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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....
Proposal allows dumping in waters
The Bush administration is proposing to allow waste from coal mining to
be dumped in waterways....
Yucca Mountain headed for House vote
The full House Energy and Commerce
Committee voted on Thursday to approve
the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste
repository....
Interior panel endorses fish project
A Department of Interior panel has approved an experimental project
aimed at saving an endangered fish in the Grand Canyon....
Norton wants quick drilling decision
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton has asked for a fast review of a decision
on drilling near a national park in Utah, The Salt Lake Tribune reports
today....
Klamath Basin money cut from farm bill
A joint House-Senate conference on Thursday cut $175 million in funds
for the Klamath Basin....
N.M. students celebrate Native week
Students at Ruth N Bond Elementary School in Kirtland, New Mexico,
celebrated Native American history and culture this week....
Last public hearing on Goshute nuclear
The last public hearing on a proposed nuclear waste facility on the Skull
Valley Goshute Reservation in Utah is being held today....
Hillerman feature set for fall debut
PBS will air an adaptation of Tony Hillerman's novel "Skinwalkers," this
fall....
Pequot Tribe welcomes First Nation
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut is playing host a
Canadian First Nation this week....
Seminole attorney plans return to work
Still recuperating at a secret location since nearly being shot to death,
Jim Shore isn't planning on quitting his job as general counsel for the
Seminole Tribe of Florida....
Sand Creek site to go to tribes
The Sand Creek Massacre site in Colorado is closer to reality thanks to a
casino company....
Pueblo disputes road project
Tesuque Pueblo officials say they are being left out of a highway
improvement project in New Mexico because of their strong stance on
sovereignty....
Native men raising families
Native men in Florida are heading up single families more than their
non-Indian counterparts....
Brothers' death raises questions
Two Inupiat brothers who froze to death in Alaska may have been turned
away from an Anchorage shelter....
IHS investigation continues
An investigation into the Indian Health Service clinic on the Crow
Reservation has been going on longer than expected, a regional
spokesperson has told The Billings Gazette....
Crow Tribe target of lawsuit
A pre-trial hearing was held in federal court in Montana on Thursday to
address a lawsuit against the Crow Tribe....
Hendricks: Is Wyandotte chief bluffing?
"Is he bluffing, or does Chief Leaford Bearskin really intend to open that
casino-in-a-trailer-park across from City Hall in Kansas City, Kan.?
"We're not bluffing," said the duly elected head of the Wyandotte Tribe of
Oklahoma....
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Pueblo settlement in hands of Congress
After nearly two decades of legal wrangling, all parties in a dispute over
the Sandia Mountains in New Mexico agreed on Wednesday that the
issue needed resolution....
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Clinton-era opinion at center of Pueblo claim
A former Clinton administration official came under fire on Wednesday
for an 11th-hour legal opinion that favored a New Mexico tribe's
controversial land claim....
Crow family keeps cradleboard alive
A 29-year-old traditional Crow cradleboard is getting some new use....
Delay in Mont. districts sought
The parties to a lawsuit over Native voting rights are asking a federal
judge for an extension....
Shot Seminole attorney recovering
After surviving three gunshot wounds at close range, Jim Shore, the
general counsel for the Seminole Tribe of Florida, is recuperating under
armed guard....
NMAI habitat to reflect Natives
Everything about the National Museum of the American Indian under
construction in Washington, D.C., will be Native....
Interior opposes tribal water project
The Department of Interior is opposing a $250 million water project on
the Rocky Boy's Reservation in Montana....
BIA develops new driver policy
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has adopted a new policy on driving by
employees....
Opinion: Save sacred site
"In many parts of our world, ruins are prized and promoted for a variety
of educational and economic benefits....
Pueblo settlement bill advancing
Two Senate committees held a joint hearing on Wednesday to address a
bill that settles Sandia Pueblo's claim to the Sandia Mountains in New
Mexico....
Jury votes death for Navajo killer
A New Mexico jury on Wednesday said a man should die for murdering a
Navajo woman....
