Monday, January 21, 2002
Ute tribe won't attend Olympics
The Southern Ute Tribe of Colorado has decided not to send a delegation
of members to the Winter 2000 Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah....
Abenaki Tribe fights opposition to status
The St Francis Band of the Abenaki Nation of Vermont on Friday held a press
conference to respond to opponents of the tribe's bid for federal
recognition....
Roger Ebert loves 'Skins' at Sundance
"I also admired Chris Eyre's "Skins," a drama about murder, vigilantism,
alcoholism and despair on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South
Dakota....
Tribe forms partnership with school
The Ponca Tribe has formed what is being called a unique partnership
with the University of Nebraska....
Neb. court rules against tribal arrest
The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the state was wrong to
revoke the license of a non-Indian man who was pursued off the Iowa
Reservation by a tribal officer....
Artifact ruling described as setback
A December 2000 ruling by a federal appeals court affecting protection of
Native artifacts is being described as a setback by federal officials and
Alaska Natives....
Alaska lawmakers push for ANWR lobby
The Alaska Legislature is once again moving to fund Arctic Power with an
extra $1 million so the group can lobby Congress to open up the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling....
Colombia, rebels extending talks
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on Sunday
proposed to sign a cease-fire agreement with the Colombian
government by April 7....
Makah gearing up for whale hunting
The Makah Nation of Washington has requested $70,000 in federal funds
from the National Marine Fisheries Service for use in its traditional whale
hunt....
Prairie dog debate includes tribes
Prairie dogs are spreading "like wildfire" on the Pine Ridge Reservation in
South Dakota, a land coordinator for the Oglala Lakota Tribe told The
Sioux Falls Argus Leader....
Senate building set to reopen
The Hart Senate Office Building is set to reopen tomorrow after tests on
protective gear found last week in a hallway came up negative for
anthrax....
Beluga count up in Cook Inlet
The beluga whale population in Alaska's Cook Inlet is growing by about 3
percent a year, according to federal scientists, giving them hope that the
mammal's numbers are rebounding after a decade of decline....
Norton: Leave no Indian child behind
"The 50,000 American Indian students served by Bureau of Indian Affairs
schools deserve higher academic standards, greater parental
involvement and local control, and more flexible and efficient federal
support....
Landless tribe seeks property
The federal status of the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe of Montana is not yet
finalized but the landless tribe is already cultivating economic
development prospects....
GRAMMY nominee a family affair
When the Black Eagle Singers of Jemez Pueblo go to the GRAMMY awards
ceremony next month, they'll be bringing along friends from New
Mexico's other Pueblos....
Group camps out at Hidatsa village
Over the weekend, a group of about 20 people camped out at an historic
Lower Hidatsa village in North Dakota as part of a recreation of Lewis and
Clark's journey through the West....
Online casinos seeing problem
Online casinos are facing an interesting problem in the post-dotcom bust
age....
Push to keep tribes in line
Tribal and gaming issues are becoming a rallying cry for Democratic
candidates opposing Connecticut Gov....
Native center honors King
The Alaska Native Heritage Center on Sunday held a celebration in honor
Martin Luther King Jr., which featured a speech by Anchorage police chief
Walt Monegan....
Linda Chavez: I'm Still Here
"It was barely a year ago that Linda Chavez was on CNN's "Wolf Blitzer
Reports," lamenting her ill-fated bid to be secretary of labor and
organized labor's opposition....
Norton visits southern Calif.
A day after her department held a consultation session with tribal
leaders, Secretary of Interior made her first official visit to the Coachella
Valley in southern California....
Interior shutdown has wide effects
The Department of Interior's drawn out Internet shutdown has had
far-reaching effects on daily business, as a dispatch from The Billings
Gazette notes....
Editorial: Norton's excuse not enough
In an editorial today, The Washington Post criticizes Secretary of Interior
Gale Norton for not submitting comments her agency drafted in response
to a major environmental plan....
Editorial: Norton, McCaleb 'deluding' selves
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton and Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb
are "deluding themselves" if they think tribes are going to buy into their
plan to create an Indian trust agency, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader says
today in an editorial....
Native students helping EPA study
Native students from the villages of Barrow in Alaska and two in Siberia
are taking part in a five-year research and education project funded by
the Environmental Protection Agency....
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