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In The Hoop: Winners, Losers
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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Ariz. landmark renamed for Hopi soldier killed in Iraq
It wasn't the first change of its kind and it definitely won't be the last....
Calif. tribe drops plans to buy historic site
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians of California won't buy a culturally significant site, citing criticism by a local official and other potential problems....
Appeals court hears Cheney energy task force case
A federal appeals court on Thursday questioned the Bush administration's attempt to stop a lawsuit seeking information about Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force....
CDC recommends routine HIV screening
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending voluntary testing for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS....
Miccosukee Tribe donated more than ever in 2002
The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida donated $325,818 to state political campaigns, according to an analysis by The Miami Herald....
Calif. tribe settles water rights dispute
The Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians of California has reached a tentative water rights settlement....
Navajo Nation approves water use agreement
The Navajo Nation Intergovernmental Relations Committee voted 4-3 on Thursday to approve a water agreement affecting the San Juan River, The Farmington Daily Times reports....
Tribes hope gaming study will silence critics
The National Indian Gaming Association is spending $2 million on a study to document the benefits of Indian gaming....
Crow Fair prominently featured in TV film
Most of the footage from "The World of American Indian Dance," which will air on NBC on Saturday, comes from last summer's Crow Fair....
BIA consolidating operations in new Wis. office
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is consolidating three locations in Wisconsin to a brand new office....
Meskwaki leadership dispute won't affect payroll
Employees of the Meskwaki Tribe of Iowa will receive their paychecks despite an ongoing leadership dispute that includes charges that the elected chairman sought kickbacks from a tribal lobbyist....
Rosebud Sioux Tribe asks BIA to shut down hog farm
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe voted 15-4 last month to ask the Bureau of Indian Affairs to shut down two hog farms that tribal officials and tribal members oppose....
Two Alaska villages kick out alcohol again
Two Alaska Native villages, Pilot Station and Atqasuk, have restored bans on the sale and importation of alcohol after going wet for a few months....
Status of probe into Native man's death questioned
The case of Larry Wegner, an Aboriginal man who frozen to death on the outskirts of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, was given new life this week by CBC News, which reported previously undisclosed information....
Report: Test confirms urine on Indian man
Urine was found on the clothes of an Indian man who was allegedly urinated on by police officers, The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports....
Power plant proposal includes Navajo Nation
The Navajo Nation is involved in a proposal for a new coal-fired power plant....
Piestewa Peak views continue to roll in
From the ASU Web Devil 'Boos and Bravos' column: "Bravo to Gov....
Column: Piestewa's name deserves much more
"The battle over whether to rename Squaw Peak turned into an ugly, drawn-out, political game....
Ariz. panel votes to change 'squaw' names
The Arizona State Board on Geographic and Historic Names voted 5-1 on Thursday to change Squaw Peak to Piestewa Peak in honor of Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq....
Chickasaw Nation cultural center gets approval
The Chickasaw Nation Legislature voted 9-4 on Thursday to approve a $67 million cultural center....
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Ore. tribes await outcome of trust fund case
The Bush administration is challenging a trust fund ruling that holds the federal government accountable for poor record-keeping, a tribal attorney said....
Pueblo governor recovering from fire in Mex.
Pojoaque Pueblo Governor Jake Viarrial is recovering from first- and second-degree burns he sustained on 6 percent of his body, The Santa Fe New Mexican reports....
Oneida Nations honors Native soldiers
The Oneida Nation of Wisconsin held a special ceremony on Wednesday to honor Native Americans in the military....
Wis. GOP removes 'racist' cartoon from web site
The Wisconsin State Republican Party removed a cartoon from its web site that showed a tomahawk being thrown at a taxpayer with the slogan: "As taxpayers, we got scalped."
The cartoon was intended to criticize Gov....
Man wins national award for Indian housing work
The inaugural Volvo for Life award went to Robert Young of the Red Feather Development Group, a non-profit group that builds homes on reservations....
Navajo Nation panel to vote on water agreement
A Navajo Nation committee is set to vote on a water agreement affecting the San Juan River, The Farmington Daily Times reports....
Chippewa Cree Tribe chooses a new tribal judge
Members of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Montana elected Enos Johnson as an associate judge for the tribal court....
Mont. lawmakers still working on bison hunt bill
A conference committee of the Montana Legislature continued work on a proposed hunt of bison that wander out of the Yellowstone National Park....
Nev. tribe works with state on fish recovery
The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and the state of Nevada have joined in an effort restore the threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout....
Bill restoring full Miccosukee jurisdiction advanced
The Florida Senate gave tentative approval on Wednesday to a bill that rescinds state jurisdiction over Miccosukee tribal lands....
