December 2007

NCAI launches national meth awareness campaign December 19, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
The campaign consists of radio public service announcements and posters that will be sent throughout Indian country as the first national effort to educate

Tribes giving La Jolla band recovery lift December 19, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
The Bureau of Indian Affairs gave $1000 to all enrolled Indians affected by the disaster. Teams of wildland experts have worked to shore up fire-weakened

San Carlos Apaches seek recall of Tribal Council December 19, 2007
Eastern Arizona Courier - Safford,AZ,USA
... to two phone calls placed by the Courier. The Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Phoenix did not have an immediate response to the situation in San Carlos.

Seagren: Red Lake schools are top funding priority December 19, 2007
Bemidji Pioneer - Bemidji,MN,USA
... the Minnesota Legislature when it meets in February, and the top state Education Department priority is $59.2 million for Red Lake Reservation schools.

Tribes work together to fight youth suicide December 19, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
There's always speculation as to why a young American Indian is more likely to commit suicide. It usually ranges from poverty, historical despair and ...

Riders unite for annual Big Foot Memorial Ride December 18, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
By the time our 286-mile journey ends on the Pine Ridge Reservation this Dec. 29, some 200 other riders will have joined us at different points along the ...

Lawyers argue case of eagle kill December 18, 2007
The Casper Star Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
Steve Moore, lawyer with the Native American Rights Fund in Boulder, Colo., said Monday that people in Indian country and in American Indian legal circles ...

Horse riders on 300-mile journey December 17, 2007
KMEG 14 - Sioux City,IA,USA
Chief Big Foot was the leader of the band of Indians who fled to the Pine Ridge Reservation after Sioux spiritual leader, Sitting Bull, was killed on the ...

Uranium mining plan draws concerns December 17, 2007
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
By Peter Harriman A plan to double production at a Nebraska uranium mine near the Pine Ridge reservation has prompted concerned parties there to question ...

Rounds wants to protect Bear Butte December 17, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
Mike Rounds wants spend more than $1 million to prevent developers from putting biker bars and other noisy businesses on ranch land near Bear Butte, ...

Montana Moves to Protect Sacred Butte December 17, 2007
The Associated Press -
PIERRE, SD (AP) — For centuries, members of the Lakota, Cheyenne and other American Indian tribes have been climbing Bear Butte to fast and hold religious ...

Red Lake reopens commercial fishery December 17, 2007
DL-Online - Detroit Lakes,MN,USA
The Red Lake Reservation's tribally owned commercial fishery is again processing fillets after more than 10 years. The plant began accepting fish in ...

Towns worry they'll lose control and tax revenue as Seminoles buy land December 17, 2007
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
Federal law allows Indian tribes to accumulate land and petition the Bureau of Indian Affairs to have it registered as federal trust, meaning it is deeded ...

Spirit Rider teens commemorate Wounded Knee massacre December 16, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
... he began the fourth journey across the South Dakota prairie with 44 riders who will spend the next two weeks en route to the Pine Ridge reservation, ...

First American Indian confirmed as state's US attorney for Ariz December 15, 2007
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
... Diane Humetewa was confirmed late Thursday by the US Senate as Arizona's next US attorney, the first American Indian to hold such a post. ...

Cobell: Accounting fiasco result of government myth-weaving December 14, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
It should trouble everyone in Indian country because it signals a 180-degree turn in the way the Interior Department plans its long-promised accounting. ...

SD actor Floyd Westerman dies at 71 December 14, 2007
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
Westerman, who was born in Veblen, SD, was an active member of the American Indian Movement. He participated in the occupation of Wounded Knee in 1973 and ...

John Graham to stand trial in 30-year-old murder December 14, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
... Knee takeover in 1973 and later in 1975 during the standoff with federal and tribal authorities near the town of Oglala, on the Pine Ridge Reservation. ...

Funding stalled after wildfires  December 14, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
... grants disbursed locally by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and more than $800000 in grants distributed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. ...

