Friday, February 7, 2003
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Sweeping recognition reform bill offered
The leaders of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee introduced a bipartisan measure this week to reform federal recognition but unlike earlier proposals, the bill doesn't strip the Bureau of Indian Affairs of its role in the controversial process....
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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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Bush management initiative impacts IHS employees
The Bush administration is moving to consolidate certain Indian Health Service (IHS) functions in order to cut costs and employees throughout Indian Country....
Bush budget cuts funds for water project
President Bush's fiscal year 2004 budget limits funds for tribal-rural water project in South Dakota....
Minn. reservation man sentenced for fatal crash
A man from the Red Lake Ojibwe Reservation in Minnesota was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for causing a car crash that killed a 16-year-old girl....
Opponents to Shinnecock proposal get organized
Residents in the Hamptons of Long Island are mobilizing to oppose a possible casino on the Shinnecock Reservation in New York....
Mohegan Tribe accused of ignoring Indian preference
A member of the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut says tribal members are being denied jobs and employment opportunities....
Kaw Nation plans year of cultural events
The Kaw Nation of Oklahoma kicked off the 12th annual Kaw Councils on Thursday....
'Chief' school opens Native American House
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, criticized for its "Chief Illiniwek" mascot, has a new Native American House....
Study advocates keeping nuclear waste aboveground
The National Academy of Sciences released a report on Thursday that advocates aboveground storage of radioactive nuclear waste at the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada....
Eastern Pequot Tribe finalizes new constitution
The newly recognized historic Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut has finalized a constitution that brings together two factions of the tribe....
New Blackfeet chairman appointed amid turmoil
The Blackfeet Nation council appointed a new chairman on Thursday....
Miccosukee Tribe's case up for Supreme Court review
The Supreme Court is being asked to review whether the state of Florida can pump dirty water into the Everglades....
Navajo Supreme Court debates tribal jurisdiction
The Navajo Nation Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Thursday in a case testing the limits of tribal jurisdiction....
Town leader objects to reservation toll booths
A town leader in southeastern Connecticut said state lawmakers first suggested putting tolls at roads leading to two reservations then decided it would be better to place them at the exits....
Plan to redraw Indian districts 'unconstitutional'
Montana attorney general Mike McGrath said a bill that nixes a redistricting plan with seven Indian-majority voting districts is unconstitutional....
Tribe says critical police funds not in budget
President Bush's fiscal year 2004 budget scales back funds for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program....
Indian children in Mont. die at high rates
Montana's Indian children have the higher death rate in the state, according to state statistics....
HUD: Wash. tribe misused housing funds
The Tulalip Tribes of Washington has been ordered to pay $1.18 million in housing funds that were allegedly used to pay for night vision goggles, fleece vests whale-watching trips and other unauthorized travel....
Ariz. city's relations with Navajos are strained
A business owner in Page, Arizona, is making national headlines for telling his Navajo employees not to speak Navajo on the job....
S.D. tribe won't force members to testify
A grand jury in South Dakota is set to hear testimony in a case alleging voter fraud among American Indians....
Deal brokered to save some of Dann livestock
A last minute deal was brokered on Thursday to try and save livestock belonging to two Western Shoshone sisters in Nevada who have defied federal orders to pay millions of dollars in grazing fees....
Hundreds turn out to protest police brutality
A larger than expected crowd marched on city hall in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to protest police brutality against American Indians....
DOJ lawyers accused of cover-up in trust case
The federal judge overseeing the trust fund blasted Department of Justice lawyers for blocking inquiries into the credibility of a key witness and their own role in the debacle....
Accused killer's trial getting 'edgier' every day
The murder trial of a man accused of raping and killing an Alaska Native woman is getting "edgier" by the day, The Anchorage Daily News reports....
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