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Headline Archives 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 PAST
2003 National Native News Headlines
Wednesday,
December 31, 2003 Tax Agreement Between Oglala Sioux Tribe and South Dakota Under Fire Canadian
Female Chiefs May Soon Get Recognition for Their Contributions No Word on Death of 16-Year Old Native American Girl at Boarding School Meskwaki Casino Plans to Re-Open on Wednesday, December 31st Monday,
December 29, 2003 Canadian Supreme Court Decision In Favor of Metis Rights Spurs Debate Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Tribe Makes State’s List of Biggest Charitable Donors Wednesday,
December 24, 2003 Canadian Survey Shows Urban Natives Lagging in Education Tuesday,
December 23, 2003 Idaho Tribal Smoke Shops Set to Increase Prices on January 1st Winnipeg
City Council in Canada Vote Yes on Proposed Urban Reserve Navajo Nation and State of New Mexico Proposed Water Rights Deal Under Fire TV Movie about Canadian Native Leader’s Death Renews Concerns of His Death Friday,
December 19, 2003 Montana Tribes Wanting to Expand Gaming on Tribal Lands Oglala Sioux Tribe Sponsors Stress in the Workplace Conference Wednesday,
December 17, 2003 Alcoholism/Addiction
Follow Canada’s Innu After Relocation from Troubled Community Court Decision Allowing Air Force to Grant Contract to Native-Owned Business Stands Supporter of Shooting Range Near Sacred Butte Ask Judge to Dismiss Lawsuit Monday,
December 15, 2003 Reconstruction After Wildfires Begin on California’s Barona Indian Reservation Canadian Health Officials/Community Leaders Concerned by High Suicide Rates BIA Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit In Killing of Couple by Drunk Driving Employee Friday, December 12, 2003 200 Year-Old Wampum Belt Making Its Way Home To Akwesasne Mohawk Humane Farming Association Says Hog Farm on Rosebud Sioux Reservation is Inhumane Kansas Awaiting Decision on Suit Against Wyandotte Tribe Thursday,
December 11, 2003 Oneida Nation Has to Negotiate New Compact with N.Y., State Drops Appeal Alaska’s Kake All-volunteer Circle Peacemaking Receives Harvard Award Wednesday,
December 10, 2003 Navajo Nation and New Mexico Propose Water Rights Settlement South
Dakota Governor Wants to Improve Relations with Tribes Warm Springs Reservation Children More Likely to Die 3 Tribal Members Sue Police in Narragansett Tribal Smoke Shop Raid Monday,
December 8, 2003 Canadian Judge Says Prime Minister Should Testify in Oil & Gas Royalties Case Native American Business Owners Want OpportunityNot Hand Out Friday,
December 5, 2003 Thursday,
December 4, 2003 Eskimo Teenager Training to Become Squad Commander in Israeli Military South Dakota Diabetes Reduction Program Combines Technology and Culture New Mexico Tribe’s Golf Course Named Best In Class by National Magazine Wednesday,
December 3, 2003 South Dakota Peace and Justice Calls for Review of Rapid City Police Department Alaska Senator Drops Riders but Wants Commission to Review Tribal Justice Systems Tuesday,
December 2, 2003 First Female Chief Justice of the Navajo Nation is Sworn In Monday,
December 1, 2003 Survey Shows Canadians Support Aboriginal Cultures But Not Native Rights South Dakota State University Program Aims to EducateThrough Distance Learning
Natives and non-Natives Protest Farm Bureau and One Nation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Official Visits the Navajo Nation Thursday,
November 27, 2003 Meskwaki Tribal Leaders Hope to Re-Open Casino Soon New Expedition Honors History of the Iditarod Trail Wednesday,
November 26, 2003 Ontario’s New Government Calls for Investigation into Dudley George Shooting Tuesday,
November 25, 2003 CA Utility Company Tells Navajo Nation that Coal Generating Station Will Close South Dakota Corrections Aftercare Program Focuses on Native American Juveniles Monday,
