Monday, September 16, 2002

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A high-priced bidding and legal war erupted last week over a commercially viable Indian allotment in Oklahoma....

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The state of Wisconsin has ended talks over a tribally-driven proposal to buy a controversial mine site, officials announced on Friday....

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Tribes end talks over Indian trust standards, critics challenge federal recognition decisions, court dismisses lawsuit over casino game, and Miss America hopeful loses chance to compete....

Members of a California tribe are of three camps when it comes to an historic burial site....

Members of the Kickapoo Tribe of Texas filed suit in state court to force a recall election of their chairman Raul Garza, also known as Makateonenodua....

"The events of the Sept....

Two critics of the Bureau of Indian Affairs deny that money influences their decisions despite accusing the troubled agency of the same....

Haskell Indian Nations University has a new $1.1 million cultural center and museum that opened on Saturday....

An Alaska Native regional corporation plans to build a huge coal power plant to supply rural villages with low-cost power....

The first ever National Museum of the American Indian pow-wow was held over the weekend in Washington, D.C....

Sharon Clahchischilliage is running for New Mexico secretary of state and if elected, she'll be the only Native American woman in the nation to hold a statewide office....

A poll conducted by The Bangor Daily News reveals a split among residents of Maine over support of a tribal casino....

The chairman of the Leech Lake Ojibwe Tribe of Minnesota is up for a recall vote....

The Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Great Falls, Montana, is holding Native American Week to raise awareness of the historic journey....

Members of the Nez Perce Tribe participated in a ceremony to commemorate the location of a battle between tribal ancestors and the U.S....

The American Museum of Natural History in New York returned 48 Haida ancestors to the Haida First Nation of British Columbia, Canada....

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is hosting its first economic development summit this week in Phoenix, Arizona....

"For several seasons now, I have rooted against the so-called Redskins, having found it difficult to "love the team but hate the name," as some of my more tolerant Native American friends do....

The Sioux Falls Argus Leader of South Dakota is running a feature series on Native American athletes....

The Oneida Nation of New York delayed demolition of a tribal member's home on Sunday....

Secretary of Interior Gale Norton last week "bragged" about the progress the Bush administration has made on trust reform, Bill McAllister of The Denver Post writes in his "Beltway Notebook" column....

The Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals is holding its 10th anniversary celebration this week in Arizona....