Monday, March 4, 2002
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Interior won't detail 'transition' costs
Although Secretary of Interior Gale Norton has backed off plans to create
an Indian trust agency and says no funds are being used to implement it,
her department won't detail how much money is being spent in transition
costs, officials said....
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Supreme Court takes Native wireless case
The Supreme Court today has accepted a case that could prevent three
Alaska Native corporations from losing their investment in a wireless
telecommunications venture....
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Norton in full damage control mode
If Secretary of Interior Gale Norton had her way, her vision of trust
reform would be a reality by now....
Editorial: Indian center needed
In an editorial today, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader praises the arrival of
the United Sioux Tribe Development Corp....
Navajo Code Talker gets own day
March 9 has been declared "David Tsosie Day" in honor of the Navajo
Code Talker who will finally get his Congressional silver medal after a
long wait....
Navajo president seeks re-election
Saying he still has unfinished work, Navajo Nation President Kelsey
Begaye is seeking to run the largest tribe in the country for another
four-year term....
Carson didn't kill THAT many Navajos
Although former Army Colonel Kit Carson and his men forced 9,000
Navajos to walk 300 miles to an interment camp where more than 1,000
died, it turns out he could have killed many more had he just put his mind
to it....
Scholarship honors Indian ballerinas
A scholarship fund has been set up at the University of Oklahoma School
of Dance to honor Native ballerinas....
Village discusses school tensions
Students, parents and elders packed into the gym of a now-closed school
in Kivalina, Alaska, to discuss the problems that led to its shutdown....
Navajo reforms to be considered
The Navajo Nation's Office of Navajo Government Development will be
holding a convention in May to discuss reforming the tribal government....
Students can track caribou online
Students can now get up close and personal with the caribou herd at the
center of the debate over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge....
Neb. gaming could benefit state
If gaming on Nebraska's reservations is allowed, look for the state to
seek a cut of the money, reports The Omaha World-Herald....
Opinion: Why Redskins must change
"In 1992 The Post endorsed a movement to change the team's name.
WTOP radio refused to say "Redskin" on the air for two years....
Former Indian director speaks out
The fired director of New Mexico's Commission on Indian Affairs is
accusing a co-worker of filing a sexual harassment claim to get back at
him....
John Potter: Friend of the Wolf
"Columnist, old friend and snappy dresser Roger Clawson once referred
to me in one of HIS columns as "artist, columnist, and friend of the gray
wolf."
One out of three ain't bad....
Native woman nominated for Nobel
Maria Pearson has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her work
on repatriation issues in Iowa....
Ariz. tribe could see stadium
In what is being hailed as a sign of the times, the Arizona Sports and
Tourism Authority will likely select a tribe as a finalist for an Arizona
Cardinals stadium....
Jodi Rave receives top honor
For her work in covering Native issues, Jodi Rave Lee of The Lincoln
Journal Star is receiving an excellence in journalism award by Columbia
University....
County opposing Jicarilla trust land
A New Mexico county is appealing the Bureau of Indian Affairs' decision
to take 55 acres of land into trust for the Jicarilla Apache Nation....
Supreme Court declines tax case
The Supreme Court last month declined to review the state of Idaho's
attempt to force tribes to pay state gasoline tax....
Native corps closing plastics plant
A plastics factory owned by two Alaska Native corporations will be
shutting down in June, resulting in layoffs for 157 employees....
Pueblo sues former lawmaker over deal
Santa Ana Pueblo is hoping to resolve a lawsuit it filed against a former
state lawmaker for a business deal gone bad....
N.Y. tribes want relatives shut out
New York tribes with pending land claims have been discouraging Gov.
George Pataki from negotiation settlements with out-of-state tribes....
Tribe joins fight on waste rules
The Yakama Nation of Washington has joined a high-profile fight over the
disposal of nuclear waste....
Editorial: Abuse of power
In an editorial, The Denver Post blasts the Department of Interior for not
withholding millions of dollars in payments to American Indians....
Gover: I can't think of something better
"The problem with trust reform is not that Secretary Norton and the
Interior Department do not care about it....
Norton says working with tribes
How many editorials and columns must Secretary of Interior Gale Norton
write before she gets the trust fund debacle right?
No one can say for sure, but she's taken yet another shot at it....
Editorial: Close tribal 'loophole'
In an editorial today, The Christian Science Monitor says Congress should
limit political contributions by tribes....
Alaska Native status mulled
The Department of Interior hasn't yet decided whether it will review the
federal status of more than 200 Alaska Native governments, a request
that has drawn the ire of tribal leaders....
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