Wednesday, April 16, 2003
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Gambling on video poker in Oklahoma
Like most tribal casinos these days, the Comanche Nation's Red River Casino offers a variety of electronic gaming machines....
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In The Hoop: Cowboyz and Indianz
Acting assistant secretary Aurene Martin, 37, miffed a few Pueblo governors in New Mexico when she skipped out of a recent meeting with them....
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Court rulings on tribal jurisdiction are in conflict
Tribes in five Plains states do not possess inherent jurisdiction over American Indians, a divided federal appeals court has concluded....
Tribal protocol discussed at Lewis & Clark workshop
A workshop held at the National Council of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial discussed protocol for working with tribal governments, The Great Falls Tribune reports....
Conn. casinos neck and neck in slot revenues
The Mohegan Tribe and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, both of Connecticut, reported similar slot machine wins for the month of March....
EPA unveils tough diesel emission standards
The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed rules to dramatically reduce dangerous emissions from off-road diesel-powered vehicles....
GOP Senator who fought land claims to retire
Senator Peter Fitzgerald, a Republican from Illinois who fought tribal land claims in his state, announced on Tuesday that he will not seek re-election....
Nez Perce Tribe commemorates Chief Redheart
The Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho will hold a ceremony in Vancouver, Washington, on Saturday to commemorate Chief Redheart's band....
Another B.C. official accused of racism towards Natives
A First Nations leader in British Columbia is accusing province's minister of forests of insensitivity and racism....
B.C. agreement includes right to self-governance
The British Columbia government has entered into two agreements-in-principle with the Snuneymuxw First Nation....
Work completed on Hohokam site in Ariz.
Archaeologists have finished excavating a Hohokam site in Phoenix, Arizona....
U.S. 666, Satan's Highway, set for name change
US Route 666 is likely to be de-demonized after 77 years of being known as "Satan's Highway."
The highway starts in Gallup, New Mexico, runs through the Navajo Reservation and the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation in Colorado, and ends in Utah....
Wash. college to host first Indian film festival
The Bellevue Community College in Washington will host its first American Indian film festival today through Friday....
N.M. tribe plans $1.3M community center
Nambe Pueblo in New Mexico is planning a $1.3 million, 3,000-square-foot community center....
Wis. tribe criticizes GOP cartoon as racist
The Forest County Potawatomi Tribe's top law enforcer criticized the Wisconsin Republican Party for a cartoon that lampooned Indian culture....
Bones from Inupiat whale hunt end up in England
After years of cleaning, political wrangling and even more cleaning, bowhead whale bones left over from an Inupiat hunt in 1996 finally made it to Whitby, England....
Fewer than 5 percent of DOI employees are 'essential'
Less than 5 percent of employees in the Department of Interior's main building in Washington, D.C., are considered essential, Al Kamen of The Washington Post reports....
Seminole's Jim Billie kicked off upcoming ballot
Jim Billie, ousted as chief of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, has also been removed from the list of reservation residents released this week....
Federal judge won't intervene in Meskwaki dispute
A federal judge in Iowa dismissed a lawsuit regarding the Meskwaki Tribe's leadership....
Spokesperson: Campbell ready for 2004 campaign
The Senate's only American Indian is ready to run for re-election in 2004, The Denver Post reports....
Can. police opening probe into death of Native man
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police will investigate the unsolved death of a Native man, CBC reports....
Rival Oneida group denied status in land claim suit
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals last week refused to allow the Marble Hill Oneidas of New York to join the Oneida land claim suit....
Column: Let's wait before honoring Lori Piestewa
"It started out as an intriguing idea, an opportunity to illustrate absolutely what is wrong with one of Phoenix's landmarks....
Hopi Tribe to honor Piestewa in official ceremony
The Hopi Tribe in collaboration with the American Legion Hopi Post #80, the Hopi Veteran’s Services, and the Office of the Chairman will host a memorial service to celebrate and honor the contribution and life of Pfc....
Conn. AG continues challenge to Pequot recognition
Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal asked the Department of Interior's Indian Board of Indian Appeals (IBIA) for permission to file additional challenges to the federal recognition of the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation....
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