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Wall Street Journal blasted for 'drive by'
In a classic David versus Goliath clash with a Native twist, the Wall Street
Journal, an international publishing giant whose parent company reports
revenues in excess of $2 billion, has taken on Indian Country Today, a
tribally-tied newspaper with reservation roots....
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Oneida Nation on Indian Casinos Today
The following is a statement from David Hollis, director of
communications for the Oneida Indian Nation of New York, in response to
"Indian Casinos Today." April 5, 2002....
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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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Norton faces more scrutiny on trust fund
Citing the status of trust reform and the ongoing class action suit aimed
at correcting years of financial mismanagement, a federal judge has
asked a court official to continue investigating the Department of Interior
for at least another year....
R.I. casino study vote delayed
The Rhode Island House on Thursday delayed a vote on a casino study
the Narragansett Tribe has characterized as a waste of time....
Federal courts want security money
The Bush administration has refused a $250 million request from the
federal judiciary to beef up security at courts nationwide....
Army secretary flew on Enron jet
Army Secretary and former Enron executive Thomas White received
free rides on the failed company's jet while his confirmation was pending
in the Senate, The Washington Post reports today....
Ridge wanted before Senate
Senator Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the chairman of the Senate Appropriations
Committee, on Thursday rejected an offer from Homeland Security
Director Tom Ridge to participate in briefings rather than formal
testimony....
Still flapping over Jena compact
Louisiana Governor Mike Foster (R) claims opposition to a rejected compact
he signed with the Jena Band of Choctaws was mounted in part because
he refused to endorse a fellow Republican....
Bison policy protested
A protest was held in Washington, D.C, against a Clinton administration
approved plan that allows Montana state officials to shoot bison that
wander out of Yellowstone National Park....
Coalbed methane drilling pushed
The Department of Interior is trying to resolve conflicts between the
energy industry and ranchers and farmers who say coalbed methane
drilling hurts the land, a top-level official said on Thursday....
Letter: Firings at Indian clinic
"I am not Native American nor am I personally acquainted with anyone
employed by [the Indian Health Board]....
FBI blasted for lax security
A special Department of Justice commission on Thursday released its
report on security measures at the FBI, blasting the agency for allowing
weak protections to go uncorrected....
Native firm sees changes
Several management changes are underway at Natchiq Inc, an oil field
services subsidiary of Arctic Slope Regional Corp, an Alaska Native
corporation....
Conn. court upholds tribal authority
The Connecticut Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that employees of the
Mohegan Tribe cannot be sued in state court....
Hearing set on new Oneida claims
A federal judge in New York will hear arguments next month about a
round of land claims suits filed by the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin....
More money sought for Pequot fight
The Connecticut town of North Stonington is seeking an additional
$58,000 to fight the federal recognition of two Pequot tribes....
Navajo issues focus of talk
A wide array of issues of importance to the Navajo Nation will be
discussed at a meeting in Shiprock, New Mexico, on Saturday....
Jury set for Navajo murder trial
A jury was selected on Thursday in the trial of a New Mexico man
accused of murdering a Navajo mother....
Opinion: Whities backfired
"A group of students at the University of Northern Colorado, unable to
persuade an area high-school to change a Native American mascot it
considered offensive, named its intramural basketball team "The Fightin'
Whites." The team is made up of Native Americans, Hispanics and Anglos.
Players wear jerseys that say "Every thang's going to be all white."
"The message is, let's do something that will let people see the other side of
what it's like to be a mascot," Solomon Little Owl, one of the players, said
when the team was formed last month....
Pequot critic files challenge
Connecticut Congressional hopeful Jeff Benedict on Thursday filed a
primary challenge in the town of Norwich....
Subsistence hearing set
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee is holding a hearing on Alaska
Native subsistence next week....
New ANWR analysis questioned
Senator Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) on Thursday wrote a letter to Secretary of
Interior Gale Norton to determine whether politics affected a decision to
review an Arctic National Wildlife Refuge report....
Alaska Natives challenge justice
Two Alaska Native villages and several plaintiffs are challenging the
state of Alaska to ensure they are being served by the justice system....
Gila River bill signed into law
President Bush on Thursday signed into law a bill to allow certain
contract disputes on the Gila River Reservation in Arizona to be
addressed in federal court....