November 24, 2003 Poverty Report says Canada’s Native Children Most Affected South
Dakota Catholic School Dealing with Allegations of Sexual Abuse Friday,
November 21, 2003 Cigarette
Smuggling Bill Viewed as Attacking Tribal Sovereignty Thursday,
November 20, 2003 Sioux Nations to Hold Treaty Meeting to Educate on Fort Laramie Treaties Wednesday,
November 19, 2003 BIA Recognized Meskwaki Election But Tribe’s Bank Doesn’t Federal Officials Plan to Clean Up Former Uranium Mine on Spokane Reservation Tuesday,
November 18, 2003 Lakota First Person in South Dakota to Receive 10th Degree Black Belt in Martial Arts Monday,
November 17, 2003 U.S. Navy Officially Hands Sacred Island back to Hawaiian Government University of Oklahoma Official Lectures on Contemporary Native American Activism Friday,
November 13, 2003 Nominee to Head B.I.A. says Entrepreneurship is Key to Native Independence Tony Hillerman’s Navajo Tribal Police Thriller “Coyote Waits” Premiers in New Mexico Thursday,
November 13, 2003 Catalina Island Buffalo Returned to Standing Rock & Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation Canada's First Nations Group Want Totem Returned Wednesday,
November 12, 2003 Native Americans Mascots A Hot Issue at Central Michigan University Tuesday,
November 11, 2003 Students at American Indian Schools Rank Highest In Smoking and Drug Use First Nations’ Cree are Getting into the Oil Business Monday,
November 10, 2003 Arizona Judge Rules to Keep Hopi and Navajo Separated BIA
Recognizes Results of Meskwaki Recall Elections Fast Track Plan to Settle Abuse Claims in Canadian Boarding Schools Changes Tribal College Hopes Program will Help Native American Veterans Return to School Thursday,
November 6, 2003 Legal Issues Impacting Indian Education in Montana being Tackled in Forum Lakota Elder Teaching the Art of Brain Tanning Wednesday,
November 5, 2003 Appeal Filed in Washington Redskins Trademark Case Federal Court Denies Leonard Peltier’s Request for Parole Hearing Canadian Aboriginal Flees US Army to Deal with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Tuesday,
November 4, 2003 Native
American Organizations to Participate on CNN’s Democratic Presidential
Forum Monday,
November 3, 2003 Police Consider Attack of Alaska Native Woman with Paintballs a Hate Crime Few Services for Inuit Offenders in Most Canadian Federal Prisons Friday,
October 31, 2003 Montana Tribes Say they will Sue State/Federal Government over Old Gold Mine Coeur d’Alene Tribe and Idaho State Ban to Survey Wind Power Generation Thursday,
October 30, 2003 Recent Elections Continue Meskwaki Tribal Leadership Dispute Wednesday,
October 29, 2003 Pine Ridge High School Receives Grant to Keep Students in School Tuesday,
October 28, 2003 Traditional Buffalo Hunt Aims to Bring Back Traditional Lakota Ways Monday,
October 27, 2003 Aboriginal Girls Win the Right to Stay with White Foster Parent Native Americans in Albuquerque, NM Working to Become Swing Vote Friday,
October 24, 2003 Bear Project in Southeast Alaska is Drawing Fire from Environmentalists Thursday,
October 23, 2003 Nez Perce Tribe Considers Developing Bio-Diesel Fuel Montana’s Governor Proclaims Fort Peck Reservation as “Capitol for a Day” Wednesday,
October 22, 2003 Benefit Concert to Help Native American Health Center in Oakland, California Tuesday,
October 21, 2003 SD
Receives Nearly $500,000 to Boost Organ/Eye/Tissue Donations on Reservations Monday,
October 20, 2003 Hundreds Gather to Commemorate Victims of the Dakota Conflict of 1862. Aboriginal Celebrities Raise Funds for Scholarship in Memory of Native Activist Friday,
October 17, 2003 Plans
to Establish Oklahoma’s First Tribal College are Underway Thursday,
