Monday, August 26, 2002
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Utah 'medicine' man at center of court battles
A federal appeals court on Friday refused to reinstate a discrimination
lawsuit involving a self-described medicine man who faces criminal
charges for possession of peyote....
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The Week in Review
Idaho tribes win major victory on gas taxes, Indian County gets update on landmark trust fund case, top Indian gaming regulator to resign from post, and elder health care focus of new reports....
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White House refusing Indian trust access
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton is refusing to testify about her role in the
recent ouster of a federal official who questioned her claims of progress in
fixing the broken Indian trust fund, the latest attempt by the Bush
administration to restrict oversight of the growing debacle....
Dispute arises over fish culverts
An Alaska Native corporation has come under fire for its views on fish
culverts....
Fire waste taints tribe's water
The Southern Ute Tribe of Colorado has been forced to find alternate
sources for water because post-fire mud and debris have polluted the Pine
River....
Inuits turn hunting into commerce
Inuit hunters in Canada have come up with an ingenious way to preserve
their subsistence lifestyle, earn some money and make big game hunters
happy....
Editorial: Tribal receiver might work
Putting the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of South Dakota into receivership
might help reduce a $31 million debt, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader says in
an editorial....
Native corporation to distribute $200,000
An Alaska Native village corporation is distributing $200,000 to 147
shareholders....
Only BIA firefighters take drug tests
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is the only federal agency that requires all fire
fighters to submit to drug tests....
Native artists in N.M. hold own festival
The 15th annual Totah Festival is being held in Farmington, New Mexico,
this weekend....
Another Pequot tribe seeks recognition
The Southern Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut is one of several groups
claiming descent from the historic Pequot Nation....
Mohegan Tribe wins major federal permit
The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded the Mohegan Tribe of
Connecticut a federal permit for a major fishery project....
John Potter: My wild car chase
"WILD CAR CHASES THROUGH BUSY DOWNTOWN STREETS! BUSTIN' DOWN
DOORS, VIOLENT GUN BATTLES, SLAPPIN' SOME UNCOOPERATIVE PERP
UPSIDE THE HEAD, BLOWIN' STUFF UP, WILD SEX and DONUTS have
absolutely nothing to do with this column....
Jeff Benedict: Pequot Tribe not real
"Shortly after my campaign for Congress ended in July, I heard from
Mashantucket Chairman Kenny Reels....
Pequot Tribe celebrates trust land
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has taken nine acres of land into trust for the
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation....
Schemitzun pow-wow wraps up in Conn.
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut wrapped up its
annual Schemitzun pow-wow this weekend....
Conn. residents talk about Indian blood
After a long hiatus, the infamous Pequot Letters are back! A sampling of
the latest published by The New London Day of Connecticut....
Okla. tribe mired in housing dispute
Who controls housing at for the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma? As the tribe
figures out the answer, housing is being denied to tribal members....
Water woes affect Calif. tribes
Two northern California tribes are caught in a battle over fish, water,
treaty rights and angry white farmers....
BIA reconstructing computer systems
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has a new chief information officer who is
responsible for fixing the agency's numerous computer problems....
The Nez Perce War of 1877 continues
The Billings Gazette continues its ongoing series on the Nez Perce War of
1877....
Shoshone 'renegades' resist land payout
Congress is poised to pass legislation to distribute a $120 million trust
fund to about 5,000 Western Shoshone tribal members in Nevada....
Funds lacking for cleanup
The Canadian government hasn't been providing funds to clean up a
heavily contaminated Arctic island in Nunavut....
Battle over reservation pig farm
A company that wants to operate a hog farm on the Rosebud Sioux
Reservation has asked the Supreme Court to intervene....
BIA accused of violating privacy laws
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is the target of a class action alleging
violation of federal privacy laws....
Bone marrow needed for tribal member
The Red Cross in Arizona is holding a bone marrow drive on September 2
for Blanca Frias, a 13-year-old Pasqua Yaqui tribal member who is
suffering from leukemia....
Obituary: Paul Waterman, Onondaga chief
Paul Waterman, a traditional Onondaga Nation chief, died at a New York
hospital on Sunday....
In Today's Federal Register
The following documents of note were published in today's Federal
Register....
Nuke transportation routes worry some
The Skull Valley Goshute Tribe of Utah plans to store up to 44,000 tons of
highly radioactive nuclear waste on its reservation....
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