Thursday, May 29, 2003
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Supreme Court asked to rule on tribal jurisdiction
The Supreme Court is meeting today to consider accepting a case involving tribal jurisdiction over non-Indians....
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Settlement in trust fund case an elusive goal
Attorneys representing 500,000 American Indian beneficiaries are asking two Senate leaders to delay legislation seeking to resolve the long-running Cobell trust fund lawsuit....
N.Y. judge won't halt stop new gaming compacts
New York State Supreme Court Justice Joseph Teresi won't stop Governor George Pataki (R) from finalizing new casino deals,
Casino opponents will have a chance to appeal the decision....
Colombian rebel extradited for activist murders
A Colombian rebel indicted for the murders of three Native activists is being extradited to the United States....
DOI says endangered species program is broken
The Department of Interior is blaming environmentalists for breaking the Endangered Species Act program....
Editorial: State-tribal partnership has benefits
An economic development study on the Lower Brule Sioux Reservation will help the tribe and the state of South Dakota, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader says in an editorial....
Fond du Lac council member resigns post
George Dupuis, a Fond du Lac Ojibwe business committee member, resigned last week after an investigation uncovered he was billing the band for expenses that were also being picked up by Minnesota Ojibwe Tribe....
Final ruling on Goshute nuclear could come soon
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is urging its adjudicatory board to resolve final licensing issues for a proposed nuclear waste dump on the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation in Utah....
Navajo families finally moving into new housing
Families are moving into a $5.2 million housing complex on the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico....
Mashantucket leader wants level playing field
Kenneth Reels, former chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut, suggest his tribe would seek an off-reservation casino if the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation were to do so....
Trump spent $10M on Pequot recognition bid
Casino mogul Donald Trump says he spent $10.1 million to help the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Tribe of Connecticut gain federal recognition....
Morongo casino to be second-largest in Calif.
The Morongo Band of Mission Indians broke ground on a $250 million casino-resort destined to be the second-largest tribal gaming facility in California....
Ore. tribal members shielded from Medicaid cuts
Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski signed into law a bill that creates separate Medicaid standards for Native Americans....
BIA backs tax-free cigarette shop in Maine
The Bureau of Indian Affairs says the Micmac Tribe of Maine can sell tax-free cigarettes on tribal land, the Associated Press reports....
Okla. compact bill has support of horse tracks
Oklahoma's horse track operators are backing a bill that will allow them to offer the same electronic games as tribal casinos....
NIGC's Hogen speaks on Indian gaming issues
Phil Hogen, chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission, spoke at the 2003 Sovereignty Symposium in Oklahoma City on Wednesday....
Notah Begay 'didn't even want to get out of bed'
Navajo / Pueblo golfer Notah Begay III is ready to get back to winning after battling two years of injuries and depression....
Ex-BIA employee sentenced for surfing for porn
Marvin Beartusk, 51, a former Bureau of Indian Affairs employee, was sentenced to more than two years in federal prison for receiving obscene materials....
Mineta rejects preservation grant for historic site
The Department of Transportation won't help the state of South Dakota preserve an Indian site that is three to five hundred years old....
Tribes gathering for trust reform discussion
The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) is holding a meeting today to focus on trust reform and the ongoing reorganization of the Department of Interior....
Remains of Indian Vietnam veteran identified
The Pentagon will bury the remains of a Hopi / Laguna Pueblo serviceman June 18 at Arlington National Cemetery....
Okla. college names head of Indian law center
Kelly Stoner has been named director of Oklahoma City University's Native American Legal Resource Center....
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