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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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A long battle for Western Shoshone land
Carrie Dann has spent most of her adult life fighting a government that
denies her rights exist....
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Calif. tribes and BIA at odds over settlement
The leaders of two neighboring tribes clashed at a bitter Senate hearing
on Thursday, the latest chapter in a century-old dispute over land,
natural resource and other rights in northern California....
Neb. amendment allows tribal gaming
Nebraska State Senator DiAnna Schimek introduced a constitutional
amendment on Thursday to allow Indian gaming....
Crews continue to fight Mesa Verde fire
A fire in Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado continues to grow....
Pope takes part in Indian ceremony
Pope John Paul II wrapped up his three-country, 11-day trip to the
Americas on Thursday....
Conn. anti-casino group says vote no
Connecticut Citizens Against Casinos, an anti-casino group, is asking
citizens to tell their government representatives to say no to tribal
casinos....
Adam Beach is playing another Navajo
Adam Beach stars in "Skinwalkers," a Robert Redford project based on
author Tony Hillerman's Navajo detective sagas....
Editorial: Study recognition process again
One General Accounting Office study on federal recognition wasn't
enough for one Connecticut paper....
Minn. Native children go uninsured
The Minnesota Department of Health estimates that more than 9 percent
of Native American children are uninsured....
Russell Means denied spot on N.M. ballot
A federal judge has denied American Indian Movement activist and actor
Russell Means a spot on New Mexico's ballot for governor....
Calif. casino compact ruling appealed
A group of northern California casino card clubs and religious charities
are appealing a ruling which upheld the validity of tribal gaming
agreements....
Navajo is Navajo, Navajo is election
Tribal elections are always filled with drama so it should be fitting that
the one for the Navajo Nation, the largest tribe, has lots of it....
Native corp sees leadership battle
The chief executive of Cook Inlet Region Inc., an Alaska Native regional
corporation, was given a contract extension on Thursday despite some
opposition....
Native youth deal with historical guilt
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on Thursday held a hearing on
issues facing Native youth....
Ariz. tribe plans to sue for fire
The White Mountain Apache Tribe of Arizona said it will sue a white
woman who started a fire on the Fort Apache Reservation....
Bill restores land to two Pueblos
Two Pueblos in northern New Mexico would be restored almost 4,500
acres of federal land under a bill under consideration in Congress....
Editorial: Sacred sites bill a 'good start'
The Sioux Falls Leader in an editorial today praises a bill that seeks to
increase protection of sacred sites....
Alleged Mohegan chief fights jurisdiction
A man claiming to be a Mohegan chief plans to fight a $19,000 fine
imposed by a Connecticut city....
Is mine waste on tribal land safe?
The state of Oklahoma has enlisted the University of Oklahoma to find
out if huge piles of mine waste can be safely used for highway
construction....
Norton rebuffs Alaska Native request
The Department of Interior won't extend a public comment period
affecting an Alaska oil pipeline....
Minn. tribe seeks federal recognition
The Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Tribe of Minnesota is seeking federal
recognition....
Mi'kmaq First Nation inks fishing deal
The Burnt Church First Nation of New Brunswick has finalized a fishing
agreement with the Canadian government....
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Pueblo land claim approaches settlement
Legislation to settle a long-standing New Mexico tribal land dispute
cleared a key Senate committee on Wednesday, and its chief sponsors
hoped for final passage this year....
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Delaware tribal status dispute continues
A federal judge this week agreed to strike down a decades-old Bureau of
Indian Affairs decision to terminate separate relations with the Delaware
Tribe of eastern Oklahoma....
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In The Hoop: Hail to the Chief
While in Washington, D.C., this week, Northern Cheyenne President Geri
Small received a warm welcome by one of her most well-known
constituents on Tuesday....
BIA worker pleads not guilty to fires
Bureau of Indian Affairs employee Brian Neil Klinekole pleaded not guilty
on Wednesday to setting fires in southern New Mexico....
Tribes mull toxic fish study findings
Pacific Northwest tribes and their members are struggling with a new
federal study which finds that consuming large amounts of fish can lead
to cancer and other health problems....
Senate panel questions Superfund status
A Senate subcommittee held a hearing on the Superfund program on
Wednesday....
Threat of Mesa Verde fire subsides
A fire burning in Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado burned more than
2,400 acres as of Wednesday....
