Monday, June 24, 2002
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Fired IHS worker challenges anti-abuse law
The federal government should be allowed to fire workers with a criminal
past in order to protect Indian children from abuse, the Bush administration
argues in court papers....
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Court tosses federal charges in BIA crime case
A divided federal appeals court threw out criminal charges against a
Montana juvenile on Friday, focusing on a century-old law that
represented one of the first intrusions on tribal sovereignty....
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The Week in Review
Indian Country starts to respond to trust fund
reorganization, Oklahoma tribes fight federal gaming regulators, Judge considers fate of Kennewick Man, and Seneca Nation land claim tossed....
Even with Yucca, nuclear waste a problem
Yucca Mountain is designed to hold up to 77,000 tons of nuclear waste
but environmentalists say the Nevada site still won't solve the nation's
problems....
Terminated tribe at center of battle
The Buena Vista Me-Wuk Tribe of California was terminated in 1958 and
restored in 1983 after a lawsuit was filed....
Mohegan Tribe celebrates in style
Hundreds of celebrities, politicians and well-wishers helped the Mohegan
Tribe of Connecticut celebrate the completion of a $1.1 billion casino
expansion....
Jodi Rave: Why I write Native stories
"Somewhere, someplace, perhaps over the course of time, journalist and
Pulitzer-winning novelist Edna Ferber undoubtedly wrote stories and
books where she drew upon "indignation, passionate remonstrance, a
sense of injustice..."
As a Native person, the same passions often fuel my pen....
Historic fort being reconstructed
The museum of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut
has spent several years reconstructing an historic fort used by tribal
ancestors....
BIA develops recognition database
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is using a computer database to help
complete work on a federal recognition petition....
Alaska curfews under debate
The Alaska Supreme Court is hearing a challenge to a curfew in the city of
Anchorage....
Seneca Nation vows land claim appeal
The Seneca Nation of New York is planning an appeal of a federal judge's
ruling on its claim to Grand Island....
Missouri River changes stalled
A high-stakes political and environmental battle has delayed a proposed
Missouri River management plan....
S.D. grave protection uneven
South Dakota state law makes it a felony to knowingly disturb burial
grounds but the protections haven't always applied to tribal sites,
according to tribes....
EPA facing Senate subpoena
Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee plan
to subpoena the Bush administration unless it turns over information
related to a clean air program....
Canadian Inuit leader vists Alaska
The first premier of Nunavut, the Inuit territory in Canada, visited Alaska
this month to meet with Native leaders....
Project helps pass on tribal culture
A $50,000 project backed by the National Historic Preservation Fund is
helping the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho preserve a cultural tradition....
Will Pequot tribes be recognized?
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is set to announce its decision on the federal
recognition of two Pequot tribes in Connecticut....
Letter: Unfair bashing of tribes
Tribal Casinos Offer
Competitive Wages
Tribal leaders of the Minnesota Indian Gaming Association are disappointed by your May 7 story
"Burgeoning Indian Casinos Get Ahead in Part by Dodging Labor Regulations." We view this as an effort to
paint the Viejas Band, and indirectly all tribal casinos, as irresponsible and heartless employers using
sovereignty as a convenient means of dodging their obligations to employees and customers.
Nationally, most tribal casinos are not unionized, but the vast majority offer wages and benefits that equal or
surpass those provided in union shops in the gaming industry....
Editorial Wake-up call on tribal casinos
The Wall Street Journal in an editorial today calls the Bureau of Indian
Affairs a "mecca for political manipulation," and says Congressional
candidate Jeff Benedict of Connecticut is the man to fix the troubled
agency....
Fla. tribe wants clean Everglades
The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is questioning a $7.8 billion plan to
restore their homeland, the Everglades....
Ariz. fire forces thousands to flee
Two large fires burning in Arizona merged on Sunday to form a
300,000-acre blaze, the largest in state history....
BIA recognizes Pequot groups as one tribe
The Bureau of Indian Affairs today recognized the Eastern Pequot Tribe
as the composite of two Connecticut tribes....
Supreme Court denies challenge to tribe
The Supreme Court today refused to allow an Arizona tribe to be sued by
a non-Indian couple....
Ojibwe tribe to sign friendship treaty
The Red Cliff Band of Ojibwe in Minnesota will sign a friendship treaty
with Australian Aborigines....
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