2003 Intergovernmental News Stories
• •Judge Upholds R.I. Smoke-Shop Shutdown (Star
Tribune) * 12/29
• •Cigarette
Tax Legislation Threatens Tribes (Indian
Country Today) * 12/29
• •Indian Tribes'
Monopoly on Gaming Upheld (Sacramento
Bee) 12/23
• •Government
Buys More Bison Meat for Indian Tribes (Tri-Valley
Herald) 12/21
• •St. Regis
Tribe Seeks Exemption (news10now.com)
12/19
• •Opinion:
Family feud percolates (Indian Affairs and Governments) (Coshocton
Tribune) 12/18
• •Appeals Court
Nominee Favored Industry over Tribes (Indianz.com)
12/18
• •Turning Stone
Won't Share Says Tribe Leader (Post
Standard) * 12/18
• •Governor,
Indian Leaders Sign Tobacco Compacts (News-Star)
12/17
• •Criticism
of Navajo Water Rights Agreement Mounts (Daily
Times) 12/17
• •Mohegans
Decide against Upwellers in Harbor (The
Day) * 12/17
• •Gambling
Foes Push on in Court (recordonline.com)
12/17
• •Tobacco Tax
Bill Still Poses Challenges for Indian Country (Indianz.com)
12/16
• •Supreme Court
Rejects Appeal of Native Preference Case (Indianz.com)
12/16
• •Tribes Launch
Headcount to Challenge US Census (The
Guardian) 12/16
• •Detroit to
File Casino Resolution (Detroit
News) 12/16
• •President
Bush to Meet with Navajo Leaders? (Gallup
Independent) 12/12
• •N.Y. Tribe
Balks at Sharing Casino Revenues with State (Indianz.com)
12/12
• •AG, Town
Leaders Talk Tribal Issues (The
Day) * 12/12
• •Hearing Draws
Spirited Debate (Lompoc
Record) 12/11
• •Judge Tosses
Indian Vets' Money Suit (Albuquerque
Journal) 12/11
• •Mahnomen,
White Earth to Sign Policing Agreement Today (Star
Tribune) * 12/11
• •Turning Stone
Pact Could be Retooled (Post
Standard) * 12/11
• •Oneida Nation
to Negotiate with Pataki (news10now.com)
12/10
• •Aamodt Judge
Awaits Results of Talks (Santa
Fe New Mexican) 12/10
• •Green Bay
Area Chamber of Commerce Wants Say on Gaming Case (Green
Bay Press Gazette) 12/10
• •Town Reaffirms
Policy to Keep All Talks with Tribes Public (The
Day) * 12/10
• •Lien Placed
on Pequot Hotel (Hartford
Courant) * 12/10
• •N.M. Tribe
Seals Winning Case on Labor Laws (Indianz.com)
12/9
• •New Yorkers
Support Not Collecting State Taxes on Reservations (news10now.com)
12/9
• •OST Signs
Agreement with State on Fuel Tax (Rapid
City Journal) 12/9
• •Col. Pare,
5 Troopers Sued over July Raid (Providence
Journal) * 12/9
• •Dean Forced
to Explain Stance on State Taxation (Indianz.com)
12/8
• •For N.Y.
