Thursday, June 13, 2002
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BIA role in recognition decisions under review
In response to controversies during the Clinton administration, the
Department of Interior has been asked to clarify whether the
recommendations of federal recognition researchers can be overturned....
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Norton testifies on trust fund shutdown
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton said today her department has spent at
least $13 million to reconnect its computer systems to the Internet....
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DOI organization charts published
Additional documents of the Department of Interior's joint tribal-federal
task force on trust reform are published in today's Federal Register....
EPA to ease coal pollution rules
The Environmental Protection Agency is relaxing air pollution rules
governing aging coal-burning power plants....
Project records traditional knowledge
The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission has interviewed
elders from 11 tribes in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota as part of a
project on the traditional use of plants....
Sioux tribal member seeks another nod
Former South Dakota gubernatorial candidate Ron Volesky plans to seek
the Democratic nomination for state attorney general....
Iowa tribe disputes consulting pact
A dispute between the Meskwaki Tribe of Iowa and a former consulting is
headed back to the state court system....
Minn. man indicted for reservation death
A man on the Red Lake Reservation in Minnesota was indicted in federal
court for stabbing his wife....
Letter: Closed tribal membership rolls
Mohegan chairman being
disingenuous
Editor:
In Gail Ellen Daly's May 28 article, "Band trying to prove its
place in history," the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut
Tribal Chairman Mark Brown is quoted: "In 1993, just prior to
federal recognition, we tried to locate anyone who could show,
through genealogy, they had common ancestors."
Brown's comments are disingenuous at best....
Indian art show searches for new home
The Kansas University Museum of Anthropology will host its last Indian
Arts Show this fall....
Aboriginal remains to be returned
A museum in Australia will repatriate the skulls of eight Tasmanian
Aboriginals....
Ariz. tribe wrests with border issue
Tohono O'odham Nation police spend most of their days dealing with
Mexican nationals who use the Arizona tribe's 4,500-square-mile
reservation to enter the U.S....
Demoted civil rights worker wins claim
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ruled that the
US Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) retaliated against a former
worker who filed a discrimination complaint....
Bush to promote Internet access
President Bush will work to increase high-speed Internet access, The
Washington Post reports today....
Overhaul of teaching standards sought
The Department of Education is calling for states to overhaul their
teacher certification systems....
Congress eyes moving FBI, CIA
Congressional leaders met with Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge
on Thursday to discuss the creation of a new Cabinet department....
Loss of traditions prompted celebration
A group of Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian elders came together more than
20 years ago and looked for a way to stop the loss of their cultures....
Tribes want federal casino oversight restricted
The leader of the nation's largest organization of Indian casinos on
Wednesday called for the federal government to revoke hundreds of
Clinton-era mandates deemed obtrusive to tribal sovereignty....
Comanche man was Code Talker too
The Navajo Code Talkers seem to get all the credit but warriors from
other tribal nations also helped the United States with code efforts during
World War II....
Seminole Tribe files $4 million suit
The Seminole Tribe of Florida filed a lawsuit in state court, alleging
former employees bilked $4 million in tribal profits....
Pueblo taps water for project
San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico is working with local officials on a
project that could help provide clean water for the region....
N.M. tribe warned on wastewater
The Environmental Protection Agency in April warned the Mescalero
Apache Nation of New Mexico that it was violating the Clean Water Act....
Another Interior recusal on drilling
Rebecca Watson of the Department of Interior has recused herself from
coalbed methane drilling issues in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming
and Montana....
Blackfeet Reservation braces for flood
Damage from a recent storm that hit the Blackfeet Reservation in
Montana is estimated at $1 million, with tribal leaders and residents
fearing additional flooding....
Sacred site protection topic of debate
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation on Wednesday held a
hearing in South Dakota....
DOI employees ordered to front line
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton has ordered any employees with fire
certification to report for fire duty....
Tlingit pay tribute to orca
Tlingit tribal members in Washington held a ceremony on Wednesday for
an orphaned orca....
Choctaw car dealership approved
The Mississippi Band of Choctaws can run a car dealership, a Louisiana
state panel said on Wednesday....
Exxon wants oil spill award reduced
Exxon Mobil Corp has lowered the amount of damages it wants to pay to
Alaska Natives, fishermen, land owners and others affected by the Exxon
Valdez oil spill in 1989....
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