Wednesday, June 12, 2002

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A federal judge on Tuesday halted work at a site near the Missouri River in response to a lawsuit a South Dakota tribe filed when human remains were removed without notification....

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In an interesting twist, a conservative legal group which has fought protection of sacred sites and Native voting rights has submitted a Supreme Court brief championing Indian law victories....

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs has spent more than $100,000 on a federal recognition project involving just one tribe but officials on Tuesday insisted the system will speed up review of groups that have waited years to get an answer on their status....


Fire crews from nine tribes in Oklahoma are helping battle blazes throughout the country....


White House vandalism that occurred at the end of the Clinton administration cost American taxpayers upwards of $14,000, Congressional investigators concluded in a report released on Tuesday....


A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the federal government to halt all timber sales in parts of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska....


One-time Labor Secretary nominee Linda Chavez scuffled recently with a man she accuses of spreading hate....


Several Maine towns on Tuesday rejected a proposed tribal casino....


The president and four members of a school board in Michigan were recalled on Monday because they wanted to get rid of a school's mascot....


Action was delayed on Monday on a resolution to urge recognition of a sacred mountain in Minnesota....


Windtalkers, the MGM movie about the Marines assigned to protect the Navajo Code Talkers, officially opens nationwide on Friday....


An effort to bring electricity to 111 homes on the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico kicked off this week....


The Senate on Tuesday shelved debate on a federal hate crimes bill....


The Kansas State Board of Education was urged on Tuesday to eliminate Indian mascots from all public schools....


The tribes on the Fort Belknap Reservation want the federal government to return mountains that have been largely destroyed by gold mining....


Representatives of Alaska Native hunters and the federal government have finalized a whaling agreement....


Members of the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota were overjoyed with Tuesday's ruling to halt work at a burial site....


The Bureau of Indian Affairs has delayed a decision on a casino land approval decision in New York, Steve Israel reports in his "Casino Confidential" column....


The Idaho Supreme Court will decide on the legality of a tribal gaming initiative....


Montana Governor Judy Martz on Tuesday authorized emergency status to help families on the Blackfeet Reservation, which was hit by a heavy snowstorm over the weekend....


The Bureau of Indian Affairs official in charge of federal recognition on Tuesday said that a jump in petitions was recorded after the passage of an Indian gaming law in 1988....


Two tribes will share in a $2.6 million fund a New Mexico judge approved last month....

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