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FBI truths subject of probe and Peltier suit
A number of FBI employees with a high-level of security have failed an
initial round of polygraph tests, FBI officials acknowledged on
Wednesday....
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Judge wants court monitor for another year
US District Judge Royce Lamberth wants the court official whose reports
formed the basis of the Bush administration's contempt trial to keep
investigating the Department of Interior for another year....
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Trust fund judge considering sanctions for 'attack'
A Department of Interior manager who was reassigned to a top-level
position in Washington, D.C., after a court official questioned his role in
trust reform may be punished for his personal "attacks," a federal judge
has said....
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In The Hoop: Trials and Stipulations
Attorneys for Leonard Peltier gave Indianz.Com a shoutout in the lawsuit
they filed today accusing former FBI director Louis J....
UND law school opposes 'Fighting Sioux'
The faculty of the University of North Dakota law school last month
passed a resolution opposing the school's "Fighting Sioux" nickname and
logo....
Editorial: Norton ignoring policy
In an editorial today, The New York Times criticizes Secretary of Interior
Gale Norton for scuttling long-standing national policy to curry favor with
local interests....
U.S. stance on treaties criticized
The Clinton and Bush administrations are criticized in a report being
released today about the United States' role in the treaty making
process....
Journal doubts bio-corn study
In this week's issue of Nature, the science journal's editors are
disavowing a controversial study which claimed genetically modified
corn has infiltrated Mexico....
Sacagawea coins not so popular
The Sacagawea golden dollar coins have proven popular with collectors but not
with the public so the U.S....
R.I. town approves gaming pact
A gaming company has agreed to pay a Rhode Island $50,000 up front
and $25,000 every quarter for hosting the Narragansett Tribe's proposed
casino....
Native corp seeks casino waiver
Cook Inlet Region Inc, an Alaska Native corporation, has asked the
Nevada Gaming Control Board for a waiver to ensure stockholders get
paid for a casino venture....
Ridge to meet with Congress
Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge on Wednesday said he will meet
with two Congressional committees but reiterated the Bush
administration's position that he won't formally testify....
Abraham pushes domestic drilling
Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham on Wednesday said the United
States needs to reduce its dependence on oil from the Middle East and
drill more federal lands....
Clinton rejected energy order
The energy industry lobbied the Clinton administration to issue an
executive order to speed up review of power plants and development on
federal lands but the request was rejected....
Exhibit documents Custer's Last Stand
The Jacobson House Native Art Center in Norman, Oklahoma, is hosting a
traveling exhibit featuring the drawings of Minniconjou Sioux Chief White
Bull....
Pow-wow at Neb. school
The University of Nebraska at Omaha is hosting the fourth annual
Inter-Tribal Student Council Pow Wow this weekend....
Tribes host coalbed methane meetings
Two meetings to address coalbed methane development in Montana are
being held today on the Northern Cheyenne and Crow reservations....
Mont. Indian students dropping out
American Indian students have the highest dropout rate in the state of
Montana, the Office of Public Instruction says in a recent report....
Refund due for Alaska Native venture
The Federal Communications Commission is refunding $2.8 billion in
down payments to several telecommunications companies who bought
wireless licenses in a disputed auction that has reached the Supreme
Court....
Pokagon land-into-trust disputed
A federal judge has agreed to let a lawsuit challenging an initial
reservation for the Pokagon Potawatomi Tribe of Michigan....
Native bank up and running
The Native American Bank of Montana is planning on establishing another
branch this summer....
Misuse of trust money alleged
The Bureau of Indian Affairs in North Dakota is being told to find out why
Standing Rock Sioux tribal officials allegedly gave out $7.4 million in
personal loans from a settlement fund....
Editorial: Stop Gale Norton
"An axiom of protecting America's natural heritage is that a win is only
temporary, but a loss is forever.
Nowhere is this more true than open pit mines--immensely damaging
projects that leave toxic scars on the public's land and cleanup liabilities
with the taxpayers....
Editorial: Navajo consumer law backfired
In an editorial today, The Farmington Daily-Times says the Navajo
Nation's consumer protection law has "backfired" because tribal
members are being singled out based on race....
