Tuesday, March 25, 2003

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Calling the Bush administration's latest budget request inadequate, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) on Monday introduced a measure to double funds for the Indian Health Service (IHS)....

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The opening round in a legal battle over a sacred site in South Dakota began on Monday with the Bush administration promising not to allow plans for a shooting range to go forward without court approval....

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An emotional Percy Piestewa described daughter Lori Piestewa as "one tough cookie" on Monday as word surfaced that the 22-year-old Native woman from Arizona is missing in action in Iraq....


The Seneca Nation of New York is experiencing success with its temporary casino, an executive said....


The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a civil liberties challenge to the federal government's expanded surveillance powers....


The Powwow in the Schools program in Texas will introduce six Native artists to elementary students in Galveston this week....


The New Zealand government plans to sign a $45 million land and cash settlement with a Maori tribe this week....


The Tulalip Tribes of Washington held a general election on Saturday....


The Fort Peck tribal court has a new set of judges....


Some Republicans "refuse to take no for an answer" despite being repeatedly "slapped" for trying to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer says in an editorial today....


Eight First Nations in Saskatchewan are suing the Canadian government over proposed changes in education funding....


The Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe of Washington says plans to close a state salmon hatchery will have devastating effects on salmon recovery....


A federal judge in Washington last week rejected a major challenge to the Muckleshoot Tribe's concert amphitheater....


California tribes are meeting with the state to start gaming compact negotiations, the Associated Press reports....


The Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas met with county officials on Monday to start a dialogue on issues of concern....


Band students from Sacred Heart High School in Salina, Kansas, spent their spring break performing for five South Dakota reservation schools....


A dedication ceremony was held on Monday to mark the transfer of the Bear River Massacre site to the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation....


A firefighter for the Fort Belknap Tribes of Montana found the data recorder for the downed space shuttle Columbia....


The South Dakota Legislature passed a bill limiting a legal victory won on behalf of tribal members....


Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr....


Florida Governor Jeb Bush (R) and his Cabinet today ordered negotiations for a possible land swap with the Miccosukee Tribe, the Associated Press reports....


"It isn't unusual for Native people to join the military....


The "Assault on Alcohol" campaign to ban alcohol sales on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana holds a public meeting tonight....