Monday, May 20, 2002

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The letter was terse and to the point....

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dispute over leadership of Seminole Nation dies down, trust reform monitor defends work amid attack, and courts weight powers of tribes against states....

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A federal judge and attorneys for Secretary of Interior Gale Norton traded barbs last week over the Bush administration's efforts to fix the historically mismanaged Indian trust system....


An independent review board has recommended against funding a salmon restoration project of the Colville Tribes and a Washington irrigation district....


Vice President Dick Cheney is rejecting requests to allow Congress to view a private and highly sensitive intelligence briefing which warned of airplane hijackings by terrorists....


The Alaska Legislature began a special session on subsistence this past Friday but it may soon end....


Residents of a Maine town turned out overwhelmingly on Saturday to reject a proposed casino gaming....


The Seneca Nation of New York received a warm welcome from the city of Buffalo, whose council is rescinding a resolution that endorse a non-tribal casino....


The Green Party of Minnesota has endorsed Oglala Lakota tribal member Ed McGaa for U.S....



The Navajo Nation Council is holding a special session tomorrow....


A federal judge in Washington on Friday refused to halt the Makah Nation's whale hunt until a lawsuit filed by animal-rights activists can be heard....


Klamath tribal chairman Allen Foreman criticized a celebration of non-Indian farmers in the Klamath Basin....


The Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma is seeking 250 acres of trust land for a $100 million casino project....


"Something's gotta give, in order for me to spend more time at the easel. And since the Bush administration won't let me clone myself, one of the things that will have to give is this farce of a column....


With farm-fed fish encroaching on their market, Pacific Northwest tribes are seeking ways to expand sales of wild salmon....


Activists and tribes have taken aim at corporate policies towards Native Americans for years....


A group called Coloradans Against Ethnic Stereotyping in Colorado protested the "Fighting Reds" mascot of a local high school Sunday....


The Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity are closing their ministry on the Tohono O'odham Reservation in Arizona....


Navajo students in New Mexico have written a bilingual book on the Long Walk....


A teacher on the Navajo Reservation and a candidate for president say the tribe isn't doing enough to support the education of its children....


Al Kamen of The Washington Post is holding an "In the Loop" contest that should interest Indianz.Com readers because they are known to love free gifts....


Secretary of Interior Gale Norton's defense team filed last Thursday its response to the most recent report by court monitor Joseph S....


The Supreme Court will decide next week whether to accept its second Indian trust case of the term and potentially limit the extent of the government's responsibilities to tribes....


Lingering questions over a California tribe's multi-million dollar partnership with a museum have delayed approval of the deal, The Los Angeles Times reports today....