Monday, December 23, 2002

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A federal appeals court on Friday ordered the Bush administration to prepare yet another environmental review of a Washington tribe's controversial whale hunt....

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Tribal-federal talks on trust reform end, court deadline on trust plans nears, Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb starts his farewell tour, and Trent Lott steps down from Senate leadership post....

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Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb recently testified under oath that he was never informed of his trust responsibilities to Indian beneficiaries, according to a transcript of the proceeding....


A New Jersey lawyer who once served as general counsel for the Republican National Committee led the so-called investigation into alleged voter fraud among American Indians in South Dakota, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports....


"A voice of reason and courage has joined that of Jeff Benedict....


"Mac Turner and Time magazine shouldn't let the facts get in the way of any story, especially when emotions and cultural biases are a lot easier to manipulate....


"Time magazine reporters Donald Barlett and James Steele missed the mark on some issues in their December two-part series about tribal casinos....


The Rapid City Journal in an editorial today praises the 26th annual Lakota Nation Invitational tournament as a boost to the local economy and a way to improve relations among Indians and non-Indians in South Dakota....


The Wyoming Legislature's Select Committee on Tribal Relations approved a bill to allow tribes to receive state water grants....


Construction workers in Rhode Island say they haven't uncovered any grave sites or artifacts in an area the Narragansett Tribe has been seeking to protect....


The Stillaguamish Tribe of Washington is moving forward with plans to tear down a housing development for a casino....


The Caddo Tribe of Oklahoma has big plans for its buffalo herd....


The wait is over! But Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski didn't have to look far to find his replacement in the Senate: he chose his daughter Lisa, a state lawmaker....


Two Alaska Native tribes have filed a lawsuit against the state alleging mistreatment of Native children in foster care system....


The White House urged Secretary of Interior Gale Norton to settle the Indian trust fund lawsuit more than a year ago, Bill McAllister of The Denver Post reports....


An Alaska Native man who lost his bid for employment to a non-Native cannot sue for damages, a divided federal appeals court ruled on Friday....


The Makah Nation of Washington plans to ask the full 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear its whaling rights case, The Peninsula Daily News reported....


In his final days on the job, former Special Trustee Tom Slonaker changed his mind about an historical accounting of 8,000 trust fund accounts, according to the testimony of a senior Department of Interior official....


Attorneys for 500,000 Indian account holders on Friday said they would file a motion to force acting Special Trustee Donna Erwin to testify a second time about her knowledge of trust reform....


Deputy assistant secretary Aurene Martin first learned that she was being called before a court investigator because she read about it on Indianz.Com, according to the transcript of the proceeding....


A federal judge today blasted the Bush administration for mailing trust fund statements to members of an Arizona tribe without court approval....


Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colorado) continued to defend Senator Trent Lott (R-Mississippi) even after he stepped down as majority leader on Friday....