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Thursday, April 24, 2003

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As we reminisced on GON's of yesteryear, we forgot to mention something else we will miss: The Electric 49....

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IHS positions to lose Indian preference under Bush plan

The Bush administration is moving forward with a controversial consolidation initiative that will result in the loss of Indian preference for 200 positions at the Indian Health Service (IHS)....

Obituary: Waterman, champion of Oneida land claim

Delia Waterman, a crusader for Oneida Nation land rights, died on Saturday....

Conn. bill legalizes casino nights again

Minority lawmakers in Connecticut accused their colleagues of racism and hypocrisy for approving a bill that would legalize the same type of gaming they rescinded in order to stop new tribal casinos....

Study shows benefit of tribal casino in Tex.

The state of Texas is losing out on $2 billion because it shut down the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe's casino....

Advocate urges radio stations for Native communities

Every Native community should have its own radio station, the station manager for KIDE Hoopa Valley Radio in northern California says....

Ariz. congressman opens reservation offices

Freshman Congressman Rick Renzi (R) has opened offices on three Arizona reservations....

Navajo Nation council grills Shirley and VP

At a council session on Tuesday, Navajo Nation delegates criticized President Joe Shirley Jr....

Health of N.D. tribe's bison herd questioned

Federal and state authorities in North Dakota are looking into reports that a herd on the Fort Berthold Reservation is being mishandled....

Aboriginal art in Australia attracts an audience

Less than 20 years ago, Aboriginal art wasn't taken seriously in Australia....

Health fair focuses on traditional healing

A health fair being held on the Gila River Reservation in Arizona will focus on traditional Native American and alternative medical healers....

Navajo students learning language at earlier age

Navajo students at an elementary school in Farmington, New Mexico, impressed their older counterparts with their knowledge of the Navajo language....

Wash. tribe to open first methadone clinic in county

The Stillaguamish Tribe of Washington plans to open a methadone clinic to treat heroin addicts in mid-July, The Everett Herald reports....

N.M. gaming appointee faces action over work history

An investigation into one of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson's gaming appointees could result in his termination, The Albuquerque Journal reports....

White House silent on Santorum's remarks on gays

White House spokesperson Ari Fleischer on Wednesday refused to comment on remarks by Senator Rick Santorum, the third-ranking Senate Republican who compared gays to criminals....

Cherokee Nation plans to lay off housing employees

The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma plans to lay off as many as 100 housing employees, The Daily Oklahoman reports....

Fla. senate passes Miccosukee jurisdiction bill

The Florida Senate on Wednesday voted 32-6 on a bill that rescinds state jurisdiction over Miccosukee tribal lands....

Anna Mae Aquash suspect to go to trial in June

Arlo Looking Cloud, charged with the first-degree murder of American Indian Movement activist Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash, will go to trial June 24 in federal court in Sioux Falls, South Dakota....

Activist protests verdict in rape and murder case

Desa Jacobsson, an Alaska Native activist, is on a hunger strike to protest the recent acquittal of a man accused or raping and murdering an Alaska Native woman....

Charges laid in Indian school abuse case

A 77-year-old man currently living in Ireland has been charged with 21 counts of abuse at two Native residential schools in British Columbia, Canada....

Editorial: NIGC should interfere in tribal dispute

There are "100 million reasons" for the National Indian Gaming Commission to intervene in a leadership dispute within the Meskwaki Tribe of Iowa, The Quad-City Times says in an editorial....

Judge upholds off-reservation casino limits

A federal judge on Wednesday upheld a provision in federal law that has limited off-reservation casinos....

Goshute Tribe rejects Griles deal as 'disingenuous'

Deputy Interior Secretary J Steve Griles offered to double the size of the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation in Utah if the tribe dropped plans to host a nuclear waste facility, The Salt Lake Tribune reports....

Column: Lori Piestewa died because she had no options

"Lori Ann Piestewa likely didn't carry an American gun to boost her legacy....

Concert to benefit Lori Piestewa's children

The Yavapai College in Arizona will hold a concert May 28 to benefit the two children of Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq....

Renzi also says Piestewa fought 'to the death'

Lori Piestewa, a member of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona, died while charging her Iraqi attackers during an ambush March 23, according to Rep....

Okla. tribe purchases technology company

The Muscogee Creek Nation of Oklahoma has purchased an information technology company....