Friday, September 13, 2002
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In The Hoop: Winners, Losers
Is it Friday already? That means it's time for the weekly list of the movers
and shakers in Indian Country and beyond....
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Conn. critics challenge Eastern Pequot status
Outspoken critics of the federal recognition process on Thursday
announced their expected challenge to one of the Bush administration's
most controversial decisions on the subject....
Conn. Gov: No more Indian casinos
In a move immediately criticized as political pandering, Connecticut Governor
John Rowland (R) for the first time said he was opposed to additional tribal
casinos in the state....
Okla. tribe criticizes scare tactics
The Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma says its claim to ancestral land in Kansas
is being distorted....
Mont. tribes awarded HUD grants
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded more
than $3 million to Montana tribes to promote economic development and
affordable housing....
Navajo president tours flood damage
Navajo Nation President Kelsey Begaye toured reservation communities
hit hard by heavy rain and floods....
Editorial: Hope for Oglala casino
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader in an editorial today says the Oglala Lakota
Tribe of South Dakota "deserves praise" for trying to improve its
reservation economy....
Indian energy proposals approved
Senators Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) and Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.)
successfully negotiated changes in energy policy to benefit Indian
Country....
Haskell to dedicate new museum
The new museum at the Haskell Indian Nations University is ready for
visitors....
White House to release Tar Creek study
The White House is finalizing a report on the Tar Creek Superfund site in
Oklahoma....
NMAI pow-wow shows Natives 'still here'
The National Museum of the American Indian's first pow-wow at its new
site in Washington, D.C., is historic, organizers and participants say....
Colo. center focuses on Native vets
A new center at the University of Colorado reaches out to Native veterans
in rural areas....
Rare birds sighted in Alaska village
Recent sightings of rare birds in the Yup'ik village of Gambell in Alaska
have the bird community excited....
Calif. tribe signs casino deal
California's Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indian signed an agreement
with MGM Mirage for a casino....
RNC chief: Recognition 'steep in integrity'
Republican National Committee Chairman Marc Racicot disputed claims
that the federal recognition process is influenced by political
contributions....
Pequot leaders confident of victory
The leaders of the Eastern Pequot tribes said they were confident their
historic federal status would be upheld despite a challenge from the state
of Connecticut....
Blackfeet Tribe allows non-Indian grazing
The Blackfeet Nation tribal council voted to allow non-Indians to graze
cattle on tribal land....
Rival Goshute lawsuit dismissed
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed members of the Skull
Valley Goshute Tribe of Utah....
Alaska Native bills clear panel
Two controversial bills that benefit Alaska Natives passed the House
Resources Committee on Thursday....
Court asked to halt Pueblo water use
The state of New Mexico filed a motion in federal court on Thursday to limit
Pojoaque Pueblo's water use....
Pueblo to rebuild church after fire
Tesuque Pueblo in New Mexico plans to build a new church after its old one
was destroyed by fire....
Okla. lawmaker is new 'Custer'
An Oklahoma lawmaker who said he would write a bill requiring Oklahoma
tribal members to have 50 percent Indian blood has drawn significant
discussion....
Ex-Crow chairman 'mental' state relevant
The attorney for ex-Crow Nation chairman Clifford Bird In Ground intends
to produce expert testimony "relating to the mental condition of the
defendant bearing upon the issue of guilt," The Billings Gazette reports
today....
Bush, Blair fightin' the Injuns
"General Bush was the supreme cavalry commander of all the cavalry in
the United States of America....
Court halts casino projects on behalf of tribe
A federal appeals court on Thursday handed another victory to a small
Michigan tribe seeking to bring fairness to a casino-bidding process it was
excluded from....
Lumbee woman denied shot at Miss America
A federal judge on Thursday refused to order the Miss America pageant to
allow a member of North Carolina's Lumbee Tribe to compete....
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