her the green light....


Navajos in Lake Valley, New Mexico, recently had a water spigot installed adjacent to their community center....


The Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point, Maine, swore in its new tribal leaders at a traditional ceremony on Saturday....


The Catawba Nation of South Carolina is voting on a tribal constitution....


"Cancer mortalities among North Dakota Native Americans is the highest in the nation, Dr....


Federal grants and research have not stopped the diabetes epidemic in Indian Country, Native health experts said....


Congress returns to work today for a post-election session to consider wrapping up unfinished business....


Alaska Native students in Juneau are taking part in a program aimed at increasing high school graduation and college enrollment rates....


The Canadian government is seeking to take Native boarding school abuse cases out of the court system in order to settle historical claims....


"On Tuesday the Unified Government pulled a fast one, hastily cobbling together a deal for an Indian casino without the benefit of public hearing or input....


The South Dakota Legislature's State-Tribal Relations Committee is meeting this week to address Native American inmate issues....


Malaysian billionaire Lim Kok Thay is loaning the Seneca Nation of New York $80 million so the tribe can build a casino in Niagara Falls....


A traditional funeral will be held on Monday for a 19-year-old member of the Turtle Mountain Ojibwe Tribe of North Dakota....


Members of the Fort Belknap Tribes of Montana are being asked to rescind a tribal takeover of Indian trust and other services....


The 59th annual session of the National Congress of American Indians kicked off in San Diego, California, on Monday....


Senator Pete Domenici (R-New Mexico) will be leaving his longtime post as chairman of the powerful Senate Budget Committee but not without some grumbling, The Washington Post reports....


Humboldt State University held its annual American Indian College Motivation Day last week....


A federal judge has scheduled a hearing today to address concerns by the Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island over a planned sewer dig....