Friday, May 3, 2002
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A super assistant secretary, in all but name
Raising questions about reorganization efforts, and in potential violation
of federal law, Ross Swimmer has amassed control over almost every
single aspect of trust reform, according to court documents and
government reports....
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Congressman questions Wayne Smith
A leading House Republican on Thursday asked Assistant Secretary Neal
McCaleb to look into potential conflict of interest claims regarding Wayne
Smith, the top deputy at the Bureau of Indian Affairs....
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In The Hoop: Winners, Losers
Is it Friday already? That means it's time for the weekly list of the
movers and shakers in Indian Country and beyond....
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Inquiry sought into trust reform spat
The escalating feud between Secretary of Interior Gale Norton and her
top trust reform official burst into public again on Thursday with the
release of a highly critical court report calling for an inquiry into her
behavior....
Mr. Ridge goes to Capitol Hill
Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge gave an informal briefing to
Congress on Thursday amid growing doubts about his job....
Okla. tribe tests emergency system
The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma set fire to 30 acres of tribal land in order to
test its emergency response system....
Janklow battles over Black Hills rail
Although he publicly supports the project, South Dakota Gov....
Mohegan Tribe has high debt
The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut has more than $1 billion in debt due to
the expansion of its casino....
Seminole Tribe strikes casino deal
Hard Rock Cafe International will open two casino resorts on Seminole
land in Florida under a recently concluded multimillion dollar deal....
Opinion: Assimilate the Asians
"There appears to be a culture clash happening around Indian Country
here in Connecticut, and it's not between the Yankees and the Indians....
Student pleads not guilty on HIV case
A student at Si Tanka - Huron University in South Dakota pleaded not
guilty on Thursday to knowingly exposing a woman to the HIV virus....
Energy picks have Murkowski happy
After complaining that Democrats were trying to stack the deck against
drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Sen....
Impact of driling ruling considered
The Bureau of Land Management in Montana is looking into a recent
ruling which overturned coalbed methane drilling leases in Wyoming....
Research says Antarctica is cooling
Research published in today's issue of Science suggests the hole in the
Ozone may be responsible for a cooling trend over the Antarctica....
Oldest fossil of flower discovered
Research published in today's issue of Science documents the discovery
of a 125-million-year-old fossil in China....
Ariz. vote on gaming set
The Arizona Legislature will vote Monday on a bill to implement gaming
compacts the state's tribes signed with Gov....
Violence and threats surface in Guatemala
Violence and threats against human rights workers in Guatemala have
their supporters worried....
Inside Lamberth's living room
US District Judge Royce Lamberth held the first emergency sessions of
the ultra-secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court at 3 a.m....
Norton chided Whitman too
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton challenged Environmental Protection
Agency Administrator Christie Whitman about an internal memo
regarding snowmobiles, The New York Times reports today....
Students vote to retire Illiniwek
The student government committee of the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign voted 14-5 to retire the school's controversial Chief
Illiniwek mascot....
Salmon sacrificed in Klamath battle
With much of the battle over the Klamath Basin focused on the Oregon
side, the salmon and tribes in California have suffered....
Native housing authority loses suit
A jury in Alaska awarded $480,000 on Wednesday to a woman who
blamed her son's death on an Alaska Native housing authority....
Okla. bingo hall raided
Law enforcement authorities on Thursday raided a bingo hall purporting
to operate on Apache-owned bingo hall in Oklahoma....
Navajo gaming measure vetoed
Navajo Nation President Kelsey Begaye has vetoed gaming for the
Baca-Prewitt chapter of New Mexico....
Zuni Pueblo waits on mine
Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico plans to take the Department of Interior to
court if approval to a mine near a sacred lake is granted....
Mont. tribes want mine cleanup
The Bureau of Land Management and the state of Montana issued a
record of decision on Thursday for the cleanup of a mine next to the Fort
Belknap Reservation....
Native cannibalism to be debated
Whether cannibalism occurred among Puebloan communities in the
Southwest will be discussed at an archaeology summit this weekend in
New Mexico....
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