Monday, March 18, 2002
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Bush administration bets on accounting
A year ago this week, the Department of Interior's top trust reform
official told members of a Congressional committee that the Bush
administration wanted to settle the Individual Indian Money (IIM) class
action that has dragged out for more than five years....
Ariz. tribe poised for stadium pick
The Gila River Tribe and the city of Mesa are competing for the chance to
host a new $350 million Arizona Cardinals football stadium....
Andersen's obstruction began early
Arthur Andersen employees began mass-deleting e-mails related to
failed energy company Enron last October, setting off a wave of
document destruction that didn't end until the government sent a
subpoena for the records....
A tale of slots and fury
The way Joe DeLorenzo, a former Rhode Island state legislator, tells it,
he was just being nice when he arranged a meeting between the
Narragansett Tribe and a casino company....
John Potter: His Mail Bag
"I absolutely love it when readers take pen in hand to voice their
concerns with me....
Lawyer for Peltier has court date
An attorney for imprisoned activist Leonard Peltier will argue today
before the Supreme Court on the federal government's alleged coverup
regarding the death of her husband....
EPA to scale back Clinton policy
The Bush administration will scale back a policy aimed at reducing
pollution from aging power plants, reports The Washington Post....
SIDS linked to tobacco use
A study published last month in the Journal of Pediatrics links
secondhand smoke to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)....
Chair of N.M. Indian panel resigns
Citing a family illness, Stacey Sanchez has resigned as chair of the New
Mexico Commission on Indian Affairs....
Native musher named Citizen of Year
Ramy Brooks will take home a $55,000 check for placing second in the
2002 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race....
Village school set to reopen
The McQueen School in Kivalina, Alaska, is reopening today with a new
security officer and five new teachers....
Debate continues on 'Whities'
You either love 'em or hate 'em but people can't stop talking about a
group of students at the University of Colorado who have nicknamed
their intramural basketball team "The Fighting Whities."
But some question whether the talking is doing any good....
Maine casino opponents mobilize
A group called Casinos No! met on Sunday to fight proposed casinos in
Maine....
Senate might subpoena Ridge
The Senate might subpoena Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge to
force him to testify on national security....
Opinion: Tribes hit the 'jackpot'
"Today there are few special interests richer than the gambling tribes.
They have spread casinos across the nation that generate an estimated
$12 billion annually....
Woman a first for Native organization
Marie Dementoff has become the first women elected to a leadership
position for an Alaska Native service organization....
Navajo man aims for NASCAR
Standford Benally has big dreams of opening a restaurant in Shiprock,
New Mexico....
Calif. tribe fighting land battle
Terminated in the 1950s, the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians lost its
reservation and has been fighting to get some land back ever since....
Goshute factions don't want help
Eight private companies hoping to store nuclear waste on Skull Valley
Goshute Reservation of Utah have not given the tribe $1.4 million, a
spokesperson said....
Tribes fight for arsenic standard
Sandia Pueblo and Isleta Pueblo in New Mexico support a strict arsenic in
drinking water standard but their neighbors in Albuquerque don't seem to
agree....
Notice of Pequot trust withdrawal
In a Federal Register notice published today, he Bureau of Indian Affairs
sets aside its decision to take 165 acres of land into trust for the
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut....
Trust fund check figures doubted
Attorneys for 300,000 American Indian trust fund beneficiaries are
questioning whether the Department of Interior has sent checks to
everyone who deserves them....
Case against tribe declined
The Supreme Court today declined to hear a case challenging the
authority of the Hoopa Valley Tribe of California....
A younger, bigger Indian family
Native American families in Utah are younger, larger and are often
headed by single mothers, according to the Census 2000....
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