Starbucks opposes name of Native-owned business
Coffee giant Starbucks is threatening legal action against a business owned by three Haida entrepreneurs in Canada, CBC reports....
Native woman was told daughter died at birth
A Native woman in Alberta, Canada, was recently reunited with the daughter she was told died at birth 31 years ago....
Bush leaves Indian children behind, says official
An official for schools on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming criticized the No Child Left Behind Act and standardized testing as biased....
Wis. stands to gain from new casino pacts
The state of Wisconsin stands to reap $118 million from new tribal casino compacts in the coming year, ranking it second in revenue sharing to Connecticut, according to a review by The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel....
Panel releases report on Missouri River protection
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, an independent federal agency, on Wednesday issued a status report on the Missouri River....
Video gambling might come to Alaska but not to tribes
Lawmakers in Alaska are considering a bill to legalize video gambling machines....
Report: Wayne Smith sought casino-related contract
Former Bureau of Indian Affairs official Wayne Smith was ranked "at the bottom of the list" of contenders for a tribal casino impact study in California, The Contra Costa Times reports....
Man cleared in murder and rape of Alaska Native woman
A jury in Alaska acquitted Joshua Wade of raping and murdering Della Brown, an Alaska Native woman....
Editorial: Swimmer nod only makes debacle worse
The Senate's confirmation of Ross Swimmer as special trustee at the Department of Interior only makes the trust fund debacle worse, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader says in an editorial today....
Can. police probe into Native man's death 'ongoing'
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have not reopened a probe into the death of an Aboriginal man, Saskatchewan's justice minister said on Wednesday....
More support and opposition for Piestewa Peak
Mary Helen Clancy: "The political hysteria surrounding the attempt to rename Squaw Peak after Pfc....
Column: What's Better - Squaw Peak or Piestewa Peak?
"We dishonor the memory of Lori Piestewa with our pettiness....
Pequot tribe donates scholarship to family
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut has donated a $40,000 scholarship to the family of Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq....
Editorial: Don't wait five years to change name
The Arizona Daily Star in an editorial today says there is no reason why Squaw Peak shouldn't be changed to Piestewa Peak in honor of Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq....
Some Ariz. Republicans unhappy with Piestewa plans
An Arizona Republican says Democratic Governor Janet Napolitano is setting a "Clintonesque" tone for her administration by pushing to rename a mountain and highway for Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq....
Crow Tribe accountable for contract no one can find
The Montana Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision issued Tuesday, said the Crow Tribe waived its sovereign immunity in a contract no one has a copy of....
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Court rulings on tribal jurisdiction are in conflict
Tribes in five Plains states do not possess inherent jurisdiction over American Indians, a divided federal appeals court has concluded....
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Gambling on video poker in Oklahoma
Like most tribal casinos these days, the Comanche Nation's Red River Casino offers a variety of electronic gaming machines....
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In The Hoop: Cowboyz and Indianz
Acting assistant secretary Aurene Martin, 37, miffed a few Pueblo governors in New Mexico when she skipped out of a recent meeting with them....
Federal judge won't intervene in Meskwaki dispute
A federal judge in Iowa dismissed a lawsuit regarding the Meskwaki Tribe's leadership....
Wis. tribe criticizes GOP cartoon as racist
The Forest County Potawatomi Tribe's top law enforcer criticized the Wisconsin Republican Party for a cartoon that lampooned Indian culture....
Conn. casinos neck and neck in slot revenues
The Mohegan Tribe and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, both of Connecticut, reported similar slot machine wins for the month of March....
EPA unveils tough diesel emission standards
The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed rules to dramatically reduce dangerous emissions from off-road diesel-powered vehicles....
GOP Senator who fought land claims to retire
Senator Peter Fitzgerald, a Republican from Illinois who fought tribal land claims in his state, announced on Tuesday that he will not seek re-election....
Nez Perce Tribe commemorates Chief Redheart
The Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho will hold a ceremony in Vancouver, Washington, on Saturday to commemorate Chief Redheart's band....
Another B.C. official accused of racism towards Natives
A First Nations leader in British Columbia is accusing province's minister of forests of insensitivity and racism....
N.M. tribe plans $1.3M community center
Nambe Pueblo in New Mexico is planning a $1.3 million, 3,000-square-foot community center....
B.C. agreement includes right to self-governance
The British Columbia government has entered into two agreements-in-principle with the Snuneymuxw First Nation....
Work completed on Hohokam site in Ariz.
Archaeologists have finished excavating a Hohokam site in Phoenix, Arizona....
