Thursday, June 20, 2002
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Supreme Court asked to take on tribal 'terror'
A non-Indian couple who claims they were harassed by a tribal law
enforcement officer has asked the Supreme Court to clear the way for an
$8 million lawsuit....
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In The Hoop: The Beat Goes On
If the name of the federal magistrate who gave a reprieve to three
Oklahoma tribes on a gaming dispute that heats up day by day sounds
familiar, it should....
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Tribes demand independent trust fund oversight
Already facing doubts in Indian Country, the joint federal-tribal task
force on trust reform will confront a key issue in the upcoming weeks
that could potentially derail the closely watched effort....
N.Y. state park draws complaints
A group calling itself the Muhheconnew National Confederacy is
protesting the opening of a new state park in New York....
High cost of new department feared
Creating and staffing the new Department of Homeland Security could
cost upwards of $1 billion, according to Congressional estimates....
Sacred site bill was a 'done deal'
Wyoming's House representative missed a vote this week on a bill to sell
federal land to the Mormon Church....
Meeting held to discuss drilling debate
Bureau of Land Management officials met in Montana this week to
discuss coalbed methane drilling in the Powder River Basin....
Tribal DOJ official joins law firm
A tribal member who has been a Department of Justice official has joined
a Washington, D.C., law firm, Judy Sarasohn of The Washington Post
reports....
Wash. nickname targeted for removal
A Washington school board on Wednesday heard debate on removing the
"Indians" nickname from a public school....
Okla. student wins art award
Incoming fifth-grade student Tiffany Sullivan recently took home a first
place award at an Oklahoma pow-wow and arts festival....
Notah Begay returns to the green
Navajo / Isleta Pueblo golfer Notah Begay is playing in the Greater
Hartford Open this week....
Caddo Tribe gets own police
The Caddo Tribe of Oklahoma christened its own independent police force
on Tuesday....
Tribe and union fight pollution
The Ponca Tribe and a labor union have put a chemical company on
notice for alleged violations of state and federal environmental law....
Congress focuses on intercepted messages
A Congressional committee investigating the September 11 terrorist
attacks discussed messages intercepted by the National Security Agency
that warned of some sort of action....
Crow Tribe targets tourist dollars
The Crow Tribe is trying to attract tourists who visit Montana for the
anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn....
Lawmakers oppose Indian image on coin
Lawmakers from Virginia are up in arms about a proposal to put an image
of an American Indian on the reverse side of the nickel, John McCaslin
reports in "Inside the Beltway."
According to McCaslin, the U.S....
Racism cited in tribal opposition
Racism and fear are being cited as reasons why resident of Maine oppose
a tribal casino....
Minn. tribe lobbies for Yucca Mountain
A casino-rich tribe is actively lobbying
Congress to support the Yucca Mountain
nuclear waste repository in Nevada....
Pueblo sues over casino payments
Pojoaque Pueblo in New Mexico filed a lawsuit last month against the
Department of Interior over a casino compact approved during the
Clinton administration....
Editorial: Clear up 'murky' gaming law
The Daily Oklahoman in an editorial today accuses Oklahoma tribes of
threatening to turn the state into a casino mecca....
Okla. tribes win temporary respite
Three Oklahoma tribes challenging federal Indian gaming regulators
have won the right to continue operating a controversial casino machine
on a temporary basis....
Kennewick Man ruling by Labor Day
The federal magistrate overseeing the controversial Kennewick Man case
expects to issue a ruling by Labor Day....
Mont. reservations see teen pregnancy
Teen birth rates in Montana dropped during a four-year period starting in
1996 but the state's reservations didn't always follow....
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