Conn. 'tribe' ordered to pay city fines
A group claiming sovereign tribal status has been told to pay $19,000 in
fines for trying to ignore the authority of a Connecticut city....
Neb. pow-wow in its 50th year
The 50th annual Lincoln Indian Club Pow-wow takes place this weekend
in Lincoln, Nebraska....
Native corp gets park service contract
Doyon Ltd., an Alaska Native regional corporation, has won a
concessionaire contract for Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska....
Pope canonizes first Indian saint
Pope John Paul II canonized the first Indian saint during an
Aztec-inspired Mass in Mexico on Wednesday....
Canadian PM attends Indigenous Games
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien unexpectedly stopped at the
2002 North American Indigenous Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on
Wednesday....
Alaska Native educators meet
The ninth annual Association of Interior Native Educators conference
began in Alaska on Wednesday....
Crow Tribe has summer camp for kids
The Crow Tribe is testing out a new curriculum at its Apsa'alooke Warrior
Youth Camp this summer....
Okla. tribes wants IHS admin fired
Seven Oklahoma tribes are upset that the Indian Health Service hasn't
acted on their request to fire a hospital administrator....
Mont. tribes demand mine cleanup
The tribes on the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana are suing to
enforce cleanup of abandoned mines....
S.D. lawmakers to study Native prisoners
The South Dakota Legislature's State-Tribal Relations Committee plans to
study Native Americans in the state prison system....
Slonaker: Gale Norton 'has no clothes'
Tom Slonaker, the Department of Interior's former top Indian trust
official, continues to speak out about his forced resignation....
DOI opposes new reservation water bill
A Senate subcommittee on Wednesday held a hearing on a bill to build a
water system affecting the Rocky Boy's Reservation and other
communities in Montana....
Recognition rider sought in budget bill
Senators Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) are seeking to
attach a rider to a spending bill that would affect the recognition of
Indian tribes, The Norwich Bulletin says in an editorial today....
Pueblo wants changes to land claim bill
Sandia Pueblo Governor Stuwart Paisano wants the Senate to consider
changing a bill to settle a claim to 10,000 acres in the Sandia Mountains
in New Mexico....
Report finds human rights violations
The United States has violated the human rights of two Western
Shoshone sisters, a preliminary report by the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights has found....
Ojibwe center experiences growing pains
The Mille Lacs Ojibwe Tribe of Minnesota opened its Language and
Cultural Center two years ago but tribal officials say not enough people
are participating....
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Feathers ruffled in and out of Indian Country
Reaction to Special Trustee Tom Slonaker's departure from the
Department of Interior was mixed on Tuesday, an indication of a volatile
and stymied role he played during his two years of federal service....
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Tribes hindered on trust reform proposals
Indian Country advocates on Tuesday discouraged tribal leaders from
moving too quickly on efforts to reform the broken trust fund, citing lack
of agreement with federal officials and a crunch for time....
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White House embroiled in trust fund mess
The federal government's top Indian trust reform official quit the Bush
administration on Tuesday, the culmination of a growing debacle that
reaches all the way to the White House....
Okla. tribe seeks Cherokee independence
The Delaware Tribe of Oklahoma wants its own sovereignty restored....
Allegations traded in fund dispute
Allegations of misuse of funds and and questions over leadership are
affecting the dealings of a New Mexico non-profit with ties to the Navajo
Nation....
Crow Reservation man sentenced
A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced man from the Crow Reservation to
14 months in prison and three years of supervised release for a
drunk-driving accident....
Conn. cops fight Pequot tribal ruling
Two police detectives in Connecticut are appealing a ruling that
dismissed their lawsuit against the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation....
Pope urges justice for Mayan Indians
Pope John Paul II was in Guatemala on Tuesday to canonize the
country's first saint and urge justice and respect for Mayan Indians who
make up the majority of the population but are at the bottom of the
social and economic ladder....
Navajo students awarded scholarships
The Navajo Nation has awarded 64 high school graduates with college
scholarship money....
Mohegan leaders targeted in recall effort
A dispute over a tribal business deal has spurred a member of the
Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut to seek the ouster of two top officials, The
New London Day reports....
Mi'kmaq First Nation near fishing deal
The Burnt Church First Nation of New Brunswick might soon sign a
fisheries agreement with the Canadian government....
