Thursday, December 12, 2002
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Limit on trust reform talks questioned
Federal officials are moving to restrict participation at an upcoming meeting on trust reform, prompting complaints that the Bush administration is trying to stifle debate on the proposed reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs....
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Court rules Canada in breach to First Nation
A federal court in Canada last week blasted the government's top Indian affairs official for meddling in the management of a financially strapped First Nation....
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The Top Stories of 2002
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton held in contempt...Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb resigns...Tribes develop alternatives to BITAM proposal...Republicans regain control of the Senate...Supreme Court takes on trust relationship...President Bush leads the country into war...The anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks....
Editorial: Preserve ancient Indian site
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader in an editorial today urges the state of South Dakota to purchase an ancient Indian site that dates back 6,000 years....
Move of Innu community slated to begin
A public hearing was held at the Innu First Nation at Davis Inlet in Labrador, Canada, to address a move of the entire community....
Recognition of Inuit language sought
Inuit leaders in the Canadian territory of Nunavut are seeking to have Inuktitut recognized as their official language....
Brothers enter plea in shooting case
Two brothers in Utah have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault for allegedly trying to shoot Ibapah Goshute Chairman Milton Hooper....
Wyo. residents opposing racist church
Residents of a Wyoming city located near the Wind River Reservation are reacting negatively to a racist church that is relocating to their community....
Apology sought in death of Native man
Legislation is being proposed in Anchorage, Alaska, to apologize to the widow of an Alaska Native man who was killed in a domestic violence-related dispute....
Navajo Nation receives diabetes grants
The Navajo Nation will receive $12 million in grants to combat diabetes....
Aboriginal land claim dismissed
Australia's High Court today dismissed a land claim filed by the Yorta Yorta Tribe....
Calif. tribes cited as threat to Nev.
Attendees of a state governor's conference were warned about the growing Indian gaming industry on Wednesday....
Thomas breaks Supreme Court silence
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the only African-American on the court, broke his customary silence during oral arguments on Wednesday to speak about cross-burning....
Bush to curtail environmental reviews
The Bush administration on Wednesday proposed changes in federal regulation that would limit environmental and judicial review of forest-thinning projects....
Lott forced to apologize again
Senator Trent Lott (R-Mississippi) on Wednesday said he would not step down as majority leader over remarks that are being characterized as racist....
Study documents health disparities
A study of minority health in Kansas revealed high rates of high blood pressure and death from heart disease....
9-11 panel cites intelligence failures
A joint House-Senate committee on Wednesday made public its findings on the September 11 terrorist attacks....
Indian center director in Neb. resigns
The executive director of the Lincoln Indian Center in Nebraska has resigned....
Conn. lawmaker wants recognition revoked
A Republican lawmaker in Connecticut said he plans to introduce legislation to revoke the recognition of state tribes....
Editorial: Not racist to probe Indian votes
It's not racist to probe allegations of voter fraud among American Indians, The Rapid City Journal says in an editorial today....
S.D. Indian vote claims prompt action
Republicans in South Dakota are pushing for changes in state law in response to charges of voter fraud among American Indians....
Letters: Who is a 'real' Indian?
The following are letters in response to a December 8 column by Delphine Red Shirt, an Oglala Lakota woman who has written for Indian Country Today, who said that Eastern Indians are not real Indians....
Calif. tribe paid $100K to meet Norton
A California tribe donated $100,000 the Republican party in an unsuccessful attempt to meet with Secretary of Interior Gale Norton, The Palm Springs Desert Sun reports....
Column: Answers needed on Indian gaming
"We were told that the glitzy gambling casinos springing up on Indian reservations across the land would lift poor Indians out of poverty....
Peltier loses reduced sentence appeal
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals today refused to entertain a request by imprisoned American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier to reduce his two life sentences for the murder of two FBI agents....
In Today's Federal Register
Indian Health Service
The Indian Health Service is seeking public comment regarding the collection of certain information....
Trust fund judge schedules hearing
The federal judge overseeing the Indian trust fund lawsuit has scheduled a hearing tomorrow to address attempts by the Bush administration to limit questioning of top officials....
Alaska Native corp. receives trust fund
An Alaska Native regional corporation will receive a $30 million trust fund as part of an agreement with the federal government....
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