Friday, May 31, 2002

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A federal judge on Thursday raised doubts about the continued slaughter of bison that wander out of Yellowstone National Park in a ruling that was praised by tribes and environmentalists....

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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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It has been said the Bureau of Indian Affairs acts only when a court or Congress directs them to do so....

Animal-rights activists asked a federal appeals court on Thursday to temporarily halt to the whale hunt of the Makah Nation of Washington....

A group of scientists is opposing a Department of Interior plan to turn management of the gray wolf to states....

"One evening recently, two very close friends of mine, who happen to be Native American, and I decided to go to the Jai Alai in Newport, R.I....

An appeals court in Mexico sentenced two Huichol Indian men to 13 years in prison on Thursday, overturning a ruling that had set them free....

Michael Tenakhongva, a member of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona, graduated from the Air Force Academy this week with a second lieutenant's commission....

The chairman of the Skull Valley Goshute Tribe of Utah won't reveal how much money a group of private utility companies will pay to store up to 44,000 tons of nuclear waste on the reservation....

A bill to ban certain Indian mascots at public schools will be reconsidered next January by the California Assembly....

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and the state of Montana are resuming water rights talks in July....

A fiber optic project on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming is being held up because some landowners are seeking more money....

Secretary of Interior Gale Norton said the Bush administration moved to block oil drilling in Florida in response to local opposition....

Law enforcement in Saskatchewan, Canada, have scheduled an inquest into the shooting death of an Aboriginal man by a police officer....

The public can now view a bronze statue of an Indian warrior that will go on top of Oklahoma's state capitol building....

If you haven't entered the "Loop Outta Here" contest sponsored by Washington Post columnist Al Kamen, you still have some time....

he Navajo Nation has received $2.8 million in grants to bring electricity to Navajo families....

The Te-Moak Tribe of Nevada was joined by ranchers and states' rights advocates in filing a lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management on Thursday....

The Alaska Federation of Natives boycotted subsistence talks arranged by Republican lawmakers....

Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb has approved two tribal-state Class III gaming compacts....

A federal program aimed at increasing home ownership on reservations has drawn less than 1,000 applicants in 10 years....
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