Tuesday, March 11, 2003
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BIA initiatives to impact Indian education
Members of the nation's largest Indian education association moved to oppose two Bush administrative initiatives they said would negatively impact Bureau of Indian Affairs schools....
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Supreme Court rejects state jurisdiction appeal
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a case testing the reach of state jurisdiction over Indian-owned property....
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Utah tribe's nuclear waste plan dealt big setback
In a major victory for the state of Utah, federal regulators on Monday blocked plans to store up to 44,000 tons of nuclear waste on the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation....
Choctaw Nation business benefits from war plans
A manufacturing plant owned by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma has experienced a rise in business that is attributed to an impending war on Iraq....
Minn. tribe opens replacement casino complex
The Upper Sioux Community of Minnesota plans to use proceeds from a new casino complex to purchase more land....
Drilling report notes impact on wilderness
Wildlife adapts well to the presence of oil drilling but the landscape can remain scarred for decades, according to a National Academy of Sciences report released last week....
House committee to hold hearing on ANWR bill
The House Resources Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow on a bill to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling
Several witnesses have been invited, almost all of them pro-development....
Editorial: Go see totem pole exhibit at museum
"Indian tribes in South Carolina and Florida produce them for tourists and collectors, but totem poles belong to the far Northwest.
The rich, regional heritage of this now ubiquitous symbol of Native American culture was described by former Times colleague Ross Anderson in the March 2 "Pacific Northwest" magazine....
Yellow Bird: Enough of the cold already!
"When I heard the forecaster say it might reach 51 degrees Friday, I did a little "yahoo!" jump, even with my bad knee....
Ojibwa poet shares life story through words
Ojibwa poet E Donald Two-Rivers grew up in northwestern Ontario and remembers picking rice....
N.D. artist still reeling from major jewelry theft
Nakota artist Nelda Schrupp tells The Grand Forks Herald she's "at a total loss" as a result of a recent theft of 10 years of artwork worth an estimated $100,000....
Prosecution in Alaska murder trial wrapping up
The trial of a man accused of raping and murdering an Alaska Native woman continues this week in Anchorage....
Company that claimed to be Indian-owned settles
A Missouri company agreed to pay $500,000 for falsely claiming to be Indian-owned in order to win $17 million in federal contracts....
Wis. governor promises to veto another gaming bill
Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle (D) plans to veto another gaming-related bill making its way through the state Legislature....
Interior village leaders meet for conference
The Tanana Chiefs Conference annual convention begins in Fairbanks, Alaska, today....
B.C. First Nations press forward with treaties
Although First Nations in British Columbia have to negotiate new treaties with the provincial government, Aboriginal leaders and federal officials say they are making progress....
Wash. court upholds Indian mascot ban
A court in Washington dismissed an attempt to overturn a mascot ban at public schools in Seattle....
Testimony at border hearing filled with complaints
The Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona hosted a four-hour Congressional field hearing on wide range of border issues....
Navajo Nation First Lady resigns paid post
Navajo Nation First Lady Vikki Shirley has resigned her $49,000 a year paid post, joining counterpart Second Lady Virginia Dayish....
Lakota family seeks answers on police shooting
The family of a man killed by a police officer in Rapid City, South Dakota, says they are not angered by his death but want to know the truth....
Minn. tribe negotiating on nuclear waste site
The Prairie Island Indian Community of Minnesota is negotiating with the operators of a nuclear waste facility next to the reservation but no agreement has been reached, The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports....
Report: Rumsfeld said Goshute waste plan was 'stupid'
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld reportedly characterized plans to store up to 44,000 tons of nuclear waste on a reservation in Utah as "stupid."
The Salt Lake Tribune cites a briefing Rumsfeld received on the controversial project last year....
Trust fund judge sanctions U.S. for 'misconduct'
US District Judge Royce Lamberth today sanctioned the federal government for engaging in "misconduct" and "bad faith" by falsely claiming to have records of an historical accounting of Indian funds....
Mont. tribe looks to Southern Utes for guidance
A delegation from the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana is visiting the Southern Ute Tribe of Colorado to learn more about the Ute Tribe's success....
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