Tuesday, September 10, 2002
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Bush administration resists trust fund order
The Department of Interior continues to resist a court order to account for
billions of dollars in Indian trust funds, nearly three years after a federal
judge's landmark decision....
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In The Hoop: Trading Spaces
If the folks at the MTV show "Cribs" were to venture over to Congress to
do a taping, they'd find the interestingly decorated digs of Sen....
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McCaleb rejects recognition of Calif. tribe
The Bush administration last week denied federal recognition to a
California tribe, affirming one of Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb's first
rulings on the controversial subject....
Sacred site bill awaits signature
California Governor Gray Davis (D) has until the end of the month to sign or
veto a bill that would help tribes protect sacred sites near their
reservations....
LaDuke: Ojibwe wild rice stolen
A private corporation has patented a strain of Ojibwe wild rice,
Anishinaabeg activist Winona LaDuke said....
N.M. tribes get food safety grants
Three New Mexico tribes have received Department of Agriculture grants
for food and agriculture homeland security....
Neb. judge halts gaming initiative
A Nebraska state judge on Monday ruled against a voter initiative that
would expand casino gaming....
Alaska fishing shares recommended
An oversight panel in Alaska has made recommendations to distribute
Bering Sea fish and crab harvest shares among Alaska Native seafood
companies....
Tribal members fight gun club permit
Members of the Chumash Tribe of California are opposing a gun shooting
range near a sacred site....
Native corps benefit from cleanup
Alaska Native corporations have taken a lead role in cleaning up the
"environmental mess" left by the federal government on the Pribilof
Islands....
Ruling expected on Seminole leadership
A federal judge is expected to rule this week on the disputed leadership of
the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma....
S.C. tribe in leadership dispute
Newly elected leaders of the Catawba Nation of South Carolina were
refused access to the tribe's longhouse on Monday....
Lumbee groups awarded loan grants
Two different Lumbee tribal organizations in North Carolina have received
federal grants to start credit unions....
Letter: Changing the subject
"After reading recent letters to the editor, it seems to me that many
people have either, not read Jeff Benedict's book, or have read and did not
understand it....
Okla. tribe wants river suit kept alive
The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees wants to intervene in a lawsuit
over the Arkansas River of Oklahoma....
Yellow Bird: Remembering 9-11
"When President John F Kennedy was assassinated, I saw it on television
in the waiting room of the Minot Air Force Hospital....
Disney shoots film on Mont. reservation
Disney recently shot scenes for an upcoming film about a Lakota Sioux
horse racer on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana....
Denied tribe was interested in casino
The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of California once met with the mayor of a Bay
Area city to discuss a possible casino....
Trust land challenge rejected
A federal judge in California rejected a lawsuit challenging one of the Bush
administration's first land-into-trust decisions....
Lumbee woman's suit against ex delayed
The ex-boyfriend of a Lumbee woman who wants to compete in the Miss
America pageant is facing a lawsuit over revealing photos he allegedly
took of her....
Senate panel to discuss recognition
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold a hearing next week on
federal recognition....
McCaleb meeting with tribes criticized
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is criticizing Assistant
Secretary Neal McCaleb for holding a meeting with two Pequot tribes....
Crow chairman resigns from post
The chairman of the Crow Tribe of Montana resigned, the Associated Press
reports....
Indian astronaut set for space flight
Barring additional delays, the first American Indian will go into space in
early November....
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