Monday, April 8, 2002
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Dropping performance blamed on weak leadership
Performance rates at the Department of Interior fell 8 percent during the
first year of the Bush administration, a drop attributed to a lack of
leadership....
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Natives top violent crime list again
American Indians and Alaska Natives
experienced the worst rate of violent
crime in the nation in 2000, according
to a Department of Justice study
released on Sunday....
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The Week in Review
Federal goverment fined on trust fund as lawsuit
heats up, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge report
dismissed by Bush administration, high smoking
among Native youth documented, and Indian
gaming debated....
Theater group takes on education
The No Borders Indigenous Theater Company performed at the
Montana-Wyoming Indian Education Association conference on Sunday....
Mohegan Tribe fires Andersen
The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut on Friday said it fired Arthur Andersen
as its auditor....
Mont. county to discuss new districts
Blaine County in Montana will hold a series of public hearings to redraw
voting districts after a federal judge found the existing system
discriminates against Native Americans....
Pueblo blamed for failed deal
A former New Mexico state lawmaker is being sued by Santa Ana Pueblo
for a failed investment in an overseas business deal....
Navajos seek greater water rights
The Navajo Nation is missing out on millions of dollars because the tribe
hasn't asserted its water rights, according to a tribal hydrologist....
School cleared in racism probe
An investigation into a civil rights complaint filed by an Alaska Native
student against the University of Alaska at Anchorage has turned up no
wrongdoing at the school....
Goshute waste plant up for discussion
The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will begin holding technical and
public hearings on a proposed nuclear waste storage facility on the Skull
Goshute Reservation in Utah....
Session set on subsistence
A special session of the Alaska Legislature will begin May 15 to address
subsistence....
Reservation hog farm dealt setback
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled that a hog farm company
doesn't have the right to run a facility on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation.
Sun Prairie filed suit against the Bureau of Indian Affairs after acting
Assistant Secretary James McDivitt voided a lease between the company
and the tribe....
Ariz. gaming bills face debate
The Arizona Legislature will hold a hearing on three bills affecting gaming
in the state....
Judicial nominees get stacked
The Senate Judiciary Committee is delaying hearings on nominees
Democrats on the panel consider too conservative for the federal bench....
Native history in Alaska complex
The Alaska Anthropological Association recently held its annual meeting,
featuring more than 100 reports about Alaska Native history....
Ex-Andersen auditor to plead guilty
David Duncan, the former Arthur Andersen partner who was the lead
accountant for Enron, will plead guilty today to one federal charge of
obstruction of justice for destroying documents related to the burnt
energy company....
Conference tackles Native health
The third annual Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council health
conference began in Billings, Montana, on Sunday....
Haskell to host Heart Walk
Haskell Indian Nations University will host the American Heart
Association Heart Walk on April 20....
Arts and crafts fraud cited
A Connecticut man who claims to be the rightful leader of the Mohegan
Tribe says he has been ripped off by a group of artists selling Indian
crafts....
ANWR findings reversed
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton's political aides pushed for a
re-evaluation of a report which said drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge would hurt a caribou herd considered sacred by an Alaskan tribe....
Kitty litter fight looms
A battle over a proposed kitty litter operation in Nevada is shaping up as
a key test of an 1872 mining law....
Treaty referendum criticized
First Nations in British Columbia are challenging a voter referendum on
treaty rights....
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