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Norton leaves unanswered questions on contempt
US District Judge Royce Lamberth is set to decide in the coming weeks
whether to hold Secretary of Interior Gale Norton and Assistant
Secretary Neal McCaleb in contempt for their handling of the Individual
Indian Money (IIM) trust....
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BIA: Grazing payments still held up
The Bureau of Indian Affairs confirmed on Thursday that National
Congress of American Indians President Tex Hall and other members of
the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation haven't received their grazing
checks even though the computer system that processes the funds has
been up and running for nearly a month....
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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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Judge sets in for long haul on trust fund
The federal judge presiding over the trust fund class action heard closing
arguments in Secretary of Interior Gale Norton's contempt trial on
Thursday, expressing frustration that the long-running debacle may
never end....
Battles continue on Neb. gaming
Nebraska state lawmakers on Thursday continued to debate whether to
allow expanding gaming....
Future of tribal building doubted
A building located on a burial ground of the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut
faces an uncertain future more than two years after an agreement was
signed to address development....
Tigua closure could help others
Gamblers looking for a place to drop their change have already started
finding alternatives to the now-closed casino owned by the Tigua Tribe of
Texas....
Minn. tribe highlights sovereignty
Leech Lake Ojibwe Chairman Eli Hunt gave his annual State of the Band
address on Wednesday....
Editorial: No fuss on jurisdiction
In an editorial today, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader says a recent
controversy over law enforcement on the Cheyenne River Sioux
Reservation is "nothing to get worked up about."
The paper says the dispute was based on a "misunderstanding." The
tribe was trying to clarify how it works with state and not federal entities,
the editorial points out....
Editorial: Allow Indian gaming
In an editorial today, The Lincoln Journal Star says tribes in Nebraska
have the right to decide whether to allow gaming on their reservations....
No lemons for Miss. Choctaw
The Mississippi Band of Choctaws have become the first tribe in the
country to own a new car dealership....
Pequot Tribe hires old friend
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut will be paying
$11,000 a month for the services of a lobbyist who helped negotiate a
gaming compact with the state....
Pueblo opposing redistricting
Santo Domingo Pueblo in New Mexico is accusing the local school board
of moving to create districts that dilute the tribe's voting power....
Minn. schools oppose mascots
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities board unanimously voted
on Thursday to pass a resolution condemning the use of ethnic or
offensive logos, names, mascots and nicknames....
Kitty litter mine advancing
A kitty litter mine the Hungry Valley Indian Colony characterizes as its
biggest threat is inching towards final approval in Nevada....
Klamath Tribes blast fish report
Researchers for the Klamath Tribes of Oregon released this week a
response to a recent National Academy of Sciences report which called
into measures taken to uphold the tribes' treaty rights....
Tongans happy with Ethnic Village
Although several Native vendors and artisans have complained they are
losing money at the Ethnic Village at the Winter 2002 Olympics in Salt
Lake City, one community is rather happy....
Editorial: Stop urban casino
In an editorial published in today's edition of The Minneapolis Star
Tribune, nine tribal leaders say they oppose a plan to create an urban
casino and share the proceeds with two impoverished tribes....
Wisconsin Oneida file land claims
Making good on an earlier threat, the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin filed 20
lawsuits on land in the tribe's ancestral home of New York....
Paper blasts Navajo Nation
The Farmington Daily-Times slams the Navajo Nation today for failing to
give Navajo Code Talker David Tsosie his Congressional silver medal....
Navajo homeless might get aid from tribe
A resolution making its way through the Navajo Nation tribal council
would approve $105,000 to help with homeless tribal members in
Farmington, New Mexico....
Navajo president goes to Washington
Navajo Nation President Kelsey Begaye and Navajo Housing Authority
director Chester Carl recently met with the White House's liaison to
Indian Country to discuss housing issues....
Native expert testifies in abuse case
A clinical psychologist who works on the Wind River Reservation in
Wyoming testified in a sexual abuse trial of a Montana man....
Haskell conference seeks Bush
Haskell Indian Nations University is hosting a conference on Indian
gaming in April and has asked President Bush to attend....
