Thursday, August 1, 2002
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Delaware tribal status dispute continues
A federal judge this week agreed to strike down a decades-old Bureau of
Indian Affairs decision to terminate separate relations with the Delaware
Tribe of eastern Oklahoma....
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In The Hoop: Hail to the Chief
While in Washington, D.C., this week, Northern Cheyenne President Geri
Small received a warm welcome by one of her most well-known
constituents on Tuesday....
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Pueblo land claim approaches settlement
Legislation to settle a long-standing New Mexico tribal land dispute
cleared a key Senate committee on Wednesday, and its chief sponsors
hoped for final passage this year....
Mont. tribes demand mine cleanup
The tribes on the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana are suing to
enforce cleanup of abandoned mines....
Threat of Mesa Verde fire subsides
A fire burning in Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado burned more than
2,400 acres as of Wednesday....
Conn. 'tribe' ordered to pay city fines
A group claiming sovereign tribal status has been told to pay $19,000 in
fines for trying to ignore the authority of a Connecticut city....
Neb. pow-wow in its 50th year
The 50th annual Lincoln Indian Club Pow-wow takes place this weekend
in Lincoln, Nebraska....
Native corp gets park service contract
Doyon Ltd., an Alaska Native regional corporation, has won a
concessionaire contract for Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska....
Pope canonizes first Indian saint
Pope John Paul II canonized the first Indian saint during an
Aztec-inspired Mass in Mexico on Wednesday....
Canadian PM attends Indigenous Games
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien unexpectedly stopped at the
2002 North American Indigenous Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on
Wednesday....
Alaska Native educators meet
The ninth annual Association of Interior Native Educators conference
began in Alaska on Wednesday....
Crow Tribe has summer camp for kids
The Crow Tribe is testing out a new curriculum at its Apsa'alooke Warrior
Youth Camp this summer....
BIA worker pleads not guilty to fires
Bureau of Indian Affairs employee Brian Neil Klinekole pleaded not guilty
on Wednesday to setting fires in southern New Mexico....
Senate panel questions Superfund status
A Senate subcommittee held a hearing on the Superfund program on
Wednesday....
Okla. tribes wants IHS admin fired
Seven Oklahoma tribes are upset that the Indian Health Service hasn't
acted on their request to fire a hospital administrator....
S.D. lawmakers to study Native prisoners
The South Dakota Legislature's State-Tribal Relations Committee plans to
study Native Americans in the state prison system....
Recognition rider sought in budget bill
Senators Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) are seeking to
attach a rider to a spending bill that would affect the recognition of
Indian tribes, The Norwich Bulletin says in an editorial today....
DOI opposes new reservation water bill
A Senate subcommittee on Wednesday held a hearing on a bill to build a
water system affecting the Rocky Boy's Reservation and other
communities in Montana....
Tribes mull toxic fish study findings
Pacific Northwest tribes and their members are struggling with a new
federal study which finds that consuming large amounts of fish can lead
to cancer and other health problems....
Pueblo wants changes to land claim bill
Sandia Pueblo Governor Stuwart Paisano wants the Senate to consider
changing a bill to settle a claim to 10,000 acres in the Sandia Mountains
in New Mexico....
Report finds human rights violations
The United States has violated the human rights of two Western
Shoshone sisters, a preliminary report by the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights has found....
Slonaker: Gale Norton 'has no clothes'
Tom Slonaker, the Department of Interior's former top Indian trust
official, continues to speak out about his forced resignation....
Ojibwe center experiences growing pains
The Mille Lacs Ojibwe Tribe of Minnesota opened its Language and
Cultural Center two years ago but tribal officials say not enough people
are participating....
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