Monday, June 17, 2002
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Task force faces tough sell on trust reform
A joint federal-tribal task force on trust reform was greeted with
skepticism last week by listeners of a radio program who questioned
whether the Department of Interior can be trusted to correct its
historical mismanagement of Indian funds....
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Okla. casinos operate illegal game
Several Oklahoma tribes this weekend defied a federal order to shut
down a controversial casino game whose future could rest on judicial
interpretation of new regulations designed to limit court battles....
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The Week in Review
Indian gaming rules and regulations talk of the town, judge halts work at burial site in response to tribal complaints, education and Indian trust budgets targeted, and federal recognition reforms considered....
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Trust fund monitor accused of prejudice
On the eve of her appearance at a tribal convention, attorneys for
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton accused the Indian trust fund monitor
of overstepping his boundaries and asked a federal judge to dismiss him.
"It is with great reluctance that the Interior defendants request that this
court revoke the appointment of Joseph S....
Alaska Native quota to expire
Alaska Native communities can take 75 bowhead whales this year before
their hunting quota runs out....
Yellow Bird: Reform tribal government
fter covering a late-night community meeting where the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa tribal
council and members were at odds, I was driving home and I wondered how many times I had
witnessed that same scene....
John Potter: Leave me alone
"Get this: I recently received a book, entitled "The Conquering Indian,"
sent to me by a certain reader who believes that I'm on the road to
eternal damnation simply because I'm not a Christian, and because I
choose to follow my Native beliefs....
Letter: Wayne Smith a hero
"It is horrific to know that the Department of the Interior can do
outrageous things with such impunity....
Speculation on tribal motives
Connecticut Governor John Rowland (R) is being accused of secretly wanting
to open the state's third tribally-owned casino....
Death of grave-digger ruled a suicide
An Alaska man who was convicted of removing the skull of an Alaska
Native child from a grave site, died last month after shooting himself in
the head, authorities said....
FAS study includes reservation
Doctors in Montana are part of a multi-state study on fetal alcohol
syndrome (FAS)....
Mont. battle site under study
A group of volunteers has undertaken an archaeological project aimed at
mapping the Fetterman Fight, a December 21, 1866 battle in which
Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors defeated Army forces....
Blackfeet Reservation digs out from storm
Ranchers on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana are trying to recover
from last week's snowstorm that crippled power lines and caused loss of
cattle....
Conference focuses on language
The Athabascan Languages Conference is being held at the University of
Alaska at Fairbanks this week....
NCAI's Hall has lofty goals
Tex Hall has worn a lot of hats, no pun intended, in recent years.
Teacher, rancher, and tribal leader....
Accident mars sobriety gathering
The Copper River Native Sobriety Celebration was held during the
Memorial Day weekend late last month, an event organized to combat
alcoholism among Alaska Natives....
Weak opening for Code Talker movie
Windtalkers, the MGM movie which features the Navajo Code Talkers who
served during World War II, placed a distant third at the box office this
weekend....
Diabetes study tracked children
A study of 86 Aboriginal patients who developed diabetes at a young age
has raised alarm for health researchers....
Editorial: 'Offensive' stance on remains
In an editorial today, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader criticizes the state of
South Dakota for suggesting that Yankton Sioux tribal members planted
human remains at a work site near the Missouri River....
Okla. tribes targeted in gaming review
Oklahoma's tribes are being asked to prove their casinos are operating
on Indian land, The Daily Oklahoman reports today....
Okla. tribe remodels elder's home
The Muscogee-Creek Nation of Oklahoma recently finished remodeling
work on a home for a California Fixico, 100-year-old tribal member....
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