Thursday, March 21, 2002

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American Indians and Alaska Natives receive substandard health care in part because the federal government has refused to acknowledge its responsibility to tribal nations, a report released on Wednesday concludes....

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Remember when Indianz.Com wrote about Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb's failure to offer new land-into-trust regulations despite the Bush administration having put them on hold more than a year ago? Well this distinction has earned him a special honor from the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress....

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The Department of Interior's sole representative at a forum on tribal lands came under fire on Wednesday for the government's record on the protection of sacred sites....


Five Navajo students from Red Mesa High School in Arizona are on their way to New York City to take in the sights and sounds of the Big Apple....


Refusing to budge about allowing Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge to testify, the White House has changed its mind about one of his senior aides....


The Bush administration is proposing to settle a landmark civil rights claim against a hotel chain for alleged discrimination against African-Americans....


President Bush on Wednesday said he will sign a bill to overhaul how federal campaigns are financed after the measure cleared the Senate....


The House Resources Committee on Wednesday reported favorably on a bill to require more public consultation before a national monument is declared....


A plan to double the amount of money five Connecticut towns receive from tribal casinos gained support on Wednesday....


The Arizona Tourism and Sports Authority on Wednesday delayed its decision on a new host for a $350 million Arizona Cardinals football stadium....


The Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma on Wednesday said it was willing to give up its share of a $248 million land claim award in exchange for a casino in New York....


"The Narragansett Indians are furious that the House Finance Committee appears bent on ignoring their pleas to put a West Warwick casino on the 2002 ballot....


In response to tribal concerns, Narragansett Chief Matt Thomas said on Thursday he would put off approaching the U.S....


The Bureau of Indian Affairs has asked its attorneys to look closer at a recent court decision affecting the legitimate government of the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation....


Former independent counsel Robert Ray on Wednesday released his final report on the scandal which nearly brought down the presidency of Bill Clinton....


Democrats in the Senate can't hold up a vote on the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site, Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) admitted on Wednesday....


A report by a national organization cites a lack of discussion on inhalant abuse in comparison to other substances....


In an editorial, The Farmington Daily-Times says the new 3 percent sales tax of the Navajo Nation is "long overdue." The paper says the tax will ensure local governments get money the need, rather than having the central bureaucracy decide how the funds are spent....


"While it's true that the American Indian community is diverse in its opinions and acceptance of the dominant culture's suppression and colonialism, it's also true that the use of mascots to depict this diversity is an egregious affront to a significant segment of our community....


Thanks to some high-level intervention, some bowhead whale bones left over from an Inupiat hunt are on their way to England....


The National Park Service and tribal elders have differed on the exact location of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre in Colorado....


A Republican candidate for governor of Maine has changed his stand on a proposed tribal casino and says he opposes it....


A judge in South Dakota on Wednesday refused to turn over two teens involved in a racially charged shootout to the adult criminal system....


Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Wednesday abruptly canceled a hearing for a bill he has introduced to distribute a $129 million land claim award to members of various Shoshone tribes....


The Bush administration is reviving a federal-tribal task force aimed at protecting sacred sites....


The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut is waiting to see how the Army Corps of Engineers responds to the state's recommendation to limit a $10 million fisheries project....