Tuesday, May 20, 2003

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Justice Scalia didn't write the opinion....

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Tribal governments can't use federal civil rights law to shield themselves from state criminal investigations, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled on Monday....


No one doubts that two Delaware tribes in Oklahoma have strong ties to Pennsylvania....


Joseph Medicine Crow, the historian for the Crow Tribe of Montana, finally received his doctorate degree in University of Southern California....


A tribal fishing village in Oregon is due for a makeover by the U.S....


A bill to expand the storage of waste at a nuclear plan near the Prairie Island Indian Community was blocked by Democrats in the Minnesota Senate on Monday....


Rural water projects are helping Montana's tribes and rural residents, even if the White House doesn't think so....


A New Mexico man was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for setting a fire on the Mescalero Apache Reservation....


The US Fish and Wildlife Service is moving forward with plans to have the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes manage the National Bison Range in Montana....


"Dragonflies have a special significance to Native people....


A Tohono O'odham Nation judge dismissed an attempt by Mexican tribal members to delay the tribe's upcoming election for chairman....


The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts recently helped dedicate a replica of a fishweir, a traditional fishing trap, on the Boston Common....


The tribal college on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota is offering a new program in vocational rehabilitation counseling....


Political season for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has some steamed over a recent mailing....


Cockfighting enthusiasts are hoping they can keep the tradition alive by hosting events in Indian Country....


The US Attorney's office in Connecticut has subpoenaed the former chairman of the Mohegan Tribe in connection with the $1 billion expansion of the tribe's casino, according to news reports....


A New York Supreme Court justice put on hold the state's tribal casino compacts until legal issues can be resolved....


The National Indian Gaming Commission on Monday asked a federal court to close the Meskwaki Tribe's casino....


An attorney for the California tribe at the center of a Supreme Court case says the court's ruling is not anti-tribal government....


The Bureau of Indian Affairs has launched an investigation into the prescribed burn in which a Rick Lupe, White Mountain Apache firefighter, was seriously burned, the tribe announced on Monday....


Department of Interior officials this week will talk about ongoing reorganization efforts at the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Office of Special Trustee....


Secretary of Interior Gale Norton will take questions online tonight as part of the "Ask the White House" chat feature of the White House website....


A member of the Southern Ute Tribe of Colorado agreed not to contact a council member who felt threatened by his presence....

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