Friday, March 21, 2003

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Education is the most important factor influencing control over land in Indian Country, according to the results of survey released on Thursday....

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Is it Friday already? That means it's time for the weekly list of the movers and shakers in Indian Country and beyond....

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Canada's highest court on Thursday agreed to hear an appeal of a landmark Native rights case that tests the reaches of the trust relationship....


PBS will film the next installment of Tony Hillerman's Navajo cop series in New Mexico....


A man from the Spirit Lake Reservation in North Dakota has pleaded innocent to murder of a 17-year-old boy....


A Texas man is in federal custody for allegedly bilking $1.6 million from investors in Minnesota....


A bill was introduced in the Montana House to create a special entertainment district with 10 casinos....


The Cherokee Nation Judicial Appeals Tribunal on Thursday said chief Chad Smith can run for re-election....


Republicans in the House won't explain why they won't include language authorizing development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the 2004 budget resolution....


The Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island is purchasing a 67-acre burial site with the help of a $500,000 grant from the federal government....


Organizers of a festival in Florida say protests by the American Indian Movement won't derail the Chasco Fiesta....


The Oneida Nation of Wisconsin says ongoing controversy over the expansion of gaming in the state has stalled tribal compact negotiations....


A state court in South Carolina has ruled that the Catawba Nation owes a local district $900,000 for the education of Indian children....


A police officer who shot a Lakota man to death in Rapid City, South Dakota, has been cleared of wrongdoing....


American Indians in South Dakota have varied reactions to the war in Iraq, The Rapid City Journal reports....


A federal appeals court on Thursday cleared the Santee Sioux Tribe of future fines and contempt charges....


The Bush administration, citing new law, is seeking to limit compensation to two court investigators for the Indian trust fund lawsuit....


The Department of Interior doesn't think the nation's largest inter-tribal organization should ask the judge overseeing the trust fund lawsuit to address their concerns, according to a recent court filing....


If you attended the March 20 Senate Interior Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2004 Forest Service appropriations, Indianz.Com would like to get in touch with you....


A court in Michigan held a hearing to consider whether a man can give his 4-year-old son peyote as part of Native American Church ceremonies....