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The first project manager of a trust fund accounting system originally pitched as the solution to more than a century of financial mismanagement took the stand in federal court on Thursday and declared the stunted $40 million effort a failure....

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Secretary of Interior Gale Norton's legal team made an urgent plea to a federal judge on Thursday, asking for permission to circumvent a court order and provide confidential trust data to Congress and the American public....

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The court official watching over the Department of Interior's trust reform efforts delivered two new reports today that pose serious questions about information Secretary Gale Norton is soon to relay to Congress....

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Secretary of Interior Gale Norton today announced that her fiscal year 2003 budget will contain an $83.6 million increase for trust reform activities....

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There was a flurry of activity, and a wave of dissent, at a Washington, D.C.-area hotel this evening as Secretary of Interior Gale Norton left for what she called an "intensive" weekend working session with tribal leaders....

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Is it Friday already? That means it's time for the weekly list of the movers and shakers in Indian Country and beyond....

Andrew Cuellar, the last known surviving graduate of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, died on Monday....

A federal judge in Utah has dismissed a 3.5-million acre land claim from a group which claims to be a sovereign tribe....

The Bush administration has been freely releasing documents and other records from former President Bill Clinton's term in office, leading some to question whether the White House has a double standard on the policy....

Former Attorney General Janet Reno on Thursday said she was feeling fine after collapsing at a speech in New York....

When Enron executives called Bush administration officials last fall to talk about the company's doomed future, no assistance was offered. When the company did the same months before, the White House didn't always listen either....

A Bureau of Indian Affairs employee involved in a fatal car crash in New Mexico was handed over to federal authorities on Thursday after he waived his right to a preliminary hearing....

The debate whether regular mammograms can help prevent breast cancer is spreading from medical journals to the women's and health community at large....

An Arizona state lawmaker plans to file a bill today to give the state up to 2 percent of revenues from tribal casinos....

A study being published today in the British medical journal Lancet links polluted air to an increase in asthma in children....

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal recently wrote a letter to a Congressman holding hearings on the federal recognition process and said state and local governments need more input into tribal issues....

Efforts to contract health services from the Indian Health Service haven't ended for Navajo Nation officials who lost a vote Wednesday night to do so....

The former top computer official at the Bureau of Indian Affairs defended his infamous "imploding" memo on the stand in federal court on Thursday....

The Montana Districting Apportionment Commission will visit the Fort Peck Reservation on Monday to hear comments about new maps redrawing the state's legislative districts....

The Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana and Gov....

NANA Regional Corp., an Alaska Native corporation, posted a $8.6 million lost in 2001 due to poor investments, low zinc prices and a rocky year on the stock market....

A federal appeals court told the Tigua Tribe of Texas on Thursday that it won't order the Speaking Rock Casino to close until February 11....

The Hopi Tribe of Arizona will not allow mining to continue in the Black Mesa until a dispute over water can be resolved, a spokesperson told the Associated Press....

A Native American Rights Fund attorney is calling a new directive from Secretary of Interior Gale Norton and her aides a setback for Alaska Native subsistence....

Tribal leaders in Washington told state lawmakers at a hearing on Thursday of their opposition to a bill that would break their monopoly on gaming....

Sandia Pueblo in New Mexico will be remodeling its seven-month-old outdoor casino amphitheater to improve sight lines and add permanent and handicapped seating....

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After a two-week break during which little progress was made to rectify the Department of Interior's Internet shutdown, a federal judge today resumes proceedings in Secretary Gale Norton's contempt trial with an update on the state of computer security....

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The ink was barely dry on Secretary of Interior Gale Norton's latest status report on trust reform before she was asking for permission to delay the next one....

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In a precedent-setting legal and political battle, the investigative arm of Congress announced on Wednesday it would sue the White House to obtain information about the formation of President Bush's national energy policy....

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The Department of Interior has finalized the date and location of an additional meeting on the reorganization of Indian trust duties....

A pro-drilling group in Alaska and the Inupiat village of Kaktovik are closer to receiving money to promote the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge....

The Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut has expressed interest in getting Mike Tyson to box on the reservation....

An alleged member of an Asian gang accused of loan extortion was prohibited from gambling at the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation casino in Connecticut....

Former Attorney General Janet Reno collapsed at a speech in New York on Wednesday night but is reported to be doing well after being taken to a hospital....

Alaska Representative Don Young (R) told reporters on Wednesday he was looking to shake things up at the U.S....

A leading Minnesota state lawmaker who has fought to maintain tribal monopoly over gaming is expressing support for a state-run casino....

President Bush will propose to cut millions of dollars from job-training programs and reduce federal highway spending....

An anti-gaming group seeking to halt the expansion of casinos and the lottery in New York will ask a state judge to temporarily halt approval of compacts with tribes....

The Membertou Mi'kmaq First Nation of Nova Scotia has received ISO certification, the result of more than a year of reorganizing its financial system....

The Labrador Inuit Health Commission has found that 62 percent of Inuit children are regular or occasional smokers....

Testimony of the last of the 911 operators who handled calls from two Aboriginal sisters killed in a domestic violence dispute completed on Wednesday....

Who is David Walker? Well, he's the comptroller general of the General Accounting Office who has decided to sue the White House to get more information about the president's national energy policy....

Ranchers and livestock representatives in New Mexico are criticizing an idea advanced by the state's tribes to restore bison to a national grassland....

Prep school recruiters will be visiting students at the Native American Preparatory School in New Mexico next week to explore continued education options....

Activist Winona LaDuke encouraged students from two Montana reservations on Wednesday to fight racism and help Indian Country become more unified....

The Surface Transportation Board of the Department of Transportation on Wednesday approved a $1.5 billion railroad expansion and reconstruction but imposed a number of stipulations....

A bill returning more than 67,000 acres of mineral subsurface rights to Acoma Pueblo of New Mexico is ready for President Bush's signature....

President Bush will propose a "net increase" in the Department of Interior's conservation budget but the hike will come as a result of shifting or refocusing other funds, said a department official....

After many hours of debate in a packed room in Window Rock, Arizona, the Navajo Nation Council voted not to take over its health care from the Indian Health Service....

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He talked about terrorism....

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There's trouble brewing over the upcoming trust reform retreat in the West Virginia countryside....

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Written comments and the transcripts from three tribal consultation meetings over the proposed reorganization of Indian trust are available for viewing at the Department of Interior's reading room....

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In a determined effort to make their voices heard, scores of tribal leaders are descending upon the nation's capital to focus on trust management and trust reform, an issue which, for many, has become their single biggest concern....

A retired Army colonel's quest to find out what happened to a group of Confederate soldiers in Kansas led him to uncover the history of the Rebel Creek Massacre....

New York Governor George Pataki (R) isn't worried about a lawsuit filed to stop the expansion of gaming in his state, a spokesperson said on Tuesday....

Revenues at the casino owned by the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut were up the last quarter of 2001 but due to a major expansion project and September 11-related circumstances, overall earnings dipped slightly....

A Nevada state legislative panel on Tuesday voted to oppose the designation of Yucca Mountain as a national nuclear waste dump....

The Department of Interior is fond of saying consultation is "underway" but in the case of the potential designation of a new national monument, officials might actually be telling the truth....

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Despite knowing it was the subject of numerous investigations by federal and other authorities, Enron Corp....

The Bush administration's battle to keep executive communications secret looks a lot like other constitutional and political disputes, says Charles Lane of The Washington Post....

"Bar owners want video slot machines in every Nebraska town and neighborhood....

A Wisconsin state appeals court on Tuesday upheld an agreement for a zinc and copper mine near the Mole Lake Ojibwe Reservation....

An official of the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut told reporters on Tuesday that recognition of other tribal groups in the state is a "longshot." Several tribes in the state are near the end of the federal recognition process, give or take a couple of years....

An Asian-American gang is being targeted in a loan sharking scan at two tribal casinos in Connecticut....

