Friday, October 18, 2002
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Take a pass on passive Indian trust
Everywhere you turn these days, the rights of individual Indians are under assault....
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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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Legislation to create a 'passive' Indian trust
Legislation under consideration in the Senate will essentially eliminate the federal government's trust responsibility to countless individual Indians who share ownership in 11 million acres of land....
Students celebrate Native American Day
Navajo culture and tradition was the focus of a Native American Day celebration at a New Mexico school....
Billy Mills encourages diversity
Olympic gold medalist Billy Mills was the keynote speaker at a rural health conference in South Dakota on Thursday....
Tribes partner on Lewis & Clark project
Three Washington tribes are working on a Lewis and Clark project that will include monuments designed by the well-known creator of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C....
White House ordered to release documents
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Bush White House -- for the second time -- to turn over documents related to its energy policy task force....
Exhibit honors Indian contributions
A new exhibit in Washington, D.C., recognizes the contributions of Indian nations and African-Americans to America's fight for independence....
Indian student organizes race forum
A Yaqui Indian student in Arizona organized a race relations forum at his high school....
Candidate wants cheap drugs for elders
The four candidates for US Senate in Minnesota participated in a debate on Thursday night....
Editorial: Investigate voter fraud
State and federal investigators must check every single new voter registration in South Dakota in order to prevent the state's upcoming election from turning into another Florida fiasco, The Sioux Falls Argus Leaders says in an editorial today....
Wash. tribe discussing rail to casino
The Puyallup Tribe of Washington is working with the city of Tacoma on a plan to extend a rail-line to its casino....
Senate decides to adjourn for elections
The Senate on Thursday adjourned after failing to agree on legislation to create a new homeland security department....
Bush babies caught in nominee snag
It takes just as long to have a baby as it does to get one of President Bush's nominees confirmed, according to a study of the slow-moving process....
Wyo. tribal primary election postponed
A primary election for the Northern Arapaho tribal council has been postponed....
Fla. Gov. Jeb Bush loves Bacardi Rum
Florida Governor Jeb Bush (R) pressured political appointees of his brother, President George Bush, to obtain favorable government rulings on behalf of liquor company Bacardi Rum, The Washington Post reports....
Movie about black man and Navajos slammed
A movie producer hoping to tell the story of an African-American man who coached a team of Navajo girls basketball stars nearly got run out of town....
Charges of Indian voter fraud denied
A woman who was fired by the South Dakota Democratic Party denied charges of fraud over thousands of Indian voters she registered in the state....
N.D. tribal law against felons upheld
A tribal appeals court in North Dakota has upheld a tribal law forbidding felons from holding office for the Turtle Mountain Ojibwe Tribe....
Senior BLM land appraiser removed
The Bureau of Land Management's chief appraiser has been relieved of his duties in the wake of a scandal over how land swaps in the West have been handled....
N.M. drops charges against tribal member
The state of New Mexico dropped felony cattle rustling charges against a member of the Navajo Nation....
Convictions bar Crow candidates
The Crow Tribe of Montana will hold its first primary election in history tomorrow....
Still no Kennewick Man appeal
The Bush administration only have two more weeks to appeal the Kennewick Man decision, The Tri-City Herald of Washington reports....
Ojibwe told to limit fish intake
The Environmental Protection Agency is urging residents of the Leech Lake Ojibwe Reservation to limit their yearly intake of whitefish due to pollution from an industrial site....
Teams arrive for search of tribal member
A systematic search for Russell Turcotte, a member of the Turtle Mountain Ojibwe Tribe of North Dakota, is underway....
Pueblo makes massive casino lay offs
Santa Ana Pueblo in New Mexico is laying off more than one-third of its casino workforce....
Five Nations land bill derailed
A bill to reform the way land owned by members of Oklahoma's Five Civilized Nations is managed has been shelved for the rest of the year....
Haskell restricts its spending
Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas is cutting back spending to "essential needs," The Lawrence Journal-World reports....
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