Mohegan Tribe plans tribal partnership
The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut is in the preliminary stages of an
economic development partnership with another tribe, The Norwich
Bulletin reports today....
Tribal candidate controls election money
The Navajo Nation Supreme Court last week ruled that Ed Begay, the
tribe's top lawmakers, was singled out and unfairly disqualified from the
presidential primary....
Navajo primary coincides with state's
The Navajo Nation Supreme Court last week rescheduled the tribe's
presidential primary to September 10....
Fire threatens Mesa Verde ruins
A fire in Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado has consumed more than
2,000 acres....
Toxic fish threaten tribal subsistence
The Environmental Protection Agency this week is releasing a study that
concludes that Columbia River tribes in the Pacific Northwest face a high
risk for cancer and other diseases due to toxic pollutants in fish....
Green tribal member faces challenge
Oglala Lakota tribal member Ed McGaa is facing a challenge from his own
Green Party over his candidacy for U.S....
Interior won't respond to Slonaker
A Department of Interior spokesperson would not respond to claims of
high-level intimidation by an ousted official, the Associated Press
reports....
Opinion: Indian gaming all greed
"Well, I suppose I back Indian self-reliance as much as the next person
-- God knows these people have had it rough over the years....
Editorial: Limit reach of Indian gaming
Tribal gaming should be limited to tribal lands -- even if they didn't exist
two years ago -- The San Francisco Chronicle says in an editorial today....
Senate panel considers Pueblo land bill
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today will mark up
a bill to settle the land claims of Sandia Pueblo in New Mexico....
Court tosses challenge to Goshute nuclear
A federal judge on Tuesday sided with a Utah tribe and private utility
companies seeking to store up to 44,000 tons of highly radioactive
nuclear waste on the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation....
Ariz. Indian health liaison praised
When tribes in Arizona need help navigating the Indian health care
system, they go to Michael Allison, the state's Native American liaison
for the Arizona Department of Health Services....
Native students inspire others
Two Navajo students are participating in a health care seminar aimed at
rural students in Arizona....
Village buoyed by court ruling on mine
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld tough environmental
requirements for a mine being opposed by an Alaska Native village....
Judge rules Apache land is not Indian Country
Land owned by the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma is not Indian Country, a
federal judge ruled on Monday....
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Special Trustee Tom Slonaker leaves DOI
Special Trustee Tom Slonaker, the federal government's top Indian trust
official, resigned from the Bush administration today....
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In The Hoop: Cool Runnings
The Quinault Nation of Washington is spearheading an historic event this
year, the first-ever American Indian and Alaska Native Sovereignty Run....
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Judge upholds Calif. tribal gaming compacts
Casino compacts with more than 60 California tribes do not violate the
US Constitution, a federal judge ruled on Monday....
Input allowed into forest management
Three First Nations in the Yukon Territory on Monday signed a forest
management agreement with the Canadian government....
Israel: Catskills casino delayed
The St Regis Mohawk Tribe won't open its casino in the Catskills region of
New York until 2005 at the earlier, Steve Israel reports today....
Pope makes stop in Guatemala
Pope John Paul II is in Guatemala today to canonize the country's first
saint, an advocate for Mayan Indians....
Bill sets aside tribal police funds
Representative Brad Carson (D-Okla.) has introduced a bill to help rural law
enforcement fight methamphetamine....
Fires shut down Mesa Verde park
Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado was closed on Monday in response
to several wildfires....
Yellow Bird: Drought rears its head
"When you live on the wet, eastern side of the state and drive west, the
extreme drought that people are experiencing in western North Dakota
and South Dakota is shocking.
I went camping in that area for five days last week....
Neb. Democrats reconsider gaming
Nebraska Democrats are meeting this weekend for to choose a state
chairman and reconsider its stance on gaming....
Okla. tribe fires housing officials
The Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma has fired two of its three housing
commissioners amid a federal investigation....
Doug Grow: Indian clinic a 'third-world country'
"Fired from jobs they loved by an administrator and directors they
despised, three physicians are planning to open a new clinic in the
Phillips neighborhood of south Minneapolis in September....
California casinos worth $4 billion
Casino industry experts believe California's tribes could bring in $4 billion
a year, The Los Angeles Times reports....
