Wednesday, August 21, 2002

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A federal judge last week rejected the Bush administration's attempt to delay a trust fund payment that has been denied to Indian beneficiaries for 30 years....


Senator Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) plans to introduce a bill to streamline the sale of timber on lands devastated by the Rodeo-Chediski Fire....


Lawmakers in the House and Senate are criticizing Attorney General John Ashcroft and the Department of Justice of holding back vital information....


Three environmental organizations sued the Bush administration on Tuesday to halt limestone mining in the Florida Everglades....


A federal judge on Tuesday issued a temporary injunction to block drilling in the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument of Colorado....


The Forest County Potawatomi Tribe spent more than $800,000 to lobby state lawmakers....


Voters in a Connecticut town are being asked to approve money to fight the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation....


Two factions of the historical Eastern Pequot Tribe of Connecticut met with Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb last week....


A former executive of Enron Corp....


Members of the Turtle Mountain Ojibwe Tribe of North Dakota deserve a strong tribal government, The Grand Forks Herald in an editorial today....


A construction firm has sued the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma for $77.5 million, alleging fraud and breach of contract....


Alaska Natives have joined environmental and public interest groups in seeking new studies on the trans-Alaska pipeline....


A Democratic candidate for governor of Nebraska wants to solve liquor use problems in the border town of Whiteclay....


Tribal police from the Walker River Paiute Reservation in Nevada helped rescue a 10-year-old girl who was abducted from her home....


A Greek monastery has changed plans to build a church near the Arizona burial site of Apache leader Cochise....


Ex-Seminole chief Jim Billie has agreed to pay his Florida tribe $169,000 to settle two lawsuits....


The Seneca Nation of New York has an ambitious schedule to open the first of three casinos as part of a gaming compact signed with the state....