Wednesday, June 11, 2003
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DOI employees falsified Navajo trust data
The Department of Interior took disciplinary action against three employees who falsified data for an Indian trust audit but not before one was given a cash award for "creativity," according to a recent internal investigation....
Mohawk candidates want election held again
Thirteen of the 25 candidates in the recent St Regis Mohawk Tribe election want it held all over again, citing long lines and problems with voting machines....
Suit filed over Pequot tribe's water authority
Three towns in Connecticut are suing the state for expanding the water authority of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation....
State, feds accept water sharing agreement
A water sharing agreement involving the Navajo Nation and the Jicarilla Apache Nation in New Mexico has been accepted by the state and federal government....
Minn. board to vote on Indian charter school
The Minneapolis School District will vote June 24 on whether to continue sponsorship of the Heart of the Earth Center for American Indian Education....
School's discipline policy would consider Natives
Minneapolis public schools are considering a new discipline policy in light of the growing number of Indian students, and other minorities, being placed on suspension....
Harvard's Class of 2003 includes 10 Natives
Ten Native Americans graduated from Harvard University in Massachusetts, according to The Farmington Daily Times....
Letters: Readers respond to paper's mascot policy
Glenn Froberg: "How is it that the Star Tribune is so hung up on the thought that some American Indians might find it offensive to see certain sports teams named the 'Braves' or 'Chiefs.'"
Al Seever: "I feel very sad that the newspaper might print insensitive sports team names again."
Louis Gray/Native American Times: "While we know your heart is good, your decision to step back into the dark ages is indeed sad....
Can. politician protested for race-based views
A reported 150 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, held a protest against Jim Pankiw, a lawmaker and candidate for mayor who is calling for an end to Indian rights....
Rehnquist daughter created 'distrust' at HHS
The General Accounting Office (GAO) on Tuesday released a report critical of Janet Rehnquist, the former inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services who stepped down June 1....
N.Y. group stresses respect not protest
An anti-treaty rights group says it is a complete coincidence that a protest against the Cayuga Nation will be held on the same day as a pro-tribal festival....
Seminole Tribe to spend $15.9M on road project
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is spending $15.9 million to improve a state road....
Okla. tribe funneling bridge money to city
The Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma is giving $1 million to fund a new bridge in the city of Chandler....
Tribes awarded $8.2M for Internet access
The US Department of Agriculture awarded $20 million in broadband Internet access grants, with $8.2 million going to tribes....
Report: Indian police officer killed with own gun
A deputy sheriff in Montana killed in the line of duty was shot with his own gun, The Great Falls Tribune reports....
Death penalty negatively impacts Natives
Before tribes were allowed to opt out of the federal death penalty, American Indians were put to death at a disproportionately higher rate, The Gallup Independent reports....
RCMP opening probe into another abandonment case
Saskatchewan's justice minister has asked the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to look into a case of a Native woman who was abandoned by police in Saskatoon 25 years ago, CBC News reports....
Rahall reintroducing sacred sites legislation
Representative Nick Rahall (D-West Virginia) will introduce the Native American Sacred Lands Act today at a press conference in Washington, D.C....
Indian affairs panel to consider IHS nominee
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee today will consider the nomination of Dr Charles Grim as director of the Indian Health Service....
Navajo fair board members dispute ouster
A new Shiprock Northern Navajo Nation Fair Board was chosen over the weekend but the old board members say they won't recognize the results of the election....
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