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Judge: I was duped by government
The federal judge overseeing the trust fund said today he was "duped"
by the federal government, criticizing officials and attorneys for playing
"word games" with the assets of 300,000 American Indians....
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Norton contempt testimony concludes
It took 28 days but the testimony in Secretary of Interior Gale Norton's
contempt trial has finally concluded....
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In The Hoop: Gale Takes On...
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton made a one-hour address to members
and guests of the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., yesterday,
speaking on a number of hot issues facing her department....
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Judge accuses Interior of 'deception'
The federal judge overseeing the trust fund exploded in court on
Wednesday, threatening to hold Secretary of Interior Gale Norton in
contempt for failing to make millions of dollars in long-delayed payments
to Indian landowners....
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NCAI's Hall testifies on impact of shutdown
The leader of the nation's largest tribal organization testified on
Wednesday of the dramatic effect the Department of Interior's computer
shutdown has had on Indian Country, drawing the attention of a federal
judge who doubted whether he can force the government to live up to its
responsibilities....
Three tribes compete for stadium
The Arizona Tourism and Sports Authority has narrowed down candidates
to host a new $350 million Arizona Cardinals football stadium, three of
which are being offered by tribes....
Halt in methane drilling sought
A preservation group on Tuesday asked a federal judge to issue a
preliminary injunction to prevent the coalbed methane leasing and
drilling in Montana....
Minn. urban casino draws debate
A legislative proposal to create an urban casino in the Twin Cities of
Minnesota has drawn divergent views from tribal leaders....
Another brilliant offering in Conn.
A Connecticut state lawmaker who offered a bill to terminate Indian
ownership rights based on the work of a discredited researcher has come
up with another tribally related proposal....
Dem wants tribes subsidized
A Democrat seeking his party's nomination for a Congressional seat in
Connecticut wants the federal government to pay for research
undertaken by groups seeking federal recognition....
God doesn't exist, prove me wrong!
"In your front-page story last week about Skip Hayward, you quoted him
calling my grandson an “idiot” and a liar....
Editorial: Tribal consultation important
In an editorial today, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader praises the Pipestone
National Monument in Minnesota for starting a consultation process with
tribes to improve its visitors center....
Land O'Lakes enhancing Indian 'maiden'
Betty Crocker got a makeover and now it's time for the Indian
"maiden," the long-time symbol of the Land O'Lakes dairy
cooperative, to be revamped....
Ariz. tribes reach deal with state
Tribes in Arizona have agreed to new gaming compacts that would
legalize new casinos, expand the size of casinos and require them to
share about $83 million a year....
NNN: DOI can't make payments without Congress
The Department of Interior can't make oil and gas royalty payments to
tribes and thousands of individual Indians without approval from
Congress, reports National Native News....
Army Corps to modify dams
The Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday announced it was modifying
four dams in the Pacific Northwest to try and help endangered and
threatened runs of salmon....
Judge dismisses 'other' Mohegans
Just how many Mohegan tribes are there? Officially, only one, as a
federal judge's recent ruling shows....
Crow legislature 'off and going'
The new lawmaking body of the Crow Tribe of Montana has been meeting
for the past six weeks, discussing a wide array of topics as
representatives get used to their new jobs....
Cross-deputization sought at Navajo
Police in Shiprock, New Mexico, would finally have the power to issue
citations to Indian motorists on the Navajo Nation under a new proposal
being offered....
Oneida land deal faces major doubts
Back in the old days, or the late 1800s to be exact, a frequent tactic of
the government in seeking to make deals with Indian nations was to
negotiate with a friendly or less "hostile" leader....
Colombia attacks rebel territory
The Colombian army has begun bombing territory held by a rebel group
today after talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC) were called off by President Andres Pastrana on Wednesday
night....
Norton 'not aware' of Enron dealings
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton never talked with executives from the
failed energy company Enron last year and isn't aware if her staff ever
did the same, The Denver Post reports today....
Norton promotes something 'new'
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton spoke to the National Press Club on
Wednesday about something she called "new environmentalism."
The idea apparently involves trying to make corporations and citizens do
good things for the environment without making them do anything....
