Wednesday, February 26, 2003

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The first tribal member to go into space on Tuesday said he would be "first in line" for a return trip despite the recent Columbia tragedy....

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A True Calling Sue Masten, Chairwoman of the Yurok Tribe of California, is no longer head of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)....

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Two federal agencies signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday to improve services to rural American Indian and Alaska Native veterans....

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Citing a "rising tide of anti-gaming resentment," a leading Indian Country advocate on Tuesday called for tribal casinos to open their financial records to the public....



A dog track that has fought the Indian gaming industry in Wisconsin says a tribe's new casino deal will kill his business....


Tribal, federal and state authorities are investigating the death of a man on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana....


A man from the Crow Reservation in Montana was sentenced to a year in federal prison for pleading guilty to distributing methamphetamine....


The chief of the Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe of Connecticut wants lawmakers to resist attempts to strip the tribe of state recognition, The New London Day reports....


Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry (D) is threatening a lawsuit over the Tar Creek Superfund site....


A school district in Wisconsin is keeping its Indian logo until community members vote in a non-binding referendum....


A Wisconsin state appeals court on Tuesday upheld a tribal referendum on a land deal that was challenged by a non-Indian property owner....


The state of South Dakota's voter fraud case against an American Indian woman must move ahead, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader says in an editorial today....


near unanimous Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a new hearing for an African American man on death row who said his murder trial was tainted by juror bias....


A Nevada congressman reintroduced a bill to distribute a $137 million trust fund to members of the Western Shoshone Nation....


Members of te Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota are marking the 30-year anniversary of the occupation of Wounded Knee by American Indian Movement activists....


A group called the North Carolina Family Policy Council says federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe will lead to a casino....


Eight American Indians in Minnesota filed a lawsuit against the police department in Minneapolis, alleging brutality for an incident that occurred last September....


Two teenagers committed suicide and two more attempted suicide within a week in Hooper Bay village in Alaska....


The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma fired the head of its economic development corporation, The Daily Oklahoman reported....


Some members of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee are holding up the nomination of Ross Swimmer as Special Trustee due to concerns raised by tribal leaders....


More than 5,000 people were arrested for drunk driving on the Navajo Nation in 2002, The Farmington Daily Times reports....