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Native Americans Need the Rule of Law By TERRY L. ANDERSON
Ken Salazar, the new secretary of the Interior, faces the same tough questions as his predecessors: Drill more or drill less? Graze more or graze less? Mine more or mine less? More snowmobiling in national parks, or less?
But for an administration committed to integrating minorities [...]

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While some state leaders have been dismayed that they would accept money from the federal government’s economic stimulus plan, that message has not come from South Dakota’s American Indian tribes. Those nine tribes are slated to get part of $3 billion set aside in the $787 billion stimulus package for Indian reservations.
Rather than worry [...]

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Interior secretary vows solution to Indian crimeBy CARSON WALKERASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — As the Obama administration sets out its agenda, tribes are wondering how the White House will handle the high crime rate on many of the nation’s American Indian reservations.
New Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says quelling lawlessness is among his top priorities [...]

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Cobell disappointed with Obama administrationBy Rob Capriccioso
Story Published: Mar 22, 2009
WASHINGTON – The lead plaintiff in the long-running Indian trust mismanagement suit against the Department of the Interior is frustrated by the wait-and-see approach being advocated by the department’s new secretary.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in a recent interview with the Associated Press that [...]

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Juveniles accused of hate crime after shooting BB gun, throwing urineat Native Americans
Youths facing felony charges
By Andrea J. Cook, Journal staff | Friday, March 20, 2009
A carload of white juveniles allegedly singled out homeless Native Americans on Tuesday evening in what police describe as a string of hate crimes on North Rapid streets.
Rapid City Chief [...]

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