7-4-2003
At least one court upholds sovereignty

5-10-2003
'One Nation' seeks tribal pact changes

Tribes, Sheriff Agree Law Enforcement Jurisdiction

Judge dismisses Mille Lacs County lawsuit over tribal land

4-30-2003
Tribe eyes constitutional changes

Set Tribe Free From State

A tribe's tale of three identities

Corporations will never take place of tribes

4-13-2003
State Group forms to fight Tribal Sovereignty, Gaming

Regulators deny legality of limited spring subsistence hunts

4-5-2003
Supreme Court Hears Indian Lands Case

Panel ponders changes to Indian settlement act

Miccosukee chief: Respect our civil rights

3-10-2003
Tribe Must Report Political Donations

Eastern Pequot act to seal federal status

Protected from courts, tribes use law for gain

Lost Cherokee update effort for federal, state recognition

2-25-2003
Tribes praise proposal to overturn court ruling

Paugussett Chief Makes Tribe's Case In Letter To Lawmakers

2-17-2003
Are State's Indians In The Crosshairs?

Rep. Grijalva introduces bill granting citizenship for tribe

2-2-2003
Heroes or Spoilers? Shoshone Sisters Battling Feds

Federal appeals court upholds sentence for selling bald eagle parts in U.S.

AFN won't take lead

Blood, birthplace or beliefs? Indians struggle over Indian blood

U.S. Government gives benefits based on blood

1-26-2003
Blood quantum wins at Flathead; membership decline predicted

Tribes, Davis fight for gambling bonanza

Experts: Tribes may lay claim to waterways

Indian land questions can be complicated

1-19-2003
OAS Commission Again Sides With Shoshone Indians

Shoshone sisters begin moving horses from Nevada range

Casinos Lead to Tribal Sovereignty Woes

Seakonk Wampanoags to seek federal recognition, claim lands

Paugussetts Expect News Next Week On Petition For Recognition

1-12-2003
Supreme Court won't hear state's appeal on Indian farming issue

Treaty will give natives fishing rights

1-5-2003
Recognition curbs alive in Congress

Lawsuit over campaign donations could test tribal sovereignty

Tribal checkpoint at issue

‘Shadow Walker’ fights for control

1-1-2003
Federal Court Upholds Delaware Tribe’s Recognition

Cherokee Nation to Appeal Federal Court Ruling

Senators sneer at foes of Indian bill

Supreme Court upholds reservation hunting ban

People of Color Who Never Felt They Were Black

12-21-2002
Court Nixes Whaling by American Indians

Cherokee to audit tribal enrollment

Samish lose bid for treaty rights

Tulalips want sales-tax money from mall

11-27-2002
Kiowa members claim cockfighting legal on tribal land

Pojoaque Official Compares Water Order to al-Qaida

11-19-2002
Change in regulations would disinherit thousands of Indian landowners

Fear of casinos stalls Lenape recognition

Author addresses federal government for recognition of Indian Tribe

Father Wants Right to Give Child Peyote as Part of Religion

Slow progress on land claim implementation "shocking"

11-11-2002
Liquid assets: Salish and Kootenai tribes seek to manage Flathead water

Cherokees keep heritage alive

Gaming opponents could continue to fight against Prop. 1

11-03-2002
Oklahoma tribe has no claim to Kansas land in casino bid, Interior says

Tribes sued over funds disclosure
State wants campaign-donation reports

10-27-2002
State's Appeal Will Be Heard

Ventura's order represents major change on Indian issues

AFN resolutions tackle sovereignty

Nunavik Inuit recognized at Quebec legislature

Quebec Inuit gain control of islands

10-20-2002
American Indian Tribe Sues Gov't

Indian land bill aground, Inhofe says

Sandias ownership claim could be settled in November

Federal subsistence board looks at sales of salmon

October 14, 2002
Campaign against "terminators in black robes"