Indians, New World of Wealth (Boston
Globe) 12/7
• •Judge Rejects
Mescaleros Request for Arbitration (Daily
Times) 12/7
• •Legislators
Told of the Plight of Indians in Utah (Salt
Lake Tribune) 12/5
• •State Limits
Gaming (Billings
Gazette) 12/4
• •Stevens Alters
Stance on Justice Grants (News-Miner)
11/30
• •Arctic Aloha
(Anchorage
Daily News) 11/30
• •Reservation
Fights Woes of Trafficking (Chicago
Tribune) * 11/30
• •States Back
Tribal Sovereignty in Supreme Court Case (Indianz.com)
11/26
• •Baca to Back
Casino Plan (LATimes)
* 11/26
• •Bush Briefs
Sound Alarm on Indian Gaming Regulation (Indianz.com)
11/25
• •Environmental
Groups, Tribe Seek Review of Well Permit (Green
Bay Press Gazette) 11/25
• •State to
Review Tribe's Water Use (Press-Enterprise)
* 11/24
• •Bison Roam
in the Refuge, but That's on a Reservation (NYT)
* 11/24
• •Programs
for Ethnic Hawaiians Survive (Washington
Post) 11/20
• •Official
to Decide on Control (Law enforcement) (Newsok.com)
11/20
• •Indians Vent
Anger at Bush (Albuquerque
Journal) 11/19
• •Tribes Left
Out of Internet and Cigarette Tax Bills (Indianz.com)
11/19
• •Tribe Welcomes
Vote on Casino (Appeal-Democrat)
11/19
• •Ho-Chunk
Make Deal with City, County (Pioneer
Press) 11/18
• •Tribe-owned
Agency Sues State over Workers' Comp Dispute (Sacramento
Business Journal) 11/17
• •Supreme Court
Refuses to Hear Indian Gambling Case (Newsday.com)
11/17
• •Mohawks to
Share Slot Machine Revenues with State (Capital
News 9) 11/16
• •Indians Now
Disdain a Farm Once Hailed for Giving Tribe Jobs (NYT)
* 11/15
• •Cayugas game
for gaming hall (Post
Standard) * 11/14
• •Family Tops
Feds in Court Appeal (Salt
Lake Tribune) 11/14
• •Sho-Ban Show
Down (kidktv.com)
11/11
• •Tribes Lobbying
against 'Harmful' Appropriations Riders (Indianz.com)
11/10
• •State Seeks
a Seat on Fed Panel (Anchorage
Daily News) 11/10
• •Gov.-elect,
Tribes Aim to Define 'Fair Share' (San
Diego Union-Tribune) 11/10
• •Indian Cigarette
Tax Delayed (Post
Standard) 11/8
• •N.M. Governor
Signs Navajo Nation Gaming Compact (Indianz.com)
11/7
• •Seneca Indians
Start Ad Campaign against State's Tax Plan (NYT)
* 11/7
• •Superior
Court Judge Will Not Revisit Ruling on Sovereignty of Tribe (Vineyard
Gazette) 11/07
• •Seneca Tax
Fight Detailed by Leader (Times
Union) 11/6
• •Carcieri
Names Liaison to Tribe (zwire.com)
11/6
• •Native Firm
to Contract with Interior (Juneau
Empire) 11/5
• •Judge Orders
Data to BIA (Cheyenne Tribe's Child Welfare Files) (Billings
Gazette) 11/5
• •Senate Tackles
Casino Gaming (Standard
Times) 11/5
• •Indian Employees
to Lose Preference under Bush Plan (Indianz.com)
11/4
• •Crackdown:
State Targets Tribal Policies (San
Francisco Business Times) 11/3
• •Judge Throws
out Part of County's Rancheria Suit (Mountain
Democrat) 11/3
• •Seminoles,
Broward Strike Deal (South
Florida Business Journal) 11/3
• •Village Banished
Their Problem Resident, but State Officials Say They Had No Right
(Anchorage
Daily News) 11/2
• •Judge Nixes
Indian Tax Suit (Norwich
Bulletin) 11/1
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• •Iroquois
Flag Raising Stirs Opposition in Upstate New York Community (News-Star)
10/31
• •Town, Tribe
May Resume Talks over Lake of Isles (The
Day) * 10/31
• •Mohawk Chiefs
Withdraw from Pact with State (Times
Union) 10/30
• •Indian Tribe
Gets Private State House Meeting to Push for Casino (Boston
Globe) 10/29
• •Mayors, Tribal
Leaders Stress Common Goals (Press
Enterprise) * 10/28
• •Seneca Nation
