Thursday, June 19, 2003
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Protections for sacred sites called inadequate
Citing threats that include a shooting range, a highway project and a power plant, Indian advocates called on the federal government to ensure the highest protections for sacred places....
Navajo Nation launches campaign against STDs
Navajo Nation leaders and health officials are taking aim at growing rates of syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases on the reservation....
Bush to nominate lawyer for D.C. Circuit post
President Bush plans to nominate a White House lawyer for a spot on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, The Washington Post reports....
Mich. tribe seeking trust status for casino land
The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community of Michigan is seeking to take a former airport into trust for a casino project....
BIA allows new Wis. compacts to take effect
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has neither approved nor denied gaming agreements for two Wisconsin tribes....
Charges laid in shooting death on Navajo land
Federal authorities have laid charges against a Navajo man for the shooting death of another tribal member....
Cherokee group promises not to seek casino
A Cherokee group seeking state recognition in Louisiana is promising not to open a casino during the next 99 years....
Menominee Nation continues timber tradition
With 94 percent of the reservation containing timber assets, the Menominee Nation of Wisconsin is eager to exploit its natural resources but also careful to preserve them for future generations....
One animal shelter on reservation to close
An animal shelter on the Navajo Reservation in Shiprock, New Mexico, will close this week, The Farmington Daily Times reports....
Editorial: Keep options on Tar Creek open
Lawmakers should keep all options open when considering how to cleanup the Tar Creek Superfund site in Oklahoma, The Daily Oklahoman says in an editorial....
First Nations move forward $3B pipeline deal
A coalition of First Nations in the Northwest Territories of Canada signed a deal to clear the way for a $3 billion natural gas pipeline....
Lori Piestewa: 'Hell yeah, I've taken fire!'
Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq, came under fire during a March 23 ambush in Iraq but there is no evidence she was shot, The Arizona Republic reports....
Fla. tribe doesn't want judge kicked off case
The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is opposing an attempt to remove the federal judge overseeing the $8 billion cleanup of the Everglades....
Wife charged with murder of ex-BIA judge
The wife of a former Bureau of Indian Affairs judge and employee of the Eastern Cherokee Tribe of North Carolina has been charged with murdering her deceased husband....
New use eyed for old Indian school in Nev.
The Nevada Indian Commission wants to turn the old Stewart Indian School into a cultural center and museum....
NPS doesn't oppose Eastern Cherokee land swap
The Bush administration doesn't oppose a bill to land swap between the Eastern Band of Cherokees and the National Park Service, an official said on Wednesday....
House panel considers Shoshone payout bill
The House Resources Committee on Wednesday held a hearing to consider a bill that would distribute a $142 million trust fund to members of the Western Shoshone Nation....
Calif. Republican lawmaker solicits tribes
California Senator Jim Battin (R) is asking gaming tribes to hire his public relations and media company, The Los Angeles Times reports....
Ariz. bishop caught in hit and run case resigns
The Catholic bishop in Phoenix, Arizona, who has been arrested in connection with the hit and run death of a Navajo Nation man resigned on Wednesday....
Editorial: Don't interfere in tribal affairs
Members of the Meskwaki Tribe of Iowa should be allowed to resolve a leadership dispute within the tribe, The Quad City Times says in an editorial....
DOI to discuss Meskwaki leadership dispute
The Department of Interior will meet with the Meskwaki Tribe of Iowa in an attempt to resolve a leadership dispute that has shuttered the tribe's casino....
Oneida Nation gaming commissioners removed
Two gaming commissioners for the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin say they were unfairly terminated....
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