Wednesday, July 17, 2002
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Native youth victimization outpaces nation
American Indian and Alaska Native teens have the highest rate of
victimization than any other racial or ethnic group in the country,
according to a report released on Tuesday....
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Indian Country's Diva 'Backflips' into gear
Indianz.Com recently caught up with award-winning musician
ARIGON STARR at her California recording studio and she told
us all about her new album, BACKFLIP and why she is the Diva
in Indian Country!
Join us as the Diva gets close and comfortable with our very
own LOVE MONSTER while we find out what is up with that
"NDN Man" song....
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Interior budget bill generates strong debate
The House adjourned late last night without approving the Department of
Interior's $19.7 billion spending bill but not before heavy words were
exchanged on some of its most controversial provisions....
Opinion: Bush stance hurts tribal programs
"Having fallen into a massive digit divide created by Arthur Andersen,
Enron, WorldCom, the Dow, and his own business dealings, President
Bush has not generated much publicity for blowing up the bridge over the
digital divide....
EPA's Whitman cleared of wrongdgoing
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christie Whitman was
cleared of wrongdoing as part of investigation started by a former official
and tribal member who quit his post....
DOI bill stripped of Everglades provisions
The House on Tuesday stripped the Department of Interior's spending bill
of provisions affecting the $7.8 Everglades restoration plan....
Tiny Calif. tribe launches casino
The Augustine Band of Mission Indians of California has more card tables
(10) at its new casino than tribal members (8)....
Alaska man's death ruled a homicide
Authorities in Alaska have ruled the beating death of a man a homicide....
Pequot Tribe mum on potential casino
Officials and lobbyists for the Eastern Pequot Tribe of Connecticut are not
talking about the prospects for a future casino....
Study cites impact of tribal gaming
The Washington Indian Gaming Association and the First American
Education Project released the result of a gaming study on Tuesday....
Ariz. tribes sue over voter ballot
The Colorado River Indian Tribes on Tuesday filed a lawsuit to correct
what they called "biased" language on the upcoming November ballot....
Tribe taps water supply for profits
The Morongo Band of Mission Indians is set to open a water bottling plant
next year....
Pueblo has major development plans
Pojoaque Pueblo in northern New Mexico is undertaking some major
projects....
Bush criticized on global warming
The Democrat attorneys general of 11 states are asking President Bush
to address global warming....
First Nations battle reform bill
The Assembly of First Nations opened a three-day meeting in Quebec,
Canada, on Tuesday....
Oneida official accused of harassment
An Oneida Nation official faces second-degree harassment charges in a
New York court....
Program supplies seeds to tribes
The Native Seeds/SEARCH (Southwestern Endangered Arid-Land
Resource Clearing House) began as a project to supply seeds for
traditional plans to the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona....
Calif. tribes oppose power plant
Several California tribes have filed a lawsuit to stop construction of a
$120-million geothermal power plant near a sacred lake....
Zuni Pueblo takes mine fight on the road
Zuni Pueblo of New Mexico continues its fight against a proposed coal
mine development near a sacred lake....
White House approved DOI spending bill
Controversial provisions in the Department of Interior's spending bill do
not violate the government's trust responsibilities, the White House said
on Tuesday....
Missteps cited in tribal member's campaign
Ed McGaa, a member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe of South Dakota, is
running into problems with his U.S....
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