Tuesday, October 29, 2002

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A new compilation of research by the Indian Health Service is the first step in combating domestic violence in Indian Country, Bush administration officials said....

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Washington state tribal leaders, whose campaign against former senator Slade Gorton was seen as instrumental to his demise, have jumped into this year's political race in hopes of repeating that success....

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Four Pacific Northwest tribes who claim a 9,000-year-old man as an ancestor fired the first salvo in what is expected to be a long and historic battle over federal repatriation law....

A federal biologist filed for whistleblower protection on Monday, citing political pressure in a decision to restore water to non-Indian farmers in the Klamath River Basin....

Some members of the Southern Sierra Mewuk Tribe of California are protesting plans for a cultural center at Yosemite National Park....

A North Dakota woman is working with children to keep the Dakotah language alive....

The Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan is making its first international cultural exchange....

Two California tribes sued the state on Monday over a casino compact they say has been handled improperly....

Debate continues over the spelling of the Indian woman who helped explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark....

The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada is moving forward with plans for a geothermal plant on its reservation....

Backers of three gaming proposals in Arizona have spent so much money that the state ranks highest in the country for ballot issues this year, The Arizona Republic reports....

Maine Governor Angus King says a proposed tribal casino will drain local communities of money....

The Prairie Band Potawatomi Tribe of Kansas has donated $1.25 million for a highway improvement project....

A South Carolina judge heard oral arguments on Monday in a suit claiming the Catawba Nation owes $900,000 to a school district....

The National Museum of the American Indians held its first ever pow-wow on the Mall in Washington, D.C., last month....

One of the men being held for the Washington, D.C.-area sniper attacks was seen drinking at bar in a town filled with "hippies, yuppies, militiamen, fishermen, American Indians and tramps," The New York Times reports....

The annual report from the British Columbia Ministry of Health Services shows the health of Native people has improved....

Indians in North and South America experienced a decline in health well before Europeans set foot in the Western Hemisphere, according to a new book....

A student group at the University of North Dakota will host a forum on the use of Indians as mascots....

Opponents of a Washington tribe's whale hunt were back in court on Monday....

The White House Board of Advisors on Tribal Colleges and Universities held its first meeting on Monday....

"Sadly, at times, it takes a tragic death like that of the honorable Sen....

The entire adult membership of the Kickapoo Tribe of Texas kicked out its tribal council on Monday....

A South Dakota woman accused of voter fraud is threatening to file a lawsuit against Republicans she claims are distorting the truth....

An Indian Health Service administrator in Oklahoma has resigned his post, The Daily Oklahoman reports....

Secretary of Interior Gale Norton has been campaigning for Republican candidates in a number of states....

Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb spoke at the United South and Eastern Tribes (USET) conference on Monday....

Michigan Governor John Engler signed a government-to-government agreement with the state's 12 tribes on Monday....
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