Neb. Indian gaming killed
Supporters of gaming on Nebraska's reservations expressed shock and
disbelief at the rejection of a proposed constitutional amendment by the
Legislature on Wednesday....
BIA still shut down
The Department of Interior says 85 percent of its computer systems are
back up and running but this doesn't include the Bureau of Indian Affairs
or of the Office of the Special Trustee....
A fight over funds, race
The controversy over the status of the Seminole Freedmen is discussed
in The Chicago Tribune today....
Rodeo finals to have focus on tribes
The National High School Finals Rodeo will take place in in Farmington,
New Mexico, next year and and will include a special focus on tribes....
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Native youth heaviest smokers in nation
Native American youth have the highest rate of smoking in the nation
despite being the smallest segment of the population, a federal report
released on Tuesday shows....
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Indian beneficiaries being denied millions
The Department of Interior is sitting on top of $67 million in trust funds
for Indian beneficiaries who cannot be properly identified, according to a
recently released independent audit....
Jury picks continue for Navajo death
Out of 100 interviews, 27 finalists have been selected in the trial of a
white man accused of murdering a Navajo mother in New Mexico....
Wyo. site eyed for gas reserve
The state of Wyoming has released a report which claims the
Department of Interior has underestimated the amount of natural gas in
the Jack Morrow Hills....
Bush supports new climate chief
The Bush administration is endorsing an Indian scientist whose views on
global warming appear more in line with the industry charged with
causing climate change....
Ariz. stadium bills compete
Two bills are making the rounds in the Arizona Legislature affecting a
new $350 million Arizona Cardinals stadium....
Ariz. gaming bills introduced
Four gaming bills were introduced in the Arizona Legislature on Tuesday
as part of a special session aimed at approving new compacts with the
state's tribes....
Trump casino contract under review
Donald Trump's contract to manage a casino for the Twenty-Nine Palms
Band of Mission Indians of California still hasn't been approved by the
National Indian Gaming Commission....
Jena Choctaws still shopping
The Jena Band of Choctaws aren't commenting on the possibility of
opening a casino in Hancock County in Mississippi....
Editorial: Study may be delay tactic
The Rhode Island Legislature must adequately fund a study of casino
gaming and complete it in sufficient time or else The New London Day will
be forced to admit the Narragansett Tribe is right in criticizing the
proposal....
Doug Grow: Indian clinic on firing frenzy
"The firings will have to end soon at the Indian Health Board, a little clinic
in south Minneapolis....
Tour focuses on Nev. lake
Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and environmentalists toured the Walker River
basin on Tuesday....
Salmon agreement reached
An agreement has been reached to protect salmon and steelhead in the
Columbia River....
Suit filed against detox center
A lawsuit has been filed in New Mexico state court on behalf of a Navajo
man alleges he was unfairly detained for several days at a detoxification
center near the Navajo Reservation....
Bush fires independent investigators
The Bush administration quietly ousted two inspectors general in
February, naming replacements so quickly that similar appointees
wonder if they will be next....
GOP lobbyist scores big with tribes
Financially successful tribes are more than happy to pay Jack Abramoff,
a Republican lobbyist, $500 an hour to argue their cause in Washington,
D.C....
UND hosting pow-wow this week
The Indian Association at the University of North Dakota is holding the
33rd annual Time Out Wacipi this week....
NIGC chair pushes education
The nation's top Indian gaming regulator on Tuesday urged tribes to
commit some of their casinos revenues to education....
Interior denies playing park politics
The Department of Interior never makes decisions based on political
interests....
Judge issues ruling on Oneida claim
The federal judge overseeing the Oneida land claim issued a ruling last
week dismissing many of the state of New York's objections to the suit....
Mescalero fire not ruled arson
The Bureau of Indian Affairs isn't yet classifying a recent fire on the
Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico as arson....
Tribe goes online to fight drugs
The Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine has set up a form on its web site to
encourage people to report drug crimes on the Pleasant Point
Reservation....
Online kiosks sell cigarettes
The New York Attorney General's office is raising questions about
Internet kiosks the Oneida Nation has placed in convenience stores to
sell cigarettes....
