Monday, June 3, 2002
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N.M. tribe challenges coal mine approval
The Department of Interior last week approved a coal strip mine in
western New Mexico over the objections of a tribe which considers the
project a major threat to a central part of its culture....
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The Week in Review
Tribes emerge from meetings with trust reorganization proposal, Supreme Court looks at yet another Indian law case, federal recognition continues to cause problems, and FBI goes through more changes....
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Norton moves to patch up trust reform dispute
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton expressed support for her top Indian
trust official amid growing questions over his future in the Bush
administration, according to sources familiar with a high-level meeting
held late Friday....
Mont. tribe battles moldy homes
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is disclaiming
responsibility for homes on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana that
are infested with black mold....
Greenhouse gas problems admitted
The Environmental Protection Agency released the final version of its
"Climate Action" report to the United Nations this year....
Probe of energy official sought
Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has called for an investigation into
Undersecretary of Energy Robert G....
Leaving Bush, and policies, behind
The change of political administration at the White House has put a
number of senior managers and career deputies out of their federal jobs....
Letter: Racism and Indian mascots
Failed Mascot Ban Shields Subtle Racism
June 3 2002
Re "Bill to Ban Indian Mascots Is Blocked," May 29:
The California State Assembly failed to ban the use of racially offensive mascot names from public schools when it had the chance....
Man traces Choctaw heritage
An Oklahoma man is trying to track down what happened to his uncle, a
Choctaw man who served in World War II but seemingly vanished into
thin air afterward....
Land dispute leaves 26 dead
A dispute over land in rural Mexico left 26 men dead during a Friday
evening massacre....
Nev. tribe's cattle auctioned
The Bureau of Land Management on Friday auctioned off 157 head of
cattle seized from a tribal cattle association in Nevada....
Student forced to remove 'black' braids
A 15-year-old student in Utah was told to remove her braids after a
teacher told her to stop trying to "act black," Rolly and Wells report
today....
Conn. tribe seeks development
The Eastern Pequot Tribe of Connecticut is looking for development sites
should it gain federal recognition....
Klamath biological opinions ready
The Department of Interior and Department of Commerce have finalized
the biological opinions for the Klamath Basin....
Alaska caribou tumbled to their death
More than 50 caribou fell to their death during an avalanche in western
Alaska, investigators of the mass carnage have concluded....
Prisoner rats on ex-Seminole chief
A convicted felon in Florida claims ex-Seminole tribal chief Jim Billie took
money from the sale of tribal aircraft....
Okla. tribe preserves land
The Kaw Nation of Oklahoma has turned an ancestral parcel of land into a
park....
Tribal police officer buried
A 21-gun salute was fired at the funeral of a Montana tribal police officer
on Friday....
DOI booed at Navajo meeting
Navajo royalty owners in New Mexico booed a Department of Interior
official on Friday and accused him of lying about their stalled trust fund
checks....
Tribal authority challenge denied
The Supreme Court today refused to invalidate a Wisconsin tribe's power
to regulate water on its reservation....
Supreme Court accepts Navajo trust case
The Supreme Court today accepted the Bush administration's appeal of
the Navajo Nation's $600 million trust fund dispute....
Native corp elects board members
Cook Inlet Region Inc., an Alaska Native corporation, held its annual
shareholders meeting on Saturday....
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