Tuesday, May 7, 2002
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Deadline nears for trust fund accounting plan
Only one bank responded to a recent Department of Interior solicitation
for assistance on its historical accounting project, a sign of an effort that
the government's top trust reform official said still lacks "clarity."
In its latest status update on the progress of reform, the department
informs the federal court overseeing the Indian trust that Bank of
America has been chosen to help the Office of Historical Trust
Accounting....
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In The Hoop: Wicked Ideas
A Department of Interior employee appeared in federal court in Montana
on Monday to plead not guilty to defrauding the Bureau of Reclamation,
The Billings Gazette reported today....
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Top officials facing court investigations
Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb and several top Department of Interior
officials are being ordered to testify under oath as part of widening court
investigations into trust reform....
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Congress takes up land claim bill
One tribe's legal tactics will be the subject of debate tomorrow when a
Congressional committee debates a bill to extinguish all tribal claims in
the state of Illinois....
Colo. revokes permit granted in error
The state of Colorado has revoked a permit to an oil and gas company
that would have allowed for higher than legal pollution into water
upstream from the Southern Ute Tribe....
Yellow Bird: Success in Indian preference
"Merril Berg was the subject of my “Prairie Voices” interview on Sunday
(“Building Cankdeska Cikana,” Page 1D, May 5)....
Haskell students ready to graduate
Traditional performances, a pow-wow and the crowning of Miss Haskell
2002 are all part of this weekend's commencement activities at Haskell
Indian Nations University in Kansas....
Study shows disparity in discipline
Native American students in some Minnesota school districts, are
disciplined at higher rates than their counterparts, a study by the St.
Paul Pioneer Press has shown....
Calif. mascot bill gains momentum
A bill to outlaw all Indian-related mascots in California is seeing little
opposition....
Authorities seize tribal records
Records of the Colorado River Tribes of Arizona have been seized by
tribal and Bureau of Indian Affairs police as part of a probe into alleged
misuse of funds....
Ariz. gaming bill advances
The Arizona Senate on Monday approved a bill to implement gaming
compacts Governor Jane Hull signed with the state's tribes....
Drop in tax revenues tied to tribe
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation's grocery store is being linked to dropping
sales tax revenues in an Oklahoma city....
Seats open on Maine casino task force
There 18 seats to fill on a task force created to study casino gaming in
the state of Maine....
Alaska Native victory challenged
The group behind Alaska's English-only law is trying to save its own
initiative from certain death....
Mormons eye federal property
Six members of Congress, all members of the Mormon Church, are trying
to transfer a national historic site to the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints....
Biopiracy treaty said failed
A treaty aimed at preserving and protecting biological species around
the world has resulted in bureaucratic bungles, according to the scientific
community which pushed for it....
U.S. pulls out of war court treaty
The Bush administration on Monday announced it was withdrawing
formally from a treaty to establish an international war crimes tribunal....
Memo shows Enron manipulated market
Federal regulators investigating Enron on Monday released two
documents showing how the bankrupt company manipulated energy
markets in California through various techniques....
R.I. holding gaming hearings
The Rhode Island House plans to hold 28 public hearings starting this
summer as part of a study on gaming....
Wis. tribe eyes power plant
The St Croix Ojibwe of Wisconsin are considering building a gas-fired
power plant that would generate 70 to 100 megawatts of electricity....
Seminole's Chief Haney restored to power
A Code of Federal Regulations court today restored Jerry Haney as
principal chief of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma....
Tribe challenged by own law firm
In February, the Mississippi Band of Choctaws of Louisiana became the
first tribe in the nation to own a new car dealership....
Pow-wow bias lawsuit allowed
A Minnesota school is claiming the future of its pow-wow is in doubt
because of a lawsuit filed by a group of Native women....
Tribes 'dodge' labor laws
Tribes with successful casinos are getting a boost by ignoring labor laws,
The Wall Street Journal reports today....
Winnebago chairman writes to WSJ
Winnebago chairman John Blackhawk: "Your breathless concern that
Indian country is being invaded by the Mafia also runs counter to the
facts....
Peyote limited to recognized U.S. Natives
State and federal authorities in Texas are limiting the sale of peyote to
members of federally recognized United States tribes....
N***** e-mail draws lawsuit
A Washington, DC, African-American chef and restaurant owner has
filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the Starwood hotel chain....
Politician's ties to tribe questioned
A Democratic candidate for governor of Texas is being accused by a rival
of benefiting from the gaming industry....
U.S. wants award to Navajo widow reduced
Government attorneys on Monday admitted the Indian Health Service
wrongly diagnosed a Navajo man who died of the hantavirus but argued
a $2 million award to his widow is unjustified....
Yakama Nation wants fish ladders
The Yakama Nation of Washington wants the federal government to
install fish ladders when repairs are made to the Keechelus Dam....
Editorial: Norton slaps America
The Denver Post today criticizes the Department of Interior for holding a
private meeting with the drilling industry, saying the "secrecy slaps the
American people in the face."
The meeting occurs today in Denver with members of the Independent
Petroleum Association....
Sides appeal Cayuga Nation ruling
The state of New York, local counties, private landowners and the
Cayuga Nation have all appealed the tribe's $250 million land claim
award on various grounds....
Native corp reports $21M loss
Sealaska, an Alaska Native regional corporation, reported a $21 million
loss on $146 million in revenues in 2001....
Haskell football gets new coach
The football team at Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas is
getting a new coach....
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