Lenape site protected
A 17-acre Lenape burial site has been declared an emergency historic
site by the the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection....
Subsistence drive passes
Nearly three out of every four voters in Anchorage voted on Tuesday to
urge Alaska state lawmakers to put a subsistence amendment on the
November ballot....
Candidate accuses tribal leader
Controversial author Jeff Benedict is accusing James Cunha, chairman of
the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Tribe of Connecticut, hindering his run for
Congress....
Means plans walking campaign tour
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2002
Activist and actor Russell Means plans a walking tour of New Mexico to
support his gubernatorial run under the new Independent Coalition Party.
The walk will start in Santa Fe on April 21 and end on July 4....
Navajo extradition pact sought
The Navajo Nation might develop an extradition agreement concerning
the transfer of tribal members to federal authorities....
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Interior holding back security documents
The Department of Interior has been withholding documents regarding
the security of its information technology systems despite numerous
requests from a federal court, according to correspondence made public
in recent weeks....
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Tribal rivers among group's most endangered
Controversy over endangered species and treaty rights has put the
Klamath River on an environmental group's list of "most endangered"
rivers in the country....
Don't talk to the Indians
A group of private school students from New Mexico took a trip south of
the border last month and rode a train through Tarahumara Indian
Territory....
Mohegan offer for $7M pushed
The Mohegan Tribe's offer to give $7 million for a water project is being
recommended for approval in southeastern Connecticut....
Gaming session starts in Ariz.
The Arizona State Legislature on Monday began a special session to
address Indian gaming and related proposals....
Court to review 'three strikes' policy
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether a "three
strikes" tough-on-crime policy is unconstitutional....
N.M. bar puts Indian law on test
Those wishing to practice law in the state of New Mexico must now have
an understanding of Indian law to pass the bar....
Yucca fight brings in big guns
Both sides in the fight over a proposed nuclear storage facility at Yucca
Mountain in Nevada have enlisted some heavy hitters....
Conn. towns don't get money
A legislative panel in Connecticut on Monday approved a bill limiting the
amount of casino money distributed to five towns....
Nipmuc comment period extended
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has extended by 30 days the public
comment period on the federal recognition petitions of two Nipmuc
tribes....
Mohegan group seeks recognition
Claiming descent from the historic Mohegan Tribe, the Native American
Mohegans is seeking recognition from the federal government....
Students can work at historic fort
Fort Phil Kearny in Montana is offering students, amateurs and others an
opportunity to participate in two archaeological projects this summer....
Stadium bill waives tribal immunity
A tribe hoping to host a new $350 million Arizona Cardinals football
stadium would be required to a limited waiver of sovereign immunity to
allow taxation and certain lawsuits....
New Navajo tax in effect
A 3 percent general sales tax went into effect on the Navajo Nation on
Monday....
Indian social workers laid off
The state of Washington has laid off the only two Indian social workers at
its Seattle office....
Cowlitz Tribe won't tap settlement fund
The newly recognized Cowlitz Tribe of Washington isn't planning on using
a land claim settlement fund in the immediate future....
Native corp posts record profits
Cook Inlet Region Inc., an Alaska Native regional corporation, posted a
record $434 million profit in 2001, the company reported....
Native village said dysfunctional
Little has changed since the reopening of the McQueen School in Kivalina,
Alaska, because the community is dysfunctional, a team assigned to sort
out the mess has said....
Russell Means rights request denied
New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson last month rejected a request by
American Indian actor and activist Russell Means to restore his full
citizenship rights....
TV Star 'appalled' by the Indians
A cast member of the HBO series "Oz" and a former celebrity guard went
to court in Connecticut to challenge his removal from the Mashantucket
Pequot Reservation....
Goshute rivals seek review of decision
A dissident group of members of the Skull Valley Goshute of Utah are
appealing a Bureau of Indian Affairs decision to recognize Leon Bear as
chairman....
Trust fund checks haven't gone out
A number of Indian beneficiaries haven't received their trust fund
payments despite Department of Interior claims to the contrary, reports
The Denver Post....
Bush seeking ouster of climate chief
The Bush administration has decided not to renominate a highly
regarded atmospheric scientist to head an international body on global
warming....
