Thursday, September 19, 2002

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If you weren't at the National Summit on Emerging Tribal Economies in Phoenix, Arizona, this week, you missed out on one of the better Indian Country events of the year....

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A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected an "unprecedented" attempt by a Washington county to assert jurisdiction over land on the Tulalip Reservation....

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The federal judge overseeing the Indian trust debacle has expanded probes into the contemptuous conduct of nearly 50 federal officials and government attorneys....


Brazil's Indian population makes up the majority in some parts of the country but there are no elected indigenous representatives....


The Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe of Connecticut is threatening to make claims to thousands of acres of land unless it can get a casino....


A Kansas county commission intends to move on a $8.5 million highway expansion plan despite objections affecting Haskell Indian Nations University....


Pojoaque Pueblo in New Mexico has won an award for creating affordable to local residents....


A ballot error has forced a Wyoming tribe to void its primary election....


Archaeologists are being forced to reconsider their prior views of Mayan history with the discovery of one of the largest sets of hieroglyphs ever found....


The Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho is keeping an eye on a legal battle over field burning....


Tribal and Indian gaming leaders are out in force at the Global Gaming Expo taking place this week in Las Vegas....


The FBI on Wednesday arrested three New Mexico teens for the attempted murder on the Navajo Nation....



Senator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, is opposing an attempt to halt all federal recognition decisions....


The following is a joint press release of the Quechan Indian Nation and California state senator John Burton....


The Northern Ute Tribe of Utah dedicated a special pond for use by tribal elders....


A federal judge in Arizona issued a preliminary junction against the Colorado River Indian Tribes, forcing the tribal casino to submit to a state-tribal gaming compact....


The family of a Nebraska couple killed during an accident with a Bureau of Indian Affairs employee sued the agency on Wednesday for $37 million....


The Bush administration is "on the run" for failing to fix the Indian trust fund, lead plaintiff Elouise Cobell told The London Independent....


"Call it a modern-day Trail of Tears, another chapter in the endless saga of the raping of the American Indian....


"Accounting failures in the private sector have been big news lately....


The Seneca Nation of New York began work on Wednesday for a temporary casino....