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Finding Alaska Native and American Indian resources online is a little bit easier thanks to a new web site dedicated to Indian health issues....

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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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In the wake of a record Indian turnout at the polls, the state of South Dakota has agreed to seek federal review of election laws affecting Native voters....


Sam Billison, one of the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers, shared his World War II experiences at the Alaska Native Veterans Association meeting on Thursday....


President Bush held a press briefing on Thursday to identify his agenda with respect to a Republican-controlled Congress....


New Mexico governor-elect Bill Richardson (D) has named two tribal leaders to his transition team....


The Arizona Indian Gaming Association is cautious as votes are still being counted on an Indian gaming ballot measure....


Senator Pete Domenici (R-New Mexico) might become the new chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, the Associated Press reports....


A Cherokee woman who went to a country club to pray on an Indian mound was found guilty by a jury of trespassing....


The newly elected chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut was praised by local leaders on Thursday for trying to improve their often rocky relationship....


A surge in votes for Navajo Nation President Kelsey Begaye couldn't help the incumbent win re-election over challenger Joe Shirley Jr....


The Blackfeet Nation of Montana had a 10-hour council meeting on Thursday to address leadership disputes, The Great Falls Tribune reported....


John Herrington, a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, will become the first tribal member in space when the Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched this coming Monday....


A reported 100 people turned out on Thursday night to discuss a drilling proposal on the Crow Reservation in Montana....


Environmentalists fear a Republican-controlled Congress will join White House efforts to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling....


The Gay Head Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts has been forced to sell off property, close tribal businesses and liquidate $1.2 million of stock, The Vineyard Gazette reports....


The First Nations Development Institute is holding the first-ever Native Food Summit this month....


The University of Oklahoma journalism school hosted a Native media conference this week....


Tribal leaders criticized Montana Governor Judy Martz (R) for not consulting them earlier about proposed state budget cuts....


An unprecedented campaign among Native Americans in a South Dakota county has been successful....


Seven Indian lawmakers will serve in the 2003 Montana Legislature....


An agreement to settle the Wyandotte Nation land claim in exchange for a casino has been approved by a Kansas County....


Tribal leaders in Oklahoma are citing their Indian voting initiative as crucial to the election of Democrat Brad Henry for state governor....


Election day turnout on reservations in South Dakota Dakota were at record levels, according to news accounts....


Bullying and harassment among student appear to have contributed to problems in the Yup'ik village of Tununak....


A key Republican lawmaker wants to repeal a law that exempts non-Indians from state sales tax at Indian-owned businesses....


A Montana county is considering new names for Squaw Creek and Squaw Nipple....

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Indian voters in South Dakota helped Senator Tim Johnson (D) win a narrow election night victory, according to a county-by-county analysis of the results....

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A quarterly report Secretary of Interior Gale Norton submitted to a federal judge was excised of negative comments about a trust fund computer system, according to a comparison of court documents....

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Next week, tribal leaders will meet for the 59th annual convention of the National Congress of American Indians....


The results of Tuesday's primary on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota were largely the same as the first one held in October....


A member of the Turtle Mountain Ojibwe Tribe of North Dakota who was reported missing by his family has been found dead....


House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-Missouri) plans to announce today he will not seek the House leadership post again....


A rally is planned in support a proposed casino by the Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe of Connecticut....


"I empathize with Sam Libby who speaks of the exclusivity that exists within the Pequot Nation in his letter, “Tribal exclusivity due to plain greed,” Oct....


Michael Thomas, newly elected chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, is meeting meeting with leaders of three towns who have been hostile to casino development, land-into-trust and federal recognition....


The Indian Studies program at the University of North Dakota is celebrating 25 years of existence....


Voters of a Wisconsin city voted 64 percent against a proposed casino by the Ho-Chunk Nation....


Nine Maine communities asked residents on Tuesday to consider hosting a tribal casino....


Senator Frank Murkowski (R), newly elected governor of Alaska, isn't talking about who will replace him in Congress....


The Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas hopes to educate the public that it is not extinct....


Rickey Armstrong is the new president of the Seneca Nation of New York....


From judicial appointments to homeland security to the war on Iraq, Republicans in Congress are promising big changes now that they are back in control of the House and Senate....


Candice Miller, newly elected Republican member of Congress, says she will support a proposed tribal casino in Michigan....


The Bush administration has proposed new regulations to shield Secretary of Interior Gale Norton....


