Thursday, January 10, 2002
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End in sight for Norton contempt trial
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton's grueling contempt trial appears near
an end with attorneys representing 300,000 American Indian trust
beneficiaries ready to rest their case....
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Judge questions state of Interior shutdown
US District Judge Royce Lamberth on Wednesday questioned the state
of the Department of Interior's Internet-related shutdown, suggesting
the delay in restoring access was a political ploy....
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GAO: Probe into fake FBI charges 'thorough'
The FBI was justified in meting out light punishment and in some cases,
none at all, to agents who charged the government $3,217 for attending
a retirement dinner but reported it as official training, a Congressional
investigation released on Wednesday concluded....
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In The Hoop: Dances with Email
The British tabloids, always ripe for tales about marital infidelities, are all
over the latest divorce scandal to hit the United Kingdom....
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Cobell plaintiffs rest case
Attorneys representing 300,000 American Indians rested their case in
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton's contempt today, calling to the stand
their final witness....
Former Pueblo leader indicted for theft
A former governor of Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico has been indicted by a
federal grand jury for allegedly embezzling $8,000 from the tribe....
Author cited for Custer plagiarism
Historian Stephen Ambrose is acknowledging he may not have properly
attributed information in his books, including one on the Battle of Little
Bighorn....
Enron subject of criminal investigation
The Department of Justice has launched a criminal probe into the
collapse of the energy company Enron, officials confirmed yesterday....
Casino employees still get raise
Employees of the casino owned by the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut are
getting a raise of 4 percent despite economic concerns....
Checks arriving for nuclear workers
Compensation for people who got work after being exposed to nuclear
radiation on Amchitka Island in Alaska is arriving to complaints about the
process....
Supreme Court overturns death sentence
The Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the death sentence of a
South Carolina man convicted of murdering a pregnant woman, saying a
jury was not informed properly of sentencing options....
Wyo. drilling meets resistance
A plan to allow more oil and gas drilling in the Jack Morrow Hills of
Wyoming's Red Desert has been met with enormous opposition, including
concerns by tribes....
Threats to Missouri River cited
A two-year study by the National Research Council, a division of the
National Academy of Sciences, has recommended the flows of the
Missouri River be returned to its natural state in order to protect
endangered species....
Death on reservation being investigated
The Montana Highway Patrol and Bureau of Indian Affair authorities are
investigating the death of a woman on the Northern Cheyenne
Reservation in Montana....
Man killed on Mescalero Reservation
A man accused of shooting another to death on the Mescalero Apache
Reservation in southern New Mexico has pleaded guilty to several tribal
crimes and has been fined....
Colombia scraps talks with rebel group
The government of Colombia has ended peace talks with a rebel group
that has been accused of terrorizing Indian tribes, President Andrés
Pastrana said on Thursday....
Redskins name called 'dehumanizing'
The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments on Wednesday
passed a resolution calling on the Washington Redskins football team to
drop its name because it is "demeaning and dehumanizing" to Native
Americans....
Yucca Mountain decision could come today
Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham could make a decision on the
Yucca Mountain project in Nevada as early as today, Congressional aides
told the Associated Press....
Native man being held on terror threat
A fired nuclear employee, being held on charges he threatened fellow
workers, says he is being targeted in a terrorist probe because he is
Native American....
Run reenacts Northern Cheyenne escape
Runners from the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana have completed
the re-enactment of an escape their ancestors attempted after being
imprisoned by the U.S....
Response wanted on N.M. gaming suit
The New Mexico State Supreme Court has asked both sides of a gaming
dispute to submit responses by January 22....
Tigua Tribe defends its casino in court
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a
case to determine whether a casino owned by the Tigua Tribe of Texas
can remain open....
Lawmaker says Indians not 'normal' people
A Montana state lawmaker is being criticized for saying that tribal
members who are returning to reservations are "incapable" of working
like "normal outside people."
"They’re unwilling or incapable of working like normal outside people do,"
Sen....
Tribes prepare for BITAM consultation
Tribal leaders held a meeting in Rapid City, South Dakota, on Wednesday
in preparation to discuss a proposed reorganization of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs....
Alleged tribe starts registering cars
A Connecticut group claiming to be a sovereign tribe has formed its own
motor vehicle division, issuing license plates and registrations....
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