Wednesday, May 28, 2003

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The Office of Special Trustee (OST) is getting bigger....

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The head of the nation's largest inter-tribal organization is defending recent Congressional testimony that criticized the Bush administration for taking money from Indian programs to pay for trust reform....


The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board made three rulings on Tuesday in favor of a proposed nuclear waste dump on the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation in Utah....


Wisconsin Republicans asked a federal judge on Tuesday to return their Indian gaming lawsuit to state court....


The Forest County Potawatomi Tribe of Wisconsin is being asked to consider relocating a casino to Milwaukee....


The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision on Tuesday said employees can recover money damages against states that breach the Family and Medical Leave Act....


Churches and houses of worship can now receive historic preservation grants from the Department of Interior....


The Mescalero Apache Nation of New Mexico is expanding its fire department....


Tribes on the Lewis and Clark trail are eager to show their side of the expedition to the West....


Navajo Nation vice President Frank Dayish Jr....


Jake Viarrial, governor of Pojoaque Pueblo in New Mexico, expects to return to work full-time in about a month after recovering from first- and second-degree burns on 6 percent of his body....


A federal judge sentenced Gary Lee Wipf, 34, to 40 years in prison and five years supervised release for abusing a minor on the Red Lake Reservation in Minnesota....


The Boeuf River Band of Cherokees is seeking recognition from the state of Louisiana....


Casino mogul Donald Trump will file a lawsuit today against the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut....


Goldbelt Inc., an Alaska Native corporation, is selling its regional cruise ship subsidiary after seeing a $4.4 million loss of $18 million....


The Gila River Indian Community of Arizona is taking steps to develop its casino resort outside of Phoenix....


Valentino "Tino" White Sr....


Cherokee Nation voters approved an amendment to the tribal constitution that eliminates the need for Bureau of Indian Affairs approval....


Navajo and Native American donors are being sought for a young boy who is suffering from a rare blood disease....


Merle Wayne Boyd, assistant chief of the Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma, died on Monday, The Native American Times reports....


A Rhode Island lawmaker is introducing a bill aimed at thwarting the Narragansett Tribe from offering tax-free tobacco goods....


A federal judge in South Daokta heard testimony in an ongoing dispute over a burial site along the Missouri River....


The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals is being asked to expedite review of shutdown of the Meskwaki Tribe's casino in Iowa....


Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr....


The state of Wisconsin and the Ho-Chunk Nation still can't resolve a land swap involving a former ammunition plant....