Thursday, March 14, 2002

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An angry Congressman on Wednesday blasted the Department of Interior for being biased in favor of tribes when officials decided last year to deny water to non-Indian farmers in the Klamath Basin....

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University of Illinois trustees seeking guidance on the school's controversial Chief Illiniwek mascot found little on Wednesday with a report which offered no concrete resolution to the long-running debate....

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The Department of Interior doesn't know how much 300,000 American Indians are owed because an historical accounting of their funds has not been conducted, Secretary Gale Norton said on Wednesday....

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Secretary of Interior Gale Norton is used to getting slammed in the press and in court for her actions (or inaction as may be the case) but yesterday she got it in person....


Officials of the Cowlitz Tribe of Washington say they are no immediate plans to locate a casino on 150 acres of land they want placed into trust....


A Montana woman has been indicted on felony charges for allegedly driving while drunk and carrying a baby on her lap....


A receiver should be set up to garnish the per capital payments of Mashantucket Pequot tribal member being sued, the Connecticut Supreme Court was told on Wednesday....


Archaeologists have uncovered a 1,900-year-old Mayan mural in the jungles of Guatemala and say it provides rare insights into tribal culture....


With the help of federal funding under a flood law, the pow-wow grounds of the Meskwaki Tribe of Iowa will be saved from erosion, the Associated Press reports....


Barring any last-minute freakouts, the Senate Judiciary Committee is voting today on the nomination of Charles Pickering to the federal bench. Pickering is a federal judge in Mississippi....


"Going Native: Indians in the American Cultural Imagination," is a new book by Alaska Native author Shari Huhndorf....


The Gila River Tribe today will unveil more detailed plans to host an Arizona Cardinals football stadium on its reservation....


The Connecticut town of North Stonington has budgeted $100,000 to continue fighting three Pequot tribes....


A Rhode Island lawmaker on Wednesday proposed to create a commission to study gaming in the state....


While Bureau of Indian Affairs employees were indicted for fraudulent use of government-issue credit cards, the Defense DepaRtment is letting employees walk away from millions of dollars in debt....


Some pieces of ancient pottery that turned up in an odd location in Alaska have been returned to their rightful owner....


President Bush is known for repeating himself but at a press briefing on Wednesday, his habit reached an feverish pitch as he was pummeled with questions about peace in the Middle East....


A committee has been set up to review potential changes to the way the Navajo Nation government is run....


Research published in today's issue of Nature gives new meaning to that joke about a thousand monkeys on a thousand typewriters....


Several religious groups in Washington have sent letters in support of the Duwamish Tribe's federal recognition....


A federal judge in Hawaii on Wednesday refused to temporarily halt funding for a Native Hawaiian programs....


Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation Chairman Kenny Reels has become vegetarian and is on a management program to combat his diabetes, reports The New London Day....


Citing lack of support from the Native community in South Dakota and hostility from Indian activists, the woman leading the charge against mascots has dropped her fight....


The Department of Interior has been put on notice for a $37 million lawsuit over a Bureau of Indian Affairs employee involved in a deadly car crash....


The FBI has issued subpoenas to two Skull Valley Goshute leaders to determine how tribal money is being spent on a proposed nuclear waste facility in Utah....


Idaho's House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 53-17 to approve a bill that retroactively subjects tribes to a gasoline tax....


"THE campaign against Indian nicknames and mascots presumes that they offend Native Americans -- but do they?" asked Sports Illustrated magazine in last week's issue....


After issuing two memos directing state agencies only to deal with recognized tribal leadership, New York Gov....

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