Wednesday, April 23, 2003
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Restoring Indian land, one acre at a time
From 1887 to 1934, tribes lost 90 million acres of their land base....
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In The Hoop: Gathering or What?
For the first time since Indianz.Com launched more than three years ago, we will not be attending the annual Gathering of Nations pow-wow this weekend in Albuquerque, New Mexico....
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Okla. tribe leaps over Indian gaming hurdles
The Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma has expanded its multi-million dollar gaming empire by exploiting loopholes in federal law, according to a review of government documents and interviews....
NIGC threatens to close Meskwaki Tribe's casino
The National Indian Gaming Commission is threatening to shut down the Meskwaki Tribe's casino in Iowa due to an ongoing leadership dispute, The Cedar Falls Courier reported....
Conn. tribe's casino takes green seriously
The Foxwoods Resort Casino, owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut, has adopted new environmentally-friendly cleaning products....
B.C. First Nations sue government over fishing rights
Four British Columbia First Nations sued the provincial and federal governments for fish farms they say have destroyed their fishing rights....
Trial for death of Native RCMP officer continues
A court in Manitoba, Canada, heard the second day of testimony in a trial for the murder a Native RCMP officer....
Ute tribal election said tainted by endorsement
Some candidates in a recent primary election say their incumbents received an unfair endorsement by a tribal financial advisor, The Deseret News reports....
Break cited in 1981 murder on Oneida Nation land
The 1981 rape and murder of a woman on the Oneida Nation land in New York has been solved, The Syracuse Post-Standard reports....
Lobbyist for Goshute waste facility paid well
A lobbyist for a proposed nuclear waste facility on the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation has been paid well, The Salt Lake Tribune reports....
DOI appeals board accepts Pequot recognition brief
The Department of the Interior's Board of Indian Appeals has agreed to accept a filing by the state of Connecticut in opposition to the recognition of the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation....
Okla. tribe partners with local governments on road
The Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma was able to stretch its dollars by partnering with the local city and county on a road improvement project....
Critics accuse Native corporation of slick accounting
Cook Inlet Region Inc., an Alaska Native regional corporation, reported a $36.6 million profit last year on revenues of $95 million, and the corporation is in solid financial condition, said chief executive Carl Marrs....
N.M. gaming appointee didn't disclose casino work
Rafael Gutierrez, one of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson's appointees, was sanctioned by the state board he now works for, The Albuquerque Journal reports....
Cross-deputization proposed on Crow Reservation
Law enforcement duties would be shared among tribal, state and federal governments under a cross-deputization proposal for the Crow Reservation in Montana....
Bush's faith-based initiative crashes in Congress
The Bush administration's lack of flexibility is blamed for the failure of the president's controversial faith-based initiative....
Mich. judge won't allow man to give peyote to son
A family court judge in Michigan denied a request for a member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians to give his son peyote as part of Native American Church ceremonies....
NMAI opens massive collection to those who ask
The National Museum of the American Indian's new Cultural Resources Center in suburban Washington, D.C., is open to anyone who wants to use objects in the collection for study or worship....
N.M. Pueblos receive share of state spending money
Four northern New Mexico Pueblos have big plans for money they received as part of the Governor Bill Richardson's state budget....
N.Y. paper's Casino Confidential is back
Steve Israel's "Casino Confidential" is back! Or so it seems....
BIA's Martin to observe Earth Day at tribal college
Aurene Martin, the acting assistant secretary for Indian Affairs, will observe Earth Day at the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico....
BIA official: Norton not keen on off-reservation casinos
The Bush administration doesn't like to take land into trust for off-reservation casinos, a Bureau of Indian Affairs official said on Tuesday....
Ariz. congressman to visit historic Apache fort
Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi (R) on Thursday will tour the historic fort at the center of a recent Supreme Court battle, tribal officials announced....
Activity in Cobell case keeps everyone busy
Activity in the Indian trust fund case heats up today with the start of a two-day contempt proceeding....
Squaw Peak name change being contested
A member of the Arizona Board of Geographic and Historic Names says a vote to change Squaw Peak to Piestewa Peak in honor of Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq, was done illegally....
Editorial: Don't throw rocks over Piestewa Peak
Piestewa Peak is a name "that should make all Arizonans proud," The Arizona Republic says in an editorial today....
Column: Piestewa fought Iraqi attackers
Lori Piestewa fought her Iraqi attackers but ran out of ammunition before being shot and killed in the Iraqi desert, according to a column in The Alameda Times-Star....
U.S. won't allow telescopes near sweat lodge
The US Forest Service on Tuesday rescinded a permit to allow a telescope project near a sweat lodge in the Coronado National Forest....
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