Monday, May 12, 2003

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When it comes to defending the United States from threats, American Indians and Alaska Natives have never shied from military duty, serving at higher per capita rates than any other group in the country....

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Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.) was having a good day this past Wednesday....

Before the advent of Indian gaming, life was rough on the Seminole Tribe's reservations in Florida....

"This Mother's Day will be sad and regretful for me because my mother is in her own world - and the doctors say she will visit us less and less until the time comes when she stays in that world....

Commencement ceremonies were held on Friday for the 175 students who graduated from Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas....

Joe Medicine Crow, 90, the historian for the Crow Tribe of Montana, will receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Southern California....

The Norwich Bulletin in an editorial today says a decision to allow the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation to control water resources should be investigated by the state....

Former boxer Joe "Smokin' Joe" Frazier has appealed a decision that prevents him from suing the Oneida Nation of New York....

The Alaska Native Heritage Center drew more than 2,000 people to its opening day on Sunday, thanks in part to a Mother's Day special....

Sinte Gleska University, the tribal college on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, plans to offer an accredited master's degree in human services, The Rapid City Journal reports....

The Denver Public School system is one of the few in the nation to offer a Lakota language class....

Flo Kenney, an Inupiaq woman in Alaska, says the world is a "big pharmacy." Using herb, roots and plans, Kenney says there is a remedy for all sorts of ailments....

"Did Jesus ever visit the Americas? Nobody really knows for sure....

"Lynn Case sought a path to spiritual enlightenment that led her, unpredictably, into the bed of a self-proclaimed Lakota medicine man....

Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services and former governor of Wisconsin, criticized Wisconsin's new tribal casino deals....

The Supreme Court is set to decide whether sovereign immunity protects tribes from state criminal warrants and searches....

A federal judge in South Dakota heard oral arguments on Friday in the Rosebud Sioux Tribe's hog farm lawsuit....

The St Regis Mohawk Tribe and the state of New York plan to sign a $100 million land and casino settlement this week, The New York Times reported....

Members of New York's tribes will protest tomorrow against legislative proposals to tax Indian businesses....

The federal government has to settle the long-running Indian trust fund case, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer says in an editorial today....

The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will hold an oversight hearing on the National Indian Gaming Commission this Wednesday....

The federal government has a habit of handing crumbling buildings, contaminated land and other problems to tribes....

The Bush administration needs to back up First Lady Laura Bush's recent visit to the Navajo Nation with "swift action," The Farmington Daily Times says in an editorial today....
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