October 16, 2003 Meskwaki Primary Elections Hopes to End Costly 7-Month Political Struggle Montana Governor Meets with Tribes to Talk Natural Resource Development Wednesday,
October 15, 2003 Outgoing
California Governor Davis Signs Bills In Favor of Tribal Casinos Tuesday,
October 14, 2003 First Inuk to Play Professional Hockey Plays for the Nashville Predators Kalispell Tribe Goes State of the Art to Preserve Culture Monday,
October 13, 2003 Sacagawea Statue to be Placed in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall South Dakota’s Native American Day - Crossing Racial Divides/ Building Bridges Friday, October 10, 2003 South Dakota Native American Women’s Shelter Celebrates 3 Years Supreme Court Declines to Hear Montana Non-Native Hunter Case Judge Says Washington Redskins Can Keep Trademark Thursday,
October 9, 2003 Canada’s First Nations People Walk 700 miles to Highlight Health Problems Tuesday,
October 7, 2003
Canada’s Northwest Territories Premier Announces Retirement Monday,
October 6, 2003 Colville Tribal Members Rally to Draw Attention to School District Deficiencies University of California Restricts Native American Blessings and Prayers Friday,
October 3, 2003 Reconciliation between Native and non-Natives Subject of SD Event Thursday,
October 2, 2003 Tuesday,
September 30, 2003 Religious Artifacts Returned to Navajo, Hopi and Pueblos Ontario Public & Security Minister Wants Wrongful Death Lawsuit Postponed Friday,
September 26, 2003 Wednesday,
September 24, 2003 St. Regis Mohawk Want New York Tribes to Oppose Cigarette & Gas Tax Peltier Seeks Early Parole Hearing Monday, September 22, 2003 Navajo
Nation President Signs Gaming Compact Friday,
September 19, 2003 Thursday,
September 18, 2003 White Bison- Striving to Uphold Sobriety and Wellness in Native Communities Lakota Men Swim from Alcatraz Island to San Francisco to Promote Health Wednesday,
September 17, 2003 Rare Pneumonia in Native Canadian Community a Threat Tuesday,
September 16, 2003 South Dakota Tribal Radio Stations Simulcasts Treaty-Education Show Monday,
September 15, 2003 Feds Concerned About Money Laundering by Terrorists at Tribal Casinos Lakota Tribal Members Walk to Celebrate/Remember Cancer Survivors and Victims Tuesday,
September 9, 2003 Decrease in Number of Native Americans in OK Blamed on Flawed Survey Hopi Man First Native American Nominated to Arizona Veterans Commission Monday,
September 8, 2003 Friday,
September 5, 2003 Inuit Sign Historical Land Claims Settlement Native-owned Printing Company Features Lakota History Thursday,
September 4, 2003 Federation of Saskatchewan Indians Strategize On Native Youth Gangs Committee Says Federal Agencies are Ignoring NAGPRA Laws Wednesday,
September 3, 2003 Tuesday,
September 2, 2003 Friday,
August 29, 2003 Federal
Court of Appeals Upheld Convictions of 6 Montana Skinheads Tuesday,
August 26, 2003 President
Bush says He’s Fulfilled Promise to Improve Salmon Runs Monday,
August 25, 2003 Ontario
Government Ordered to Release Photos and Videos Of Fatal Standoff Friday,
August 22, 2003 Thursday,
August 21, 2003 Tuesday,
August 19, 2003 Monday,
August 18, 2003 Will
Microsoft Add Tribal Names to new Version of Word? Friday,
August 15, 2003 Meskwaki
Casino May Be A Step Closer to Reopening Thursday,
August 14, 2003 “Spirit
Walk 2003”- Preserving Native languages Wednesday,
August 13, 2003 Meskwaki Set Their Recall Election for October Tipi Capital of the World Opens at Crow Fair Tuesday,
August 12, 2003 Monday,
August 11, 2003 Oneida Set to Host Ironworkers Festival North Dakota State Continues Recognition of Fighting Sioux Friday,
August 8, 2003 Coeur d'Alene of Idaho Seek State Status from EPA California Tribe OK’d for Land Near Downtown San Francisco Thursday,
August 7, 2003 Former
Southern Ute Indian Tribal Leader Laid to Rest Tuesday,
August 5, 2003 Field
Burning on Coeur d’ Alene Reservation Facing Legal Battle Monday,
