Tuesday, April 8, 2003
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Indian Country takes on trust relationship debate
For much of last year, Neal McCaleb had a mantra....
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Appeals court to hear Navajo Nation's Peabody suit
On the heels of a negative Supreme Court ruling, the Navajo Nation is gearing for another round in its fight over mining in northeastern Arizona....
Yellow Bird: Pow-wow crosses cultural lines
"During the [recent University of North Dakata Indian Association] powwow, someone came up and asked me about the paint that some of the dancers use on their faces....
New gaming compacts in Wis. almost finalized
New gaming compacts with 10 tribes in Wisconsin will be finalized in the coming weeks, a state official said....
Cayuga Nation joins Catskills casino race
The Cayuga Nation of New York wants to build a $500 million casino in the Catskills on the site of a racetrack....
Roadless forest ban could head to high court
The state of Idaho is considering appealing a controversial roadless forest rule to the Supreme Court....
Pine Ridge school hosts Lakota art exhibit
"With a beaded strip running through the center, the man's robe blanket -- half blue, half red -- graces the gallery wall, the colors representing the sacredness of night and day among the Lakota....
Wyo. college hosts annual pow-wow and feast
The ninth annual Northwest College Powwow will be held at Northwest College in Montana this Saturday....
S.D. university holds Indian awareness week
The Black Hills State University in South Dakota is holding its Indian awareness week....
Okla. debate decries link of lottery to tribes
Oklahoma tribal advocates said lawmakers and the press have unfairly linked the debate over a state lottery with Indian gaming, The Oklahoma Daily reports....
Supreme Court allows ban on cross burning
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the right of states to ban cross burning although the decision may take some explaining....
Navajo man in Utah convicted of murdering children
A Navajo man was convicted by a federal jury of murdering his two children on the Navajo Reservation in Utah....
B.C. reaches tentative First Nation land deal
The British Columbia government has reached a tentative agreement with the Snuneymuxw First Nation, CBC reports....
Mille Lacs Leader: Don't allow urban casinos
"The Star Tribune erred when, in a recent editorial, it claimed that allowing state-sanctioned casinos would not cause Minnesota any regret in the future....
Jodi Rave: Diversity needed in the newsroom
"While much of the country debates race-based admissions at the University of Michigan, none should pay more attention than the newsrooms of America....
Calif. law requires restoration of sacred site
California Governor Gray Davis (D) signed into a law a bill that requires reclamation of a massive gold mine near a site sacred to the Quechan Nation....
Largest Indian gaming conference opens in Ariz.
The National Indian Gaming Association, which represents more than 150 tribes, holds its 12th annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, this week....
Udall, of N.M., named vice-chair of Native caucus
Representative Tom Udall, D-N.M., Monday confirmed that he has been tapped as vice-chairman of the Congressional Native American Caucus....
Senate: Norton to testify about 2004 budget
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton is scheduled to testify on Thursday about her department's fiscal year 2004 budget....
Second Anna Mae indictment was mistakenly unsealed
The indictment of a second man in the murder of Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash was supposed to be kept secret, a federal prosecutor said on Monday....
Memorial set for fallen soldiers from Ft. Bliss
A memorial will be held Friday for the nine members of the 507th Maintenance Company, out of Fort Bliss in Texas, who were killed in action in Iraq....
Piestewa death investigated as war crime
The Pentagon is collecting evidence as part of a possible war crime investigation in connection with the death of Lori Ann Piestewa and other members of her unit who were killed in action in Iraq, The Arizona Republic reports....
Editorial: Rename Ariz. peak in honor of Piestewa
Squaw Peak in Arizona should be renamed "Piestewa Peak" in honor of Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman who was killed in action in Iraq, The Arizona Republic says in editorial today....
Closing arguments in Alaska murder trial
The prosecution wrapped up its case against Joshua Wade, an Alaska man charged with murdering and raping an Alaska Native woman....
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