Thursday, April 17, 2003
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Ore. tribes await outcome of trust fund case
The Bush administration is challenging a trust fund ruling that holds the federal government accountable for poor record-keeping, a tribal attorney said....
Panel releases report on Missouri River protection
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, an independent federal agency, on Wednesday issued a status report on the Missouri River....
Wis. GOP removes 'racist' cartoon from web site
The Wisconsin State Republican Party removed a cartoon from its web site that showed a tomahawk being thrown at a taxpayer with the slogan: "As taxpayers, we got scalped."
The cartoon was intended to criticize Gov....
Man wins national award for Indian housing work
The inaugural Volvo for Life award went to Robert Young of the Red Feather Development Group, a non-profit group that builds homes on reservations....
Navajo Nation panel to vote on water agreement
A Navajo Nation committee is set to vote on a water agreement affecting the San Juan River, The Farmington Daily Times reports....
Chippewa Cree Tribe chooses a new tribal judge
Members of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Montana elected Enos Johnson as an associate judge for the tribal court....
Mont. lawmakers still working on bison hunt bill
A conference committee of the Montana Legislature continued work on a proposed hunt of bison that wander out of the Yellowstone National Park....
Nev. tribe works with state on fish recovery
The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and the state of Nevada have joined in an effort restore the threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout....
Bill restoring full Miccosukee jurisdiction advanced
The Florida Senate gave tentative approval on Wednesday to a bill that rescinds state jurisdiction over Miccosukee tribal lands....
Starbucks opposes name of Native-owned business
Coffee giant Starbucks is threatening legal action against a business owned by three Haida entrepreneurs in Canada, CBC reports....
Native woman was told daughter died at birth
A Native woman in Alberta, Canada, was recently reunited with the daughter she was told died at birth 31 years ago....
Bush leaves Indian children behind, says official
An official for schools on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming criticized the No Child Left Behind Act and standardized testing as biased....
Wis. stands to gain from new casino pacts
The state of Wisconsin stands to reap $118 million from new tribal casino compacts in the coming year, ranking it second in revenue sharing to Connecticut, according to a review by The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel....
Crow Tribe accountable for contract no one can find
The Montana Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision issued Tuesday, said the Crow Tribe waived its sovereign immunity in a contract no one has a copy of....
Video gambling might come to Alaska but not to tribes
Lawmakers in Alaska are considering a bill to legalize video gambling machines....
Report: Wayne Smith sought casino-related contract
Former Bureau of Indian Affairs official Wayne Smith was ranked "at the bottom of the list" of contenders for a tribal casino impact study in California, The Contra Costa Times reports....
Can. police probe into Native man's death 'ongoing'
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have not reopened a probe into the death of an Aboriginal man, Saskatchewan's justice minister said on Wednesday....
Editorial: Swimmer nod only makes debacle worse
The Senate's confirmation of Ross Swimmer as special trustee at the Department of Interior only makes the trust fund debacle worse, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader says in an editorial today....
Oneida Nations honors Native soldiers
The Oneida Nation of Wisconsin held a special ceremony on Wednesday to honor Native Americans in the military....
More support and opposition for Piestewa Peak
Mary Helen Clancy: "The political hysteria surrounding the attempt to rename Squaw Peak after Pfc....
Column: What's Better - Squaw Peak or Piestewa Peak?
"We dishonor the memory of Lori Piestewa with our pettiness....
Pequot tribe donates scholarship to family
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut has donated a $40,000 scholarship to the family of Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq....
Editorial: Don't wait five years to change name
The Arizona Daily Star in an editorial today says there is no reason why Squaw Peak shouldn't be changed to Piestewa Peak in honor of Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq....
Some Ariz. Republicans unhappy with Piestewa plans
An Arizona Republican says Democratic Governor Janet Napolitano is setting a "Clintonesque" tone for her administration by pushing to rename a mountain and highway for Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq....
Man cleared in murder and rape of Alaska Native woman
A jury in Alaska acquitted Joshua Wade of raping and murdering Della Brown, an Alaska Native woman....
Pueblo governor recovering from fire in Mex.
Pojoaque Pueblo Governor Jake Viarrial is recovering from first- and second-degree burns he sustained on 6 percent of his body, The Santa Fe New Mexican reports....
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