Wednesday, May 22, 2002

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The Navajo Nation has urged the Supreme Court to reject the Bush administration's challenge to a $600 million royalty ruling....

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Tens of thousands of Native Americans who lack health insurance face additional risks from life-threatening diseases, according to a comprehensive federally-supported study released on Tuesday....

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The Department of Interior's information technology systems could be plunged into chaos again based on the findings of a team of federal computer security experts....


Animal-rights activists are appealing a federal judge's decision not to halt the whale hunt of the Makah Nation of Washington....


The Department of Justice will sue the state of Florida for alleged voting rights violations that occurred during the 2000 presidential election....


Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) on Tuesday said he would introduce legislation to create an independent panel to review the September 11 terrorist attacks....


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Secretary of Interior Gale Norton will be a featured guest at the Montana Republican Party Platform Convention next month....


A federal appeals court on Tuesday declined to reimburse former secretary of interior Bruce Babbitt for all of the legal fees incurred as a result of an investigation into a controversial tribal casino proposal....


Plans for a new office complex for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut have gained final approval....


Scientists have discovered in Guatemala a huge source of jade used by the Olmec and Mayan civilizations of Meso-America....


Democrats in a Connecticut city on Tuesday rejected a challenge to their delegate from author and Congressional hopeful Jeff Benedict....


A Senate panel today will vote on a subpoena to compel the White House to turn over information related to its contacts with the bankrupt company Enron....


Two tribes in South Dakota have joined a multi-state battle over the levels of water in the Missouri River....


A paper company held a ceremony on Tuesday to return a sacred island to the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine....


The Alaska Legislature called an end to its work on Tuesday, leaving public talks on subsistence by the wayside....


The Wall Street Journal features the office of Sen....


Kidnapped and sold at a young age, married into an abusive relationship soon after and dead at age 25, Sacagawea is getting paid back with a golden dollar coin that no one seems to want, The Daily Oklahoman laments in an editorial today....


The Department of Interior has determined that Mount Graham in Arizona is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places....


The state of Kansas is moving forward on an highway project after finding no remains of Native Americans at a wetlands near Haskell Indian Nations University....


A grassroots group based on the Winnebago Reservation in Nebraska held a ceremony on Tuesday to start work on a healing garden....


A legislative panel in Rhode Island approved a bill to put the Narragansett Tribe's proposed casino on the November ballot....

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