Monday, April 28, 2003

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The Bush administration went before a federal appeals court this week to challenge Secretary of Interior Gale Norton's recent contempt citation for her handling of the Indian trust....

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A look at the stories that were making the news....

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The acting head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs on Friday said she feels "sympathy" for tribes seeking federal recognition, having grown up on a reservation where her family's Indian identity was denied....


The Crow Tribe of Montana has begun enforcing fish and game laws on the reservation....


A provision in a new compact signed by the Ho-Chunk Nation and Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle (D) authorizes the expansion of the tribe's bingo hall in Madison to a full casino....


If you want to catch comic and "Tonight" show host Jay Leno, head to the nearest reservation....


A California judge ruled that the state's campaign finance laws do not apply to tribal governments, a ruling that is conflict with another one on the subject....


Aboriginals in Canada are protesting lawmakers' efforts to overhaul the federal-tribal relationship....


Officials in Canada are planning to deport a man who claims he is Indian....


An exhibit at the Mid America All-Indian Center in Wichita, Kansas, documents historical imprisonment of Native Americans and the paintings of Leonard Peltier....


Some parents who participate in the YMCA's "Indian Guide" and Indian "princess" program are upset that the national organization is phasing them out....


Omaha culture was a centerpiece of a gathering at the Lincoln Indian Center in Nebraska on Friday....


The White House is delaying a report on the Tar Creek Superfund site over concerns about the government's mismanagement of Indian royalties, Oklahoma Congressman Brad Carson (D) said....


An inspection of the bison herd owned by the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation of North Dakota has found no mismanagement....


Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle (D) signed new gaming compacts with seven tribes on Friday....


The 2003 Native Youth Olympics were held in Anchorage, Alaska, last week....


The Bureau of Indian Affairs has hired a hydrologist to investigate a proposed coal mine near a lake sacred to the Zuni Tribe of New Mexico....


A special investigation into the death of Alan Two Crow, a Lakota soldier found dead at West Point Military Academy in New York, turned up irregularities in the search, The Middletown Times Herald-Record reports....


Gerald "Butch" Brun, the chairman of the Red Lake Nation of Minnesota, died Saturday after a short illness....


Aurene Martin, the acting head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs spoke to the Navajo Nation council on Thursday....


"Welcome to the Decade of Distraction – not debate....


Students at the Oneida Nation Elementary School in Wisconsin have started a penny drive to raise money for Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq....


The American Indian College Fund has created a scholarship fund in honor of Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq....


The Hopi Tribe of Arizona held a ceremony on Friday for Lori Piestewa, the tribal member killed in action in Iraq....


Native American children should be taught their language and culture in school, The Farmington Daily Times says in an editorial....