Monday, February 10, 2003

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The Department of Interior is planning to implement a rating system that will grade Bureau of Indian Affairs agencies throughout the country and limit their powers based on how well they handle their trust duties....

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The Bush administration unveils its spending plans for 2004, federal judge slams government attorneys for actions on Indian trust case, and efforts to reform federal recognition continue....

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While providing for historic increases in trust reform, President Bush's new budget cuts funds to key Indian programs and includes little or no growth for some of his priorities....


JT Goombi, former chairman of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, has recalled all eight members of the tribe's business committee....


"Gambling money is the crack cocaine of government finance....


Unlike gaming operations in states across the nation, tribes in California aren't required to disclose the "payout" of their casino machines....


"Mister Speaker, members and nonmembers of Congress, and loyal readers, I have the dubious privilege and the complete gall to present to you: Uncle Johnny and the Spate of the Whatever address....


After changing its name to the Blue Thunders, the Canarsie High School in New York has reinstated its "Chiefs" mascot....


The Tulsa Union School District in Oklahoma is being asked to eliminate its "Redskins" mascot....


A Nebraska legislative committee is holding a hearing today to address four proposals to allow casino-style gaming in the state....


The Confederated Umatilla Tribes of Oregon will make 1,500 pouches for the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Commemorative Coin....


John Herrington, a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma and the first tribal member to go into space, is Ambassador of the Year for Red Earth, the pow-wow and arts festival....


The Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma is donating $15,000 to a New York county in hopes of being a good neighbor....


Local officials in upstate New York say they haven't heard a thing about a settlement to the Oneida Nation land claim....


House and Senate negotiations are meeting today to finalize work on the federal government's 2003 spending bill....


Inupiaq villages on Alaska's northern coast are getting together today for Kivgiq, a midwinter celebration of dancing, storytelling, games and feasting....


Montana's Indian lawmakers, all seven of whom are Democrats, say they are disappointed that Governor Judy Martz (R) has not followed up on pledges to help Indians in the state....


A federal judge in California turned down an attempt to stop the Chemehuevi Tribe from evicting non-tribal members from its reservation....


Florida Governor Jeb Bush (R) and other state officials plan to move forward with plans to condemn 800 acres of land owned by the Miccosukee Tribe, The Miami Herald reports....


Jodi Rave Lee, a Lincoln Journal Star reporter who covers Native issues, has won an award for column-writing from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism....


South Dakota Senator Tom Daschle (D) on Friday said he will host a one-day reconciliation conference this summer....


The Navajo Nation courts should have jurisdiction over a drug company that sold diabetes drugs to tribal members, The Oregon Daily Emerald says in an editorial today....


"The indictment of 11 persons last week on federal racketeering charges in connection with an alleged scheme to fund Hezbollah is a stark reminder that al Qaeda is hardly the lone terrorist group operating in the United States....


About 500 horses owned by two Western Shoshone sisters in Nevada are being moved to "safe haven" thanks to a late-night deal brokered with the federal government....


The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on Tuesday to focus on the Department of Interior's fiscal year 2004 budget request....


A thousand-year-old site where human remains and artifacts have been found is being used as a dumping ground, The Arizona Republic reports....

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