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The Week in Review
ending August 24
>President Bush promotes Healthy Forest Initiative in Oregon. August 22, 2002. File Photo  U.S. Courts.
President Bush promotes
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Court voids gas tax on Idaho tribes
Three Idaho tribes won a major victory this week with a federal judge's ruling striking down a tax on the sale of gasoline.

The tribes had already secured a state decision that threw out the tax but lawmakers tried to find a way to continue collecting the money. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter said no and ruled that the state had no authority over Indian Country commerce.

Idaho officials hadn't decided if the case would be appealed. The state has lost all the major Indian law cases in the federal court system in recent years.

Get the Story:
Court strikes down tax on tribes (8/20)
Idaho tribes pleased with tax ruling (8/20)
Editorial: Stop harassing Idaho tribes (8/23)

Cobell hits the road for trust fund
While the Indian trust fund battle rages in court and among a joint federal-tribal task force, Indian Country is getting an update on a landmark lawsuit filed on behalf of 500,000 Native Americans.

Elouise Cobell, the lead plaintiff in the Individual Indian Money (IIM) class action, visited Oklahoma this week to meet with tribal leaders and account holders. Along with attorneys handling the case, she spoke of the struggles and victories in her attempt to make the federal government more accountable.

The updates come as a ruling in the Bush administration's contempt trial is pending. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth is considering five charges against Secretary of Interior Gale Norton and Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb.

Get the Story:
Cobell plaintiffs dispute trust fund report (8/19)
Norton tries to delay trust fund (8/21)
Cobell rallies support in Okla. (8/22)
Indian trust scandal is Indian Enron (8/22)
Cobell: Send Gale Norton to jail (8/23)

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