Wednesday, March 20, 2002

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President Bush on Tuesday signed into law a bill aimed at encouraging tribes to settle disputes over their trust assets but the measure's swift movement hasn't stopped the flow of lawsuits seeking an accurate historical accounting....

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You may know her as the Indian movie insider, radio hostess, political activist and frequent Native America Calling caller (her comments about Sen....

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The Bush administration has proposed to eliminate all funds for newly recognized tribes next year even though a number of decisions are due to be finalized in the coming months....

The Kwanlin Dun First Nation of Yukon is seeking at least $60 million to offset costs associated with a proposed natural gas pipeline that would run through traditional Yukon territory....

In response to numerous lawsuits, the Bush administration has proposed to scale back endangered species protections....

The Department of Justice's Inspector General on Tuesday released his report on the failure of the FBI to provide more than 4,000 pages of documents regarding executive Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh....

President Bush will push conservative nominees to the federal bench despite facing serious challenges by Democrats in the Senate, The Washington Post reports today....

The Bush administration is seeking to reform the federal regulations process and wants public comment....

Federal prosecutors are asking a grand jury to indict a Navajo Nation man on first degree murder for the death of his uncle....

The town council of Kittery, Maine, is being asked to vote to oppose a casino proposed by two tribes....

A Rhode Island lawmaker is planning to file a bill to put the Narragansett Tribe's casino proposal before state voters....

Two Nipmuc bands in Massachusetts are not joining together to form one tribe for purposes of federal recognition....

Law enforcement in Anchorage aren't considering paintball attacks that took place earlier this week as racially motivated because not only Alaska Natives were targeted....

The White House is still balking at bipartisan requests for Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge to testify before Congress....

Thanks to casino profits, the Gila River Indian Community of Arizona has diversified its holdings, sparking an economic development boom on the tribe's reservation near Phoenix....

Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.) is backing Nevada's rejection of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site, according to an informal poll cited by The Las Vegas Review-Journal....

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed rules affecting air quality on reservations in Washington, Oregon and Idaho....

All schools in the Tuba City Unified School District in Tuba City, Arizona, have been shut down this week pending results of asbestos testing at the high school....

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday sided with the Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho and said a national Indian lottery could move forward....

Secretary of Interior Gale Norton was asked by Montana Attorney General Mike McGrath on Tuesday to complete a transfer of coal tracts to the state....

Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb will be setting up a task force on sacred sites to follow an executive order issued during the Clinton administration....

The Klamath Tribes of Oregon on Tuesday welcomed Secretary of Interior Gale Norton's announcement of meetings to discuss their views on the Klamath Basin....

Elouise Cobell, lead plaintiff in the Individual Indian Money (IIM) class action, will not receive millions from a potential settlement, she tells the Christian Science Monitor....

The Creek Nation of Oklahoma is starting to provide radio broadcasts and publications in the Maskoke and Euchee languages....
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