Monday, June 30, 2003
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The Week in Review
The Bush administration called its final witness in the Indian trust fund trial this week, putting special trustee Ross Swimmer in the hot seat once again....
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House leader rejects trust fund settlement rider
The head of the House panel with jurisdiction over Indian affairs is calling for the defeat of legislation that would allow the Bush administration to settle trust fund accounts with little consultation of tribes or individual beneficiaries....
Minn. tribe combats addiction through tradition
The Red Lake Nation of Minnesota is combating alcohol and drug abuse through a prevention program that includes a focus on tribal culture....
John Potter: Mother Nature strikes back
"Today's column comes to you directly from Uncle Johnny's "Mother Nature Strikes Back" files....
Opinion: Ute water rights settlement a scam
"In the case of Indian tribes, the costs of federal water development are forgiven under the conventional wisdom that all Indians are poor, as indeed many of them are....
Review: Ten Little Indians by Sherman Alexie
"Sherman Alexie has just compiled a bookful of keepers, "Ten Little Indians," most if not all of them about Spokane Indians around Washington....
Student denied entry into Hawaiian school sues
A student in Hawaii is suing to gain entry into the Kamehameha Schools, alleging he was denied admission because he is not Native Hawaiian....
Celebrate Independence Day in Mont. Native style
Tribes in Montana have donated money for an Independence Day celebration in Havre that will feature a pow-wow, an arts and crafts show and a handgame tournament....
BLM adopts new name for Squaw Leap in Calif.
The Bureau of Land Management has renamed the Squaw Leap Management Area, a recreation area in California, as the San Joaquin River Gorge....
Lummi Reservation residents won't lose water
About three dozen families on the Lummi Reservation in Washington won't lose their water service for now....
N.M. festival showcases Native film makers
The Na'al Kid Summer Film Festival was held at San Juan College in New Mexico over the weekend....
Okla. group fills a need in Indian Country
In its 37 years of existence, Oklahomans for Indian Opportunity has developed countless programs to serve the Indian community in Oklahoma....
Woman sworn in to lead Tohono O'odham Nation
Vivian Juan-Saunders was sworn in Friday as the first woman leader of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona....
Wis. tribes offered chance to buy burial site
The owner of a proposed mine in Wisconsin wants to sell a site where more than 500 Chippewa and Sioux warriors are buried to two tribes....
NPS to hold public meetings on Cherokee land swap
The National Park Service will hold three public meetings July 8-10 to discuss a proposed land swap with Eastern Band of Cherokees of North Carolina....
Ariz. tribe sues non-Indian who started fire
The White Mountain Apache Tribe of Arizona is suing the non-Indian woman who started part of last year's devastating Rodeo-Chediski Fire, which destroyed more than half of the reservation....
Lamberth orders disconnect of computer systems
US District Judge Royce Lamberth on Friday issued a temporary restraining order against the Department of Interior after it refused to allow the special master in the Cobell case to test Indian trust fund computer systems....
Tribal leaders walk out on DOI officials
On Friday, tribal leaders in Montana and Wyoming walked out on Department of Interior officials who were presenting the reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the expansion of the Office of Special Trustee....
First Nation to be compensated for land deal
The Canadian government is negotiating a settlement with the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation to compensate the band for an 18th century land deal....
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