Launches Anti-tax Media Campaign (Newsday.com)
10/27
• •Stevens Attacks
Tribal Funding (Anchorage
Daily News) * 10/25
• •'Phantom'
Tribe Defends its Existence (Anchorage
Daily News) * 10/24
• •Governor
Stresses Roads, Not Budget, at AFN Event (Anchorage
Daily News) * 10/24
• •Indians Rally
behind Narragansetts (The
Day) * 10/24
• •Cayugas Ordered
to Halt Renovation (Post
Standard) * 10/22
• •Deal near
between State and Oneidas (Post
Standard) * 10/22
• •Pueblos Join
Valley Planning Process (Santa
Fe New Mexican) 10/22
• •Heffelfinger
Urges Minnesota Tribes to Help in Homeland Security (Star
Tribune) * 10/21
• •Tribe Leaders
Meet to Talk Politics, Tradition (The
Day) * 10/21
• •Davis OKs
First-of-kind Casino Pact (Sacramento
Bee) 10/21
• •Tribe's pact
with Davis reported near (Press
Democrat) 10/21
• •Putting the
Chips on the Table (Ellsworth
American) 10/16
• •House Chairman
Supports Self-governance Rider (Indianz.com)
10/14
• •Davis Signs
3 New Gaming Pacts, Allots Millions for Local Entities (San
Diego Tribune) 10/13
• •Senator Listens
to Native Concerns (Anchorage
Daily News) 10/11
• •Iowa Tribe
Agrees to Compact (Native
American Times) 10/10
• •Towns Ask
BIA for Mashantucket Documents (The
Day) * 10/10
• •Tribal Control
of National Bison Range Unlikely (The
Missoulian) 10/9
• •Agreement
Means $1 Million More for Tribe (Rapid
City Journal) 10/9
• •House Committee
Taking Testimony on Self-governance (Indianz.com)
10/8
• •Small Tribes
Pay Little Heed to Recall, But Could Lose Big if Actor Is Elected (North
Gate News) 10/7
• •Law Officials
Team Up on Border Security (Sun
Herald) 10/7
• •Conference
Promotes Reconciliation between Indians, Non-Indians (Sioux
City Journal) 10/7
• •A-LP Meeting
May Be Illegal (Durango
Herald) 10/5
• •BIA to Assist,
Advise Oglala Sioux Police (Rapid
City Journal) 10/3
• •Seminoles
Reach Deal on Compact (NewsOK.com)
* 10/3
• •Indians Fighting
Double Jeopardy (Montana
Forum) 10/3
• •State Supreme
Court to Hear Tribal Gaming Compacts Case (mlive.com)
10/2
• •Indian Leader
Says Congressional Resources Needed at Home (Aberdeen
News) 10/1
• •Supreme Court
Asked to Rule on Indian Gaming (Indianz.com)
9/30
• •Chickasaw
and Choctaws Sign Controversial Tobacco Compact (Native
Times) * 9/30
• •Tribes Look
to Cut Deal by Deadline (NewsOK.com)
* 9/29
• •Leaders Gather
for 'Healing of Nations' (Rapid
City Journal) 9/29
• •Catawba Indian
Nation to Settle Audit Dispute (WSOCTV.com)
9/26
• •Haskell Regents
Hesitant about Housing Federal Records (Journal-World)
9/25
• •Lawmakers
to Tribe: Let’s Talk (Indyeastend.com)
9/25
• •Tribes Seek
Good Faith from State
(NewsOK.com)
9/23
• •Navajo Leader
OKs Pact for Casino (Albuquerque
Journal) 9/22
• •Everett,
Tulalips put legal strife in the past (Herald.net)
9/18
• •Mohawk Council
Calls for a Tax-plan Protest (Times
Union) 9/18
• •Senecas Reject
Pataki's Plan to Collect Indian Taxes
(Newsday.com)
9/16
• •Tougher Public
Interest Litigant Law Challenged (Anchorage
Daily News) 9/12
• •U.S.-tribal
Talks on Bison Progress (Billings
Gazette) 9/08
• •Court Takes
up Revenue Sharing (Albuquerque
Journal) 9/04
• •Oglala, feds
debate over fossil theft (Sioux
Falls Argus Leader) 8/21
• •Navajo Cops
Help Blackfeet Cops in Montana (Gallup
Independent) 8/12
• •Agreement on Bison Range Delayed (The
Missoulian) 8/04
• •Bill Gives
More Time for Funding Tribal Memorials (Daily
Times) 8/01
• •Speed up
Casino Suit, Judge Says (Journal
Sentinel) 8/01
• •State Gets
1st Pay from Casino Pacts (Arizona
Republic) 7/31
