Monday, March 31, 2003

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The Supreme Court hears its only Indian law case of the current term today by entering familiar territory: dueling tribal and state sovereignties....

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With hundreds of Native soldiers deployed in the Middle East, the war against Iraq is already on the minds of many in Indian Country....

The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida should not enjoy exclusive sovereignty of their lands, The St....

"It is time to listen to the old and new songs of Native people....

Secretary of Interior Gale Norton said the Bush administration has not given up plans to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge....

A supermarket chain near the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico won't sell hairspray and mouthwash on Sundays because the items are being used to make alcoholic drinks....

Research appearing in the Journal of World Prehistory contends that climate change, and not ancestors of today's American Indians, killed off the large mammals that once roamed North and South America....

Schools on Montana's reservations are promoting healthy eating among students in order to combat diabetes, obesity and other health problems....

Alejandro Toledo took office in July 2001 as Peru's first democratically-elected president of Indian descent, riding on promises of social and government reform....

The Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) are asking to be exempted from gaming compacts approved by the Department of Interior and by Arizona voters....

"Everybody" is a winner with a court ruling that allows the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska to offer certain casino games, The Lincoln Journal Star says in an editorial today....

A study by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas shows that California tribes treat their employees better than tribes in other states....

Comic Bill Cosby spoke to students on the Sisseton-Wahpeton Reservation on Sunday, urging them to continue their education....

Parties: Inyo County (Petition) [PDF] Inyo County - Appendix (Petition) [PDF] Bishop Paiute Tribe - Opposition (Petition) [PDF] Inyo County - Reply (Petition) [PDF] Inyo County (Merits) [PDF] Joint Appendix (Merits) [PDF] Bishop Paiute Tribe (Merits) [PDF] Amicus - Bishop Paiute Tribe National Congress of American Indians, et....

The Indian Association at the University of North Dakota are holding the school's 34th annual Time-Out and Wacipi Celebration this week....

The South Dakota Supreme Court last month barred the state from taxing gasoline that tribal members buy on reservations....

With just three or four fluent speakers remaining, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe of Washington is trying to revitalize the Klallam language....

"Some Native Americans are hanging their economic dreams on casinos....

An Arizona Republican serving in the State Legislature suggested that the Hopi Tribe leave its ancestral homeland due to lack of water and economic opportunity, The Arizona Republic reports....

The family of Lori Piestewa, a Hopi woman missing in action in Iraq shouldn't give up hope of finding her, relatives of other missing military service members said....

The Native American Rights Fund, National Congress of American Indians, and the Washington, DC Chapter of the Native American Bar Association will sponsor a panel discussion of Inyo County v Bishop Paiute Tribe on: Monday, March 31st, 2003 1:30-3:00PM Room 485 Senate Russell Building Washington, D.C. Program Overview: The issue in Inyo County v....

A white buffalo is extremely rare: only 1 in about 200,000 are born white, The Salt Lake Tribune reports....