Monday, April 1, 2002
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Report bolsters claims of Gwich'in Nation
Department of Interior scientists have been directed to reconsider an oil
drilling report which cites dangers to a herd of caribou central to the life
and culture of an Alaskan tribe....
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The Week in Review
Trust fund systems receives permission to restart, Bush
administration appeals trust cases to the Supreme Court,
penny-pinching comes to Bureau of Indian Affairs budget,
and energy task force documents released....
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Government punished for stonewalling on trust fund
A federal judge last week sanctioned the federal government for its
handling of the Indian trust fund case but held off on calling Secretary of
Interior Gale Norton and others to trial for alleged retaliation against a
Bureau of Indian Affairs whistleblower....
Norton to move on law enforcement
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton plans to respond to an inspector
general report which calls for law enforcement within the department to
be reorganized, a senior aide told The Denver Post....
John Potter: Hail Fighting Whities
"Hey, if "The Fighting Whities" can get some attention, maybe we can
then get some attention turned toward the heavier stuff as well....
Oleksa: Middle East needs ANCSA
"Last week, Alaskans observed Seward's Day, celebrating the 1867
treaty that transferred the property of the Russian American Co....
School hosting Native week
Native American Heritage Week at Northern Arizona University kicked off
Sunday with a pow-wow and runs all week, with activities ranging from a
fashion show to a men's open basketball tournament....
Education conference set in Mont.
The 20th annual Montana Wyoming Indian Education Association
Conference starts this Saturday in Great Falls, Montana....
A tribute to Roger Jourdain
"Roger Jourdain, who died 10 days ago in obscure old age in Bemidji,
changed history.
He stopped the termination and dismantling of Red Lake Reservation,
and thereby that of many other Indian entities from Minnesota
westward....
Pueblo reporter returning to TV
Conroy Chino is going to back to work at the New Mexico television
where the Acoma Pueblo reporter got his start....
Alaska Native columnist fired
An Alaska Native who wrote paid columns for The Fairbanks Daily
News-Miner has been fired by the paper....
Campbell gives man new flag
Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.) on Friday presented a Colorado
man with a commemorative American flag after his original was stolen in
an odd incident....
Students storm Interior building
A group of Hopi, Navajo and other students recently marched to the
Department of Interior to protest Peabody Coal's use of water in
northern Arizona....
N.Y. raising cigarette tax
In what is expected to be a boon for tribes, the state of New York is
raising its cigarette tax to 39 cents per pack this week....
Police agreement set to expire
The Siksika First Nation of Alberta is considering suing the province over
a disputed cross-jurisdictional police agreement....
Editorial: Move on coal project
In an editorial today, The Billings Gazette calls on a coal development
project near the Northern Cheyenne Reservation to move forward now
that the tribe and a Montana development board have come to an
agreement....
Film Review: The Fast Runner
The New York Times reviews "The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat)," calling the
all-Inuit film "a masterpiece."
"It is, by any standard, an extraordinary film, a work of narrative sweep
and visual beauty that honors the history of the art form even as it
extends its perspective," writes reviewer A....
Curator leaves legacy at Wash. center
Steve Charles has left his job as executive director of the Sacred Circle
Gallery of American Indian Art in Washington....
Drilling report was held back
The authors of a report citing dangers to wildlife should drilling in the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge be approved were hindered from releasing
their research, The Anchorage Daily News reports....
Water released in Klamath basin
"What a year" read yesterday's headline in a local paper covering the
Klamath Basin dispute that has pitted farmers against fish and has left
tribes in the area with little....
IHS clinic eyes expansion
The Indian Family Health Clinic in Great Falls, Montana, is seeking a
$170,000 grant from the city to expand its services....
Memos detail village school problems
Students at the village school in Kivalina, Alaska, appear to have
returned to their old ways, according to The Anchorage Daily News....
Fees awarded to trust fund plaintiffs
An attorney representing 300,000 American Indian beneficiaries to the
Individual Indian Money (IIM) trust said the latest round of sanctions in
the ongoing case won't cost taxpayers as much as last time....
Tribes claim disputed shields
The National Park Service last December announced its intent to
repatriate the oldest leather shields discovered in North America to the
Navajo Nation....
Flathead Nation buys building
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of Montana have bought an
old bank in Polson....
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