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The Week in Review
ending May 12
President George W. Bush
President Bush
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Missed our stories? All the headlines for the week can be found here.

Forest rules in, forest rules out
The apparent national crisis over President Clinton's roadless forest initiative came to a head this week as the Bush administration said they would uphold them but allow modifications due to objections raised by Western states, at least one tribe, and the timber industry.

The action was upended by a federal judge's decision to preliminarily prevent the US Department of Agriculture from letting the rules go into effect altogether. But Secretary Ann Veneman, who had been recused from making any decisions in the matter because she had represented a group opposed to the rules, didn't seem to mind all too much and wouldn't say if her department would appeal the decision.

Get the Story:
Decision on forest rules is big news (5/7)
Montana wants to join forest lawsuit (5/8)
State disagrees on forest lawsuit (5/9)
Forest rules take effect this weekend (5/9)
Judge blocks controversial forest rules (5/11)

Recognition battles continue
Will some of the nation's oldest government recognized tribes ever get recognized? The answer lies in litigation and judging by actions this week, the tribes may be waiting quite some time before they receive their final, final answer.

After giving the Bureau of Indian Affairs a chance to act, a federal judge this week put the Schaghticoke recognition on a timeline. But whether the BIA will adhere to it is another question: when another judge imposed a timeline for the Eastern Pequot Tribe and the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Tribe, the Department of Justice filed a brief opposing it.

Meanwhile, bills to change the entire process have been introduced yet again in Congress.

Get the Story:
Motions continue in recognition suit (5/7)
Towns want recognition moratorium (5/9)
Judge turns Schaghticoke recognition back to BIA (5/10)
Federal recognition battles continue (5/10)
Recognition bills making rounds again (5/11)

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There's still more to read in the recap of the top stories.


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