Friday, November 15, 2002

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Reeling from recent court decisions that have eroded their sovereign rights, tribal leaders are taking a greater interest in nominees to the federal bench....

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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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Indian leaders and federal officials this week announced plans to breathe new life into an executive order promoting Indian education....

President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have urged Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colorado) to seek re-election in 2004, the only Native American in the Senate told The Denver Post....

President Bush on Thursday announced plans to speed up outsourcing of certain federal jobs to private companies....

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved two of President Bush's appointees to the federal appellate courts....

New Mexico Governor-elect Bill Richardson is welcoming Native Americans to his transition team and task force....

Savran Clah, a Navajo student attending Dine College on the Navajo Reservation, was invited by NASA to present results of his space research at the Kennedy Space Center....

The University of Montana started a student-run online newspaper called reznet....

Researchers and students at Dine College are focusing on a "pandemic" of diabetes on the Navajo Nation....

A coalition of Alaska Natives, artists and environmental groups completed a cross-country journey to oppose development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Thursday....

Navajo tribal leaders need to stop acting like children and resolve their power struggle over a Boys and Girls Club on the Navajo Nation, The Farmington Daily-Times says in an editorial today....

The Sioux Falls Argus Leader in an editorial today praises the settlement of a voter rights lawsuit filed by Sioux tribal members in South Dakota....

The Narragansett Tribe is back in court today over a proposed dig that could impact burial sites and artifacts....

Representative Nancy Pelosi of California was elected the House Democratic leader on Thursday....

President Bush has signed into law a bill to reauthorize a federal housing program tailored to meet the housing needs of Indian Country....

Wilma Mankiller, former chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, was the keynote speaker for a Lewis and Clark conference at Penn State University....

The Yakama Nation of Washington plans to join efforts to recover threatened species of fish....

Funeral services are scheduled next Tuesday for the late Reverend Harold Jones, 92, the first Native American bishop....

Rosilda Manuel, a Tohono O'odham educator died last week in Arizona....

Funeral services were held on Thursday for Judy Sam Trejo, a Paiute award-winning artist from Nevada....

Nineteen members of the Oneida Nation of New York have sued at least 25 tribal officials, alleging violation of civil rights....

The South Dakota Legislature's State-Tribal Relations Committee is meeting this week to address treatment of Native Americans in the justice system....

A mining company in northern New Mexico plans to expand its operation against the protests of tribal members....

The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut will open a $12.7 million childcare center on its reservation....