Thursday, July 18, 2002
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Interior has few answers at Senate hearing
A leading Indian Country lawmaker scolded the Department of Interior on
Wednesday for being ill-prepared for a hearing on sacred sites....
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In The Hoop: Killing Us Softly
"I really fail to understand why we don't need this kind of study," Rep.
Nancy Johnson (R-Conn.) said yesterday as the House debated the
Commission on Native American Policy....
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Indian Country scores on DOI budget bill
The House late last night approved the Department of Interior's $19.7
billion spending bill after two days of debate that stripped it of provisions
offensive to tribes and Indian trust fund beneficiaries....
Friends of tribe rally for casino
A Connecticut group called Friends of the Golden Hill Paugussetts held a
meeting on Tuesday....
Sacred spring dries up but who cares
An historic spring once used by tribes in the Southwest dried up in 1999
but visitors to the Pipe Spring National Monument won't necessarily
know....
Navajo-killer seeks contact with jurors
An attorney for a New Mexico man convicted of murdering a Navajo
mother is opposing limits on contacts with jurors who handed down the
death penalty....
Navajo complaints frustrate school official
Navajos complain too much about racism, according to a school official in
New Mexico....
Red Lake Nation incumbent defeated
Red Lake Nation chairman Bobby Whitefeather's bid for re-election was
defeated by voters of the Minnesota tribe....
Whiteclay protesters say beer is free speech
Nebraska protesters of liquor sales to Native Americans are raising a civil
disobedience defense to their recent arrest on public drinking charges....
Minn. Indians have highest injury death rate
American Indians in Minnesota die from injuries at higher rates than any
other racial or ethnic group in the state, the Minnesota Health
Department reported yesterday....
Tribes 'too close' for some in Conn.
The potential recognition of several tribes in their backyard has residents
in Connecticut worried....
First Nations concerned about tax deal
First Nations leaders questioned a federal financial deal they said could
lead to unwanted taxation of their communities....
Anti-tribal candidate won't go away
A Congressional hopeful who wants to terminate the Mashantucket
Pequot Tribal Nation is fighting to stay alive in Connecticut....
Army Corps admits water project woes
Under fire from tribes, Congress and environmentalists, the Army Corps
of Engineers is attempting to reform is handling of water projects....
Calif. off-shore drilling barred
The House on Wednesday barred the Department of Interior from using
funds for new drilling off the coast of California....
Senate panel moves on women's treaty
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is voting today on the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against
Women, an international treaty the Bush administration is opposing....
S.D. tribe holds annual gathering
The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota holds its 40th annual
gathering this weekend....
Peru told to pay damages on court case
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has recommended
Peru pay damages to an American woman convicted of terrorist crimes....
Opinion: Inuits 'lost their way'
"By chance, I was in Canada in March of last year, when a shooting in
[the Inuit community of] Cape Dorset made the front page of the national
newspapers....
State AG fighting Pueblo casino
New Mexico Attorney General Patricia Madrid foresees a long court battle
over Pojoaque Pueblo's casino....
Cases thrown out without Navajo interpreter
Navajo interpreters must be available to help Navajo-speakers during
jury selections, the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday....
Student organizes Indian fundraiser
Connor Byrne, a 10-year-old student from Illinois, organized a
fundraising walk that raised $7,800 for a non-profit group....
Native patrol on duty at U.S. border
The Shadow Wolves is a group that patrols the U.S.-Mexico border and is
composed of all tribal members....
Alaska Natives to sue over mine damage
An Eskimo village in Alaska has put a mining company on notice over
alleged violations of the Clean Water Act....
Norton accused of ignoring Zuni Pueblo
Zuni Pueblo officials and residents accuse Secretary of Interior Gale
Norton of turning a blind eye to their concerns about a coal mine project
near a sacred lake in New Mexico....
Hopi Tribe offers money for project
The Hopi Tribe of Arizona is offering to help pay for a $100 million water
pipeline project....
Puebloan site vandalized
An 800-year-old Puebloan site was vandalized at the Wupatki National
Monument in Arizona....
House vote a victory on trust fund
American Indian trust fund beneficiaries on Tuesday welcomed the
removal of provisions in a funding bill that would have limited an
accounting of their assets....
Sacred site bill to be introduced
National Congress of American Indians President Tex Hall and Quechan
Nation President Mike Jackson join members of Congress today to
announce the introduction of a bill to protect sacred sites....
In Today's Federal Register
NAGPRA Review Committee Meeting
The National Park Service announces a November 8-10, 2002, meeting of
the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee....
Senate Native American caucus planned
Plans for Native American Caucus in the Senate are underway....
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