Friday, December 13, 2002

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Bush administration officials responsible for oversight of the $12 billion Indian gaming industry on Thursday said they would work to ensure success of tribal casinos through strong regulation....

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A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected an attempt by American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier to reduce his prison sentence for the 1975 murder of two FBI agents....

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Is it Friday already? That means it's time for the weekly list of the movers and shakers in Indian Country and beyond....


Three convenience stores owned by the Fort Peck Tribes of Montana are being investigated for financial improprieties....


President Bush on Thursday issued was is being called a stinging rebuke of Trent Lott (R-Mississippi) for comments the Senate majority leader made about segregation....


Connecticut tribes are hoping to draw more conventions to their casino facilities....


Orlando Villas-Boas, a Brazilian man whose exploration efforts were instrumental in creating the country's first Indian reservation, died on Thursday after a long illness....


The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana has been fined $11,240 by the state ethics board for filing a campaign finance report too late....


The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation donated $475,000 to the United Way of Southeastern Connecticut, helping the charity raise a record $9.25 million....


A federal appeals court on Thursday reinstated regulations limiting road construction on nearly 60 million acres of forest land....


Navajo Nation authorities believe a fire that destroyed outgoing President Kelsey Begaye's election headquarters in Shiprock, New Mexico, was deliberately set....


The Navajo Nation council almost denied $150,000 in fund for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Shirley Jr., The Farmington Daily-Times reports....


A federal appeals court on Thursday gave permission for private landowners and two counties to join the Cayuga Nation land claim....


The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, an independent regulatory agency, said it will delay a decision on a proposal to store up to 44,000 tons of nuclear waste on the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation in Utah....


Florida state water managers are moving to condemn 375 acres of land owned by the Miccosukee Tribe....


President Bush on Thursday revived his faith-based initiative to make it easier for religious and charity groups to receive federal funds....


Jim Billie, former chairman of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, will attend a trial involving three former associates accused of stealing $2.7 million from the tribe....


"When the moon was teetering between first quarter and full half, I saw it hanging just above the housing units at Spirit Lake reservation Tuesday....


Outgoing Navajo Nation President Kelsey Begaye said former Miss Navajo Nation Radmilla A....


TIME magazine's controversial report on Indian gaming is drawing praise in Connecticut, where foes say it has confirmed all of their complaints about casinos....


South Dakota attorney general Mark Barnett today will discuss the results of his investigation into alleged voter fraud among American Indians....


John Echohawk, executive director of the Native American Rights Fund, spoke at the Alaska Inter-Tribal Council's annual convention on Thursday....


An attorney for imprisoned American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier said a federal appeals court ruling against him was a "disgrace." Peltier is serving two consecutive life sentences for the murder of two FBI agents....


Secretary of Interior Gale Norton's personal lawyer, whom taxpayers are partially funding, accused a federal judge of personalizing his decision to hold her and Indian affairs aide Neal McCaleb in contempt....


Phil Hogen, the new chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission, responded to claims by New York Times columnist William Safire....


Deputy assistant secretary Aurene Martin is undergoing questioning today about her knowledge of destruction of e-mails by her boss Neal McCaleb....


The Department of Interior has dropped efforts to close next week's task force meeting on trust reform....


A Bureau of Indian Affairs contract firefighter is trying to have his confession of starting the largest fire in Arizona thrown out of court....