Thursday, February 7, 2002
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In The Hoop: Talk to the Hand
In case you weren't there, or didn't listen to the five-hour ordeal on the
Internet, Secretary of Interior Gale Norton gave Indian Country the big
middle finger yesterday at her testimony before the House Resources
Committee....
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Norton dodges questions on Internet shutdown
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton had little progress to report to
lawmakers on Wednesday, saying her department still remained crippled
two months into a court-ordered Internet shutdown....
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Norton pushes 'superior' BITAM before Congress
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton went before skeptical members of
Congressional on Wednesday to defend her controversial plan to strip
the Bureau of Indian Affairs of its core responsibilities, once again
angering tribal leaders in the process....
City wants Pueblo casino funds
A New Mexico state lawmaker has introduced a bill to give 33 percent of
slot machine revenue from Santa Clara Pueblo's casino to the city of
Española....
Bush anti-union push opposed
A bipartisan but mostly Democratic group of House members told
President Bush in a letter on Wednesday that his executive order
banning forced unionism deprived government employees of their rights.
In one of his first actions in office, Bush banned forced unionism for
federal contractors....
Redskins get 'new' old look
The Washington Redskins debuted new uniforms on Wednesday that
replace the Indian head logo with a spear and feathers....
Search resumes for Pequot map
The leaders of three Connecticut towns are again asking Congress to
help find the original copy of a map outlining the boundaries of the
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation....
Editorial: Nuclear push a joke
In an editorial today, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer criticizes the Bush
administration for moving forward a plan to store highly radioactive
waste in Nevada without completing critical studies....
Editorial: Don't cut cleanup funds
The Bush administration should live up to the government's promises to
clean up the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington, The Seattle
Times writes in an editorial today....
Report says lynx study not hurt
An internal government report concludes that state and federal
scientists did not intend to undermine a lynx study when they submitted
fake samples to a testing lab....
Bush to hear Yucca Mountain pleas
Nevada Governor Kelly Guinn (R) will get his chance today to tell President
Bush in person that that putting a national nuclear waste dump in his
state "stinks."
Guinn plans to tell Bush he will vote the Yucca Mountain project.
Congress would have to then resolve the dispute....
Narragansett teams with old partner
The Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island and Boyd Gaming are again
partnering up to open a casino in West Warwick, The Pawtucket Times
reports....
Jena Choctaw plan large casino
The Jena Band of Choctaw Indians of Louisiana are planning to build a
large casino and 500-room hotel complex, according to a tribal
spokesperson....
U.S. wants abortion case reversed
The Bush administration on Wednesday asked a federal appeals court to
reinstate a state law which prohibits partial birth abortions....
Conn. towns get casino fund boost
The fiscal year 2003 budget for the state of Connecticut doubles the
money five communities get from a casino impact fund....
Tribal spending targeted in probe
An investigation into the campaign of Los Angeles Mayor James K....
Permit revoked for sacred site
An inter-tribal and environmental dispute over a well-known California
landmark has cost one Native man his life-long prayer ceremony....
Navajo man recognized as Code Talker
After being uninvited by his own tribe for a ceremony honoring the men
who helped win World War II, David W....
Innocent plea over dragging death
A Bureau of Indian Affairs criminal investigator whose vehicle dragged to
death a deaf, 21-year-old Pueblo woman has pleaded innocent to a
traffic citation....
Interim Klamath report online
The National Academy of Sciences' interim report on the Klamath Basin is
available online....
Editorial: Take trust from Interior
The Department of Interior has "no credibility" in Indian Country or
anywhere else, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader writes in an editorial today....
Norton testifies before House panel
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton testified today for nearly two hours
before a packed hearing of the House Resources Committee....
Wyo. tribe seeking gaming expansion
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the state of Wyoming to
negotiate a gaming compact with the Northern Arapaho Tribe within 60
days....
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