Monday, May 27, 2002


A group of cities in Idaho have dropped a lawsuit seeking to reinstate the position of an Environmental Protection Agency investigator....


Two Maine tribes completed their walk for sovereignty on Friday....


Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb last week urged the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma to hold new tribal elections....


Three men were found dead outside the Muckleshoot tribal casino in Washington this weekend....


Opponents of the Seneca Nation's casino agreement with the state of New York are hoping to gain seats in the upcoming tribal election....


The National Park Service intends to repatriate at least six Native ancestors found in New York....


In an editorial, Representative Frank Wolf (R-Va.) calls on the Bush administration and Congress to put a halt to the spread of gaming, especially in Indian Country....


A group of 23 towns in Connecticut wants the Bush administration to stop recognizing tribes....


Wayne Smith, the former deputy to Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb, has asked for federal whistleblower status after being fired from his job....


A Wyoming senator opposes a proposed purchase of federal land because he worries tribes might do the same....


The Native American Preparatory School in New Mexico graduated its last class before closing due to financial problems....


The Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds the first in a series of oversight hearing on sacred sites next week....


Damion Killsback will receive his doctorate in pharmacy next month, the first member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana to do so....


A long tradition of remembering Native warriors and veterans continued today on the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana....


Deputy Interior Secretary Steven Griles continued to involve himself in coalbed methane drilling decisions despite agreeing not to do so....


Curators for the Arizona State Museum are preparing an upcoming exhibit of 360 original paintings by Native artists....