Court won't rehear tribal immunity case
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday announced it won't rehear a
case challenging the sovereign immunity of a California tribe....
Battle over urban casino continues
A federal judge on Monday upheld a controversial tribal land acquisition
authorized by President Bill Clinton in one of his final acts in the White
House....
Bush signs corporate fraud bill
President Bush on Tuesday signed into law stricter corporate
accountability measures....
Bush promises to reduce air pollution
President Bush has submitted legislation to reduce power plant
emissions....
First Nation declares water emergency
Heavy rain over the weekend and poor infrastructure have caused the
Cat Lake First Nation to declare a state of emergency....
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The Week in Review
Historical accounting plan criticized by Senate, tribal trust mismanagement lawsuits advanced, White House pressed to appoint Indian health post, and Texas tribe forced to close casino....
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Task force mired in trust reform debate
After six months of intense discussions, tribal leaders and Department of
Interior officials have yet to agree on reforms considered key to fixing
the broken Indian trust....
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Anti-fraud stance bypasses Indian trust
President Bush plans to sign into law stricter corporate oversight
measures, a move which has left some in Indian Country scratching their
heads as they seek to bring similar reforms to the management of trust
assets....
Pope heads to Mexico to canonize saint
Pope John Paul II heads to Mexico City, Mexico, this week to canonize
the first Indian saint....
Eastern Pequot Tribe holds council election
The Eastern Pequot Tribe of Connecticut held elections for council
members on Saturday....
Claims of Native students disputed
Seventeen Yankton Sioux students sued a South Dakota school district
last week but their claims of being sniffed by drug dogs are being
disputed....
BIA worker charged with arson in N.M
A Bureau of Indian Affairs forestry worker has been indicted for allegedly
starting fires on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in southern New
Mexico....
Projects bring Natives, state together
Alaska Natives and state biologists are working together to better
understand fish runs in the Kuskokwim River....
Top Navajo legislator allowed on ballot
The Navajo Nation Supreme Court on Friday put the tribe's top lawmaker
on the presidential ballot....
Idaho pow-wow honors tribal elder
The Coeur d'Alene's annual pow-wow turned into a memorial for tribal
elder Isaac SiJohn, who died over the weekend....
Judge refuses to halt Mont. election
Residents of a 90 percent Indian county in Montana will be able to
participate in a special election....
The Fort Fizzle Battle of 1877
The Billings Gazette today includes an account of a summer 1877 battle
that never happened between the Nez Perce Tribe and Army soldiers....
N.M. Indians seek help at urban center
An estimated 40,000 Native Americans live in Albuquerque, New Mexico,
ranking it high on the list of cities with large urban Indian populations....
Indigenous games underway in Canada
About 6,000 athletes are taking part in the North American Indigenous
Games....
Inuit conference finally includes Inuits
The 135th Inuit Studies Conference will be held at the University of Alaska
at Anchorage this week....
Tribes making annual canoe paddle
everal tribes in Washington and British Columbia, Canada, are taking
part in the Paddle Journey, an annual event that keeps traditional
canoeing alive....
Chickasaw Nation opens new casino
The Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma opened a new gaming facility earlier
this month....
New Navajo housing complex opens
The Navajo Nation has 44 new homes for tribal members and their
families....
Calif. tribes push sacred site bill
California tribes are rallying behind legislation that would give them veto
power over development projects on sacred sites....
BIA fire systems still not online
Fire management systems at the Bureau of Indian Affairs remain
disconnected from the Internet seven months after a federal judge
ordered the Department of Interior to fix its security problems....
Harjo: House chairman 'incapacitated'
"Two-thirds of the House members decided on July 17 they didn’t want
to make or tinker with federal Indian law on appropriations and rejected
two provisions of the Interior appropriations bill....
Federal judge upholds Indian gaming law
A federal judge today upheld gaming compacts the state of California
entered into with California tribes....
Editorial: GOP money influenced BIA
A Republican lobbyist influenced Democrats in the Clinton administration
to recognize the historic Eastern Pequot Tribe of Connecticut, The New
London writes in an editorial....
Editorial: Army Corps behavior 'typical'
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader in an editorial today criticizes the Army
Corps of Engineers for scheduling a meeting on an important tribal
ceremony day....
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