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For the second time in recent months, the Senate has approved settlement of a New Mexico tribe's long-simmering land claim....

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Is it Friday already? That means it's time for the weekly list of the movers and shakers in Indian Country and beyond....

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Former Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb "fabricated" a story to coverup his failure to preserve trust-related documents, a court investigator wrote today in a scathing report....

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The Senate last night approved a $390 billion spending bill to fund most of the federal agencies, including the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Indian Health Service (IHS), for the coming year....


A Kansas state official whose efforts helped win federal approval of a highway project over the objections of students and alumni at Haskell Indian Nations University is leaving his post....


"In the coming battle over affirmative action, we might reflect on a case where the system worked just as it is supposed to — the case of a boy named George applying to Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass....


The leader of a racist group that has relocated to a town near the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming was caught on tape approving of a plot to kill a federal judge....


Members of the Shinnecock Nation of New York, a state recognized tribe, voted last November to negotiate a casino deal with an out-of-state developer....


Former Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt, who was held in contempt of court for his handling of the trust fund, said the nation needs a comprehensive land use plan....


The New London Day in editorial today welcomes the addition of a professional women's basketball team to Connecticut....


The former superintendent of an Indian boarding school in North Dakota pleaded innocent on Wednesday to charges that she embezzled more than $6,000....


A detention center on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico doesn't have room for all the offenders, The Farmington Daily-Times reports....


Vandals have defaced and damaged six Indians pictographs on federal land in Oregon....


A Utah couple has agreed to pay the state $10,000 as part of a settlement to charges they dug up a burial site, The Salt Lake Tribune reports....


The nation's top Indian gaming regulator issued a warning to tribes, and states that want a chunk of casino profits, that the Bush administration will scrutinize revenue sharing agreements....


The Alaska Native Heritage Center is ringing in the new year again tonight with a special ceremony....


The top cultural official for the Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island is upset that an employee of a nearby tribe are planning to bury a red-tail hawk that died in Narragansett territory, The New London Day reports....


The overwhelming majority of Minnesota residents want the Prairie Island Indian Community to be consulted about the expansion of a nuclear waste facility, according to a poll commissioned by the tribe....


Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) drafted a proposal to allow Alaska Native corporations to own casinos in the continental United States....


Jack Jackson Sr and Jack Jackson Jr, members of the Navajo Nation, are the only father and son in the Arizona State Legislature....


Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski (R) gave his State of the State address on Thursday and said he would work to resolve the debate over subsistence....


Washington tribal leaders are opposing Governor Gary Locke's water legislation....


With a record seven tribal members in the Montana Legislature, Indian issues promise to be an important part of the current session....


The chairman of the Crow Tribe of Montana helped give the State of the Indian Nations address to lawmakers on Thursday....


A former Bureau of Indian Affairs firefighter pleaded guilty to setting a fire on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in southern New Mexico....


A man from the Crow Reservation in Montana pleaded guilty in federal court to assaulting a state police officer....

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It shouldn't surprise anyone but in case you didn't know, former Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb has a new job....

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Four Pacific Northwest tribes have asked a federal appeals court to halt studies of a 9,000-year-old man pending a full review of the controversial case....

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A federal judge this week directed the Bureau of Indian Affairs to take another look at a proposed casino development that has drawn high-stakes opposition in Michigan....


A new exhibit at the Philbrook Art Museum in Tulsa combines traditional and contemporary Native art styles....


The Senate Judiciary Committee is moving forward the nomination of some of President Bush's appointees to the federal bench....


Attorneys for the state of Wisconsin filed a report in defense of the Indian industry....


A Nebraska lawmaker introduced a bill on Wednesday to allow all 93 counties in the state to license casinos....


A Hard Rock hotel and beach club is coming to the Choctaw Reservation in Mississippi....


Hundreds of tribal leaders, lobbyists and other casino representatives are meeting in California this week for the 8th annual Western Indian Gaming Conference....


The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin is interested in opening a casino in Illinois but few are willing to talk to the press about it....


Representative David Vitter (R-Louisiana) said he will oppose the Jena Choctaw Tribe's latest casino proposal....


A Wyoming senator has dropped a proposal to block the Northern Arapaho Tribe from opening a casino....


A former Bureau of Indian Affairs employee in Montana pleaded guilty to receiving receiving obscene materials....


The Oneida Nation of New York is donating $3 million to the Harvard University Law School in Massachusetts....


The state of Idaho is asking the Idaho Supreme Court to dismiss a challenge to a voter initiative that expanded Indian gaming....


Critics of the federal recognition process say they still support reforms even though two tribes they oppose have been denied status....


By moving to deny federal recognition to the Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe of Connecticut, the Bureau of Indian Affairs finally appears to be following its own regulations, The Norwich Bulletin says in an editorial today....


A Yup'ik Eskimo woman was found dead in a trailer home in Anchorage, Alaska, this week....


The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut has purchased the Orlando Miracles WNBA team, The New London Day reports....


The North Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the execution of a member of the Lumbee Tribe....


Supporters and detractors of a proposed tribal casino in Michigan found something to like in a federal judge's decision on Tuesday to require additional study....


Citing increased profits from its casino, the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma distributed nearly $50,000 to the local community this past Saturday....


The Senate Indian Affairs Committee has scheduled its first business meeting of the 108th Congress....


The Farmington Museum in Farmington, New Mexico, is exhibiting traditional Navajo sand paintings....


