News Archive: October 17, 2004 - October 23, 2004 Archives

October 22, 2004
Dozens of Pequot graves discovered at site (10/22)
Indian law proposed for Washington bar exam (10/22)
South Dakota tribes announce support for Daschle (10/22)
National Park Service to donate firewood to tribe (10/22)
Native Voice newspaper to get out of the vote (10/22)
North Dakota tribe may ban felons from office (10/22)
Alaska Native corporation land swap proposed (10/22)
Metis man charged for hunting without license (10/22)
Investigators look into fire at Native center (10/22)
Man claiming to be Native admits fraud in court (10/22)
HBO segment focuses on use of Indians as mascots (10/22)
Pine Ridge Election: Profile of Russell Means (10/22)
Jury finds no discrimination in firing of Indian man (10/22)
The Nation: NMAI viewed as a 'starting point' (10/22)
Mille Lacs diminishment case before Supreme Court (10/22)
Coyote Valley Band in leadership struggle (10/22)
DeLay subpoenaed in fight over Texas redistricting (10/22)
Bush, Kerry consider new members of Cabinet (10/22)
Former Catawba Nation official pleads not guilty (10/22)

October 21, 2004
Feds seek evidence in non-Indian peyote case (10/21)
Center to improve education of Indian students (10/21)
County to decide on appeal of Native voting case (10/21)
Kickapoo Tribe refiles charges against elderly women (10/21)
Tribe's college faces uncertain financial future (10/21)
Navajo council makes second endorsement in same race (10/21)
State bars second absentee vote on reservation (10/21)
Woman finds calling in helping Native elders (10/21)
Chairman: Thune 'not very productive' on Indians (10/21)
Pine Ridge Election: Profile of Cecilia Fire Thunder (10/21)
Authorities investigate death at Eastern Cherokee (10/21)
Judge tosses lawsuit over BIA role in tribal finances (10/21)
Native center in Saskatchewan damaged by fire (10/21)
Crow horses helped NMAI and Secret Service in DC (10/21)
Indian students hold cleansing ceremony for tepee (10/21)
Governor calls tribe's offer 'a kind of blackmail' (10/21)
Group wants to preserve Florida burial ground (10/21)
Alaska Native vote called crucial in Senate race (10/21)
Issue: Students debate Mt. Graham telescope site (10/21)
Apache tribe continues to fight telescope site (10/21)
Bush used IHS money for anti-terrorism, Iraq (10/21)
Study shows women with excess mercury levels (10/21)
Two more lawyers linked to lobbyist scandal (10/21)

October 20, 2004
Bill treating tribe as state signed into law (10/20)
Indian County support grows for Kerry campaign (10/20)
Navajo Nation council nearly endorses Renzi rival (10/20)
Navajo community worried about meth trafficking (10/20)
Navajo soldier says U.S. 'fighting for nothing' (10/20)
Trial into Kickapoo spending begins in Texas (10/20)
Seven California tribes on top 20 campaign donor list (10/20)
Montana governor to fight tribe's riverbed rights (10/20)
Union fighting Agua Caliente Band's zoning plan (10/20)
San Pasqual families to get replacement homes (10/20)
Stillaguamish Tribe to open new health clinic (10/20)
Indian lawmaker challenged over tribal support (10/20)
BIA to hold public hearing on tribe's oil refinery (10/20)
Pueblo designer takes pottery, fashion to new heights (10/20)
Chief defends natural gas drilling agreement (10/20)
First Nation school reopens with elders teaching (10/20)
Study shows tribe not receiving benefits from state (10/20)
Indian students upset over tepee defacement (10/20)
Obesity blamed for rising health care costs (10/20)
Online Chat: Abramoff 'close friend' of DeLay (10/20)

October 19, 2004
Heart disease, cancer showing up in Alaska Natives (10/19)
South Dakota challenge to tribes rejected by high court (10/19)
Renzi wins endorsement of Navajo Nation Council (10/19)
Alaska Natives offered money for corporation vote (10/19)
Indian Eddie: Man fought for Native right to vote (10/19)
Complaint filed over Northern Cheyenne election (10/19)
Tribes will be hardest hit by power plant closure (10/19)
Thune's record on Indian issues called non-existent (10/19)
HBO program 'Real Sports' to air mascot segment (10/19)
Nader not upset over LaDuke's endorsement of Kerry (10/19)
Metis Nation won't recognize probe of election (10/19)
Native kids sent home from dilapidated school (10/19)
Native man's death linked to drugs, not police (10/19)
Montana won't join fight over tribe's riverbed (10/19)
California tribe to use grant to fight 'club drugs' (10/19)
Drug abuse prevention grants target Native youth (10/19)
Friends hope to carry out Kiowa veteran's dream (10/19)
Yellow Bird: Tribal college leaders overlooked (10/19)
Christian Coalition still after Poarch Creeks (10/19)
Convicted grave robber faces even more charges (10/19)
Tribe's management at bison range protested (10/19)
Republicans register more voters in New Mexico (10/19)

October 18, 2004
Column: Tribal rhetoric doesn't match reality (10/18)
Confusion continues over ownership of homes (10/18)
Navajo men wearing caps support George Bush (10/18)
Lummi Nation hopes to increase voter turnout (10/18)
Man pleads guilty in Crow kickback scheme (10/18)
Tribes file briefs in Oneida Nation land case (10/18)
Winona LaDuke explains Kerry endorsement (10/18)
Russell Means, Fire Thunder to debate in Pine Ridge (10/18)
Navajos in disarray over Washington office (10/18)
Opinion: Tribal system in Alaska not working (10/18)
HUD money used for Palm Pilots, night goggles (10/18)
Democrats open second office on Navajo Nation (10/18)
Crazy Horse descendants fight strip club's name (10/18)
Pat Robertson claims Indians 'not totally literate' (10/18)
Utah tribe cites sovereignty for Michigan health clinic (10/18)
Native man told to document U.S. citizenship (10/18)
Congressman denies knowing of tribe's backing (10/18)
Narragansett Tribe recognizes oldest member (10/18)
Mark Trahant: Congress should abide by laws too (10/18)

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