Friday, March 22, 2002

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Wilma Mankiller, the first woman to be elected chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, charmed a Washington, D.C., crowd on Thursday night with her views on tribal culture, gender roles and Indian mascots....

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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....


"I cringed while reading the Argus Leader article of the young Native American girl housed in a basement "dungeon" (so stated by the law enforcement personnel)....


A senior Department of Justice official is disputing a published report on the Bush administration's proposed settlement of a civil rights case....


President Bush on Thursday announced plans to speed up processing of goods and people at the U.S.-Mexico border....


The Department of Energy is planning to file thousands of documents in federal court in an attempt to prove it consulted with environmentalists on President Bush's national energy policy, reports The Washington Post today....


The Bush administration on Thursday proposed to allow doctors and hospitals to disclose private medical data without the written consent of their patients....


The Senate on Thursday approved a renewable energy amendment to an energy policy bill but the legislation remains stalled as Democrats battle Republicans over key issues....


A frequent foe of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation says the tribe is not supporting a proposal to give several Connecticut communities more casino money....


A vice president of Harrah's Entertainment is holding a fundraiser for Representative Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) because of his role in Indian gaming....


The Maine Legislature is being asked to set up a task force to assess the impact of a tribal casino on the state's economy....


The two candidates for North Idaho's Congressional seat are supporting Indian gaming although the same can't be said of local lawmakers....


The Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma is working to make its casino operation compliant with federal law....


The top aide to Rhode Island's Secretary of State has been fired for setting up meetings between the Narragansett Tribe and a casino company....


The Alaska Supreme Court on Thursday rejected most of the state's House redistricting plan....


Having lost their fight in the Senate, opponents of the campaign finance reform bill are amassing a legal challenge....


A report on the economic impact of Alaska Native corporations was released on Thursday....


Over the objection of more than 20 states and the nation's top Indian gaming regulator, appointees from the Clinton administration are proposing to ease the definition of certain casino games....


A pair of whale jawbones donated by an Alaska Native hunter are being held back from their journey to England....


The Seneca Nation of New York spent nearly $400,000 on a lobbying contract last year, The Buffalo News reports....


The Senate Indian Affairs Committee on Thursday approved a bill to compensate the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota and Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska for damage resulting from the construction of dams on the Missouri River....


Denied a local permit, the Oil-Dri Corp isn't doing the same for needy cats in Nevada....


In an attempt to protect a set of 4,000-year-old Indian petroglyphs, the owner of the property on which they sit has covered the famous artifacts up with a tarp....


Navajo Nation representatives in Utah are urging the tribe to reassert its water rights to the Colorado River....


Having the Navajo Nation contract its health care from the Indian Health Service is one of President Kelsey Begaye's top priorities....


The Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Nation of South Dakota is asking the U.S. Attorney's office to start a civil rights probe over a racially charged shooting incident involving the tribe's girls basketball team....


An audit by Arthur Andersen underestimates the damage Pueblos in northern New Mexico suffered from the Cerro Grande Fire of May 2000, a federal disaster official said....


The plaintiffs in the Individual Indian Money (IIM) class action have asked a federal judge to hold Secretary of Interior Gale Norton and her attorneys in contempt for the destruction of e-mail documents against court orders....


The Gila River Tribe of Arizona on Thursday announced it was withdrawing its proposal for a $350 million Arizona Cardinals football stadium....