No cause yet on Mescalero fire
The Bureau of Indian Affairs hasn't assigned a cause to a recent fire on
the Mescalero Apache Reservation in southern New Mexico....
Lawsuit filed on Klamath water
Environmentalists and fishermen have asked a federal judge for a
temporary restraining order on water in the Klamath River....
Work wraps up on energy bill
The Senate is finalizing work on an energy policy bill in preparation for a
vote today....
IRA-Colombia link comes under fire
THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2002
A Republican-drafted report linking the Irish Republican Army to leftists
rebels in Colombia was criticized at a House hearing on Wednesday....
R.I. casino gets local support
The Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island has found great local support for
a casino....
Maine tribes pass on casino site
Two Maine tribes said they won't seek to host a casino in the town of
Kittery....
Griles accused of intimidation
Deputy Secretary of Interior Steven Griles tried to suppress a report
critical of efforts to drill in the Powder River Basin, The Washington Post
reports today....
Navajo potatoes used by Frito Lay
Next time you eat some potato chips, you just might be eating Navajo
potatoes....
Bones found at Ariz. site
Bones and other items found at a site in Arizona are being repatriated to
the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Tribe....
Ariz. bill requires casino disclosure
Arizona tribes would be required to disclose how much money the make
from their casinos and how it is used....
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Supreme Court rejects property-rights claim
The Supreme Court dealt a blow to a group of private landowners in
Nevada and California, finding that temporary prohibitions on
development do not violate the U.S....
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Interior rebuffed on historical accounting
The Bush administration's attempt to define its obligations to 300,000
American Indians was dealt a major setback with the release of a critical
document on Tuesday....
House Panel approves Yucca Mountain
A House Energy and Commerce
subcommittee on Tuesday voted to
approve Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the
nation's nuclear waste repository....
Navajo killer cries in court
A New Mexico man convicted of murdering a Navajo mother cried in court
on Tuesday, begging jurors not to sentence him to death....
Mohegan Tribe hotel open for business
The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut opened its new hotel on Tuesday....
Pequot Tribe to settle lawsuit
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut is settling a
lawsuit over a proposed golf course and resort....
Ariz. gaming bill delayed
Reconsideration of a rejected gaming bill has been delayed in the Arizona
Legislature....
Battle over Congressional seat in Conn
Author Jeff Benedict has forced a delegate primary in a Connecticut town
in order to stay in a hotly contested race in the state's 2nd Congressional
district....
Norton developing monument plans
The Department of Interior is beginning a formal consultation process
with states, tribes and local governments on management plans for 15
national monuments....
Fight over Native corp leadership
Shareholders of an Alaska Native corporation are reacting with surprise
to news that former executive and his main opponent are teaming up to
gain control of Cook Inlet Region Inc....
Mich. tribal casino ruled legal
A federal judge in Michigan has ruled the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa
and Ojibwe Indians is operating its casino legally....
Urban Indian health care pushed
The Arizona Legislature has passed a bill urging Congress to reauthorize
the Indian Health Care Improvement Act....
Goshute nuclear hearings continue
The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board is continuing hearings on a
proposed nuclear waste storage facility on the Skull Valley Goshute
Reservation in Utah....
Arson suspected in Mont. fire
Arson is being suspected in a fire that burned more than 200 acres on the
Rocky Boy's Reservation in Montana....
Fire on Mescalero Reservation
A fire broke out Tuesday on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in
southern New Mexico....
Charges filed for reservation death
Two people have been charged for the death of a man on the Blackfeet
Reservation in Montana....
The Tigua Tribe: Texas' social ill
The rags-to-riches story of the Tigua Tribe of Texas is written up in the
Christian Science Monitor today....
Move on sacred site praised
Tribal leaders and preservationists are welcoming an oil company's
decision not to drill at a sacred site in Montana....
Domenici opposes Pueblo land claim bill
Senator Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) is opposing a bill to settle Sandia Pueblo's
land claim to the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico....
Alaska Native drilling won't be pushed
The Senate is set to vote Thursday on the energy bill without provisions
allowing drilling on Alaska Native lands in the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge....
