Friday, August 9, 2002
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Indian trust standards before Supreme Court
The federal government cannot be sued by tribes for alleged breaches of
trust unless Congress adopts clear standards, the Supreme Court has
been told....
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In The Hoop: Winners, Losers
Is it Friday already? That means it's time for the weekly list of the movers
and shakers in Indian Country and beyond....
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Federal judge shoots down treaty challenge
A federal judge dealt a blow to several animal-rights groups on Thursday,
dismissing their challenge to the treaty rights of a Washington tribe....
City to apologize to Native activist
A California city will apologize, thirty years late, to an American Indian
activist whose totem pole was chopped down in 1973....
New England towns fear Indian casinos
An organization representing 35 rural towns in' Connecticut and
Massachusetts is officially gone on record in opposition to casinos....
N.Y. presses labor issue on tribe
New York Governor George Pataki (R) might finalize a gaming compact with the
Seneca Nation as early as Monday, a source told The Albany Times-Union....
Iowa eyes a share of tribal profits
Tribes that operate casinos in Iowa might be asked to share sharing their
profits with the state....
Pequot museum considered asset in region
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut was given approval
to make improvements to its museum....
Editorial: Tribes were a 'better choice'
The Lincoln Journal Star in an editorial today criticizes Nebraska
lawmakers for killing a proposal to allow tribal gaming....
Neb. tribal gaming measure defeated
Nebraska lawmakers on Thursday killed a proposal to allow tribes to open
casinos....
BLM won't cap own oil wells
The Bureau of Land Management is refusing to cap leaking oil wells drilled
by the federal government....
Navajos treated for tick disease
Relapsing fever, a tick-borne disease, has been reported in the Four
Corners area of the Navajo Nation....
Grant awarded for Okla. Indian exhibit
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a $250,000
grant to the Oklahoma Historical Society for an exhibit on Oklahoma's
American Indians....
Famous grizzly bear killed in Alaska
Biologists in Alaska shot and killed Grizzly 001 on Wednesday because
they said the 15-year-old bear was posing a threat to humans....
More Colombian violence feared
Some Colombians are predicting more blood will be shed in the country's
forty-year civil war....
Sand Creek deal not approved by tribes
A deal to preserve a key part of the Sand Creek massacre site in Colorado
hasn't been approved by the Oklahoma tribes who are supposed to
receive the land....
Navajo teen walking across America
Sherelle Lynne Walker, a member of the Navajo Nation, is midway through
her walk across America....
Wife of slain ex-cop unable to talk
The wife of an Alaska Native man killed last weekend is still not well
enough to talk to police about the devastating incident....
Tribal member in charge of police force
Richard Saunders is getting a test run as police chief of the Tohono
O'odham Nation of Arizona....
Accusers of Oneida official won't testify
Two Oneida Nation women who accused a tribal official of assault failed to
show up and testify at a hearing on Thursday....
Girl, 3, found after night with dingo
A three-year-old girl is safe and sound after going missing on the Colville
Reservation in Washington....
Makah tribe 'pleased' with whale ruling
Makah Nation chairman Gordon Smith is "very pleased" with a ruling
throwing out a challenge to the Washington tribe's whale hunt, the
Associated Press reports today....
NNN: Peabody Coal pollutes streams
"Tons" of coal slurry has been spilled in Arizona streams by Peabody Coal,
the company that operates mines on the Hopi and Navajo reservations,
National Native News reports....
Full trust fund report online
A complete and more readable version of a Department of Interior report
on the Indian trust fund is available to download....
Dig opposed by Lakota activists delayed
The National Park Service has delayed a fossil dig in the Badlands National
Park of South Dakota....
Calif. tribe to negotiate for casino
The Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians of California can finally start
negotiating a casino deal with the state....
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