Wednesday, August 7, 2002
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How to Mismanage Indian Trust Assets Without Really Trying
After a bitter confirmation battle that saw her receive more negative
votes than any of her predecessors, Gale Norton was unceremoniously
sworn in as Secretary of Interior on January 31, 2001....
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Termination policy still affects Utah tribes
A non-recognized Shoshone tribe cannot intervene in a lawsuit seeking to
determine property interests in a Utah reservation, a federal appeals
court ruled late last month....
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Probe raises more questions than answers
Senior Department of Interior officials and their attorneys are so divided
by petty disputes and personal concerns that they "cannot see or think
clearly" when they manage millions of dollars in Indian trust funds, an
internal report released this week concluded....
Native corp plans gas field expansion
An Alaska Native regional corporation and its partners want to expand
natural gas production in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge....
Neb. panel to consider tribal gaming
The General Affairs Committee of the Nebraska Legislature will consider a
proposal to allow up to nine tribal casinos in the state....
R.I. holding gaming study hearings
A special commission approved by Rhode Island lawmakers held the
second in a series of hearings on Tuesday night regarding gaming in the
state....
Minn. tribe plans forest fund
The Red Lake Nation of Minnesota is using a $53 settlement to restore a
once-thriving forest whittled down from 60,000 to 10,000 acres....
Ute leader pleads guilty to alcohol charge
The chairman of the Southern Ute Tribe of Colorado faces sentencing next
week for driving under the influence of alcohol....
Citing budget, Haskell trims enrollment
Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas has accepted fewer students
for the upcoming year in hopes of trimming enrollment....
Wash. tribe confronts land-use problems
Tulalip tribal leaders have instituted a moratorium on all for-profit
residential developments on their Washington reservation although legal
questions remain on its effect on land owned by non-Indians....
Trump on Pequots: 'Nobody will get anything'
Casino mogul Donald Trump is promising litigation if he can't open a casino
in Connecticut....
FBI investigates Mont. beating death
A woman who was beaten on Blackfeet Reservation in Montana died on
Sunday, leaving two orphaned children
Glenda Phyliss Dog Taking Gun died after spending several days in the
hospital....
N.D. tribal officials indicted
A federal jury has indicted three top officials of the Turtle Mountain Ojibwe
Tribe of North Dakota....
Bush makes controversial farm appointment
President Bush installed a controversial nominee at the Agriculture
Department on Monday, bypassing objections of Democrats who were
leaning towards rejecting the appointee....
Obituary: Leonard Atole, Jicarilla leader
Leonard Atole, who spent 24 years in top positions for the Jicarilla Apache
Nation of New Mexico, died on Monday....
Police release few details about shooting
Police in Anchorage are providing few details about the circumstances of
the shooting death of an Alaska Native executive....
Native students experience college
A group of Native students from all over the country just spend six weeks
at the University of Colorado at Boulder participating in a pre-college
Upward Bound program....
'Sacrilege' of Indian sites for a game
A new sport activity, based on an Internet web site, is drawing criticism
from Arizona officials in charge of protecting historic and ancient Indian
sites....
Final Sand Creek land sale delayed
A "glitch" has delayed the closing of a land sale considered vital to the
protection of the Sand Creek Massacre site in Colorado, The Denver Post
reports today....
Kiowa tribal member indicted for fraud
A member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma was indicted Tuesday for
allegedly taking $12,000 in money in tribal-related schemes....
Lumbee woman loses N.C. beauty crown
A member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina was stripped of her Miss
North Carolina title....
DOI releases long-awaited trust fund probe
The Department of Interior this week made public an internal report which
concludes its handling of Indian trust fund has been a "not so humorous
comedy of errors."
Inspector General Earl E....
Babbitt didn't lie but was 'inaccurate'
Former Secretary of Interior and former Arizona governor Bruce Babbitt
refused to be interviewed for an internal report into the handling of the
Indian trust fund....
Pueblo tribes take in $100M on slots
New Mexico Pueblos took in $100.5 million in slot machine revenues
during the second quarter of 2002....
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