As if last year's tribal referendum wasn't confusing enough, the Navajo Nation tribal council is set to vote today on whether to take over health care duties from the federal government....

In a seemingly non-ending battle over political turf, Republicans in New Mexico have asked a federal court to revoke a judicially-approved map for the state's House districts....

A 911 operator who handled one of the calls from two Aboriginal sisters killed in a domestic violence dispute criticized the police on Tuesday for handling the situation poorly....

Alumni, parents and other interested folks are lamenting the demise, perhaps temporary, of the Native American Preparatory School in New Mexico....

The North Dakota Supreme Court today hears a dispute which tests the limits of tribal sovereignty....

Representative Tim Johnson (R-Ill.) has introduced a bill to kill tribal land claims in Illinois but residents say he is not doing enough to promote it....

The Tigua Tribe of Texas criticized Gov....

Representatives from tribes in Michigan, South Dakota and North Dakota came to Nebraska on Tuesday to learn more about the Winnebago Tribe's tax compact with the state....

President Norton, what are you wearing!? Although Secretary of Interior Gale Norton is eighth in line for succession should a terrible tragedy befall President Bush, his Cabinet and other top ranking members of the federal government, she wasn't nearly as close to becoming the leader of the free world as one might image, The Denver Post points out....

The General Accounting Office has decided to sue the White House in order to get more information about the president's energy task force....

The Navajo Nation tribal council on Monday approved more than half a million in one-time grants for tribal members who have not received their trust fund checks since November....

With the Winter 2002 Olympics being held in close proximity to Indian Country, there high hopes tribes and Native Americans would be featured prominently for the world to see....

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Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb told tribal leaders on Monday that he wasn't trying to "terminate" thousands of individual Indian trust accounts just to save money and reduce administrative boondoggles....

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Growing, but not yet complete, Secretary of Interior Gale Norton's war cabinet has gained some new members....

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Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb on Monday said his office was responding to Indian Country requests for the latest trust reform report prepared by EDS Corporation....

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When he's not eating turkey sandwiches with lots of mustard or reading from the scriptures, Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb is fond of pointing out his technical background....

A subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Reform will hold a hearing February 7 to discuss a bill to reform the federal recognition process....

The Metis Act has been officially proclaimed in Saskatchewan, recognizing the contributions of the Metis to the province's past....

A 911 operator who handled one of the calls from two Aboriginal sisters killed in a domestic violence dispute testified on Monday that a fellow worker never read the entry and failed to dispatch a police car....

A Native political group has formed in South Dakota called First Voices....

President Bush on Monday defended his administration's decision to keep secret documents and other records from his national energy task force....

President Bush will deliver his State of the Union address to Congress tonight, his first since taking office....

Arthur Andersen's alleged and admitted business practices, along with its ties to bankrupt energy company Enron, have forced a number of clients and potential clients to reconsider their relationship with the firm. In addition to the White House ordering a review of all government contracts with Andersen, some companies are re-evaluating....

It looks like 2002 could be the year when Indian gaming finally becomes a reality in Nebraska, with a whopping five proposals pushing the issue....

Two Minnesota tribes took their fight to keep their casino audits private to a state court on Monday....

In an editorial today, The Norwich Bulletin praises Gov....

A recently released book documents the history of the Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory....

The Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho has fired its enrollment director, Pam Johnson, who is under investigation for alleged theft from the tribe....

A federal judge on Monday said Montana's 1992 political districts did not dilute the voting rights of Native Americans in the state....

The Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the transfer of coal tracts to the state....

A Montana woman pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday to six counts of possession of controlled substances by fraud or misrepresentation....

The North Dakota Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a case to determine if the Turtle Mountain Ojibwe Tribe can be forced to turn over land to the state....

A Bureau of Indian Affairs technician is facing four manslaughter charges for the deaths of two couples on a highway in New Mexico....

Activist, author, activist and alleged New Mexico gubernatorial candidate Russell Means called on the elimination of Indian mascots at a gathering in South Dakota on Monday....

