Tuesday, June 3, 2003
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Trial testimony focuses on trust standards
Federal statutes trump common law trust standards, an expert for the Bush administration said in federal court on Monday....
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Indian employees challenging DOI reorganization
A labor union representing thousands of Indian employees said on Monday it plans to file suit against the Bush administration to halt an ongoing reorganization at the Department of Interior....
Work on new tribal college campus to begin
Construction on a new campus for the Navajo Nation's Dine College will begin with a $3.5 million contract to a construction firm....
Bill seeks to ban smoking at N.Y. casinos
New York lawmakers are seeking to impose a state ban on smoking to tribal casinos....
DOJ files brief in anti-abortion protest case
The Department of Justice has sided against anti-abortion activists in a case testing the limits of free speech....
FCC votes along party lines to relax media rules
The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 along party lines on Monday to relax media ownership regulations....
Tribes and fishermen fight for Klamath water
Tribes and fishermen who depend on the Klamath River Basin are joining forces to fight for more water....
Cherokee tribe in Ala. buys Sequoyah Caverns
The Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama has purchased Sequoyah Caverns for $25,000, the Associated Press reports....
Application to renumber Devil's Highway approved
It's official: US 666, a three-state highway that runs through parts of the Navajo Nation and the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation, has been renumbered US 491....
Review: Adam Beach speaking Navajo made me cry
"The Navajo language is spoken every day like English on the reservation....
Get your funny groove on at Indian comedy fest
Seven Native comedians will take to the stage at Sky City Casino in New Mexico for the "Jest Jokin'" comedy fest....
Ariz. tribe spends $5M on diabetes research
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Tribe of Arizona signed an agreement to provide $5 million for diabetes research....
Conn. tribe stakes claim to off-reservation casino
The Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe of Connecticut is warning other tribes in the state not to consider looking near Bridgeport to host an off-reservation casino....
Native students' test scores improve in Wash.
Native American students in Washington showed a 7 percentage point gain on national reading and math tests....
Yellow Bird: Where the land and wind heal the soul
"With old tennies, a warm-up sweater, rain gear thrown in at the last minute, binoculars, bird and prairie-plant books and my digital camera, I went exploring the national wildlife management areas of Lonetree and Chase Lake - a round trip of about 500 miles....
Furor over Delaware tribal land claim dies down
Concern over a tribal land claim in Pennsylvania still has some landowners worried but most of the excitement has died down, the Associated Press reports....
Calif. tribe releases own employee wage study
The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of California is releasing a study to counter claims that tribal employees are underpaid....
Wis. tribe wants GOP leader to resign over cartoon
The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin is calling for state GOP chairman Rick Graber to resign over a cartoon that has been criticized as racist....
Seminole Tribe inaugurates new chairman
Mitchell Cypress was sworn in as chairman of the Seminole Tribe of Florida on Monday....
Woman sworn in to lead Tohono O'odham Nation
The Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona swore in its first woman chairman, Vivian Juan-Saunders....
Indian police officer in Mont. laid to rest
A reported 1,000 people attended funeral services for Josh Rutherford, a sheriff in Blaine County, Montana, who was a member of the Assiniboine Tribe....
Senate committee to take up reservation roads
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow to address two Indian reservation roads proposals....
Supreme Court won't hear tribal jurisdiction case
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a case involving tribal jurisdiction over non-Indians....
Wis. panel cuts funds for education programs
The Wisconsin Legislature's Joint Finance Committee voted Monday to cut funds from Indian education programs and use them for other tribal-related projects....
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