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Government punished for stonewalling on trust fund
A federal judge last week sanctioned the federal government for its
handling of the Indian trust fund case but held off on calling Secretary of
Interior Gale Norton and others to trial for alleged retaliation against a
Bureau of Indian Affairs whistleblower....
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Report bolsters claims of Gwich'in Nation
Department of Interior scientists have been directed to reconsider an oil
drilling report which cites dangers to a herd of caribou central to the life
and culture of an Alaskan tribe....
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The Week in Review
Trust fund systems receives permission to restart, Bush
administration appeals trust cases to the Supreme Court,
penny-pinching comes to Bureau of Indian Affairs budget,
and energy task force documents released....
N.Y. raising cigarette tax
In what is expected to be a boon for tribes, the state of New York is
raising its cigarette tax to 39 cents per pack this week....
Oleksa: Middle East needs ANCSA
"Last week, Alaskans observed Seward's Day, celebrating the 1867
treaty that transferred the property of the Russian American Co....
School hosting Native week
Native American Heritage Week at Northern Arizona University kicked off
Sunday with a pow-wow and runs all week, with activities ranging from a
fashion show to a men's open basketball tournament....
Education conference set in Mont.
The 20th annual Montana Wyoming Indian Education Association
Conference starts this Saturday in Great Falls, Montana....
IHS clinic eyes expansion
The Indian Family Health Clinic in Great Falls, Montana, is seeking a
$170,000 grant from the city to expand its services....
A tribute to Roger Jourdain
"Roger Jourdain, who died 10 days ago in obscure old age in Bemidji,
changed history.
He stopped the termination and dismantling of Red Lake Reservation,
and thereby that of many other Indian entities from Minnesota
westward....
John Potter: Hail Fighting Whities
"Hey, if "The Fighting Whities" can get some attention, maybe we can
then get some attention turned toward the heavier stuff as well....
Pueblo reporter returning to TV
Conroy Chino is going to back to work at the New Mexico television
where the Acoma Pueblo reporter got his start....
Alaska Native columnist fired
An Alaska Native who wrote paid columns for The Fairbanks Daily
News-Miner has been fired by the paper....
Campbell gives man new flag
Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.) on Friday presented a Colorado
man with a commemorative American flag after his original was stolen in
an odd incident....
Students storm Interior building
A group of Hopi, Navajo and other students recently marched to the
Department of Interior to protest Peabody Coal's use of water in
northern Arizona....
Flathead Nation buys building
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of Montana have bought an
old bank in Polson....
Police agreement set to expire
The Siksika First Nation of Alberta is considering suing the province over
a disputed cross-jurisdictional police agreement....
Norton to move on law enforcement
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton plans to respond to an inspector
general report which calls for law enforcement within the department to
be reorganized, a senior aide told The Denver Post....
Editorial: Move on coal project
In an editorial today, The Billings Gazette calls on a coal development
project near the Northern Cheyenne Reservation to move forward now
that the tribe and a Montana development board have come to an
agreement....
Film Review: The Fast Runner
The New York Times reviews "The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat)," calling the
all-Inuit film "a masterpiece."
"It is, by any standard, an extraordinary film, a work of narrative sweep
and visual beauty that honors the history of the art form even as it
extends its perspective," writes reviewer A....
Curator leaves legacy at Wash. center
Steve Charles has left his job as executive director of the Sacred Circle
Gallery of American Indian Art in Washington....
Water released in Klamath basin
"What a year" read yesterday's headline in a local paper covering the
Klamath Basin dispute that has pitted farmers against fish and has left
tribes in the area with little....
Memos detail village school problems
Students at the village school in Kivalina, Alaska, appear to have
returned to their old ways, according to The Anchorage Daily News....
Fees awarded to trust fund plaintiffs
An attorney representing 300,000 American Indian beneficiaries to the
Individual Indian Money (IIM) trust said the latest round of sanctions in
the ongoing case won't cost taxpayers as much as last time....
Tribes claim disputed shields
The National Park Service last December announced its intent to
repatriate the oldest leather shields discovered in North America to the
Navajo Nation....
Drilling report was held back
The authors of a report citing dangers to wildlife should drilling in the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge be approved were hindered from releasing
their research, The Anchorage Daily News reports....
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