Friday, December 6, 2002
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McCaleb 'throwing away a history of people'
In what is likely to be outgoing Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb's last foray into the controversial subject, the Bush administration on Thursday denied federal status to one of the oldest historically recognized tribes in the United States....
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Troubled trust office faces another move
A trust fund organization whose employees have expressed strong dissatisfaction with their own management will be shuffled yet again under the Bush administration's proposed reorganization....
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In The Hoop: Winners, Losers
Is it Friday already? That means it's time for the weekly list of the movers and shakers in Indian Country and beyond....
Mont. tribal police force suspended
The entire police force serving the Chippewa-Cree Tribe of Montana has been suspended, the Associated Press reports....
Mohegan Tribe feels right at home
Unlike other towns in the state, Mark Brown, the chairman of the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut, says the local community has always embraced his people....
Tribes asked to share casino profits
A Republican lawmaker in Iowa is asking tribes who operate casinos in the state to share their revenues....
Gaming an issue in tribal election
Voters of the Colorado River Indian Tribes of Arizona are angry about the tribe's expensive and unsuccessful campaign to authorize continued gaming, The Arizona Republic reports....
Native students build community at FSU
Fewer than 1 percent of students at Florida State University claim Native descent but the American Indian Student Union keeps busy with a number of community events....
Choctaw educator receives state award
Joy Culbreath, the education director of the Choctaw Nation, was given a special awarded by the Oklahoma state regents on Thursday....
Mediation over land claim extended
A federal mediator for the Oneida Nation land claim says talks appear to be productive, The Syracuse Post-Standard reports....
Tribal council member indicted for theft
A council member of a California tribe and two others have been indicted in federal court for allegedly embezzling tribal funds....
Haney still official Seminole chief
Jerry Haney has been officially recognized as the principal chief of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma....
Editorial: Tax tribes over tobacco
The Daily Oklahoman in an editorial today calls for tribes to share more of their tobacco revenues with the state....
More call on Tohono chairman to resign
The chairman of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona is under more pressure to resign after being arrested in a prostitution sex sting....
Calif. tribe sues to regain status
The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of California plans to sue the federal government to regain its status as a recognized tribe....
Ariz. gaming fight cost a record $39M
The high-stakes battle over high-stakes gaming in the state of Arizona was as high-stakes as people said it would be....
Trial: Seminole worker tried to cut spending
The fourth day of a trial into alleged theft of funds from the Seminole Tribe of Florida focused on one of the men accused of embezzling $2.7 million, according to news accounts....
Norton files anti-contempt brief
The Bush administration late today filed a brief challenging a federal judge's decision to hold Secretary of Interior Gale Norton and Indian affairs aide Neal McCaleb in contempt of court....
Calif. tribes split over gaming group
At least seven tribes have dropped out of the California Nations Indian Gaming Association, according to press accounts, while 31 others have not paid their dues to the powerful lobbying organization....
Navajo Nation signs power agreement
A Navajo Nation enterprise has signed a development deal for a 470-mile power line....
DOI backs industry over tribe in court
The Bush administration has sided with a company who wants to develop a kitty litter plant next to the Reno Sparks Indian Colony of Nevada....
Gover to leave law firm to teach
Kevin Gover, former assistant secretary for Indian affairs at the Department of Interior, is leaving his Washington, D.C., law firm to teach at Arizona State University next year, The Arizona Republic reports....
Conn. pleased about tribe's denial
Politicians and resident of Connecticut were extremely pleased about the Bush administration's rejection of federal status for the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation....
Norton doesn't want to leave DOI
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton isn't planning on leaving the Bush administration to pursue a federal judgeship, a department spokesperson said....
Tex Hall: BIA reorganization 'waste of money'
The proposed Bureau of Indian Affairs reorganization is unacceptable, says National Congress of American Indians President Tex Hall in a National Native News report....
McCaleb being deposed today on e-mails
Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb is being questioned under oath today about his destruction of e-mails against court orders....
Wash. tribe in court reclaim treaty rights
The Samish Nation of Washington was told it didn't exist....
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