Thursday, September 12, 2002

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Efforts to correct more than a century of Indian trust mismanagement have been dealt a major "setback" because the Bush administration won't agree to needed changes, a key tribal leader said on Wednesday....

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The Department of Interior plans to lease a commercially viable plot of land in Oklahoma despite a state court ruling affirming the rights of a group of Indian beneficiaries....

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A 19th century treaty does not exempt members of a Washington tribe from federal taxes, an appeals court decided on Wednesday....


A proposal to increase Alaska Native authority over hunting isn't included in a bill before a House committee....


A Minnesota non-profit organization is seeking $4.7 million in tobacco settlement funds to implement programs for those who want to quit....


The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut will participate in parade to recognize the rescue efforts a tribal business played during the September 11 terrorist attacks....


"The tribal council of the Soboba Tribe of Luiseno Indians, on whose land the motocross facility is built, voted late last week to close the park immediately....


The public will get a chance to comment tonight on a controversial highway expansion planned in Kansas....


A unanimous New Mexico court ruling requires cleanup of uranium mines located near tribal land....


Three members of the Shinnecock Nation of New York were cleared of state charges after being arrested during a protest over ancestral land....


A federal judge on Wednesday refused to disqualify a group of attorneys from a controversial farmer's discrimination case....


A water rights pact affecting the Gila River Tribe of Arizona is being finalized, The Eastern Arizona Courier reports....


Supporters of expanded gaming in Nebraska are rushing to meet a deadline to have their voter initiative placed on the November ballot....


Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal plans to announce today whether the state will appeal the recognition of the historic Eastern Pequot Tribe....


New Mexico state funds are being used to prosecute a man convicted of murdering a Navajo woman....


A casino proposal by the Ho-Chunk Nation is going before voters of a Wisconsin city....


The Nooksack Tribe of Washington is asking for comments about a disputed compost dump that neighbors complain is smelly....


A federal judge plans to rule today on the rightful North Carolina representative to the Miss America pageant....


The National Museum of the American Indian will hold a pow-wow this weekend on the Mall in Washington, D.C....


An attorney representing an Indian business owner said a court ruling on taxation is unfair....


Tribes in Oklahoma are still offering customers a game considered illegal in the state, The Daily Oklahoman reports....

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