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April 07, 2005 Tragedy at Red Lake: School to reopen next week An update on the latest developments involving the March 21, 2005, fatal shootings on the Red Lake Reservation in Minnesota. THE INVESTIGATION ONLINE RESOURCES • Star Tribune: Red Lake School... Professor says California ignoring Indian children California's public schools aren't doing enough to meet the needs of Indian students, according to professor Joely De La Torre of California State University, San Bernardino. De La Torre said... Drunk Student: Chief Illiniwek is not offensive to Natives "Last week I was blessed with tickets to the NCAA men's Basketball finals in St. Louis. Although drunk, I noticed something was missing in the halftime show -- Chief Illiniwek.... Supreme Court to weigh appeal of trust lawsuit Two years after losing an attempt to limit the federal government's fiduciary responsibilities, the Bush administration is back at the U.S. Supreme Court with another trust case. The Department of... Oklahoma tribe files claim to island in Ohio The Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma has filed a land claim to part of an island in Ohio. The tribe is seeking damages for the loss of 350 acres of North... Bill to clean up mines near reservation advances A Montana Senate committee unanimously endorsed a bill to clean up two abandoned mines near the Fort Belknap Reservation. The Zortman-Landusky gold mines have contaminated the local water supply. The... Judge won't let Peltier see government papers A federal judge has denied a request by imprisoned American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier to unseal certain government documents. Peltier's defense team believes the papers contain information that could... Editorial: Economic development a solution "James Wolfensohn's tour of the Pine Ridge Reservation was symbolic of a growing awareness - in some quarters - of a real solution to many problems on Indian reservations. That... Supreme Court called less sympathetic to Indians For many decades, the U.S. Supreme Court was a place tribes and individual Indians could look to obtain justice. But observers say the court's latest ruling involving the Oneida Nation... Court to hear dispute over Yakama Nation utility fee The Washington Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to the Yakama Nation's utility fee. The tribe imposes a 3 percent fee on utility companies that do business on... Campbell to give update on Indian energy legislation Retired Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colorado) will give an update on Indian energy legislation at a conference in Las Vegas today. In the 108th Congress, Campbell backed a measure to... Program aims to keep Native students in school A biology professor at Newman University in Kansas has created a program to help Native American students stay in school. Native students have the highest dropout rate in the Wichita... Torres Martinez Band launches $1.5M wetlands project The Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians of California held a blessing ceremony on Wednesday for a $1.5 million wetlands restoration project. The tribe will turn 85 acres of its reservation... Ousted Soboba Band council member regains seat Members of the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians elected two new council members on Saturday, including one man who was ousted just a few months ago. Maurice "Buster" Mojado was... Man who was banished as teen in trouble with law again A 28-year-old Alaska Native man whose banishment by a Tlingit tribal court drew national attention a decade ago has been arrested on assault and weapons charges. Adrian Rusch-Guthrie and... Native woman who had heart surgery at age 2 dies Cynthia J. Doria, a Yankton Sioux woman who underwent heart surgery at the age of 2, died in February. She was 46. At the time of the operation in 1961,... Native man a suspect in slaughter of bald eagles Officials in Canada said on Wednesday they have identified a prime suspect in the slaughter of dozens of bald eagles on First Nation land in British Columbia. Officials would not... Lake dispute draws Natives on both sides of border First Nations in Canada and tribal governments in the U.S. are opposed to an outlet in Devils Lake, North Dakota, the head of the Assembly of First Nations said on... Editorial: Denounce Ahenakew but don't charge him "No citizen in a free society should go to jail for his opinions, even opinions as vile as David Ahenakew's. A former native leader, Mr. Ahenakew told a reporter in... Native leader offers diabetes defense for hate crime A Native leader who made anti-Semitic remarks plans to blame his outburst on diabetes and two glasses of wine, his lawyer said. David Ahenakew, a former chief of the Assembly... Utah appeals ruling on Goshute nuclear waste dump The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board heard arguments on Wednesday against its decision to allow a nuclear waste dump on the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation in Utah. The state of... GOP rallies to DeLay's defense amid new reports Republicans rushed to defend Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) on Wednesday amid reports that another overseas trip was funded by lobbyists and that his wife and daughter had received more... Commentary: Tribal flags at the Montana Capitol "Tribal flags billowed next to the Stars and Stripes, the smell of burning sweetgrass hung in the air, and the drumbeat from a half-dozen tom-toms was a tad insistent. Scores... |