Friday, March 14, 2003

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An appeals court in Saskatchewan, Canada, on Thursday refused to overturn the criminal convictions of two former police officers who admitted abandoning an Aboriginal man in the freezing cold....

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Police in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, said they are continuing to investigate complaints of brutality against Aboriginals....

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Two leading Indian Country advocates made a bipartisan request on Thursday to halt the reorganization of Indian affairs at the Department of Interior....


Senator Harry Reid (D-Nevada) says he will consider working with Western Shoshone tribes on their land claims....


Five Montana tribes are being asked to share ownership in a new casino if they agree to forfeit their rights to expanded gaming on their reservations....


Wisconsin lawmakers don't appear to have enough votes to override Governor Jim Doyle's expected veto on a gaming oversight bill....


A spokesperson for the Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe of Rhode Island says the tribe does not support a land claims suit filed by a man who claims to be the chief....


The Alaska Senate on Thursday approved $1.3 million to lobby for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge development....


The Senate is moving closer to a vote on a controversial measure to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to development....


The Chippewa Cree Tribe of Montana has imposed a ban on smoking in all tribal buildings....


The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation of North Dakota hopes to start up an $80 million refinery and ethanol plant within three months....


A Florida House subcommittee voted 4-3 to approve a bill that eliminates state civil and criminal jurisdiction over Indians the Miccosukee tribal lands....


After nearly a decade of little or no representation, Alaska Natives have made a return to the ACS Open North American Championship sled dog race....


The Seminole Tribe of Florida held a hearing on Thursday to address getting rid of ousted chief Jim Billie....


Senate Republicans failed in a second attempt on Thursday to break a Democratic filibuster against Miguel Estrada, an appeals court nominee....


The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribal College on the Saginaw Chippewa Reservation in Michigan has received initial candidacy accreditation status....


Sixteen Indian leaders in Montana want to join a state lawsuit challenging attempts to redraw the state's legislative districts....


The chairman of the Pechanga Band of Mission Indians is threatening cut off business with a California paper that has covered the tribe's enrollment dispute....


Tohono O'odham Nation chairman Edward Manuel went on trial for allegedly soliciting a prostitute in an undercover sex sting....


The Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma is applying for federal money to clean up its tribal complex....


A coalition of tribal governments, the Bush administration and the Makah Nation of Washington are asking the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a ruling that halted the Makah whale hunt....


With $8 million in seed money from gaming proceeds, the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska launched its successful and well recognized economic development corporation....


The annual conference of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) is scheduled for March 27 to April 1 in Fargo, North Dakota....


A rally will be held in Gardiner, Montana, on Saturday to protest the continued slaughter of bison in Yellowstone National Park....