Mohegan job fair draws thousands
The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut held a job fair on Wednesday for 500
positions at its casino....
Neb. gaming debated a second day
Nebraska lawmakers on Wednesday again debated expanding gaming in
the state with amendments offered to proposals on the table....
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Norton withdrawing accounting arguments
In another reversal of the Clinton administration's policies on the trust
fund, Secretary of Interior Gale Norton is dropping her department's
attempts to limit an historical accounting for 300,000 American Indian
beneficiaries....
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In The Hoop: Tongan Tacos
After a long and difficult career of not being used to provide an historical
accounting for 300,000 American Indian beneficiaries, the Department of
Interior has decided to "retire" thousands of trust fund records....
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Tribal grants seeing no gains in EPA budget
For the second year in a row, President Bush has proposed to cut or limit
environmental grants to tribes and states, stakeholders the
administration has highlighted as key to keeping the nation's air and
water safe....
Debate opens on Neb. gaming
Nebraska lawmakers on Tuesday began debating several proposals that
could open up Class III gaming to tribes....
Minn. tribe ordered to pay taxes
In an unsurprising move, a federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered the
Shakopee Mdewakanton Dakota Community in Minnesota to pay federal
excise and wagering taxes on pull-tabs....
Conn. tribe has 'loose' slots
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut can lay claim to
having the slot machines which pay out the most in the state....
Pueblo woman carjacked
An unidentified Santo Domingo Pueblo woman was carjacked at gunpoint
in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Tuesday....
Navajo AG accused of harassment
Navajo Nation Attorney General Levon Henry is the subject of sexual
harassment by a former employee, the Associated Press reports....
Coal methane plan released
The state of Montana and the Bureau of Land Management, an agency of
the Department of Interior, have released a draft environmental analysis
affecting coalbed methane development in the state....
Tribe's recognition delayed
A federal judge has ordered the Bureau of Indian Affairs to issue a
proposed finding on the federal recognition of the Schaghticoke Tribal
Nation of Connecticut by December of this year....
Pequot Tribe hosts language conference
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation is hosting a conference on
Algonquian languages starting this Friday....
Royalty checks still not out
Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb told an Oklahoma newspaper on
Tuesday that he still doesn't know when oil and gas royalty checks will be
mailed to Indian beneficiaries....
Chickasaw astronaut inspires students
The first Native scheduled to go into space visited the Crow Reservation
on Tuesday to meet with students....
Tribes rally for salmon
Six tribes from the Pacific Northwest and Canada met on the Lummi
Reservation in Washington on Tuesday to discuss the future of one of
their most important resources....
Blackfeet wind project on hold
The Bonneville Power Administration has delayed plans to start a
commercial wind farm on Blackfeet Reservation in Montana, saying it
needs more time to study the project....
Cheyenne coal deal approved
The Montana State Land Board on Tuesday voted to approve an
agreement with the Northern Cheyenne Tribe over the transfer of coal
tracts where tribal ancestors are buried....
Oneida land deal being rejected
Joining a chorus of critics, the Oneida First Nation of Ontario, Canada,
said a proposal to settle the tribe's land claim is "insulting," reports to
The Syracuse Post-Standard....
Supreme Court declines tribal cases
In two separate actions, the Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear
two Indian-related cases....
Mohegan casino adding parking
The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut is adding more than 4,500 parking
spaces to its casino....
Navajo exhibit gets good reviews
The Navajo Nation's cultural pavilion at the Winter 2002 Olympics in Salt
Lake City, Utah, is getting favorable reviews from tribal members and
visitors....
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Supreme Court considering Indian cases
As tribes head to Congress to seek ways to counteract a wave of recent rulings
deemed destructive to tribal sovereignty, the Supreme Court is considering a
new set of cases affecting key areas of Indian law....
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The Week in Review
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton testifies in contempt trial,
government promises landowners royalty checks, tribes
take stage in Olympics, and Census 2000 looks at Indian
Country....
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McCaleb: Without settlement, accounting a 'guess'
The Department of Interior can only "guess" whether the account
balances of 300,000 American Indians are correct, Assistant Secretary
Neal McCaleb said in an interview published on Friday....
