Thursday, August 29, 2002

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The Idaho Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to take an Indian gaming initiative sponsored by the state's tribes off the upcoming ballot....

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs in Oklahoma is attempting to lease a commercially-viable plot of land at the request of a tribe whose business practices have come under scrutiny, sources close to the unfolding dispute said....

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n another limit to federal powers over Indian Country, a federal appeals court on Tuesday dismissed a criminal indictment against a tribal member....

The Duwamish Tribe of Washington is hosting The Spirit Returns Paddle this weekend to commemorate its historical relations with non-Indians....

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the FBI to explain why its investigation of the only person arrested in connection with the September 11 terrorist attacks contains no record of alleged e-mail transactions....

A group of lawmakers in Nebraska issued a statement saying they oppose an attempt to legalize video slot machines....

The Nevada State Museum in Carson City has opened an exhibit of works by Native artists....

The 15th annual Totah Festival kicks off in Farmington, New Mexico, tomorrow at noon....

Haskell Indian Nations University held a convocation service on Tuesday for a long-time employee who died in a car accident on Monday....

A woman from the Crow Reservation in Montana was sentenced on Wednesday to three years of probation for her part in an Indian Health Service prescription drug case....

A former Oklahoma state official has pleaded not guilty to federal fraud and bribery charges in connection with work he did involving tribes....

All five members of a school board on the Tohono O'odham Reservation in Oklahoma are the target of a recall petition initiated by a tribal lawmaker....

The Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho has moved quickly to regain the accreditation it lost this year....

The Cleveland Indians baseball team, home of Chief Wahoo, wants Indian Motorcycle to stop using the word "Indians." The team says the script logo of "Indians" is trademarked....

The Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma is protesting what is being called inaction against a chemical plant that is leaking potentially dangerous materials on tribal land....

The American Indian Community House in Manhattan isn't big enough to handle the city with the largest number of American Indians and Alaska Native, community members say....

Henry Shavings is what one might call an Alaska Native renaissance man. Born in a Yup'ik home in 1929, he carries on his traditions through arts and crafts and fishing....

The California Assembly on Wednesday easily approved a bill to protect sacred sites after it was gutted of a provision to allow tribes full veto power over proposed development....

The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut is restating a recent financial statement after its new accountants discovered an error....

Opponents of Idaho's Indian gaming measure say they will go back to court if voters approve it this November....

Police in Canada on Wednesday night arrested a man suspected of the brutal murder and of an 11-year-old boy....

Eight months after a federal judge directed the Department of Interior to fix its computer problems, Indian systems still remain broken....

One of the biggest questions on the mind of many in Indian Country is when US District Judge Royce Lamberth will make a decision on the Bush administration's contempt trial....

John Herrington, a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma and the first American Indian to go into space, is making a special appearance tomorrow....