Tuesday, April 23, 2002

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Drug courts operating in communities and reservations throughout the country cannot prove they reduce repeat offenses, one of the key measures of success, the General Accounting Office reported on Monday. But that doesn't mean the courts aren't working, Congressional researchers said....

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Senator Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.) asked Secretary of Interior Gale Norton last week to investigate Bureau of Indian Affairs deputy Wayne Smith....

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In The Hoop celebrated its first birthday last week with such little fanfare that we decided to prolong the event by creating our very first annual In The Hoop Reader Appreciation Survey! Over the next few days, we will be asking you for your input on how to make In The Hoop even more exciting....

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The Supreme Court took its first Indian law case of the term on Monday, agreeing to resolve a dispute over an old Army fort housing a tribal school and other crumbling buildings....


A petition to legalize video slots in bars in Nebraska has been dropped....


"Friday and Saturday of last week was my first time in Ontario. Springtime is a magnificent time to make that trip....


Members of the Northern Ute Tribe of Utah went to Colorado over the weekend to meet with a king from Uganda....


A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with the death of a man on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana....


The Supreme Court on Monday said it would review a case affecting the rights of anti-abortion protesters....


The Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in a case affecting the use of the death penalty....


Harvard University in Massachusetts is playing host to a tribal constitutional reform conference in May....


The town council in Kittery, Maine, voted last night to reject any and all casino development....


Residents of the Connecticut town of North Stonington have approved spending an additional $58,000 to fight the federal recognition bids of the Eastern Pequot Tribe and the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Tribe....


The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut will open its new hotel today....


A former employee of the Mohegan Tribe pleaded guilty on Monday to stealing from the Connecticut tribe's casino....


Research published in today's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences cites evidence of domestic violence among Neanderthals....


The Grand River First Nation of Ontario doesn't want to open a casino in Pennsylvania, band officials said....


The Pentagon is reviewing actions taken by the American military during the temporary ouster of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, The New York Times reports today....


Things are looking up for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts....


The Anchorage Native Primary Care Center is finally complete....


A complaint from the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association spurred a probe into the handling of a child molestation case on the remote St. George Island....


Testimony in a case challenging police services provided to Alaska Native villages was winding up last week The court heard from police officers who said the villages are receiving adequate protection even though funding has dropped by a third. Experts on both sides of the issue testified about crime in rural villages, with one saying Native residents feel safer than urban ones....


A University of Tulsa student has completed a study of homes in the Tar Creek Superfund area....


A judge in New Mexico on Monday sentenced a man to 46 years for the killing of a Navajo woman....


Secretary of Interior Gale Norton celebrated Earth Day on Monday in Florida....


President Bush and Al Gore debated one another on Monday, except someone forgot to tell Bush and someone told Gore the contest was in Tennessee....


The national ombudsman of the Environmental Protection Agency resigned from his post on Monday night....


An oil company owned by billionaire Philip Anschutz has dropped plans to drill in a site considered sacred to a number of tribes....


A lawsuit was filed against the state of Montana by 21 former inmates of a youth detention facility....


Oklahoma University men's basketball coach Kelvin Sampson will be honored as Ambassador of the Year by the Red Earth organization....