• •County launches
tribal task force (Press
Enterprise) * 7/30
• •Sac and Fox
Nation, City, State Officials to Open Bridge Today (News-Star)
7/25
• •Bison
Group Wants More Say in Management (Billings
Gazette) 7/24
• •Phoenix,
Tribe Sign Water Pact (Arizona
Republic) 7/18
• •Keweenaw
Bay Indian Community Mulls Over Tax Agreement (WULCtv6.com)
7/15
• •States Get
Too Greedy, Tribes Say (Norwich
Bulletin) 7/10
• •Indians Protest,
Call for Boycott (Argus
Leader) 7/10
• •Formal State
Recognition of Tribes Helps Heal Old Wounds (Lacrosse
Tribune) 7/10
• •Tribes Reject
Tobacco Tax (News-Star)
7/06
• •Oneida Nation
Officials Upset about Budget Provision (Star
Tribune) 7/03
• •Apache County
to Break up Good 'ol Boys? (Gallup
Independent) 7/02
• •New Panel to Address American Indian Issues (Indy
Star) 6/26
• •American
Indian Panel to Add Miami (Courier-Journal)
6/23
• •Federal Contracts
to Tribes Opposed (Anchorage
Daily News) 6/16
• •Court Says
Casino Agreement Invalid (Post
Standard) 6/13
• • Bison-range Talks Will Continue to be Secret (Billings
Gazette) 6/12
• •Group Cites
Shift in Tribal Self-determination Policy (Indianz.com)
6/10
• •Diné
May Seek Injunction on BIA Reorganization (Independent)
6/09
• •State Plan:Deputize Reservation Police (Journal
Star) 6/09
• •Plan to Change
BIA Not Popular (Albuquerque
Journal) 6/04
• •BIA's Syracuse
Office Will Close (Post
Standard) 6/04
• •Pueblo, State
in Money Squabble (Albuquerque
Journal) 6/02
• •State Argues
Against Tax Refund to Tribal Firm (Argus
Leader) 5/30
• •Gaming Foes
Lose Bid to Block Pataki Deal (Times
Union) 5/29
• •Governor,
Tribes Pledge to Cooperate (Statesman
Journal) 5/23
• •Tribe Uses
State Loan to Consider Beef Plant (Argus
Leader) 5/23
• •Feds Seize
Smokes at Tribal Shops (Seattle
Times) 5/21
• •State, Indian
Tobacco Talks Stay Closed (NewsOK.com)
5/21
• •Across the
Big Sky (Great
Falls Tribune) 5/21
• •Final Gaming
Tribe Signs Pact (Arizona
Central.com) 5/21
• •Order Puts
Gaming Deals on Hold (Times
Union) 5/20
• •Lawmakers
Override All of Pataki's Vetoes (Post-Standard)
5/16
• •Tribal Members
Protest Tax Proposal (Times
Union) 5/14
• •Ground Broken
for Navajos’ Antelope Point Marina (New
Mexican) 5/08
• •Compact Talks
to Continue (NewsOK)
5/06
• •State Police
Officers Cross-deputized with Navajo Police (Daily
Times) 5/06
• •Arguments
Filed in Fuel-refund Case (Rapid
City Journal) 5/05
• •A Tribe's
Tale of Three Identities (Christian
Science Monitor) 4/30
• •Bill Addresses
Relationship of Tribes, State (Havre
Daily News) 4/29
• •Non-Indians
now prosecutable at Sky City (Gallup
Independent) 4/25
• •Congressman
Opens Branch Office in Navajo Capital (Daily
Times) 4/24
• •Native Leaders
Question Leman on State's Priorities (News-Miner)
3/13
• •Slot Rights
Enrich Tribe (Arizona
Republic) 3/7
• •Reservation
Jail Bill Still Stuck in Legislature (Aberdeen
News) 3/7
• •Tribal-governance
Bill to be Introduced in Senate (Lincoln
Journal Star) 2/27
• •Supreme Court
Case Draws Tribal Attention (Indianz.com)
2/25
• •U.S. Supreme
Court Won't Hear Hog Case (Rapid
City Journal) 2/25
• •Wisconsin
Tribe Seeks Determination on Standing (Star
Tribune) 2/11
• •Court Says
U.S. Can Protect Tribe's Interests (Indianz.com)
2/4
• •KSG Professors
Mediate Dispute: Questions over Sovereignty Spark Clash between
Idaho Tribe, nearby Towns (Harvard
University Gazette) 1/30
• •Kan. Wins Ruling in Tribal Gas Tax Dispute (Indianz.com)
1/29
• •Court: Prosecutors
Can Use Tribal Court Verdicts (mlive.com)
1/8