Children, families involved in foster care honored December 14, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
''We need to do more to make sure that Native American children receive the best care, and our first step should be providing care that is reflective of ...

Hundreds March for Protection of Sacred Sites & Human Rights December 13, 2007
UN Observer -
On Tuesday December 11, 2007, a coalition of Native American Nations and environmental justice groups worked together to defend their precedent-setting

"Dental Days" provides for Native American kids December 12, 2007
KSWO - Lawton,OK,USA
They travel with equipment in tow so they can set up shop on site for preventative work - their primary targets are young Native American teens and children ...

Tribe files lawsuit against BIA December 12, 2007
Inter-County Leader - Frederic,WI,USA
HERTEL/BELOIT/WASHINGTON, DC – The St. Croix Tribe filed a lawsuit Friday against the Bureau of Indian Affairs, claiming the agency changed rules in how its ...

Prenatal care improves for American Indians December 12, 2007
KSWO - Lawton,OK,USA
AP - December 12, 2007 12:25 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A new study has found American Indian women are improving in prenatal care since 1994 when there was ...

Leech Lake opens doors to alcohol, drug-free housing development December 12, 2007
Bemidji Pioneer - Bemidji,MN,USA
Pioneer Photo/Molly Miron "This will be a model nationwide in Indian Country," said Donald Goggleye, tax credit coordinator and construction manager for the ...

Converting the rock December 12, 2007
San Francisco Bay Guardian - San Francisco,CA,USA
But Jack says he knows enough people from the American Indian Movement, which began advocating for urban Indians in the late '60s, to understand that "the ...

Extradition gives hope for healing December 12, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
By Journal Editorial Board Wednesday, December 12, 2007 After more than 30 years, the wounds that Anna Mae Aquash’s death caused in the Native American ...

Settlement Approved in Case Alleging School Discrimination December 11, 2007
ACLU (press release) - New York,NY,USA
WINNER, SD — A federal judge today entered a consent decree to enforce an agreement between the Winner/Ideal Native American community and the Winner School ...

Residential school horrors haunt Native Americans December 11, 2007
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA
(December 11, 2007) — Count yourself lucky if you are a Native American who never had to experience the trauma of being placed, against your will, ...

PM UPDATE: Cherokee Nation selected for substance abuse prevention ...December 10, 2007
Muskogee Daily Phoenix - Muskogee,OK,USA
"It is important for the Cherokee Nation because we will be able to gather data on Native American clients in a non-reservation rural setting," said Dr. ...

Meth use remains high among students on Montana Indian reservations December 10, 2007
KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA
The 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey indicates nearly 11 percent of American Indian high school students on reservations report using meth at least once. .

First induction ceremony held for Montana Indian Hall of Fame ...December 10, 2007
KXMC - Minot,ND,USA
And seven exceptional American Indian athletes were honored as the first inductees. They are Pete Conway, Larry Pretty Weasel, Sam Horn, Malia Kipp-Camel, ...

Sturgis campground to be dry | kxnet.com North Dakota News
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck - Bismarck,ND,USA
AP STURGIS, SD (AP) The Meade County Commission has refused to renew the liquor license of a large campground that operates near Bear Butte during the ...

First People of the Bay Area - the Ohlone - 18 treaties signed ...December 09, 2007
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
All over San Francisco and all over the Bay Area - exists, the Sacred Burial Mounds - known as Shellmounds. Again and again these Shellmounds have been ...

Uranium rumors roil Oglala tribal politics December 09, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
By Bill Harlan, Journal staff Sunday, December 09, 2007 Oglala Sioux Tribe President John Yellow Bird Steele has easily survived a uranium-related ...

Oglala Sioux to start Tribal Scenic Byway December 09, 2007
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
By staff reports The Oglala Sioux Parks and Recreation Authority will receive a $120320 federal grant to establish a Tribal Scenic Byway program. ...

