Tuesday, April 15, 2003

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Tribal governments shouldn't rely on the courts to reinforce the federal trust relationship, Indian law practitioners advised at a conference last week....

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A skeptical federal appeals court on Monday accused a lawyer for the world's largest coal company of "double-talk" for seeking to delay the Navajo Nation's billion-dollar racketeering lawsuit....


The Spirit Lake Nation of North Dakota owns a business that makes protective armor for soldiers, tanks, ships and aircraft....


The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians of California held a public hearing on a proposal to expand the tribe's casino....


New tribal casino compacts signed by Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle (D) won't bring in as much as expected, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports....


The Oneida Nation of Wisconsin released a poll of local residents that shows support for a new casino gaming pact....


Donald Trump once remarked that the Mashantucket Pequots "don't look Indian to me." Now, he's ready to fight another Pequot tribe over a botched casino deal....


The Senate should reject a bill that opens up the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve to drilling, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer says in an editorial today....


Some Indian mascots are offensive to Native Americans and should be changed, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader says in an editorial today....


The San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians of California will start its own fire department, The San Bernandino Sun reports....


The chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee says Indian tribes will be able to streamline development of their lands under a new bill....


A leading Indian casino game manufacturer paid $12,026.50 to a woman in Washington who thought she won the money at the Tulalip Tribes' casino....


A police officer for the Oneida Nation of New York faces traffic charges for pursuing a shoplifting suspect off tribal land without authorization....


"An undisclosed Shawnee Indian tribe from Oklahoma is petitioning to build a $550 million gaming center in the Ohio town of Botkins, about 50 miles north of Dayton....


Robert Young of Washington is one of three finalists for the 2003 Volvo for Life Awards....


"Spiritual leaders are concerned about the quality of the sacred ceremonies....


John Herrington, a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma and the first tribal member to go into space, will speak at the 28th Annual Montana State University Indian Club Pow Wow and the Visions for Sustainable Tribal Communities Conference....


Jodi Rave Lee of The Lincoln Journal Star has won a journalism award for her series on the broken Indian trust fund....


David Swanson: "Because of Gov....


The Farmington Daily Times in an editorial today s backs the renaming of Squaw Peak in Arizona for Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq....


Republicans in Arizona are criticizing Democratic governor Janet Napolitano for pushing to rename Squaw Peak after Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman who was killed in action in Iraq....


Parts of a town on the Crow Reservation in Montana went without water due to a broken fire hydrant....