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WOTANGING IKCHE- NATIVE AMERICAN NEWS VOLUME 14, ISSUE 029 Distributed by Gary Night Owl EDITORIAL CONTENTS LIST ELDER QUOTE OF THE WEEK

EDITORIAL By: Gary Smith

O'siyo Brothers and Sister! The US Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia this week removed U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth from the Indian Trust case, a longstanding legal battle involving billions of dollars of royalties individual Native Americans should have been paid for their lands and resources held in trust by the US Government, saying the judge appeared to be biased against the Interior Department. Specifically, the court stated Lamberth went a step too far in his condemnation of the Department of Interior last July, when he accused the government of racism. Of course, the appeals court judges, appointed by the government so accused, did not comment on whether the judge might have pointed that accusing finger in the right direction. The appeals court did, however, reaffirm the Indian position in the long-standing Indian Trust Case that malfeasance and mismanagement by the Department of Interior has lead to the loss of Billions in Indian Trust monies, and must be rectified monitarily and new procedures with adequate oversight implemented. The Justice Department's constant waffling and numerous appeals had the effect of wearing down the patience of the appeals court. We recall that only a few years ago, Justice Department lawyers proved that this same appeals court could be worn down by exhaustive, repeated appeals, causing not just one, but two judicial replacements in the Microsoft case. It's clearly a "judge shopping" strategy that resulted in the government finally landing on a sympathetic judge who would make the findings it wanted in that case. We can only hope these same "in your face" tactics will not intimidate the replacement for Lamberth or alter what appears to be a resolution that favors Cobell, et al. Dohiyi Ani Oginalii Gary Smith (*,*) wotanging@bellsouth.net P. O. Box 672168 (`-') gars@nanews.org Marietta, GA 30006, U.S.A. ===w=w=== http://www.nanews.org

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CONTENTS LIST OF ARTICLES IN VOLUME 14, ISSUE 029 FOR ARTICLES GOT TO WOTANGING IKCHE-Native American News - Bush Team Finally Gets Judge Lamberth Dumped - HUD Releases Block Grants for Tribal Housing - Ignoring Obligation to Indian Health Care - Florida AIM: Why Celebrate Mass Murder - BIA Changing Policy on Standing Rock Fires - Program Aims to Improve American Indians' Health - Paiute Tribe Challenges Plan to Export Water - Wyandotte Nation Wins Big Decision on Gaming - Groups Want Taxes collected on Indian Enterprises - Native American Veterans Hold Special Place - Man Plans Topless Contests at Bar Near Bear Butte - Bill Proposes Compensation for Tribe - Tribe Teams with Orthodox Jews to run Meat Plant - Attacks Recall Racist History of New Mexico Town - A Nation Denied a Homeland, Right Here in America - Indian Tribe Sues Opponents - Lumbees Head to Washington to Seek Recognition - Lumbees Clash with Cherokee at Senate Hearing - Our View: Life and Death in Robeson - A State-Recognized Indian Tribe for Hawaii? - The Real Winners in Mexico - Band Ends Blockade of Highway Near Regina - Blockade of Trans-Canada Highway Near Kenora - FN Seek PM Meet over 'Racially-Divided' Fisheries - Fontaine to Revive Kelowna Accord - Debit Cards Could Replace Assistance Cheques - First Nations Prepare to Fight for Rights - Canada Blasted for Opposing U.N. Rights Treaty - Feds Under Fire at Inuit Gathering - AMC Quashes Grand Chief's Deal with Province - Published Peltier Misinformation Not Retracted - Native Prisoner -- Aboriginal Youth Incarceration Report Alarming - Rustywire: Angel of the Morning - Lee Goins Poem: What Do You See - Verse: Hawaiian Book of Days - Arizona Man Saves the Zuni Language - BC Team Dominates NAIG - Revised Indian Play Remakes a Tradition - Upcoming Events

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"Native Americans have served in the armed forces in the U.S. in all of the conflicts of the last century and this one." "And they've been a greater percentage of armed forces than they are of the general population. This is in part a cultural reflection on the importance we put on the protection of our homes and protection of our families and culture." -- Frank Ettawageshik, Chairman Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians

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