Tuesday, February 5, 2002
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BIA schools targeted in Bush budget
The Bureau of Indian Affairs could be stripped of its historic role in the
education of Native American children under a major initiative of
President Bush's new budget....
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Interior still finalizing security plan
The Department of Interior plans to spend roughly $65 million over the
next three years to improve its information technology systems,
Secretary Gale Norton said on Monday....
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Security update notes little progress
The court investigator in the Individual Indian Money (IIM) class action
today released his second status report on the information technology
shutdown at the Department of Interior....
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Norton criticized on private trust report
The ranking member of the panel about to hold a hearing over the
Department of Interior's trust management criticized Secretary Gale
Norton on Monday for seeking to make public a report containing
confidential Indian trust data....
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Norton slammed for 'improper' request
A federal judge today criticized Secretary of Interior Gale Norton for
making an "improper" request to circumvent a court order and disclose
private trust data to Congress and the American public....
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Trust drives small increase in BIA budget
Reflecting what officials called an historic commitment to trust
management and reform, Secretary of Interior Gale Norton released her
department's fiscal year 2003 budget on Monday....
Ariz. gaming initiative proposed
Arizona State Senate President Randall Gnant on Monday introduced a
bill that would put the fate of expanded gaming in the hands of voters....
Olympic torch enters final stretch
The Olympic torch entered Utah on Monday and received a traditional
welcome from a Ute tribal member Frank Arrowchis....
Red light, green light 1, 2, 3
President Bush's $2.13 trillion fiscal year 2003 budget includes a
"management" initiative designed to rate the performance of federal
departments and agencies....
Bush budget focuses on defense
President Bush unveiled his $2.13 trillion budget on Monday, admitting
he will run a deficit but pushing tax cuts and major increases in defense
and military spending anyway....
Judge won't seat Bush civil rights pick
A federal judge refused to seat President Bush's pick to the U.S....
Anti-Indian cited in saint debate
Pope John Paul II is ready to make Juan Diego, an Aztec Indian man
renowned for his vision of the Virgin Mary, a saint but some aren't ready
to accept someone whose story they call a fantasy....
Fla. tribe happy with court ruling
The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is pleased with last week's federal
appeals court ruling on the Everglades, a tribal spokesperson told The
South Florida Sun-Sentinel....
IIM accountant making changes
The accounting firm whose report on the assets of four American Indian
beneficiaries is the subject of a legal and political dispute announced on
Monday it was making changes to its business practices....
Yellow Bird: Diversity in media
"In our region, some in the media say getting into reservation
communities is difficult, and the problem is exacerbated by an invisible
perimeter called the reservation border....
Smokin' Joe sues Oneida casino
Legendary boxer Smokin' Joe Frazier filed a lawsuit last week against the
casino owned by the Oneida Nation of New York....
Five charged in attack on Alaska teen
Five young adults have been charged with kidnapping and second- and
third-degree assault of a 16-year-old teen in Anchorage, Alaska....
Klamath report being evaluated
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton said on Monday that decisions affecting
the use of water in the Klamath Basin will take into account a critical
scientific review being released this week....
Santee casino decision appealed
The US Attorney's office in Nebraska has appealed a federal judge's
decision that favored the Santee Sioux Tribe's tiny casino operation....
Ex-Enron chair facing subpoenas
Angered at his refusal to appear before their panel, lawmakers on the
Senate Commerce Committee are planning to vote to subpoena former
Enron chairman Ken Lay....
AP: Choctaw compact approved
The state of Louisiana has approved a gaming compact with the Jena
Band of Choctaw Indians, the Associated Press reports today....
Indian credit program being expanded
The Department of Agriculture has approved a national expansion of an
Indian loan and credit program that got its start at a tribal college in
Montana....
Budget pledges Yucca Mountain funds
President Bush's fiscal year 2003 budget requests $527 million to
develop the Yucca Mountain national nuclear waste dump in Nevada....
Nuclear cleanup funds criticized
The Department of Energy's is proposing to cut funds to cleanup the the
Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington, one of the biggest projects
facing the department....
ANWR funds included again by Bush
The Department of Interior's fiscal year 2003 budget again includes a line
item anticipating receipt of $1.2 billion in lease funds from drilling in the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge....
NMAI funds preserved in budget
The National Museum of American Indian survived President Bush's
budget ax on Monday, seeing preservation of $10 million in construction
funds....
Budget includes Pueblo monument funds
The Department of Interior's proposed fiscal year 2003 budget includes
$1.5 million to acquire land for the Tent Rocks National Monument near
Cochiti Pueblo in New Mexico, a request Sen....
NCAI: Bush setting BIA schools up for failure
President Bush's proposal to outsource tribal schools to private entities
sets them up for failure, a National Congress of American Indians official
told Jodi Rave of The Lincoln Journal Star....
N.M. Indian director fired
The New Mexico Commission on Indian Affairs has fired executive
director Terry Aguilar....
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