Mid January's Page One . . .
Thieves often dig by candlelight and by flash of lightening during storms.
The annual gambling fees would be levied in a five-step graduated fee based on gross gaming revenues from blackjack, slot machines and video gaming. The victims were members of a group of Zapatista supporters known as Las Abejas, the bees. The announcement on Dec. 19 by the IAIA board of trustees that President Beatrice Sanchez had resigned brought a sigh of relief throughout much of Indian Country from those who felt that her controversial policies had reflected a lack of knowledge and respect for Indian culture. Della Warrior, who had been director of development since June 1996, was appointed interim president of the Institute of American Indian Arts. After Thompson was elected governor, he had his chief political advisor, james Klauser, a former Exxon lobbyist try to negotiate the buyout of Chippewa treaty rights.