August 4, 2003 Friday,
August 1, 2003 Thursday,
July 31, 2003 Wednesday,
July 30, 2003 Tuesday,
July 29, 2003 Monay,
July 28, 2003 Friday,
July 25, 2003 Number
of Plaintiffs in Boarding School Abuse Lawsuit Expected to Grow Thursday,
July 24, 2003 Senator
Joe Lieberman Visited the Nation Largest Indian Tribe Wednesday,
July 23, 2003 Connecticut
Senator Lieberman to Address Navajo Lawmakers Former POW Lynch Says she Misses Hopi Soldier Lori Piestewa Tuesday,
July 22, 2003 Reservation Spay and Neuter Event Largest in South Dakota Alaska’s Water Bodies Lose Water-Quality Monitoring Funds Monday, July 21, 2003 Court Overturns Contempt Ruling against Interior Officials Reservation Spay and Neuter Event Largest in South Dakota Alaska’s Water Bodies Lose Water-Quality Monitoring Funds Friday,
July 18, 2003 Canada’s Assembly of First Nations Elects New Leader Family Questions “Accidental” Ruling of Sergeant Alan Two Crow’s Death Thursday,
July 17, 2003 New Mexico Commissioner Wants Zuni Salt Lake Mining Suspension Lifted Michigan Tribal College Asks for more Charter Schools Wednesday,
July 16, 2003 White River Hospital Transfers Patients to Phoenix Aboriginal Abuse Victims Warned to Ignore Canada's Settlement Offer Tuesday,
July 15, 2003 Group Claims Klamath Basin Study Discriminated Against Tribes Budget Aimed to Helped Rural Alaska Villages Not Approved Monday, July 14, 2003 Canada's Department of Indian Affairs Spied on Aboriginal People Native Americans in South Dakota Protest Police Plans Army Soldier Sentenced to Life for Killing Native American Soldier Friday, July 11, 2003 Iroquois Confederacy Plans Protest of NY Casino/ Land Deals Court Overturns Montana Redistricting Law, Indian Lawmakers Happy Former BIA Employee Appeals Sentence in Drunk Driving Murders Thursday, July 10, 2003 Indian
Trust Settlement Proposals Concern NCAI, Cobell & House Committee South Dakota University Receives $125,000 Grant for Multicultural Scholarships Wednesday, July 9, 2003 Senate Holds Hearings on Gaming and Revenue Sharing New York will ask U.S. Supreme Court to Uphold Mohawk Compact Report says Montana Universities Overlooking Native Students Tuesday, July 8, 2003 Bishop Pleads Innocent to Hit-And-Run that Killed Navajo Man South Dakota Water Pipeline Project Faces Major Cutback Traditional Native Hawaiian Counseling Takes On New Life Monday, July 7, 2003 Fires Threatening Tribal Sacred Sites Alaska Native Corp. Considers Oil and Gas Exploration Tribal Leaders At Odds with State Over Tobacco Tax Friday, July 4, 2003 AIM Member Plans to Blockade Whiteclay, Nebraska Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribal Leader Resigns Southern Ute Cultural Museum Receives “Priceless” Addition Thursday,
July 3 , 2003 Swimmer Finishes Testifying in Trust Fund Trial Native American Journalists Association in Financial Crisis No Casino for Narragansett, Bill Failed in State Legislature Wednesday, July 2 , 2003 NY Oneidas Seek to Halt Internet Prescription Sales on Reservation Zuni says Utility Company’s Aquifer Tests Possibly Flawed Wisconsin Oneidas Unhappy with State Over Cigarette Taxes Tuesday, July 1 , 2003 Mohawk Inauguration Leaves Land and Casino Deal Uncertain Apache
Tribe Sues Woman who Started Part of Rodeo-Chediski Fire Monday, June 30 , 2003 Tribal
Leaders Walk Out on Department of Interior Briefing Friday, June 27 , 2003 Montana
Tribes Cheer Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision Thursday, June 26 , 2003 Battle of the Little Bighorn Re-enacted Oneidas
Answer Call to Save Indigenous Languages Wednesday, June 25 , 2003 Indian Memorial Dedicated at Little Bighorn Battlefield Special Trustee Ross Swimmer to Testify in Cobell Case False Navajo Medicine Man Guilty of Rape Tuesday, June 24 , 2003 Zuni Transfer Slot Machine Rights to Gila River “See,
