Wednesday, May 8, 2002
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DOI law enforcement reorganization pushed
A Republican lawmaker who has been critical of law enforcement failures
at the FBI on Tuesday urged Secretary of Interior Gale Norton to correct
gaffes within her department's sprawling police force....
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BIA adding names to police memorial
The Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Law Enforcement Services will add
three names to its police officer's memorial at a ceremony in New Mexico
tomorrow....
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In The Hoop: Loopholes
The slot machines may have been carted away but the Wyandotte Nation
hasn't given up plans to open up a casino in Kansas....
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Court decision rocks Seminole Nation
The current leadership of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma was kicked
out of office on Tuesday by a court decision restoring ousted Principal
Chief Jerry Haney to power....
Navajo prep school director fired
The school board of Navajo Preparatory in New Mexico fired executive
director Karen Dixon-Blazer on Tuesday....
Enron generates another scandal
Enron the Sequel took a hold of Congress, the White House and California
on Tuesday as lawmakers, President Bush and politicians reacted to
apparent market-gouging by the bankrupt company....
Eating at Mohegan Sun
Regina Schrambling of The New York Times eats at the Mohegan Sun
Casino in Connecticut and loves it, according to her review of the
establishment's new eateries....
Bush brief expands gun rights
The Department of Justice submitted two legal briefs to the Supreme
Court asserting the rights of U.S....
Breast feeding linked to intelligence
Research published in today's issue of the Journal of the American
Medical Association reports that breast feeding is tied to high IQs in
adults....
House voting on Yucca Mountain
The House is voting today on President
Bush's recommendation to store up to
77,000 tons of highly radioactive nuclear
waste on traditional Shoshone land in
Nevada....
Babbitt fights for housing development
Former Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt is sounding like his successor
these days as he pushes for a controversial 3,000-acre home
development in southern California....
Salmon habitats revoked by U.S.
A federal judge has approved an agreement between the federal
government and a homebuilders association that dissolves critical
habitats for 19 species of salmon....
Editorial: No let up on Navajo killer
In an editorial today, The Farmington Daily-Times says New Mexico
authorities should continue prosecuting a man convicted of murdering a
Navajo woman for other crimes, including the death of a Navajo man....
Burial site uncovered in N.M.
Officials in New Mexico are treating the discovery of four sets of human
remains as an ancient burial site....
Army secretary is doing a good job
The White House and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on Tuesday
defended Army head Thomas E....
BIA fighting Navajo fire
Bureau of Indian Affairs firefighters and a county crew are battling a
70-acre fire in New Mexico just miles from a Navajo Nation school....
Navajo Nation opposes mascot
Navajo Nation President Kelsey Begaye is calling on a school in Utah to
get rid of its mascot, saying the name "Red Devils" is offensive to Native
Americans....
Woman charged with child abuse
A member of Jicarilla Apache Nation of New Mexico is charged with two
counts of child abuse for allegedly leaving her 5-year-old-son alone in
the middle of a busy interstate....
Norton moving on law enforcement
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton has established a task force to review
her department's law enforcement and recommend changes....
Okla. adding names to memorial
A Native ceremony will be held on Friday when the state of Oklahoma
adds the names of fallen officers to its Law Enforcement Memorial....
Colo. Ute chief indicted
Judith Knight-Frank, chief of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of Colorado, has
been indicted on 11 federal felony charges....
Haney opponents locked in
Supporters of Ken Chambers and his administration locked themselves in
Seminole Nation headquarters in Oklahoma on Tuesday in response to a
court decision putting ousted Chief Jerry Haney in control of the tribe....
Candidate tells tribal members he opposes them
Members of the Eastern Pequot Tribe were told by a political candidate
seeking their vote on Tuesday that he opposes their bid for federal
recognition....
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