ending December 21
WEEK IN REVIEW: After the fall,
Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss) returns home.
Photo © AP.
After 17 months of federal service, Neal McCaleb left Washington, D.C., this week to spend his final days as head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the field. But before he left, the outgoing assistant secretary shared some of his thoughts with tribal leaders. He told tribes to brag about their successes in Indian gaming, he praised a BIA early education program and he said he'd be back before anyone would notice he was away. Get the Story:
Neal McCaleb's last hurrah (12/17)
McCaleb: I didn't deceive anyone (12/19)
Incidents bring racism to surface
They both made racially offensive statements, they both waited days to apologize and they both suffered the consequences as a result. In the United States, Trent Lott (R-Mississippi) was forced out as Senate majority leader while in Canada, David Ahenakew bowed out of several Native leadership positions. But the similarities don't end there. Lott's suggestion that segregation was good for the country and Ahenakew's Hitler gaffe showed that racism and prejudice have never gone away. Get the Story:
Lott faces ouster as Senate leader (12/16)
First Nations upset with Hitler remark (12/16)
Apology sought for Hitler remarks (12/17)
Bush hands troubled Lott a death sentence (12/17)
Native Trent Lott faces criminal probe (12/18)
Campbell says Lott is not racist (12/18)
Lott confident of leadership position (12/19)
A different kind of debate on race (12/19)
Lott faces leadership challenge (12/20) Other top stories
Second set of Indian gaming articles set off another wave of criticism...Country music superstar Dolly Parton reaches out to Indian children with book donation...Indian vote fraud claims dismissed as fraudulent...Tribal leader goes on television to discuss gaming concerns...Federal judge throws out theft charges against ex-tribal workers...Utah tribe survives challenges to nuclear waste plan...Report disputes losses of non-Indian farmers in Klamath Basin...Western Shoshone sisters face another seizure of livestock...Lakota Nation games wind up in South Dakota... Get the Story:
TIME runs second Indian gaming feature (12/16)
Dolly lends a book to Indian Country (12/16)
GOP lawyers drafted pre-worded affidavits (12/17)
BIA firefighter incompetent for trial (12/17)
Hall hits 'home run' on C-SPAN (12/18)
Ex-Seminole workers freed of theft charges (12/18)
Challenges to Goshute nuclear rejected (12/19)
Klamath report contradicts economic impact (12/19)
BLM plans to seize Dann cattle and horses (12/20)
Lakota tournament more than games (12/20)