Friday, June 13, 2003

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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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Fifty years ago this week, on June 11, 1953, the United States dedicated the Garrison Dam....


The slow-moving Bureau of Indian Affairs was blamed for the lack of home ownership at a housing conference in Montana....


Players for the Connecticut Sun, the WNBA team owned by the Mohegan Tribe, cannot gamble at the tribe's casino because they are considered casino employees....


The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut welcomed a new addition to its child development center....


A new report from a Canadian Parliament committee calls for an end to the Native-only fishery in British Columbia....


"The business cards for the Anasazi Restaurant & Lounge — a single-story roadhouse in Cortez, Colo., whose Saturday night prime rib special ($14.50 for 8 ounces, $16.50 for 10) attracts both locals and truckers bunking at the adjacent motel — list the address as 640 S....


A 300-acre blaze on the Colorado River Reservation in Arizona was expected to be contained last night....


The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin is starting a small business program with a $118,189 grant from the U.S....


Gun ownership is one reason why violence on the Navajo Nation is increasing, says former Navajo first lady Wanda MacDonald....


The Navajo Nation's agribusiness was paid $192,000 to "stay out" of a deal over the sale of water from the San Juan River, The Farmington Daily Times reports....


American Indian Movement activist Vernon Bellecourt said he would organize a blockade in Whiteclay, Nebraska, to prevent the sale of liquor....


The Fourth Annual Intertribal Gathering at Fort Robinson State Park in Nebraska starts today....


The Wisconsin Supreme Court is considering whether it should take an Indian gaming case or refer it to the lower courts....


Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski (R) vetoed a $10.4 million land deal that would benefit Alaska Native corporations....


First Nations leaders are planning to take their first over tax-free status to Canada's Supreme Court....


Author / poet / standup comedian Sherman Alexie is working on a biography of guitar legend and alleged Cherokee Jimi Hendrix, The Oregonian reports....


The Wall Street Journal runs a lengthy story on the Southern Ute Tribe of Colorado, whose $1.45 billion in assets was built not on gaming but on energy development....


A federal judge will appoint a special master to supervise the reburial of remains at a Yankton Sioux burial site along the Missouri River in South Dakota....


The New York Court of Appeals on Thursday invalidated a casino compact with the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation because it wasn't ratified by the State Legislature....


"Some tribal leaders do not perceive the power in a resolution or declaration of rights....


Tribal leaders are gathering on the Gila River Reservation in Arizona tomorrow for a summit on Indian policy issues....


"We salute all the women and men of the United States armed services and their families for their tireless efforts and willingness to sacrifice all they have in the name of the United States of America....


After 35 years of federal service, Jim McDivitt, a Bureau of Indian Affairs deputy, is resigning effective today....


Mothers and grandmothers on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota have organized a prayer service and pow-wow for Native American troops....