Thursday, February 28, 2002
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IHS pressed to include tribes in reform efforts
A proposed reorganization of the Indian Health Service has drawn
growing concern from tribal leaders, who asked this week to be included
in reforming a system they agree has numerous problems....
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McCaleb hedges on the C-word
Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb sometimes gets into trouble with the
words he uses....
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Key trust reform player leaving BIA
A senior Bureau of Indian Affairs official
who has played a central role in the
dispute over fixing the Indian trust fund
is leaving her post, Assistant Secretary
Neal McCaleb announced on Wednesday.
McCaleb told tribal leaders in
Washington, D.C., that Deputy
Commissioner for Indian Affairs Sharon
Blackwell will retire this summer....
Norton lobbied on Choctaw casino
Like the state's governor, Louisiana Attorney General Richard Ieyoub
seemed to have found an easy entry into Secretary of Interior Gale
Norton's date book....
Navajo captain wants state help
The newly promoted captain of the Shiprock Department of Criminal
Investigation said he wants to have New Mexico police officers to have
police powers on his part of the Navajo Nation....
Mont. Indian director resigns
Bruce Meyers resigned last week as coordinator for Montana's Office of
Indian Affairs, citing his diabetes and health and family issues....
Ore. schools hosting pow-wow
Two Oregon school districts are holding a pow-wow on Saturday to brings
students and their families together....
Opinion: Subsistence and equal rights
"Have you read the governor's newly proposed subsistence amendment
for our Alaska Constitution (House Joint Resolution 41)?
If not, did you know that most Alaskans are subsistence "have-nots"?
We "have-not" any subsistence tradition....
Mohawk deal could leave parties out
In what could be a repeat of the Oneida land settlement that has fallen
apart, the state of New York has approached one of the parties in the St.
Regis Mohawk land claim....
Energy documents ordered released
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Energy to release over
7,500 pages of documents used in the formation of the President's
national energy policy....
Oneida school grants could end
The Oneida Nation of New York hasn't made a decision on a grant
program that has given $3.1 million to local schools....
Maine tribal casino pushed
Following a nationwide trend, two Maine tribes are pushing a casino as a
way of meeting the state's budget woes....
Tribes might have to waive immunity
Three Arizona tribes competing for the right to host a new Arizona
Cardinals football stadium might have to waive their sovereign immunity
as part of the deal....
Original Pequot map still lost
The state of Connecticut has again asked its Congressional delegation for
help in locating the map used to settle the land claims of the
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation....
Resigned Ojibwe official faces recall
The treasurer of the Red Lake Ojibwe Tribe of Minnesota has resigned
from his post but tribal members have decided to try and recall him
anyway....
Inupiats want anti-ANWR funding stopped
Kaktovik Inupiat Corp., a village corporation representing the Inupiat
Eskimo community that supports drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge, wants funding to an anti-development group stopped....
Benedict says not one issue
Congressional candidate Jeff Benedict on Wednesday denied criticism
that he is a one issue candidate despite all his media coverage focusing
on his push to terminate the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of
Connecticut....
Kitty litter mine has more lives
They say cats have nine lives and if so, a proposed kitty litter mine in
Nevada has eight more chances to go before it is out for the count....
Opinion: Ending Indian mascots
"The brouhaha at West Seattle High School can be summed up with a
phrase educators love: a teaching moment.
The lesson centers on issues of race, cultural sensitivity and our painful
history with Native Americans....
AP looks at Indian Health Service
An Associated Press analysis of the Indian Health Service has found
numerous shortcomings that have long been known in Indian Country....
Indian museum director quits
Citing unresolved issues, the director of the Institute of American Indian
Arts Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico, left her post on Wednesday....
Masses oppose landfill on burial ground
A large crowd turned out to a meeting on Wednesday to discuss a
proposed landfill opponents fear would damage Indian burial grounds....
Primeaux & Mike win Grammy
"Bless The People — Harmonized Peyote Songs" by Verdell Primeaux and
Johnny Mike won the Grammy on Wednesday night for the Best Native
American Recording....
Bush concerned about tribal 'loophole'
President Bush on Wednesday expressed concern tribes would be able to
exploit a "loophole" in the campaign finance reform bill currently stalled
in the Senate, the Associated Press reports....
Pot chairman supports Swimmer
Always controversial, Citizen Potawatomi Nation Chairman John A.
"Rocky" Barrett Jr....
Tribes to hold Indian trust forum
Tribal leaders in Oklahoma are holding a public forum next week to
update Indian beneficiaries about the Cobell litigation and efforts to
reorganize the Bureau of Indian Affairs....
Non-Indian farmers due water
The Department of Interior said on Wednesday it anticipates non-Indian
farmers in the Klamath Basin will receive the water they were denied last
year....
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