Monday, June 23, 2003
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The National Congress of American Indians hosted its mid-year session this week, drawing tribal leaders and their representatives to the Gila River Reservation in Arizona to discuss major issues facing Indian Country....
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Report card shows Native students falling behind
The first assessment of the nation's public school system since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act showed mixed results for American Indian and Alaska Native students....
Hopis return to ancestral home for solstice
Members of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona returned to the Chaco Cultural National Historical Park to observer the summer solstice with traditional dances and ceremonies....
White supremacist leader losing ground in Wyo.
The leader of a racist group says he won't leave a town near the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming despite losing his job being given the cold shoulder from the community....
Critic: Sherman Alexie not above mocking self
"Last year, while exalting Larry McMurtry as the most popular writer of the American West, the Los Angeles Times relegated Sherman Alexie--without specifically naming him--to a group of praiseworthy Western writers who lack mass appeal largely because they explore only microcosmic corners of this vast region.
True, no contemporary author has succeeded in popular Western fiction like McMurtry, the old stud horse in the sparse herd of the region's literary writers....
Woman shooting film on Onondaga territory
Diane Fraher is shooting "The Reawakening," a film about a tribal casino project, on Onondaga Nation territory in New York....
Indiana governor to create Indian commission
Indiana Governor Frank O'Bannon will issue an executive order this week to create the state's first American Indian commission....
Nez Perce tribal member joins law school faculty
Douglas Nash, a member of the Nez Perce Tribe, is joining the faculty of University of Idaho College of Law as an associate law professor....
Editorial: Women rise to top in tribal politics
Women are now in charge of eight of 22 tribes in Arizona, The Arizona Republic says in an editorial....
Study looks at birth rates for Zuni, Navajo women
A study published in the Annals of Family Medicine shows a low rate of Caesarean sections among Zuni and Navajo women in New Mexico....
Editorial: Gale Norton worse than James Watt
"The Bush administration, in particular its interior secretary, Gale Norton, has always wanted to transfer more control of America's public lands to state and local governments and to open them to a wider range of commercial and recreational uses....
Alaska Natives celebrate heritage, culture
Members of all of Alaska's major tribes, plus some from the lower 48, took part in Spirit Days, a two-day celebration of Native culture....
Democrats don't want Campbell to run in 2004
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is trying to find a new job for the only American Indian in the Senate, John McCaslin of The Washington Times reports....
Run-off election for Mohawk chief settled
The Akwesasne Mohawk Nation of New York held a run-off election for one of the tribe's chief positions....
Lumbee Tribe builds government from scratch
In nearly three years, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has grown from a non-profit organization with $33,000 in the bank to a fully functioning government with a $10 million budget....
Indian memorial at Bighorn dedicated this week
Spiritual elders, Native veterans, tribal leaders and government officials will dedicate a memorial to the Indian warriors who fought at the Battle of Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876....
Meskwaki faction says BIA agreed to election
A faction of the Meskwaki Tribe of Iowa says the Bureau of Indian Affairs would agree to a new election if conducted fairly, a claim disputed by a rival Meskwaki group....
Navajo man, victim of hit and run, buried
Jim Lee Reed, a Navajo man who was the victim of a June 14 hit and run accident was buried in Tuba City, Arizona, on the Navajo Reservation....
Meeting set to discuss Indian energy bill
Tribal leaders will be meeting with Senate staff July 2 to discuss Indian energy development legislation....
Library is repository for Sho-Ban history
Information about treaties, language tapes and photographs can be found at the library run by the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Idaho....
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