Test and Treat” – One Stop Cancer Survival Shop Monday, June 23 , 2003 Report Sheds Light on Lori Piestewa’s Death State’s High Court says Tribes have Civil Jurisdiction on Allotted Land Indiana Governor Establishes Native American Indian Affairs Commission Friday, June 20, 2003 Congress
Considering Payment to Western Shoshone for Treaty Violations Thursday,
June 19, 2003 Day of Prayer for Protection of Sacred Sites Program Encourages Native American Teens to Pursue Nursing Tuesday, June 17, 2003 Catholic
Bishop Suspected Hit and Run Driver that Killed Navajo Man Thursday, June 12, 2003 Court Says Mohawk Tribe’s Casino Compact is Invalid
Navajo Nation and N.C.A.I. Co-Chair Tribal Leaders Summit Wednesday, June 11, 2003 A bill to protect Native American Sacred lands is introduced in Congress And the White Mountain Apache firefighter who started the Rodeo fire is deemed fit for trial. Tuesday, June 10, 2003 Montana Tribe's Proposal to Manage Bison Refuge Draws Heat Traditional vs. Modern: Navajo Artist Uses Music to Find Balance Monday,
June 9, 2003 Native American Students Show Big Improvements Talk Radio Host Offends Native Americans Friday,
June 6, 2003 Amnesty International Concerned for Dann Sisters California Assembly Kills American Indian Mascots Issue Thursday,
June 5, 2003 New
Mexico Tribal Leaders Accused of Gross Insubordination Two Minnesota Tribes Tackle Poverty Wednesday,
June 4, 2003 Tribes Hail State Supreme Court Decision on Gaming Machine Use Tribes Blame SARS for Decreased Shellfish Sales Tuesday,
June 3, 2003 Monday, June 2, 2003 Tribal College Releases Economic Impact Study Tribes, Villages Recieve Broadband Technology Grants Thursday, May 29, 2003 California
State and Tribal Leaders Discuss Sacred Native Sites Wednesday,
May 28, 2003 Tuesday,
May 27, 2003 2 year-old Navajo Boy with Rare Disease Needs Bone Marrow
Protest Against Missouri River Recreational Sites Continues Federal Marshals Shut Down Meskwaki Casino U.S. Army Responds to Accusations of Sexually Assault Northern Ute Investigating Plans to Open Cockfighting Ring On Reservation Friday, May 23, 2003 Federal Officials Investigating Tribal Smoke Shops University Sets Record In American Indian Graduates Denver Public School Teaches Lakota Language Thursday, May 22, 2003 Supreme Court Rules Tribes Can’t Sue States Lewis and Clark Conference Focuses on Native Perspective Wednesday, May 21, 2003 BIA Officials Testify on Reorganization Plans Tohono O'odham Election Not Postponed Says Judge Coeur d’Alene Developing Interactive Map of Ancestral Sites Tuesday, May 20, 2003 Alaska’s Supreme Court Says Native Hiring Preference Violates Constitution Judge May Send Marshals to Shut Down Meskwaki Casino Wounded Knee Residents Upset Over Massacre Museum Monday, May 19, 2003 Federal
Judge Postpones Sacred Sites Decision Friday, May 16, 2003 Lakota Woman Accuses Army Recruiter of Sexual Assault Federal Judge Overturns Salmon Restoration Plan Montana Bill Honors Native American Veterans Thursday, May 15, 2003 Minnesota Tribe Okays Radioactive Waste Storage Agreement South Dekota Senator Says Bush’s Tax Plan Will Hurt Indians Alaska Native Women File Voting Rights Lawsuit Wednesday, May 14, 2003 Historic Forum Brings Together Natives, US Lawmakers Meskwaki Casino Ordered to Shut Down
University of Toledo Asked to Return Indian Remains St. Regis Mohawk, New York Sign Historic Agreement South Dakota Woman Accused of Voter Fraud Pleads Innocence Canada’s First Nations Protest Anti-Sovereignty Legislation Monday, May 12, 2003 Wisconsin's
Gaming Compacts Challenged in the Courts Yankton Sioux Asks Tribes to Help Protect Sacred Lands Friday, May 10, 2003 First Lady Visits the Navajo Nation Secretary of Education Visits Alaska Native Villages Thursday, May 8, 2003 Historic Agreement Between Mohawks and New York Halted Meskwaki Chairman Withdraw |
