Monday, May 19, 2003

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The head of the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) warned Oklahoma tribes in a strongly worded letter last week that he will shut down their casinos if they continue to violate the law....

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The Bush administration doesn't want to be seen as a cheerleader when it comes to Indian gaming....

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Indian Country avoided a number of showdowns over tribal sovereignty and tribal rights last year....


Blackfeet language educators from the Blackfeet Nation of Montana testified in support of a Native language bill....


Confronted with rising numbers of babies born addicted to drugs, youth suicide and sexual assaults, the Lummi Tribe of Washington is taking a get-tough approach to drug problems on the reservation....


The Red Earth Festival is being held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this week....


The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina will hold a primary election June 4....


Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby will run for re-election of the Oklahoma tribe....


The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of South Dakota will study agricultural development options with the support of the state....


The Oklahoma Legislature is set to take up a bill that would authorize tribal gaming compacts....


A memorial to the Indian warriors who fought at the Battle of Little Bighorn will be dedicated June 25, the 127th anniversary of the historic battle....


Edison Chiloquin, a member of the Klamath Tribe of Oregon who fought termination, died recently, the Associated Press reports....


The Seven Fires Foundation, a non-profit organization, has organized the 1,700-mile Spirit Walk to preserve Lakota language and culture....


Two men in Montana say they have narrowed down the location where Sacajawea, the Shoshone woman who was a member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, was captured by a rival tribe....


The Midlands Intertribal Empowerment Group held its eight annual pow-wow in Columbia, South Carolina, this weekend....


About 120 black-footed ferrets have been released on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota as part of a tribal-federal partnership....


"Hey, it’s me again, coming to you live from somewhere beyond the grave....


"The man across the table in a dark downtown New London restaurant was wearing a wool ski hat, pulled tight over his forehead and ears....


Wisconsin tribes contribute more than $30,000 to the Wisconsin Council on Problem Gambling....


With less than 200 members remaining, Joe Scovell is in a race to prevent The Clatsop-Nehalem Tribe from fading into obscurity....


The elected council of the Meskwaki Tribe of Iowa doesn't plan on putting any tribal funds in a receivership, a spokesman said....


"Gene Merriam, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, suddenly has become the strong, silent type....


Rick Lupe, a longtime firefighter on the Fort Apache Reservation in Arizona, is in critical condition after suffering third-degree burns over 40 percent of his body, The Arizona Republic reports....


"Virginia's eastern Indians were labeled either White or Black by segregationist government bureaucrats in the Jim Crow 1920s....


The Alaska Supreme Court in a unanimous decision struck down an Alaska Native hiring preference law....


The head of the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association says he isn't worried about a crackdown on illegal Class III games....


A federal judge in South Dakota held a hearing to address a burial site along the Missouri River....


The Supreme Court ruled today that the Bishop Paiute Tribe of California cannot sue county officials for seizing tribal casino records....


A $13 million pipeline being constructed on the Blackfeet Reservation will serve tribal and rural residents....