Wednesday, February 20, 2002

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For the second year in a row, President Bush has proposed to cut or limit environmental grants to tribes and states, stakeholders the administration has highlighted as key to keeping the nation's air and water safe....

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In another reversal of the Clinton administration's policies on the trust fund, Secretary of Interior Gale Norton is dropping her department's attempts to limit an historical accounting for 300,000 American Indian beneficiaries....

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After a long and difficult career of not being used to provide an historical accounting for 300,000 American Indian beneficiaries, the Department of Interior has decided to "retire" thousands of trust fund records....

The first Native scheduled to go into space visited the Crow Reservation on Tuesday to meet with students....

In an unsurprising move, a federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered the Shakopee Mdewakanton Dakota Community in Minnesota to pay federal excise and wagering taxes on pull-tabs....

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut can lay claim to having the slot machines which pay out the most in the state....

An unidentified Santo Domingo Pueblo woman was carjacked at gunpoint in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Tuesday....

Navajo Nation Attorney General Levon Henry is the subject of sexual harassment by a former employee, the Associated Press reports....

The state of Montana and the Bureau of Land Management, an agency of the Department of Interior, have released a draft environmental analysis affecting coalbed methane development in the state....

A federal judge has ordered the Bureau of Indian Affairs to issue a proposed finding on the federal recognition of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation of Connecticut by December of this year....

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation is hosting a conference on Algonquian languages starting this Friday....

The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut is adding more than 4,500 parking spaces to its casino....

The Navajo Nation's cultural pavilion at the Winter 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, is getting favorable reviews from tribal members and visitors....

Six tribes from the Pacific Northwest and Canada met on the Lummi Reservation in Washington on Tuesday to discuss the future of one of their most important resources....

The Bonneville Power Administration has delayed plans to start a commercial wind farm on Blackfeet Reservation in Montana, saying it needs more time to study the project....

The Montana State Land Board on Tuesday voted to approve an agreement with the Northern Cheyenne Tribe over the transfer of coal tracts where tribal ancestors are buried....

Joining a chorus of critics, the Oneida First Nation of Ontario, Canada, said a proposal to settle the tribe's land claim is "insulting," reports to The Syracuse Post-Standard....

In two separate actions, the Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear two Indian-related cases....

Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb told an Oklahoma newspaper on Tuesday that he still doesn't know when oil and gas royalty checks will be mailed to Indian beneficiaries....

Nebraska lawmakers on Tuesday began debating several proposals that could open up Class III gaming to tribes....