Monday, April 21, 2003
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The Week in Review
Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq, came into most of our lives only a short month ago....
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Appeals court to hear Norton's contempt appeal
The federal government is back in court this week to challenge yet another controversial ruling the long-running Indian trust fund lawsuit....
Paiute bands in Utah rebound from termination
The five bands of Utah's Paiute Tribe were restored on April 3, 1980, after a long battle with the federal government....
Yellow Bird: Taxes, bills and orange peels
"There's still a buzz left in my head from this year's tax season....
Editorial: Wis. GOP offended the first true Americans
The Wisconsin State Republican Party managed to offend the "the first true Americans" by putting a "racially offensive cartoon" on its web site, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel says in an editorial....
Rural Alaska schools face Native language debate
Bilingual education at schools in Alaska's Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta seems like a no-brainer: Parents demand lessons in Yup'ik and English....
Mont. tribal police department hailed for success
The police department on the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana is being hailed as a model for Indian Country....
Tribal colleges offer diverse education
The nation's tribal colleges have doubled enrollment in the past decade, offering 30,000 students a diverse range of subjects, from cultural education to master's degrees....
Chickasaw astronaut welcomes role model label
John Herrington, the first tribal member to go into space, relishes his status as a role model....
Nez Perce Tribe commemorates 1877 imprisonment
The Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho held a ceremony in Vancouver, Washington, to commemorate Chief Redheart's band....
$50K reward offered in case of slain tribal member
The family of a deceased member of the Turtle Mountain Ojibwe Tribe of North Dakota is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the resolution of his homicide....
Alaska Native man started organization as a bluff
Ralph Perdue was recognized April 13 by the Alaska Legislature for his efforts to help Alaska Natives, The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports....
CD-ROM teaches students about Okla. tribes
Red Earth Inc., a non-profit organization, has developed a CD-ROM about Oklahoma's tribes for students in grades four through nine....
John Potter: A tribute to ordinary Joes
"I knew Joseph Marshall III when he was just a disheartened leader of a ragtag bunch of hungry Indians, with nowhere to go until the director cut for lunchtime....
Tlingit weaver gets glimpse into NMAI collection
The new National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., isn't slated to open until next year but the Smithsonian has opened the doors to its massive collection to visiting artists....
Editorial: Indian school abuse needs to be explored
A class action suit seeking $25 billion in damages for abuse at Indian boarding schools "faces a tough, tough road," The Sioux Falls Argus Leader says in an editorial, but is a worthwhile undertaking....
S.D. church combines Native and Christian traditions
The Calvary Cathedral holds the longest-running services in Rapid City, South Dakota, that combine Native traditions and Christian teachings....
Sherman Alexie Story: What You Pawn I Will Redeem
"One day you have a home and the next you don’t, but I’m not going to tell you my particular reasons for being homeless, because it’s my secret story, and Indians have to work hard to keep secrets from hungry white folks....
Appeals court says game is legal Class II
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals last week sided with three tribes and said the "Magical Irish Instant Bingo Dispenser System" is a legal Class II game....
Cobell says DOI trying to exploit 'back door'
The lead plaintiff in the Indian trust fund lawsuit says the Bush administration is behind a push to settle the long-running case....
Readers praise, critique Squaw Peak name change
Shauna Wood: "Let's try to make the renaming of Squaw Peak to Piestewa Peak positive for Arizonans because we are recognizing one of our own and continuing to remember the many American souls lost during this war."
John Decker: "I have lived most of the last 36 years in the same house, with a view from my back yard of Squaw Peak and, political correctness and expedience be damned, it will remain Squaw Peak to me!"
Carole Ridley: "These people bellyaching about changing a name from Squaw Peak to Piestewa Peak ought to open a book or two to remember what American Indians have been and are going through."
Bruce G....
Column: We wouldn't rename peak for White man
"From the beginning, the proposal to rename Squaw Peak to Piestewa Peak was a transparent attempt to exploit patriotic feelings to advance a politically correct cause....
Ariz. paper profiles Lori Piestewa's short life
Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq, became pregnant her senior year in high school but that didn't stop her from graduating early and continuing her ROTC program at Tuba City High School in Arizona, according to The Arizona Republic....
BIA's Aurene Martin to appear on radio show
Acting assistant secretary Aurene Martin, current head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, will appear Friday on Native America Calling....
Pacific N.W. tribes herald return of chinook
For tribes in the Pacific Northwest, it's First Salmon time -- the return of the spring chinook to the Columbia River....
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