Tribes developing drought plan
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation
in Montana are working with a power company to come up with a drought
plan to control flows of water over Kerr Dam....
Seneca vote on compact delayed
Voters of the Seneca Nation will not get a chance to approve a gaming
compact with the state of New York because negotiations are still
underway....
Alaska Natives protest Bush visit
A group of Alaska Natives protested President Bush's visit to Anchorage
on Saturday because it forced the delay of an event honoring a Tlingit
activist....
Monument seeking tribal input
The Pipestone National Monument in Minnesota is working with at least
27 tribes to update its visitors center, which contains exhibits and
placements some feel are outdated and offensive....
Pueblo church being restored
Six Acoma Pueblo men are working full-time to restore the New Mexico
tribe's nearly 400-year-old church....
Dismissal of artifact case sought
An attorney representing a New Mexico arts dealer who sold eagle
feathers and sacred artifacts to an undercover FBI agent has asked a
federal judge to dismiss his case....
Guilty pleas for Omaha death
Two residents of the Omaha Reservation in Nebraska have pleaded guilty
for their involvement in the death of a 21-year-old tribal member....
Wisconsin Oneida blast agreement
The Oneida Nation of Wisconsin is protesting an agreement to settle a
long standing claim over 250,000 acres of land in New York, and plans on
filing new lawsuits against individual landowners....
Jodi Rave: Olympic dreams
"I don't know why women can't fly with the Titans, but if I could soar at
speeds near 60 mph some 20 feet above the ground for the length of a
football field, I would do it....
Utah tribes criticize study
Utah's tribes are criticizing an economic development study
commissioned by the State Legislature, saying it was developed without
input from tribal leaders....
Oleksa: Fighting prejudice
"For years I've supported my family by conducting seminars on
intercultural and interracial communication....
John Potter: Fry Bread Gold
"I come to you today fresh from my own gold medal (flour) performance
in the Men’s Freestyle Fry Bread Toss, in which I tossed down a
record-breaking FIVE Indian tacos in less than FOUR minutes!
Thank you, thank you – it’s my personal best – I’m so happy....
Interest in Neb. gaming piqued
Debate begins today on legislative proposals to expand gaming in
Nebraska....
Tribe wants to expand law enforcement
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of South Dakota is looking to assume
authority over all crimes on the reservation but doesn't have enough
money to do so, according to a tribal official....
Navajo school could lose BIA funds
Parents of students at Navajo Preparatory in Farmington, New Mexico,
are worried the school could lose construction funds from the Bureau of
Indian Affairs....
Tribe bringing back language
With the help of a computer program, the Nooksack Tribe of Washington
is bringing back one of its nearly disappeared languages....
Tribal member on veterans panel
Don Loudner, a member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of South Dakota
and veteran of the Korean War, is one of 19 members on the national
Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans....
Pataki: Drop land claims for casino
New York Governor George Pataki (R) won't agree to finalize any one of three
casinos in the Catskills if there are pending land claims by a tribe....
email@nps.gov sputtering through
The National Park Service web sites are back online but it may time time
for your email to dom.nessi@nps.gov to get through....
Letter: Dom Nessi took my job
Former National Park Service Chief Information Officer: "From my past
federal budget battles, I know that in a period of tight national budgets,
it's unlikely that the Interior political leadership will talk about or address
this massive core structural IT funding problem that has persisted over
several decades....
Indianz.Com Hacked for the Holiday
Indianz.Com was taken over yesterday by a rogue group of hackers who
once again wreaked havoc in Indian Country with another issue of
Tomorrow....
New: Supreme Court Actions
The Supreme Court today declined to consider whether the Miami Nation
of Indiana is a tribe for federal purposes....
Bush picks Yucca Mountain
Over the objections of Nevada politicians
and officials who called him a liar,
President Bush on Friday approved
storing up to 77,000 tons of highly
radioactive nuclear waste at Yucca
Mountain in Nevada....
Inter-tribal housing fund started
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of Montana are using a
$5,000 donation from home financing company Fannie Mae to start up an
inter-tribal mortgage-backing program....
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