Friday, May 30, 2003
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In The Hoop: Winners, Losers
Is it Friday already? That means it's time for the weekly list of the movers and shakers in Indian Country and beyond....
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List highlights threats to sacred and historic sites
A lake in New Mexico held as sacred by several tribes and an area in Georgia known as the cradle of Muscogee civilization were named two of the nation's most endangered places on Thursday....
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Tribes focus energies on 'core' trust reform issues
Meeting without the Bush administration on Thursday, tribal leaders stressed the need to stay united as they move forward with initiatives to reform the broken Indian trust....
Alaska tribe elects leaders with help from BIA
The Douglas Indian Association of Alaska has finally elected a tribal council....
N.M. gaming board gets new Indian liaison
Michael Gallegos has been named to the New Mexico Gaming Control Board to work with tribal casinos....
Bush wants to limit human rights suits in U.S.
The Department of Justice submitted a legal brief arguing against the use of US courts to hear human rights suits against foreign dictators and international companies, The Washington Post reports....
Tribal clash in Ecuador leaves up to 30 dead
A reported clash between two tribes in Ecuador has left as many as 30 dead, according to news accounts....
White House OMB announces outsourcing policy
The White House Office of Management and Budget announced a policy aimed at speeding up outsourcing of federal jobs....
Marlboro cigarettes have high levels of carcinogen
A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that Marlboro cigarettes have higher levels of a cancer-causing substance than almost every cigarette brand in the world....
Panel considers Goshute nuclear waste plan
The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board declined to approve a scaled-back proposal to store nuclear waste on the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation in Utah....
Prairie Island nuclear bill signed into law
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty (R) signed into law a bill that allows the storage of additional nuclear waste at a facility next to the Prairie Island Indian Community....
At least eight migrants dead on Ariz. reservation
The bodies of at least eight Mexican migrants have been found in the past week on the Tohono O'odham Reservation....
Agua Caliente chairman accuses union of lies
The chairman of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of California is accusing a hotel and restaurant union of a campaign of disinformation....
Tribal histories shared on Lewis and Clark
The University of Montana-Missoula and the Montana Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission hosted the Confluence of Cultures conference this week....
Wis. gaming suit sent back to state court
A federal judge in Wisconsin returned a suit over the state's gaming compacts to state court....
Review: NMAI show documents Indian cowboys
Grace Gleuck of The New York Times reviews "Legends of Our Times: Native Ranching and Rodeo Life on the Plains and the Plateau," an exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City....
Mother: Police mishandled son's murder case
"After much reflection on my past visit to Devils Lake and Grand Forks in search of justice for my son, Russell Turcotte, I feel that I must respond to a remark that Jeff White, chief agent with the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation, made during his interview with the Herald....
R.I. tribe upset over reservation checkpoint bill
The chief of the Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island criticized a bill that would set up checkpoints around the tribe's reservation in order to make customers pay state cigarette tax....
Okla. senate approves gaming compact bill
The Oklahoma Senate voted 25-19 to approve a bill that legalizes certain electronic casino games in the state....
Judge calls for settlement of Nez Perce water rights
A federal judge in Idaho set a Tuesday deadline for a settlement to Nez Perce water rights case, The Idaho Statesman reports....
BIA delaying distribution of federal road money
Where's Neal McCaleb when you don't need him? Tribes in his home state of Oklahoma are wondering when the Bureau of Indian Affairs will release federal road money....
S.D. asks court to limit tax refunds to Indians
South Dakota attorney general Larry Long asked the state Supreme Court on Thursday to limit refunds owed to tribal members for an illegally paid gas tax....
Tribe paid $100K to lobby Norton on land-into-trust
A California tribe donated $100,000 to the Republican Party in order to lobby Secretary of Interior Gale Norton on land-into-trust regulations that she rescinded....
PBS to air show on Griles' ethical conflicts
The PBS show "Now With Bill Moyers" is airing an program on Deputy Interior Secretary J....
8th Circuit court won't reopen Meswaki casino
A three-judge panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday turned down a request to reopen the Meskwaki Tribe's casino in Iowa....
Navajo artist inspired by 9-11 and Iraq war
A painting by Navajo artist David John has been selected as this year's Santa Fe Indian Market poster....
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