Friday, June 20, 2003
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In The Hoop: Winners, Losers
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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House bill targets Cobell trust fund lawsuit again
A House panel this week approved legislation that would allow the Bush administration to settle certain trust fund accounts without going through the federal judge overseeing the Cobell case and subject the rest to a statistical sampling, a method overwhelmingly rejected by Indian beneficiaries....
Film Reviews: 'Whale Rider' transcends culture
Desson Howe: "Watching this delightful film, one can see why it has been winning audience favorite awards at film festivals....
Seneca Nation considers casino in Catskills
The Seneca Nation of New York is interested in a casino in the Catskills, The Albany Times Union reports....
Oneida panel to hold hearing for fired employees
An appeals committee of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin will hold a hearing to discuss the dismissal of two tribal gaming commissioners....
Hopi Tribe holds special election for vice chair
The Hopi Tribe of Arizona is holding a special election next week for the vice chairman post....
Blackfoot Confederacy meets to discuss issues
The four tribes of the Blackfoot Confederacy met in Alberta, Canada, on Thursday to discuss treaty, legal, border and other issues....
B.C. First Nations criticize fisheries ruling
A judge in British Columbia, Canada, has thrown out charges against non-Native fishermen who took part in an illegal fishery, saying that the federal government has fallen to "political correctness" by promoting Aboriginal rights....
In Canada, another Treaty Day brings another $5
Every year, the Canadian government doles out $5 to every Native man, woman and child, honoring a treaty promise made more than a century ago....
New web site seeks to preserve Native languages
The British Columbia government is launching a web site to keep Native languages alive....
'Diamonds' worn by elder only worth 99 cents
After reading a Wall Street Journal article about the Southern Ute Tribe of Colorado, a Houston businessman thought he may have found the expensive diamond bracelet his wife lost in the area....
Bush rejects Democrats on Supreme Court picks
President Bush this week rejected an offer to work with Democrats and Republicans on a potential Supreme Court nomination....
NAJA calls for end to mascot names in media
The Native American Journalists Association released its annual Reading Red Report, calling on the news media to stop using Indian mascot names in their coverage of sports....
Calif. Republican won't accept tribal business
California Senator Jim Battin (R) said he won't accept business from tribes after receiving criticism for soliciting tribal clients....
Flathead man seeks recognition for 'lost' members
Tim Smiley, a man from the Flathead Reservation in Montana, is seeking federal recognition for all the "lost" Salish, Kootenai and Pend Oreille descendants....
Osage Nation to ask Congress to restore powers
The Osage Nation of Oklahoma plans to ask Congress to pass legislation that would reaffirm the tribe's powers of self-government, chief Jim Gray says....
DOI meeting with Meskwaki Tribe canceled
Department of Interior officials won't meet with the Meskwaki Tribe of Iowa to discuss the tribe's ongoing leadership dispute because one faction has decided not to attend....
Woman: Hit and run victim appeared intoxicated
A Navajo man who was killed in an hit and run accident in Phoenix, Arizona, may have been intoxicated, The Arizona Republic reports....
Piestewa family honored guests for Crow Days
The family of Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq, will be honored guests at next week's dedication of the Indian memorial at the Little Bighorn National Monument....
Rick Lupe, Apache firefighter, dies of burns
Rick Lupe, a firefighter for the White Mountain Apache Tribe of Arizona, died on Thursday, five weeks after suffering third-degree burns over 40 percent of his body....
Bison herd still on the loose on reservation
A herd of bison recently set loose by its own continues to evade roundup on the Umatilla Reservation in Oregon....
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