Thursday, July 17, 2003
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In The Hoop: Tribute to Celia
Celia Cruz, the Queen of Salsa, died yesterday at her home in New Jersey....
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Old pick promises new era in First Nations relations
An Aboriginal leader who pledged to improve tribal relations with Canada's government was elected head of the country's largest First Nations organization on Wednesday....
Judge for Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribe disputes removal
A former judge for the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribe of Oklahoma is disputing his removal by the tribal business committee....
Pequot tribe's water plant one of largest
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut operates one of the largest water treatment plants on the East Coast, The Norwich Bulletin reports....
Bush funding cleanup of Coeur d'Alene basin
The Bush administration will be starting to clean up toxic mine waste in the Coeur d'Alene Basin in Idaho....
N.M. panel tackles fake Indian arts and crafts
The New Mexico Indian Affairs Committee held a hearing in Gallup on Tuesday to address fake Indian arts and crafts....
Wis. tribe offering reward in murder case
The Red Cliff Chippewa Tribe and a memorial foundation are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of those responsible for the murder of a tribal education director....
Columbia River tribes see strong salmon runs
Tribal fishermen on the Columbia River are seeing the best chinook salmon run in nearly 40 years....
Chippewa Cree Tribe sees water system in future
The Chippewa Cree Tribe of Montana held meetings this to discuss plans for a $229 million water system that will serve the Rocky Boy's Reservation and the local community....
Jicarilla Apache Nation finally getting clinic
The Jicarilla Apache Nation of New Mexico is building a new health-care center, a joint venture with the Indian Health Service....
Navajo Nation helping boy find bone marrow donors
The Navajo Nation is trying to help find bone marrow donors for a 2-year-old Navajo boy with a rare blood disease....
S.D. man pleads guilty in voter fraud case
A South Dakota man pleaded guilty on Wednesday as part of a voter fraud investigation involving American Indians....
Tim Giago: A brief history of Indian politics
"Politics can, at times, amount to a funny business in Indian country....
Senate panel approves Western Shoshone payout bill
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved legislation to distribute a $142 million trust fund to members of the Western Shoshone Nation....
Bush seeking conservative for D.C. Circuit court
President Bush plans to nominate Janice Rogers Brown, a conservative Republican who sits on the California Supreme Court, to the D.C....
Crow Reservation man convicted for fatal car crash
A federal jury in Montana convicted a Crow Reservation man for a fatal car crash....
Wyo. governor doesn't support tribal bison plan
The Intertribal Bison Cooperative met with Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal to discuss bison management issues....
Wenatchi Tribe seeks long-promised reservation
Descendants of the Wenatchi Tribe are asking the federal government to fulfill an overdue promise to create a reservation for them in Washington....
Yurok Tribe protesting Klamath Basin management
The Yurok Tribe of California on Saturday will protest the Department of Interior's water management policies in the Klamath Basin....
Mesa Verde ruins threatened by several fires
Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado is closed while crews try to battle several fires that are threatening ancient Puebloan villages and artifacts....
Pueblo declares state of emergency over fire
Nambe Pueblo in northern New Mexico has declared a state of emergency due to a fire burning on tribal land....
Fire on Apache reservation in Ariz. grows
The Kinishba Fire on the Fort Apache Reservation in Arizona has grown to 17,700 acres just as crews were pulled off the expanding blaze....
Editorial: Racial tensions getting worse in S.D.
Racial tensions in Martin, South Dakota, will only get worse unless Indians and non-Indians come together to talk over their differences, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader says in an editorial....
Report: Don't let tribes manage bison range
The Weekly Standard, a conservative publication, argues against letting tribal governments manage national park and wildlife units....
Editorial: Sending troopers to reservation was wrong
Rhode Island Governor Don Carcieri was wrong to send state troopers to the Narragansett Reservation, The New London Day says in an editorial....
R.I. governor criticized by state attorney general
Rhode Island attorney general Patrick Lynch accused Governor Donald Carcieri on Wednesday of placing the blame for raid of the Narragansett Tribe's smoke shop on the state police....
Judge holding closed-door sessions on smoke shop
A federal judge overseeing the Narragansett Tribe's smokeshop case held a closed-door hearing in Rhode Island on Wednesday....
Northern Cheyenne housing opposed by neighbors
Some members of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe are fighting the tribe's decision to build a house in their neighborhood....
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