Monday, February 25, 2002
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Indian Gaming Briefing
The Jena Band of Choctaws received major play in the Louisiana press this past
week, and the weekend was not an exception....
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The Week in Review
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton's contempt trial
concludes, computer shutdown affects Indian
beneficiaries, Supreme Court looks at Indian law cases,
and Oneida land deal unravels....
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BITAM not needed, Norton's attorneys say
A new agency aimed at handling the $3.1 billion in assets belonging to
hundreds of tribes and thousands of American Indians is not absolutely
necessary, Secretary of Interior Gale Norton's legal team has admitted....
Kan. tribe opposing expanded gaming
The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation of Kansas is objecting to proposals
that would expand gaming in the state....
Mont. governor won't meet with greens
Montana Governor Judy Martz (R) has been stepping on a few toes during her
reign, environmentalists included....
Memorial held for IAIA founder
A memorial service was held on Saturday for Lloyd Kiva New, the
influential artist, educator and founder of the Institute of American
Indian Arts....
Alaska veterans may get aid
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony Principi is extending benefits to
military personnel who developed radiation-related cancers after
working on Amchitka Island in Alaska....
Program focuses on elder addictions
The Fairbanks Native Association has a special program to help elders
combat addictions....
Whiteclay protester gets hearing
A Nebraska county judge on Friday held a hearing for a Native activist
arrested June 1999 for protesting liquor sales near the Pine Ridge
Reservation....
Funds to fight recognition sought
Connecticut Governor John Rowland (R) still opposes using state funds to help
fight the federal recognition of Indian tribes but Attorney General Richard
Blumenthal is finding allies in the Legislature....
Study clears way for water project
The New York State Historic Preservation Office has finalized an
archaeological study that clears the way for a water project....
Senate leader sides against Cheney
Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.), a top ranking member of the Senate, is filing a
legal brief in federal court to urge a federal judge to make public the
records of Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force....
Okla. tribe removes tires
About 130,000 old tires have been removed from the golf course owned
by the Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma....
Yellow Bird: Keeping culture alive
"For the several years now, I have been researching material for a book
about the history of the Sahnish people....
Corps apologizes to Pueblo
The Army Corps of Engineers has formally apologized to Cochiti Pueblo of
New Mexico for destroying sacred sites and harming the tribe's culture....
Tribe, village reach service agreement
The Oneida Nation of New York and the village of Canastota have
reached an agreement over public services....
Ute Tribe goes high tech
The Ute Tribe of Utah has started a company that puts tribal members in
a rural part of the state to work on high-tech projects....
Editorial: Navajo spending
In an editorial today, The Farmington Daily-Times questions how the
Navajo Nation could have spent $2.2 million for an Olympic pavilion but
not approve $2.4 million to start work to repair a crumbling student
dormitory....
Navajo candidate seeks changes
Larry Curley is running for President of the Navajo Nation and says he is
ready to kick the tribe into high-gear....
Blackfeet team state champs again
The boys basketball team from Browning High School on the Blackfeet
Reservation in Montana has won the state A championship tournament
for the second year in a row....
Native designers generate HEAT
Four Native clothing and jewelry designers recently opened up a unique
fashion boutique in Santa Fe, New Mexico....
DOI: We're writing checks
The Department of Interior on Friday said it was sending our $1.8 million
in oil and gas royalty checks to thousands of American Indians
throughout the country....
Judge mulls contempt finding
A federal judge will decide in the coming weeks whether to sanction
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton and Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb
for their handling of the Individual Indian Money (IIM) trust fund....
DOI issues call for accounting
The Department of Interior is seeking contractors to help conduct an
historical accounting of the funds for 300,000 American Indians....
ICT: Norton axes 'superior' comment
In an editorial posted in the online edition of Indian Country Today,
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton has removed comments she made
regarding her belief that the Bureau of Indian Trust Assets Management
(BITAM) is the "superior" solution to trust reform....
Drilling dispute splits Natives
The rhetoric is sometimes heated and the history often troublesome but
according to an Inupiat Eskimo lobbying for opening the Arctic National
Wildlife refuge to oil and gas drilling, the relationship with the Gwich'in
Nation is friendly....
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