U.S. 666, Satan's Highway, set for name change
US Route 666 is likely to be de-demonized after 77 years of being known as "Satan's Highway."
The highway starts in Gallup, New Mexico, runs through the Navajo Reservation and the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation in Colorado, and ends in Utah....
Wash. college to host first Indian film festival
The Bellevue Community College in Washington will host its first American Indian film festival today through Friday....
Hopi Tribe to honor Piestewa in official ceremony
The Hopi Tribe in collaboration with the American Legion Hopi Post #80, the Hopi Veteran’s Services, and the Office of the Chairman will host a memorial service to celebrate and honor the contribution and life of Pfc....
Bones from Inupiat whale hunt end up in England
After years of cleaning, political wrangling and even more cleaning, bowhead whale bones left over from an Inupiat hunt in 1996 finally made it to Whitby, England....
Tribal protocol discussed at Lewis & Clark workshop
A workshop held at the National Council of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial discussed protocol for working with tribal governments, The Great Falls Tribune reports....
Conn. AG continues challenge to Pequot recognition
Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal asked the Department of Interior's Indian Board of Indian Appeals (IBIA) for permission to file additional challenges to the federal recognition of the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation....
Seminole's Jim Billie kicked off upcoming ballot
Jim Billie, ousted as chief of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, has also been removed from the list of reservation residents released this week....
Spokesperson: Campbell ready for 2004 campaign
The Senate's only American Indian is ready to run for re-election in 2004, The Denver Post reports....
Can. police opening probe into death of Native man
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police will investigate the unsolved death of a Native man, CBC reports....
Rival Oneida group denied status in land claim suit
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals last week refused to allow the Marble Hill Oneidas of New York to join the Oneida land claim suit....
Column: Let's wait before honoring Lori Piestewa
"It started out as an intriguing idea, an opportunity to illustrate absolutely what is wrong with one of Phoenix's landmarks....
Fewer than 5 percent of DOI employees are 'essential'
Less than 5 percent of employees in the Department of Interior's main building in Washington, D.C., are considered essential, Al Kamen of The Washington Post reports....
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Court appears ready to toss Peabody appeal
A skeptical federal appeals court on Monday accused a lawyer for the world's largest coal company of "double-talk" for seeking to delay the Navajo Nation's billion-dollar racketeering lawsuit....
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Conference offers avenues to uphold trust relationship
Tribal governments shouldn't rely on the courts to reinforce the federal trust relationship, Indian law practitioners advised at a conference last week....
Parts of Crow Reservation without water
Parts of a town on the Crow Reservation in Montana went without water due to a broken fire hydrant....
Calif. tribe's casino expansion plan criticized
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians of California held a public hearing on a proposal to expand the tribe's casino....
Wis. governor falls $37M short of promise
New tribal casino compacts signed by Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle (D) won't bring in as much as expected, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports....
Editorial: ANWR another Republican bad idea
The Senate should reject a bill that opens up the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve to drilling, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer says in an editorial today....
Trump: 'We'll see whether they have sovereignty'
Donald Trump once remarked that the Mashantucket Pequots "don't look Indian to me." Now, he's ready to fight another Pequot tribe over a botched casino deal....
Woman paid for $12K 'demo' win at Tulalip casino
A leading Indian casino game manufacturer paid $12,026.50 to a woman in Washington who thought she won the money at the Tulalip Tribes' casino....
Editorial: Mascot changes slow but worth it
Some Indian mascots are offensive to Native Americans and should be changed, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader says in an editorial today....
Calif. tribe to start own fire department
The San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians of California will start its own fire department, The San Bernandino Sun reports....
Energy bill will streamline Indian development
The chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee says Indian tribes will be able to streamline development of their lands under a new bill....
N.D. tribe supports military through business
The Spirit Lake Nation of North Dakota owns a business that makes protective armor for soldiers, tanks, ships and aircraft....
Column: Cleveland Indians should give land for casino
"An undisclosed Shawnee Indian tribe from Oklahoma is petitioning to build a $550 million gaming center in the Ohio town of Botkins, about 50 miles north of Dayton....
Wash. man honored for improving Indian Country housing
Robert Young of Washington is one of three finalists for the 2003 Volvo for Life Awards....
Yellow Bird: Sacred ceremonies are not a business
"Spiritual leaders are concerned about the quality of the sacred ceremonies....
Chickasaw astronaut to speak at Mont. school
John Herrington, a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma and the first tribal member to go into space, will speak at the 28th Annual Montana State University Indian Club Pow Wow and the Visions for Sustainable Tribal Communities Conference....
