Friday, November 22, 2002
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McCaleb changed, yes, but little else did
When President George Bush nominated him as assistant secretary for Indian Affairs back in April 2001, Neal McCaleb did what any bureaucrat who has come within 10 feet of the trust fund debacle would do....
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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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McCaleb to leave BIA amid trust fund upheaval
Citing an increasingly "contentious and litigious environment," Neal McCaleb on Thursday announced he was resigning from his post as head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs....
Water talks call on non-Indians to change
The Santa Fe New Mexican has obtained documents that it says are proposals to settle a long-running water right suit affecting tribes and non-Indians in northern New Mexico....
Maine casino panel finalizes work
A task force in Maine is finalizing work on a proposal tribal casino....
Wis. anti-smoking program expands
A state program in Wisconsin that tries to help low income pregnant women quit smoking is expanding....
Conn. tribes sponsoring U.N. conference
Three Connecticut tribes are helping sponsor the 2004 International Children's Conference on the Environment....
Boarding school gets new track
Indian students at the Sequoyah High School, a Cherokee Nation boarding school Oklahoma, now have a new track....
Navajo voters turnover council
Navajo Nation voters apparently weren't happy with their council delegates this past election....
Calif. tribes challenging Las Vegas
California tribes pose a "significant challenge" to Nevada's casino business, The Los Angeles Times reports....
Funds tight in Haskell highway plan
Funding for an $8.5 million wetlands mitigation program could be cut as the state of Kansas seeks to expand a highway near Haskell Indian Nations University, The Lawrence Journal-World reports....
Okla. tribes welcome settlement
Three Oklahoma tribes praised passage of a bill to settle their ownership rights in the Arkansas river bed....
Ariz. pow-wow on the horizon
The Native-American Month Social Powwow and Indian Craft Market will be held next weekend in Tucson, Arizona....
Indian dogs were wiped out too
Research being published in today's issue of Science look at the origins of man's best friend....
Natives receive volunteer awards
Three Native Americans in Minnesota have been recognized for their volunteer service....
Bush allows drilling in Tex. park
The Bush administration has approved drilling in the Padre Island National Seashore Park in Texas, The New York Times reports....
Skinwalkers airs on PBS this weekend
"Skinwalkers," the PBS movie based on author Tony Hillerman's Navajo cop series, premieres on PBS this weekend....
Tribal college fund gets $15,000
The Target Corporation has donated $15,000 to the American Indian College Fund to provide scholarships for Native American students attending tribal colleges across the country....
Seminole shooting still unsolved
Police in Florida are seeking the public's help in solving the near fatal shooting of Jim Shore, the general counsel for the Seminole Tribe....
Passage of omnibus bill unlikely
The House meets this morning to wrap up final business but passage of the Native American Omnibus Act may not be one of them....
NASA won't allow tobacco in space
NASA has vetoed Chickasaw Nation astronaut John Herrington's use of ceremonial Indian tobacco aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, The Times of London reports....
Norton not even mentioned in chess game
A game of Cabinet chess has begun, The Washington Post reports, as Beltway insiders try to find out whether President Bush's White House team will see any changes soon....
End of road for Neal McCaleb
Neal McCaleb will still be a target of the Cobell Indian trust fund lawsuit even after he resigns as assistant secretary, an attorney representing 500,000 beneficiaries said....
Opinion: IIM lawsuit is about dignity
"When we opened the first box of Individual Indian Money (IIM) account records down in Fort Worth, Texas in the fall of 1998, my mother and aunt cried....
Hansen Reacts to Retirement of Interior’s McCaleb
Representative Jim Hansen (R-Utah), chairman of the House Resources Committee, which presides over Indian and Insular Affairs, issued the following statement regarding the retirement of Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Neal McCaleb....
Statement by Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb on Retirement
Interior Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs Neal A....
Accept Indians, if only fictionally
American Indians are "gaining wider acceptance in Hollywood," The Christian Science Monitor reports, citing recent film developments....
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