Wednesday, March 27, 2002
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One-strike policy against drugs upheld
The federal government can evict a group of elderly residents from a
public housing project because family members or guests were found in
possession of drugs, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday....
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In The Hoop: Which way to Cherokee?
It appears the United States is finally taking action to correct the dismal
removal policy that forced dozens of tribes to move out West in the
name of progress....
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Bush wants Navajo ruling reversed
The Bush administration has asked the Supreme Court to overturn a
landmark $600 million trust fund claim won by the Navajo Nation for fear
other tribes will file similar challenges....
Dodd: BIA has to 'put the brakes on'
The Bureau of Indian Affairs needs to review all of its pending federal
recognition decisions, Sen....
Tribe to be removed to U.S.
The United States will be resettling 1,000 members of a Vietnamese tribe
after talks to return them to their original homeland failed....
Civil rights agreement won't end
A hotel chain which entered into a consent agreement in a discrimination
case has withdrawn its request for early termination....
Indian on state flag to stay
Some say it is ugly and too complex
but a proposal to change
Minnesota's flag was rejected by a
legislative panel on Tuesday....
Minn. tribe questions casino deal
A Minnesota tribe on Tuesday questioned the city of Detroit's new casino
deals, saying they could be in violation of court orders....
R.I. gaming study approved
Efforts by the Narragansett Tribe failed to dissuade a legislative panel in
Rhode Island from voting Tuesday night to approve a casino study....
Ariz. tribe waiting on stadium
The Gila River Tribe is taking a wait and see approach before it resubmits
its once-heralded proposal for a $350 million Arizona Cardinals football
stadium....
Court upholds clean air provisions
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld stringent clean air standards
finalized during the Clinton administration....
Conn. tribes helping plan U.N. event
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe are
helping plan a United Nations event set to take place in Connecticut in
July 2003....
Conn. towns want Pequot lawsuit funds
Three Connecticut towns whose only claim to victory in a land-into-trust
case was the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation's withdrawal of its
request want $1.2 million in legal funds reimbursed....
Bush request for clemency refuted
President Bush did not ask Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo to
consider clemency for an imprisoned American convicted of aiding a
terrorist group, a White House spokesperson said on Tuesday....
BIA investigating arson in N.M.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has taken the lead in investigating the cause
of fires on the Mescalero Apache Reservation and surrounding areas....
Consulting after the fact
Tribal leaders aren't the only group snubbed by the Bush administration
as shown by the development of the president's national energy policy....
Tribes sign pipeline deal
Thirteen Alaska tribes have joined with 22 First Nations in Canada to
work together on a proposed natural gas pipeline....
Effect of subsistence drive questioned
Alaska Native corporations are bankrolling a voter initiative drive on
subsistence but state legislators are questioning whether it will have an
effect....
County blames Native 'problem' on feds
A county in Montana plans to challenge a federal judge's ruling that its
voting system discriminates against Native Americans, saying the
government is to blame....
Lawsuit charges Native discrimination
A federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed on behalf of three members of
the Yankton Sioux Tribe over the way a school district chooses its board
members....
Obituary: Doris Charles, 100
Athabaskan elder Doris Charles died in Fairbanks on Monday after a long
battle with cancer....
Pueblos combating AIDS
Native Americans make up 6 percent of HIV/AIDS cases in the state of
New Mexico, a figure health experts fear will rise....
Ariz. water rights case settled
The federal government has completed negotiations to settle the water
rights of several Arizona tribes, the Associated Press reports....
Trust fund subject of law school talk
Elouise Cobell, lead plaintiff in the Individual Indian Money (IIM) class
action, was the keynote speaker at a symposium that took place on
Tuesday at Gonzaga Law School in Washington....
Family wins $3.1 million against BIA
A federal judge has ordered the Bureau of Indian Affairs to pay $3.1
million for the death of a man who died on the Blackfeet Reservation in
Montana....
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