McCaleb defends Ross Swimmer
Ross Swimmer is uniquely qualified to handle the Indian trust, Assistant
Secretary Neal McCaleb told The Tulsa World this week....
Haskell cancels summer school
Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas has canceled summer school
for lack of funding....
State digs for bones in wetlands
An archaeologist went digging for graves in wetlands near Haskell Indian
Nations University in Kansas, apparently without consulting tribes and
affected Indians....
In The Hoop: More Ps and Qs
It's time for the second installment of our First Annual In The Hoop
Reader Appreciation Survey!
We've received an overwhelming response to yesterday's survey, and
you can still send in your answers to that one....
Navajo chapter leader supported
Members of the Shiprock chapter of the Navajo Nation don't want their
leader to quit....
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Drug court program questioned by GAO
Drug courts operating in communities and reservations throughout the
country cannot prove they reduce repeat offenses, one of the key
measures of success, the General Accounting Office reported on Monday.
But that doesn't mean the courts aren't working, Congressional
researchers said....
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Norton asked to investigate BIA deputy
Senator Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.) asked Secretary of Interior Gale Norton
last week to investigate Bureau of Indian Affairs deputy Wayne Smith....
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Court to decide limits of trust duty
The Supreme Court took its first Indian law case of the term on Monday,
agreeing to resolve a dispute over an old Army fort housing a tribal
school and other crumbling buildings....
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In The Hoop: Your Ps and Qs
In The Hoop celebrated its first birthday last week with such little fanfare
that we decided to prolong the event by creating our very first annual In
The Hoop Reader Appreciation Survey!
Over the next few days, we will be asking you for your input on how to
make In The Hoop even more exciting....
U.S. role in Venezuela probed
The Pentagon is reviewing actions taken by the American military during
the temporary ouster of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, The New
York Times reports today....
Neanderthal violence cited
Research published in today's issue of the Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences cites evidence of domestic violence among
Neanderthals....
Casino employee pleads guilty to theft
A former employee of the Mohegan Tribe pleaded guilty on Monday to
stealing from the Connecticut tribe's casino....
Neb. gaming petition dropped
A petition to legalize video slots in bars in Nebraska has been dropped....
Maine town rejects tribal casino
The town council in Kittery, Maine, voted last night to reject any and all
casino development....
First Nation doesn't want U.S. casino
The Grand River First Nation of Ontario doesn't want to open a casino in
Pennsylvania, band officials said....
Justices hear death penalty dispute
The Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in a case affecting
the use of the death penalty....
Supreme Court to review protest case
The Supreme Court on Monday said it would review a case affecting the
rights of anti-abortion protesters....
Couple arrested for reservation death
A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with the death of
a man on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana....
Yellow Bird: Earth's healing power
"Friday and Saturday of last week was my first time in Ontario.
Springtime is a magnificent time to make that trip....
Utah tribe plays host to king
Members of the Northern Ute Tribe of Utah went to Colorado over the
weekend to meet with a king from Uganda....
Lumbee coach honored
Oklahoma University men's basketball coach Kelvin Sampson will be
honored as Ambassador of the Year by the Red Earth organization....
Money approved to fight Pequot tribes
Residents of the Connecticut town of North Stonington have approved
spending an additional $58,000 to fight the federal recognition bids of the
Eastern Pequot Tribe and the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Tribe....
Native complaint prompts probe
A complaint from the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association spurred a
probe into the handling of a child molestation case on the remote St.
George Island....
Trial continues on village safety
Testimony in a case challenging police services provided to Alaska
Native villages was winding up last week
The court heard from police officers who said the villages are receiving
adequate protection even though funding has dropped by a third.
Experts on both sides of the issue testified about crime in rural villages,
with one saying Native residents feel safer than urban ones....
Tar Creek mold confirmed
A University of Tulsa student has completed a study of homes in the Tar
Creek Superfund area....
Navajo killer receives sentence
A judge in New Mexico on Monday sentenced a man to 46 years for the
killing of a Navajo woman....
Norton releases bug in Florida
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton celebrated Earth Day on Monday in
Florida....