Research published in today's issue of Nature documents a new species of flying dinosaur with four wings and feathers like a bird....

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs on Tuesday announced plans to deny recognition to a Connecticut tribe whose earlier attempt to gain federal status was thwarted, and then revived, by the Clinton administration....

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Canada's Aboriginal population grew by 22 percent in the last five years, the federal government reported yesterday, outpacing the rest of the nation sevenfold....

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When former assistant secretary Kevin Gover in March 2000 decided to recognize two Pequot tribes, critics blasted the move as clearing the way for a new wave of tribes in Connecticut....


More than 200,000 new homes are needed to address chronic housing shortages in Indian Country, according to the National American Indian Housing Council....


The Reverend Al Sharpton announced his 2004 run for president on Tuesday, the first American-American to declare his candidacy....


The Narragansett Tribe's latest casino proposal might not bring in as much money as expected, an official in a Rhode Island town said....


Tribal casinos in Arizona are training new hires to prepare for the introduction of blackjack....


The Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma is reopening its casino under a new name and new management....


Leaders in the Four Corners area of New Mexico are "in denial" about gangs that operate in the area, including the Navajo Nation, The Farmington Daily-Times says in an editorial....


The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin wants to build a casino in Illinois, The Chicago Daily Herald reports....


Tribal leaders in Arizona met with state lawmakers on Tuesday to share their concerns and priorities....


A federal judge on Tuesday ordered an Internet service provider to disclose the identity of a user who allegedly violated copyright law by sharing files....


The Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho and a coalition of local governments have reached what is being called a precedent-setting agreement outlining a plan for cooperation and better relations....


Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry (D) said his administration supports the proposed Native American Cultural Center....


New South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds met with Indian leaders on Tuesday and promised to foster better relations....


The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma will distribute $1.2 million to public schools in its 14-county jurisdictional area, The Tulsa World reported....


Police in Florida are making a new round of inquiries into the near fatal shooting of the Seminole Tribe's top lawyer....


Alaska Native students from across Alaska competed in the Junior Native Youth Olympics, held last Friday in Anchorage....


New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D), former Energy Secretary during the Clinton administration, promised to make Native Americans "full partners" in the future of the state....


Republican lawmakers in Connecticut have introduced a bill to terminate the state's recognition of three tribes....


With the Bush administration's denial of another Connecticut tribe, federal recognition critics in Connecticut may lose their ammunition, The Hartford Courant reports....


A Native American group headed by a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma won't be allowed to raise a Confederate flag at the state capitol, The Tulsa World reported....


Some Navajo beneficiaries are not receiving oil and gas royalty checks, The Farmington Daily-Times reports....


The National Indian Gaming Commission announces its preliminary annual fee rates for calendar year 2003....


A group of Salish and Kootenai descendants who lobbied to expand the membership of the Flathead Nation of Montana warns that the tribes will disappear unless enrollment requirements are changed....


Several hundred Indian students in Wyoming participated in a Martin Luther King Jr Day rally to speak out against a racist group that has moved near the Wind River Reservation....

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Representatives of several Indian nations whose ancestors greeted explorers Lewis and Clark braved the bitter cold on Saturday to mark the start of a multi-year, multi-state and multi-tribe bicentennial commemoration of the historic expedition....

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Indian Country looks at trust fund options, President Bush files Supreme Court brief against affirmative action, Lewis and Clark commemoration begins, and courts rule on labor union and breach of trust disputes....

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The federal judge overseeing the Indian trust litigation asserted continued control of the case on Friday even as he expressed weariness about the growing debacle....


"A hundred years ago, the question of what American concert music might sound like fueled a roaring debate....


Officials in Orange County in New York are fearful of the traffic tribal casinos will bring to the long-dormant Catskills....


Tribal leaders in Arizona will meet with state lawmakers today for the 17th annual Indian National and Tribes Legislative Day....


On January 15, Senators John McCain (R-Arizona), Tom Daschle (D-South Dakota) and Tim Johnson (D-South Dakota) introduced S.175, the Indian Trust Asset and Trust Fund Management and Reform Act of 2003....


Montana's public school system has been an "abysmal failure" when it comes to Indian students, The Billings Gazette says in an editorial....


The new president of the Navajo Nation is putting a priority on education and economic development....


"From a long cultural history with animals such as the bear, the current proposal by Rep....


The city of Everett, Washington, is looking for a suitable home for an 80-year-old totem pole carved by a Tulalip tribal leader....


Not all municipalities in Connecticut are backing an anti-casino effort, The Norwich Bulletin reports....


Schools on two Nebraska reservations have the largest number of poor students in the state....


Two ex-Canadian police officers who admitted they abandoned a Native man in the freezing cold went before an appeals court on Monday to challenge their conviction and prison sentence....


The Bureau of Indian Affairs is expected to decide today whether to recognize the Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe of Connecticut....


Members of the Flathead Nation of Montana on Saturday overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to eliminate a blood quantum requirement for tribal enrollment....


An Arizona woman was convicted on Friday for murdering three of her children at their home on the Navajo Nation....


Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, has been named to the Senate Indian Affairs Committee for the 108th Congress....


On January 15, Sen....


The Bureau of Indian Affairs today said it plans to deny federal recognition to the Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe of Connecticut....


The two highest-ranking African-Americans in federal government said they don't support President Bush's blanket opposition to the use of race in college admissions....


Non-Indian farmers on two Nebraska reservations are opposing tribal efforts to take over pesticide control from the federal government....

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