Tuesday, January 14, 2003
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Lieberman joins race for president in 2004
Senator Joe Lieberman (D-Connecticut), a noted critic of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, announced on Monday that he was running for president in 2004....
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Effort called 'starting point' to better health
Officials in British Columbia began distributing a new health handbook to 27,000 Aboriginal homes on Monday as part of a comprehensive, multi-year effort to improve the well-being of First Nations communities....
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Wash. tribes carry message to state in 2003
With the 2003 State Legislature now in session, water is again a key environmental issue being considered by the state lawmakers....
Yellow Bird: It could have been anyone
"Monday will be remembered as the day Julie Holmquist's murder case came to a conclusion....
Among Democrats, not quite the seven dwarves
The prevailing joke about the Democratic contenders for president in 2004 refers to a field of seven....
State fights suit over success of Indian gaming
A failed dog track is suing the state of Wisconsin to get rid of Indian casinos....
Neb. lawmakers seek to resolve casino issue
A Nebraska state lawmaker is proposing to simplify the debate over gaming by putting the issue to voters....
Idaho school reaches out to Indian students
A school district in Idaho has hired a new liaison for Indian students....
Tribal official at Leech Lake faces removal
Arthur "Archie" LaRose, the secretary-treasurer for the Leech Lake Ojibwe Tribe of Minnesota, is being targeted for removal for numerous alleged infractions....
Mayan twins, healthy and separated, return home
Seventeen-month old twins who were successfully separated by doctors in California returned to their home in Guatemala on Monday....
Economic impact of Native health group noted
An Alaska Native health organization contributed more than $44 million to the southeast Alaska economy in 2001, according to a new study....
Wis. tribe sued for not developing land
The Oneida Nation of Wisconsin is being sued for not developing land it purchased within an industrial park....
N.Y. tribe seeks deal to buy water
The Oneida Nation of New York is finalizing a deal with a local town to buy water for a casino expansion....
Bush to submit brief in affirmative action case
The Bush administration will submit a Supreme Court brief in support of white students challenging affirmative action, The Washington Times reports....
Museum to repatriate masks to Hopi Tribe
A museum at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas is returning four ceremonial kachina masks to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona....
Bush to oppose college affirmative action policy
President Bush has ordered Department of Justice lawyers to prepare a Supreme Court brief opposing the affirmative action policy of a university, according to news accounts....
Okla. tribes help inaugurate governor
Representatives of Oklahoma's 39 tribes were on hand yesterday to inaugurate Governor Brad Henry (D)....
Means: Women should seek balance not equality
American Indian Movement activist Russell Means says women shouldn't try to be equal to men because men are failures at leadership....
Columbus Day protesters seek day in court
Six people arrested for protesting a Columbus Day parade in Denver, Colorado, want to be tried by a jury instead of accepting a deal with city prosecutors....
Navajo Nation installs a new president
The Navajo Nation will inaugurate a new president and vice-president today in a ceremony that is expected to draw 10,000 people....
Minn. tribe asserts veto power on nuclear plan
The Prairie Island Mdewakanton Dakota Tribe of Minnesota continues to oppose efforts to store more nuclear waste at a facility next to the reservation....
Rosebud Sioux teen missing for five days
Danielle Spotted War Bonnet, a 17-year-old teenage girl from the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, has not been seen by her family for five days....
BIA says it doesn't owe Winnebago Tribe
The Bureau of Indian Affairs does not owe the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska $500,000 in back rent, a government official told Indian Country Today....
Tribal member sworn into state legislature
John McCoy, a member of the Tulalip Tribes, was sworn in to the Washington State Legislature on Monday....
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