The board of the Native American Preparatory School has voted unanimously to close the seven-year-old private New Mexico educational institution....

Former Assistant Secretary Ada Deer misinterpreted Congressional intent when she recognized more than 200 Alaska Native tribes and village governments, Sen....

The Department of Interior has advanced a plan to restore water to non-Indian farmers in the Klamath Basin....

In his State of the State address last night, Utah Gov....

A group of casino opponents has filed a lawsuit challenging the largest expansion of gaming in the state of New York....

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The following is the text of a letter Secretary of Interior Gale A....

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Department of Interior makes small step towards royalty release, Alaska Natives criticize Indian trust overhaul, Bush administration stamps trust reform, and progress in Indian health considered lacking....

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Once tribes had time to digest Secretary of Interior Gale Norton's controversial proposal to create a new Indian trust agency, a large focus of their criticism was her reliance on the documents generated by a management consulting firm she hired to make sense of the debacle....

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The United South and Eastern Tribes (USET) kicks off its annual policy conference today with an eye on a number of national and regional issues....

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The following is the text of a letter National Indian Gaming Commmission Chairman Montie R....

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The nation's Indian gaming regulators have thumbed their nose at Secretary of Interior Gale Norton and are refusing to shut down their Internet connections unless a court investigator orders them to do so....

"The genesis [of the name Redskins] may always remain murky ....

As a Cabinet official, Secretary of Interior Gale Norton receives a lot of gifts....

"Here in Connecticut, we were aghast to learn that the Mashantucket Pequots became a federally recognized tribe through an Act of Congress instead of having to pass muster at the Bureau of Indian Affairs....

"By virtue of the Indian Overseer Act, 1821, establishing a trust relationship with the tribes when we took their land into trust, the state has an additional fiduciary duty to Connecticut's tribes....

In an editorial today, The Norwich Bulletin praises Rep Rob Simmons (R-Conn.) for making Indian issues a top focus of his Congressional efforts....

"About this time last year, one of my Lakota uncles called me at work....

"I don’t know much about the upcoming Winter Olympics, which is something of a shame, I guess, since they’re going to be held practically in my own back yard....

The General Accounting Office (GAO) is close to suing Vice President Dick Cheney for his refusal to turn over documents related to the national energy task force he chaired....

Mark Chino was president of the Mescalero Apache Nation of New Mexico for a brief short weeks last year before the tribe's council invalidated the election that secured him the top spot....

How many people visit the Santa Fe Indian Market every year? According to the first study of its kind, not as many as expected....

At the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Oglala Lakota athlete Billy Mills won the gold medal for the 10,000-meter run....

The American Indian Center of Indianapolis, Indiana, is calling for a boycott of the Angel Mounds State Historic Site to protest the reassignment of the site's only Native American worker....

Republican lawmakers in the Alaska Legislature have asked Secretary of Interior Gale Norton to rescind recognition of more than 200 Alaska Native tribes and villages, a request that has Native leaders fuming....

The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of South Dakota and a local school have agreed to hold basketball games again....

A Department of Interior employee with a record of driving under the influence of alcohol was involved in an accident in New Mexico, on Friday, killing two couples from Nebraska in a head-on collision....

The 1999 death of Robert Many Horses, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, has forced the community of Mobridge to take a look at its racial divide, an effort some in the town believe has seen success....

The Oneida Nation, the state of New York and two New York counties have begun talking again about the tribe's long-running land claim....

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has sent its draft report on the aboriginal rights of Western Shoshone tribal members to the Bush administration, Newsweek reports in its February 4 "Periscope" column....

How did Secretary of Interior Gale Norton do in her first year in public office? Not that bad, if you ask The Denver Post, which reviews the home-grown former attorney general's twelve months at the top....

The Congress Online Project, an initiative funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, today will release the results of its "report card" on the web sites offered by members of Congress....

The family of a deaf Laguna Pueblo woman was forced to hold two burial ceremonies for her because of a state oversight....
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