Jodi Rave wins award for 'Broken Trust' series
Jodi Rave Lee of The Lincoln Journal Star has won a journalism award for her series on the broken Indian trust fund....
N.M. paper also supports renaming Squaw Peak
The Farmington Daily Times in an editorial today s backs the renaming of Squaw Peak in Arizona for Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq....
Ariz. governor criticized for pushing Piestewa Peak
Republicans in Arizona are criticizing Democratic governor Janet Napolitano for pushing to rename Squaw Peak after Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman who was killed in action in Iraq....
Wis. tribe says poll shows support for new pact
The Oneida Nation of Wisconsin released a poll of local residents that shows support for a new casino gaming pact....
Tribal officer faces charges for high-speed chase
A police officer for the Oneida Nation of New York faces traffic charges for pursuing a shoplifting suspect off tribal land without authorization....
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Reach of Supreme Court's trust rulings debated
Recent Supreme Court rulings on the federal trust responsibility will not stand the test of time, a leading Indian law expert said last week....
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The Week in Review
There was an outpouring of grief and sadness but also pride this week as Indian Country and the world reacted to the loss of Lori Piestewa, a member of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona who was the first U.S....
Army Corps blamed for fishkill in Wash.
The state of Washington and the Puyallup Tribe are blaming the deaths of at least 1,000 salmon in the White River on the the U.S....
Eastern Pequot tribe dumps Donald Trump
The Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut has dropped casino mega-mogul Donald Trump....
$18M Oglala Sioux casino expansion stalled
Plans for an $18 million expansion of the Oglala Sioux Tribe's casino have stalled, The Rapid City Journal reports....
Wis. tribe seeks control of child welfare cases
The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin wants to take over child support enforcement cases from the state....
Conn. tribe's water authority questioned
The state of Connecticut is being asked to delay transferring water authority to the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation....
More reaction to renaming peak for Piestewa
Jesse L Cuilty: "Unlike the name 'Squaw,' Piestewa Peak would bring great honor to the history of this land and its peoples, and a message that when people recognize their common humanity there will be no longer be a need for war."
Bill McCabe: "I'm trying to think of a time that I've seen a better idea written about on the editorial page of any paper....
Neb. law school seeks more Indian students
With only two students of Native descent, the University of Nebraska College of Law is seeking to boost its Indian representation....
Can. health agency wants to track drug prescriptions
Aboriginals in Canada are being asked to sign a consent form that critics say grants unprecedented access to medical records....
N.M. law allows sharing of tribal DWI records
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) signed into law a bill that allows sharing of traffic records between tribes and the state....
Yellow Bird: Indian child welfare act a necessity
"While speaking at a conference in Minot recently, I met a woman who is an example of why the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 has been good for Indian children....
Alaska Native corporation protested for logging
An Alaska Native corporation temporarily halted plans to clear timber from land it owns in Homer after protests from local residents....
Wash. tribes celebrate with annual root feast
Members of the Confederated Colville Tribes of Washington met on Saturday for the annual root feast....
BIA takeover of police force praised, criticized
The Bureau of Indian Affairs took over the police department of the Blackfeet Nation of Montana in February, following a BIA investigation that found widespread mismanagement....
Indian boarding school abuse suit seeks $25B
A class action lawsuit seeking $25 billion in damages was filed in the federal court of claims for alleged mental, physical and sexual abuse at Indian boarding schools....
Editorial: Anne Mae murder deserves to be solved
The recent arrest and indictment of two men for the unsolved murder of American Indian Movement activist Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash should finally bring out the truth, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader says in an editorial today....
Swimmer to pick 'cronies' for advisory board
Ross Swimmer has yet to advance an "honest, solid proposal" to reform the broken Indian trust, a key tribal leader told The Sioux Falls Argus Leader....
Navajo lawmakers cite poor timing for name change
Two Arizona state lawmakers who represent the Hopi and Navajo tribes say a push to rename Squaw Peak in honor of Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq, should wait....
Editorial: Stop making excuses for Squaw Peak
The Arizona Republic in an editorial today says it's time to stop making "excuses" against renaming Squaw Peak to Piestewa Peak in honor of Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq....
Thousands remember Piestewa in memorial service
A reported 5,000 people attended a memorial service on Saturday for Army private first class Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq....
House approves energy bill with ANWR provision
The Republican-controlled House on Friday approved an energy policy bill that allows drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge....
CBC investigates suspicious death of Native man
The Canadian Broadcasting Company investigates the case of Lawrence Wegner, an Aboriginal man found frozen to death on the outskirts of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in February 2000....
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