Rounds' plan could ease Bear Butte pressure December 08, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
Mike Rounds is negotiating with landowners around Bear Butte State Park to buy conservation easements to prevent further commercial development. ...

Still no toxic cleanup plan for Navajos December 07, 2007
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The EPA, the Department of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service were summoned to meet with ...

ACLU Wins Historic Agreement in South Dakota Voting Rights Case December 5, 2007
ACLU (press release) - New York,NY,USA
The settlement resolves a 2005 ACLU lawsuit charging Charles Mix County with discriminating against Native American voters in violation of the Voting Rights ...

Impeachment rejected for tribal official | kxnet.com North Dakota News December 5, 2007
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck - Bismarck,ND,USA
PINE RIDGE, SD (AP) The Oglala Sioux Tribal Council has decided not to impeach tribal President John Yellow Bird Steele and his dismissed all allegations ...

Pine Ridge Head Start unveils improvements December 5, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
... began operating Pine Ridge Head Start programs for the Oglala Sioux Tribe in 2005, according to Michelle Yankton, director of the Head Start program.

FEMA Ordered to Submit Plan to Test Toxic Hurricane Trailers December 4, 2007
Newsinferno.com - New York,NY,USA
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been ordered to submit a plan to start testing the toxic FEMA trailers still housing Gulf Coast hurricane ...

Judge Sets Deadline For FEMA Trailer Tests December 4, 2007
WDSU - New Orleans,LA,USA
NEW ORLEANS -- A federal judge has set a deadline for FEMA to come up with a plan to test the air quality in trailers. That plan must be in place by Dec. .

Native American tourism markets brace for boom December 3, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
The American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association, or AIANTA, hired its first director in September to oversee tribal tourism operations. ...

$82.7 Million Provided to Tribal Communities for Law and Justice ...December 2, 2007
Media Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... Tribal Women's Coalition Program to combat domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking on American Indian reservations and Alaska Native villages.

Squabbles hamper OC Indian tribe December 2, 2007
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Instead, one petition to the Bureau of Indian Affairs seeking recognition was followed by a second, and then a third, while a fourth faction emerged in ...

Archaeologists doubt oak grove at Cal stadium houses Indian remains December 2, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... neighborhood group and the California Oak Foundation sued to stop the project, saying it's too close to the Hayward Fault and would destroy sacred land. ...

Tribes asked to pray for Peaks December 2, 2007
Gallup Independent - Gallup,NM,USA
We must continue to stand in solidarity to address our sacred sites," Morgan said. "Our prayers will be heard as we unite in our continued efforts to ...

Mass. program offers job training for American Indian veterans December 1, 2007
Boston Globe - United States
A program designed for American Indian veterans aims to help ease that burden, by providing training in carpentry, ventilation, plumbing, electrical work,

TN Commission on Indian Affairs Meets Today in Memphis December 1, 2007
Tanasi Journal - Knoxville,TN,USA
Many present spoke in opposition to elimination of the rule, with a handful speaking out against the only American Indian entity officially acknowledged by

Why HIV/AIDS Continues to Grow in Ethnic/Minority Communities December 1, 2007
ChicagoPride.com - IL, United States
According to Warren Jimenez, executive director of the National Native American AIDS Prevention Center (NNAAPC), "Awareness and stigma in Indian Country are ...

In the light of reverence December 1, 2007
The e.press - Sacramento,CA,USA
The topic of discussion was "sacred sites", which was aided by the PBS documentary In The Light Of Reverence, chronicling some of the struggles of the ...

American Indians Given Veto Power Over Federal Land December 1, 2007
Town Hall - Washington,DC,USA
... thus offending the religious sensitivities of American Indians who believe the resort is situated on sacred land, violated federal law. ...

Editorial: Accountability' welcomes this federal investigation December 1, 2007
Farmington Daily Times - Farmington,NM,USA
... island in the Pacific Ocean, far from the sacred land of Window Rock, Shiprock, and other sites and townships that tradition holds as home for the Diné.