Republicans in South Dakota challenged the vote count on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation but were turned down by a judge, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports....


"I’m in the midst of an epiphany....


A $20 million tribal gaming campaign was narrowly approved by Arizona voters, the Associated Press reports....


Tex Hall has been re-elected chairman of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, the Associated Press reports....


"It took 10 years, but on Tuesday Idahoans finally made good on the promise to boost the economic prospects of our American Indian citizens....


A rival faction of the Kickapoo Tribe of Texas denied employment to an oil executive accused of embezzling funds in his native Mexico, according to news accounts....


The Osage Nation of Oklahoma has signed a drilling agreement to develop 212,000 acres of the tribe's mineral estate....


The Farmington Daily-Times publishes final results of the Navajo Nation's November 5 general election....

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The Bush administration has proposed legislation to upend the Indian trust fund lawsuit by limiting the rights of individual account holders....

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A million-dollar campaign launched by two Idaho tribes appears to have paid off at the polls, with Proposition 1 to expand Indian gaming headed for passage....


John McCoy, a member of the Tulalip Tribes of Washington, won his run for the state House on Tuesday....


The Maidu Tribe of California is near an agreement with a local county over a casino deal, The Appeal-Democrat reports....


Three fires on the Navajo Nation in Shiprock, New Mexico, were deliberately set, The Farmington Daily-Times reports....


In an editorial today, The New London Day tentatively supports the goals and vision of Michael J....


An NCAA panel's recommendations on the use of Indians as mascots is being opposed, The Grand Forks Herald reports....


The Suquamish Tribe has agreed to a land swap with the state and a conservation organization that will allow tribal members access to shellfish....


A member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma reversed his earlier not guilty plea of federal bribery charges....


"I've been away from Oklahoma for 24 years....


John Herrington, a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, will become the first American Indian in space when the Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched this coming Monday....


The Crow Tribe of Montana holds an election for chairman this Saturday....


Voters of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota went to the polls on Tuesday in a re-enactment of a primary that was held in October....


Harvey Pitt, embattled chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, resigned Tuesday night....


South Dakota Governor Bill Janklow (R) defeated Democratic challenger Stephanie Herseth for the state's sole U.S....


Two members of Oklahoma tribe's are headed to Congress....


Republican control of the Senate returns chairmanships of legislative committees back to the controlling party....


The battle between incumbent Senator Tim Johnson (D) and Republican John Thune (R) is too close to call, media outlets are reporting....


The Farmington Daily-Times is calling the Navajo Nation presidential race for challenger Joe Shirley Jr....


Senator Frank Murkowski (R) defeated Lieutenant Governor Fran Ulmer for governor of Alaska on Tuesday....


Two gaming measures in Arizona were defeated at the polls on Tuesday with a third barely hanging on to victory....


Federal agencies look to the Department of Interior for advice about human remains and other archaeological finds....


Secretary of Interior Gale Norton is "ignoring" an anonymous memo calling for an investigation into one of her aides, a spokesperson told The Denver Post....


A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Secretary of Interior Gale Norton to show cause why she should not be held in contempt for her handling of manatees....


The Bureau of Indian Affairs plans to mediate a leadership dispute within the Kickapoo Tribe of Texas, a spokesperson said....


The Chippewa-Cree Tribe of Montana held an election on Tuesday....

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We've gotten a lot of e-mail from Indianz.Com readers who miss the message board....

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The federal judge overseeing the Indian trust fund lawsuit gave attendees of a law conference an inside glimpse into the workings of the federal district court system last Friday....

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The Bush administration has launched a sweeping legal strategy aimed at indefinitely delaying resolution of nearly two dozen tribal trust mismanagement cases....


Michael Thomas, newly elected chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut, is promising new economic development projects, more tribal housing and better relations with local governments....


Outgoing Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura (I) on Monday appointed an Independent to the Senate seat vacated by the late Paul Wellstone (D)....


The Chicago Tribune in an editorial mourns the passing of the local YMCA's Y Indian Guides and Princesses program....


An Alaska Native, American Indian and minority bone marrow and blood drive will be held next month in Kenai, Alaska....


The Flathead Nation and the state of Montana have renewed a hunting and fishing agreement for four more years....


School districts serving Wyoming's Indian students are lagging behind and risk sanctions, according to the state....


The Discovery Channel will air an episode about Custer's defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn....