Bush and Gore battle on Earth Day
President Bush and Al Gore debated one another on Monday, except
someone forgot to tell Bush and someone told Gore the contest was in
Tennessee....
EPA official resigns from post
The national ombudsman of the
Environmental Protection
Agency resigned from his post
on Monday night....
Sacred site drilling dropped
An oil company owned by billionaire Philip Anschutz has dropped plans to
drill in a site considered sacred to a number of tribes....
Suit filed for youth inmates
A lawsuit was filed against the state of Montana by 21 former inmates of
a youth detention facility....
Mass. warms to tribal casino
Things are looking up for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of
Massachusetts....
Harvard hosting constitutional conference
Harvard University in Massachusetts is playing host to a tribal
constitutional reform conference in May....
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Official: Interior can't stop the 'bleeding'
The federal government is no closer to fixing the broken Indian trust than
it was seven years ago when Congress dictated numerous reforms, a
senior Department of Interior official has told a small group of tribal
leaders and outside advisers....
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Fate of trust in Supreme Court hands
The Supreme Court is set to announce today whether it will accept a case
the Bush administration has pitted as pivotal to the future of the Indian
trust....
Indian museum hosts day for children
The Institute of American Indian Arts Museum in New Mexico hosted its
third annual Children's Day on Sunday....
Some Navajo IHS contracting allowed
The Navajo Nation council last week voted to allow three health care
facilities to contract health services from the Indian Health Service....
Apache dictionary being developed
Members of the Jicarilla Apache Nation of New Mexico are working with
the University of New Mexico to create a dictionary of their language....
Trust reform bill introduced
Three lawmakers introduced legislation last week that would further
scuttle Secretary of Interior Gale Norton's proposal to create an Indian
trust agency....
Impact of Maine casino considered
Leaders and officials in New Hampshire are increasingly speaking out
against a proposal tribal casino in Maine....
Mohegan Tribe expands safety measures
The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut is responding to concerns about
worker safety....
Opponents plan takeover of Native corp.
The retired former president and CEO of Cook Inlet Regional Inc., an
Alaska Native regional corporation, is planning a comeback....
Catskills casinos eagerly awaited
There is opposition to Indian gaming in New York state, playing itself out
in the courts and the statehouse....
John Potter: A history lesson
"My wife and I went to the school gym to watch [our daughter] Frances
participate in a "Patriotism Assembly," a musical program in which
students dressed as figures from American history and, between
patriotic songs, stepped up to the microphone and briefly described their
role in the building of this great nation....
Murkowski silent on Native drilling
Senator Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska) refused to comment last week about a
proposal to allow drilling on Native-owned lands in the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge....
Bush celebrating Earth Day
President Bush is promoting Earth Day with the "Clear Skies" initiative,
one of his new environmental priorities....
Haskell highway protested
Students from Haskell Indian Nations University took part in a protest of
a proposed highway project in Kansas....
Opinion: Seminole Nation always black
African-Americans have always been a part of the Seminole Nation, a
writer for the New York Times says....
Jury considers death for Navajo killer
A jury in New Mexico will hear testimony this week before deciding
whether a man they found guilty or murdering a Navajo woman should
be put to death....
Woman took on feds with medicine
When Jan Gangelhoff was questioned by federal prosecutors for her role
in a cheating scandal at the University of Minnesota, she said she
brought some powerful help with her....
Minn. tribe donates to GOPs
Flush with casino profits, the Prairie Island Dakota Tribe of Minnesota has
donated $37,000 recently to Republicans....
McCaleb aide reports friend to FBI
A former business partner of Wayne Smith, the deputy to Assistant
Secretary Neal McCaleb, promised potential tribal clients great access to
the federal government....
Recovery of trust expected in months
It will take months for the Department of Interior to recover from its
Internet shutdown, a senior official has told Government Executive
Magazine....
Yellow Bird: 'Fighting Sioux' debate
"I'm a transplant to the Grand Forks area, and I feel it is my home, but
there are times when I am not so proud of some things in the
community....
Klamath land transfer raises fears
The prospect of transferring thousands of acres of federal forest land to
the Klamath Tribes of Oregon has some non-Indians worried....
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