Wednesday, May 29, 2002
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Court limits reach of tribal treaty rights
An Idaho court on Tuesday refused to overturn the criminal convictions
of three men who claimed protection under a 19th century treaty....
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In The Hoop: Comings and Goings
Tribal leaders (and your lobbyists), you have exactly one extra day to
submit your views to the National Indian Gaming Commission on some
proposed regulations....
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Trust fund monitor sends dispute to judge
Besieged with criticism, the court official watching over the Indian trust
on Tuesday said he would refer the Bush administration's attempts to
hamper his investigation to a federal judge....
Okla. firm promotes alternative fuels
Biodiesel fuels smell like french fries and can make you hungry,
according to Deyo Paddyaker, a member of the Comanche Tribe and
chief executive of Prime Oil, an Oklahoma firm promoting alternative
energy sources....
Video poker machines ruled illegal
The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a state law ban on video
poker machines....
No motive for dead found outside casino
Authorities in Washington have yet to assign a motive for two men and
one teenager who were found stabbed to death outside the Muckleshoot
Casino....
R.I. gaming measures compete
The Rhode Island Senate on Tuesday passed a referendum that puts the
Narragansett Tribe's casino on the November ballot....
Supreme Court takes cross-burning case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether cross-burning
is considered free speech....
Man on death penalty loses appea
The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the state of
Tennessee to execute a man who claimed he was the victim of bad
lawyering....
State sovereign immunity expanded
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that states cannot be forced to
answer to federal agency judicial proceedings unless they wave
sovereign immunity....
Charges in reservation death
Authorities in Minnesota have charged a man in the death of a girl found
on the White Earth Indian Reservation....
Rocky Boy's police officer drowns
Divers in Montana were searching for the body of a Rocky Boy's tribal
police officer who drowned while on a rescue attempt....
Oneida Nation takes on Hollywood
Flush with gaming profits, the Oneida Nation of New York has set its
sights on the media and entertainment world....
Calif. mascot ban defeated
The California Assembly on Tuesday killed a measure that would have
banned all Indian mascots in the state....
Maine candidates oppose casino
Almost every participant in a candidates forum held in Maine on Tuesday
night said they opposed gaming in their state....
Hopi carver carries on tribal tradition
Dreams inspired Gerry Quotskuyva, a member of the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona, to take up the carving of katsina dolls....
Ex-school official faces suit in mascot case
A former school official can be sued for actions regarding the Chief
Illiniwek mascot of the University of Illinois, a federal judge ruled on
Tuesday....
BLM to auction seized tribal cattle
The Bureau of Land Management plans to auction 157 cattle seized from
a Nevada tribe....
Opinion: Trailer park gambling
"So, it's come to this: Trailer-court gambling is on the horizon in
downtown Kansas City, Kan.
If you've been by Seventh Street and Ann Avenue lately, you know it's a
hotbed of activity, with work proceeding at a feverish clip on a "Class II"
casino, fashioned from what the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma calls
"mobile building units."
Nice try on the euphemism....
Alaska Native allotment bill filed
A bill to allow Alaska Native veterans of the Vietnam War to receive
allotments is being pushed again by Alaska's Congressional delegation....
Tribes not invited to salmon talks
The state of California is holding high-level talks over the potential listing
of coho salmon as an endangered species but tribes haven't been
invited, The Los Angeles Times reports....
Bill puts wrench in Goshute nuclear
Representative Jim Hansen (R-Utah), chairman of the House Resources Committee,
added a provision to the $383 billion defense spending bill that would
scuttle plans by Skull Valley Goshute Tribe to store nuclear waste on its
reservation....
Pequot recognition decisions delayed
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has delayed its decisions on two Connecticut
tribes, The Hartford Courant reports today....
Supreme Court rejects water challenge
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review the state of Nevada's
attempt to draw water away from a lake on the Pyramid Lake Paiute
Reservation....
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