McCaleb floats reform plan for beleaguered recognition

Tribe to issue hunting permits

9-29-2002
Feds Rustle Shoshone Livestock Again

State, towns appeal Easterns' recognition

Recognition foes smell possible conflict of interest

Town wants say on tribal recognition

Monocans Say Meet Was Promising

9-15-2002
Ok. Representative Wants Court to determine who is an Indian

Anti-Pequot politicians will appeal recognition

Muwekma Ohlone denied recognition

Appeals court says Yakama tribe can be taxed

Young's Native lands bill clears committee

Tribes to have more sovereignty over oil, gas production

Klamath Tribal leaders 'satisfied' with negotiations

Tribal hunting measure on hold

Northwest California Tribes Debate $70 Million Settlement Fund

Gila River water pact okayed

9-01-2002
Tribal Decision Challenged

8-21-2002
We shouldn’t have (Indian) trust in the Supreme Court

Department of Defense tax correction

Bands suggest Mille Lacs fishing season should end

Tribal enrollment change to go to vote

8-11-2002
Judge Rules Tribe Can Hunt Whales

Proposed blood quantum rule requires scrutiny

Pequots unify; State dreads casino

8-1-2002
Shoshone women fight to keep ancestral lands

Chinook leaders, Baird meet over status

Tribe in Texas Shuts Down Casino

Eight-member Augustine tribe opens casino

Lone voice protests state-tribal resource pact

Delaware Tribe sees hope in ruling

Burnt Church, DFO, close to fishery agreement

7-12-2002
Chinooks may forgo expedition festivities

Two tribes try to regain recognition

Easterns, Paucatucks work toward unity

Kansas will return gas trucks to Nebraska tribe

7-10-2002
Duwamish will take their case for recognition to Congress

Chinooks at White House party, then lose their federal recognition

Eastern Pequot recognized

Native leaders look for progress

Diomede will be fined for illegal whaling

Native fishermen fined for illegal lobster catch

Membership Dispute Divides Mohegan Factions

6-23-2002
Tiny Tribe's Clash Stretches 67 Acres Across the Nation

Wampanoag implore judge to uphold recognition ruling

Two tribes wait to see whether they exist

Senecas' claim to islands rejected

Miami deserve sovereign status

5-27-2002
Senecas demand end to seizures of cigarettes

Judge backs off Kansas on gas tax

White Teen-Ager Given Lakota Name

5-18-2002
Judge upholds temporary ban on Makah whale hunts

Veto Slows Efforts to Win Indian Recognition

N.D. High Court Rules on Indian Land

Ruling further defines state's law enforcement powers on tribal land

Indian water deal getting close

5-11-2002
Decision is death knell for Duwamish

Nebraska tribe sues in federal court over gas-tax enforcement

Woman has right to govern tiny tribe

River tribe defies foes, sets own course

Sioux tribes forming to recover lost land

Miami tribe opposes bill on property claims

Blackfeet renew pact for MHP jurisdiction

4-4-2002
Navajos, feds spar over inmates

Judge rules on Oneida motions

Yankton and Santee Tribes closer to land-loss compensation

Treaty vote 'not binding'

Band candidates define ‘sovereignty’

4-02-2002
Western Shoshone National Council speaks out on hearing

Cowlitz, county adjust to status

Second Texas tribe goes to court to keep casino open

Mohegan faction seeking tribal recognition

Feds Recognize Bear as Goshute Leader

Judge rules on Oneida motions

Consumers confused by Navajo sales tax

Indians, federal and state entities sign transportation accord

3-23-2002
Native Groups Resist Senate Land Bill

Indian Land Claim Bill Nears Passage

3-23-2002
Federal judge Okays South Dakota land transfer

Authority over Indian cases in question

3-21-2002
Klamaths' land claims advance

For want of a comma, a casino is lost

Wisconsin Oneidas to file more claims

3-15-2002
Chinooks’ recognition delayed again

Western Shoshone land fight heads to Congress

Recognition: It’s time for politics in the open and an end to turf games

Feds Demand Goshutes Open Financial Books on N-Waste Deal

The Mille Lacs Reservation,1855-1889

Rocky Boy voters amend constitution

Local Senecas warn Oklahoma tribe to stay out

GOP tries to get gas tax from Indians

Proposed budget cut raises ire of Natives

Group asks commissioners to pull out of tribal policing

3-7-2002
Faction condemns latest land claims

Indian leaders promote working in harmony on game issues

Residents gather to discuss changes to Wildlife Act

Haida Nation makes unprecedented claim for land and sea

3-6-2002
Jim Crow legacy still disrupts Oklahoma Seminoles

Makah Tribe fishing compromise rejected

Simmons, Dodd call for changes to tribal recognition

Lawmakers urge quick recognition of Chinook Tribe

Jury Decides On Turkey Lawsuit

2-24-2002
Anti-Indian sovereignty movement and its politicians

Stomachs lurch over land claim spiral

Oneidas sell cigarettes online and tax-free

Wisconsin Oneidas to sue more property owners

A nation within a nation

2-21-2002
Indian leaders say more gaming opens door to larger concerns

Judge has final word in land dispute

State, Indian accords on rise

Courteau takes on sovereignty

King meets with tribal officials to begin working toward solution

2-19-2002
Pending land deal could favor Oneida casino

Hundreds lose jobs at casino

Tribe: Law enforcement vote misread

Kansa reclaims tribal land

President Bush signs legislation benefitting Acoma Pueblo

2-17-2002
State, Oneidas agree to settle nation's land claim

Oneidas rip offer for land

Bill aims to bar tribes from casino land claims

Federal law won't block Jena tribe's casino plans

Miami Indians Turn To Supreme Court For Tribal Recognition

Tribe won't prosecute two who killed elk

Paiute pride

Minnesota's multirace culture began with French, Indians

Blood won't always tell

2-14-2002
Indian Casino Forced to Close

Tribe Vows to Reopen Texas Casino

Peyote Church debating over Proposed DEA Regulations

Mille Lacs County Board

AFN vows to support 'rural-plus'

2-12-2002
Tiguas casino headed for midnight closure

Louisiana tribe fighting for validation

State says it won’t give up control of Flathead water

Bogus Cherokee tag case continues

Red Lake Seizes Angler's Plane After Landing On Reservation

Kluane deal doesn't look good, says chief

1-25-2002
Court of Appeals to Tigua: 'STAY IS VACATED'

Texas attacks Native sovereign bases

Judge agrees to limit federal claim, but broad Mohawk claims continue

Cowlitz tribe files lawsuit

Tribal Arrest Ruled Improper

Tribe Considers Accepting More Members

The Seminole dispute from a Freedmen’s Point of View

1-2-2002
Group urges Clallam County to oppose Makah scenic byway

Tribe issues response to ‘bloodlines’ letter