Friday, March 29, 2002

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In an odd twist to the president's "leave no child behind" policy, the Bush administration is balking at the notion it should repair a set of crumbling school buildings in Arizona....

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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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What is Lance Morgan, a member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and head of the tribe's economic development corporation, doing alongside stars like Halle Berry, Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts? Being one of People's "crusaders." Featured in a special double issue of the magazine hitting the stands today, the 33-year-old Morgan gets a short but sweet two-page profile of his efforts to bring success to northeastern Nebraska. Past the big spread on the Oscar's, readers will find "Native Son," a description of how Ho-Chunk Inc....


Secretary of Interior Gale Norton and the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Tribe of California signed documents to mark a $14.2 million settlement approved by former President Bill Clinton....


Army Secretary and former Enron executive Thomas White is the subject of an internal Department of Defense probe over his use of military aircraft....


President Bush on Thursday said he had a right to nominate conservative judges to the federal bench even if no one likes them....


The Seneca Nation and the state of New York have yet to finalize negotiations on three casinos....


In an editorial today, The New London Day says it's "had enough" and it's time for the state of Connecticut to change the way money from two tribal casinos is distributed....


"I wonder whether anyone else has noticed the discrepancies between the case of the Sisseton-Wahpeton teen being held in the Grant County Jail for allegedly assaulting police officers and the incident that occurred Nov....


A federal judge in Montana has sentenced a woman to 14 months in prison for a drunk driving accident on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation....



The law firm helping three Connecticut towns fight Pequot tribes has been retained by another group of municipalities worried about federal recognition and casinos....


The Bureau of Indian Affairs staff which researchers federal recognition petitions did not formally object to the positive preliminary reviews of the Eastern Pequot Tribe and the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Tribe....


The Department of Justice has filed an amicus brief in a federal voting rights case in Montana....


There's mounting tensions among Republicans in Congress and the White House, reports The New York Times, citing dissatisfaction voiced by GOP lawmakers and advisers to President Bush....


Secretary of Interior Gale Norton is considering reversing a Clinton administration decision which closed off nearly 50,000 acres of land in southern California to off-road vehicle use....


Whaling families of the Makah Nation of Washington are preparing to set out on the water for another year of the tribe's controversial gray whale hunt....


There are but a few Alaska Natives who still practice the traditional Athabaskan technique of snowshoe making....


Author Shari Huhndorf was recognized as a woman warrior by the Alaska Native Studies Program at the University of Alaska for her work to reconcile and understand the treatment Alaska Natives have received....


"Ned Sampson feared for his life....


Spectators expecting a fantastic basketball game were sorely disappointed as The Fighting Whites faced off the Pie Guys in an intramural game at the University of Northern Colorado on Thursday night....


San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico and the Department of Energy signed a memorandum of understanding this week to test the tribe's land for radioactive poisoning....


A new report prepared by the Department of Interior says drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge can hurt the caribou herd and other animals, reports the Associated Press....


The Federal Communications Commission this week announced it will refund $2.8 billion in down payments to several telecommunications companies who bought wireless licenses in a disputed auction that has reached the Supreme Court....


A very special benefit is being held April 20 to draw attention to domestic violence on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota....


It could be a couple more weeks before a white man charged with the murder of a Navajo woman faces a jury, according to lawyers on both sides of the case....