"This white-knuckle flier flew across the country to State College, Pa., to visit Penn State University this past weekend....


Voters of the Navajo Nation go to the polls today to elect a new president....


Larry Brooks is the new chief of the Delaware Tribe of Oklahoma....


The Navajo Nation Council has passed a resolution to incorporate traditional values, customs and culture into tribal law....


Blackfeet Nation of Montana chairman William "Allen" Talks About is being targeted for removal because he is trying to stop tribal corruption, supporters said....


The chairman of the Kickapoo Tribe of Texas has agreed to work with his opponents on a possible transfer of power, The San Antonio Express-News reports....


Five tribes helped dedicate the Indian statue appearing on top of the Kansas Statehouse on Monday....


The Crow Tribe of Montana, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and a drilling company are taking public comments about a coalbed methane project on the Crow Reservation....


US District Judge Royce Lamberth has scheduled a hearing this afternoon in the Cobell litigation....


Former Bureau of Indian Affairs deputy Wayne Smith tells all, or a good portion of it, in a Los Angeles Times investigation into a casino-related dispute that led to his firing....


Ken Chambers, elected chief of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, pleaded not guilty last Friday to two charges of trespassing and abuse of office....


The Department of Interior has released a report that backs fish over farms in the Klamath River basin....


A federal judge in New Hampshire dismissed a discrimination lawsuit filed by Native American inmates, the AP reports....


The chairman of an Alaska Native regional corporation has left her post, The Anchorage Daily News reports....


Federal prosecutors have charged a member of the Yavapai-Apache Nation of Arizona with growing marijuana at her home....


Federal and tribal authorities have broken up a bootlegging ring on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona....


Voters in nine Maine communities are considering a non-binding referendum on a tribal casino today....


Ten New Mexico Pueblos generated $101 million in slot machine revenue this past quarter, The Albuquerque Journal reports....


A member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota will perform a Lakota ceremony at the 20-year anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C....

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Efforts to tell Indian beneficiaries how much money they are owed continue to vex the Department of Interior and the courts....

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Indian account holders who fail to challenge trust fund statements that have been questioned by a federal judge stand to lose their rights under a new Bush administration policy....

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A senior Bureau of Indian Affairs official brought good news and more good news to attendees of an Indian law conference in Washington, DC, last week....


Pamela Squires reviews an November 1 performance of the Lakota Sioux Dance Theatre for The Washington Post, calling it a "refreshing" presentation of Lakota culture....


The Department of Interior's Office of Historical Trust Accounting (OHTA) is hiring again....


A federal judge in Montana has extended a temporary restraining order against the Bureau of Indian Affairs that prohibits the Flathead Nation from holding a vote to change its enrollment policy....



Tribes all over the country are trying to restore the once great buffalo herd....


The federal government settled a malpractice lawsuit filed against the Indian Health Service for $3.5 million....


"Friday kicked off a monthlong celebration of American Indian culture, the result of the American Indian Heritage Month Act, passed by Congress on Aug....


In what professors are calling an emerging national trend, colleges in Arizona are offering classes on Indian gaming law....


Voters of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut went to the polls on Sunday to elect a new set of leaders....


Tribes gave more of their money to Republican interests than previous election cycles, Gannett News Service reports....


The Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has been awarded a $1 million grant to develop Yup'ik language teaching programs....


The Federal Trade Commission is continuing its investigation into fake Alaska Native arts and crafts....


A New Mexico county has sided with a group of ranchers who want Isleta Pueblo to allow people to cross tribal property....


The Navajo Nation council voted 63-0 to fund Dine College with $2.3 million, The Farmington Daily-Times reported....


PBS premieres "Alcatraz Is Not an Island," a film about the American Indian take-over of the former prison, this month....


Two candidates for the Montana Legislature, who also happen to be tribal members, were mentioned in a campaign mailing by an Indian organization that apparently does not exist....


The Oglala Sioux Tribe is holding another tribal primary tomorrow because the results of the earlier one could not be verified....


Reports dating back to the 1970s identify problems with the Department of Interior's law enforcement staff but no concrete action occurred until Secretary Gale Norton ordered reorganization....


When the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Tribe of Arizona, like a number of other tribes, was told it had to use the federal government's trust fund accounting system, it refused....


"No matter how I try to spin the notion that gangs on reservations are nearly harmless, I am wrong....


Secretary of Interior Gale Norton said she won't stop at drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge....