Tuesday, June 11, 2002

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs, facing criticism from tribes, state governments and the media, goes before Congress today to report on federal recognition, one of its most controversial duties....

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In contrast to previous years, the Supreme Court has refused to take a number of Indian law disputes this term....

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At least one tribe's sprawling casino empire has been called into question by federal gaming regulators concerned about land approval policies at the Bureau of Indian Affairs....


The Piegan Institute was founded by some members of the Blackfeet Tribe of Montana who wanted to keep their language alive....


The General Accounting Office (GAO) on Monday released a report criticizing the Army Corps of Engineers for overestimating the benefits of a $311 million project to dredge the Delaware River....


President Bush didn't really read an Environmental Protection Agency report on global warming, White House spokesperson Ari Fleischer admitted on Monday....


A federal appeals court heard oral arguments on Monday in a case challenging oil and gas exploration off the coast of California....


The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that employers have the right to determine whether a job would endanger the health and welfare of an employee....


The Seneca Nation is distributing annuity checks to tribal members this month....


Tourists from Germany, Japan and Europe come to South Dakota to get a taste of Native culture and the Old West, according to the tourist agency. A particular draw is the Crazy Horse memorial under construction. Interest has grown as parts of the huge rock sculpture takes shape....


A new web site outlines how nuclear waste will get to Yucca Mountain in Nevada but foes of a Utah tribe's plan to store the highly radioactive material hope to use the information too....


Yup'iks could marry the tall to create millionaires By Harley Sundown (Published: June 11, 2002) Scammon Bay -- I have a great idea on how we can diversify our economy out here in village Alaska....


Attorney General John Aschroft announced on Monday the arrest and detention of an American citizen he said was a known terrorist agent plotting to detonate a bomb within the United States....


Indian people throughout the nation are losing their languages at an alarming rate....


Alaska Natives this weekend celebrated the return of a traditional rattle....


A member of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona was warned against placing water jugs on tribal land for illegal immigrants, The Arizona Daily Star reports....


In an opinion published in The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, a former Alaska state wildlife official accuses Alaska Native leaders of stalling on subsistence....


The Blackfeet Reservation in Montana has been declared a weather disaster area by the tribal council....


A federal judge on Monday refused a government request to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the excavation of human remains at an Army Corps of Engineers site along the Missouri River....


A class action suit alleging mismanagement of Navajo trust funds is proceeding in federal court in Utah....


Nebraska authorities on Monday cited seven people who drank beer in public to protest liquor sales to Native Americans....

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