Wednesday, February 19, 2003

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A provision in the Senate's new federal recognition bill allows the Bureau of Indian Affairs to take into consideration actions that federal or state governments have taken against petitioning groups....

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As of Friday, the award-winning National Native News will have lost its second distinctive voice....

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A South Dakota tribe dropped its objections to the state's jurisdiction on Tuesday, clearing the way for prosecution of an American Indian woman on voter fraud charges....


After growing up without knowing her Native ancestors, Cea Anderson has embraced her heritage....


Two tribes have agreed to pay $15 million a year to a New York county to offset the impact of their respective casinos....


A Navajo man who led New Mexico state and tribal police on a high-speed chase is facing numerous charges in both jurisdictions....


A man from the Crow Reservation in Montana will stand trial for murder....


The Oneida Nation of Wisconsin plans to announce details of a new casino agreement with the state....


Representative David Vitter (R-Louisiana) is continuing his campaign against the Jena Choctaw Tribe's attempt to obtain a reservation....


The Bureau of Land Management has approved drilling in the Jack Morrow Hills of Wyoming....


Plans for the state of Utah to host a nuclear waste site are being put off in favor of continued opposition to the Skull Valley Goshute Tribe....


Not enough members of the Catawba Nation of South Carolina have voted on a proposed tribal constitution....


The dispute over the nomination of a Hispanic lawyer to an appeals court is being viewed as a prelude to a Supreme Court battle, The Washington Post reports....


The trial of a man accused of raping and murdering an Alaska Native woman continued on Tuesday but without one of the 15 jurors, The Anchorage Daily News reported....


The Confederated Grand Ronde Tribes of Oregon are completing work on a $4 million, 36-unit housing complex....


Most students at Brigham Young University in Utah don't even know the school has a Miss Indian pageant, according to BYU NewsNet....


Senator Elizabeth Dole (R-North Carolina) introduced a bill last week to recognize the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina....


The Florida Legislature on Tuesday held a hearing to consider ceding jurisdiction over Miccosukee tribal lands....


The Crow Tribe of Montana has asked the Interior Board of Indian Appeals to overturn approval of a drilling agreement....


The Chippewa Cree Tribe of Montana is working with the Bureau of Indian Affairs to clean up its police department....


A federal judge in South Dakota said he wouldn't force the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe to accept subpoenas being served by the state....


The United Keetoowah Band of Oklahoma has hired a new attorney general....