October 2007

Tribes say better fire protection for their land is needed October 31, 2007
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... his voice breaking, at a gathering sponsored by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs at the Tribal Hall of the Rincon reservation. ...

County to reimburse Red Lake for child protection costs October 31, 2007
Bemidji Pioneer - Bemidji,MN,USA
Public Law 280 extends state civil and criminal jurisdiction to tribes in six states, including Minnesota, with the exception of the Red Lake Reservation, ...

All but one fire under investigation October 30, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
Carl J. Artman, head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, is scheduled to visit the badly burned Rincon and La Jolla reservations today. ...

Mpls. radio station to apologize after American Indian remarks October 30, 2007
Bemidji Pioneer - Bemidji,MN,USA
The jocks then mentioned Bemidji and the Red Lake reservation, both in Beltrami County. "Maybe it's genetic; isn't there a lot of incest up there? ...

Taser Report Causes Tension October 30, 2007
KMEG 14 - Sioux City,IA,USA
The report says of the 70 people tasered by Sioux City Police last year, 13 of them were Native American, that's roughly 17% of all those tasered. ...

Native American and Environmental Activist to Speak at UNO October 30, 2007
Southwest Nebraska News - NE,USA
Winona LaDuke, internationally respected Native American and environmental activist, will speak at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Tuesday, Nov. ...

Should US Government apologize For American Indian Holocaust? October 29, 2007
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
The American Indian community stands united with all Americans in defense of our home land. American Indians have no problem telling it like it is; ...

US Census Bureau Facts for Features: American Indian and Alaska ...October 29, 2007
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
In 1990, President George HW Bush signed a joint congressional resolution designating November 1990 as "National American Indian Heritage Month. ...

American Indian tribes picking up housing October 29, 2007
KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA
In recent months the Salish and Kootenai Housing Authority has reported that over 100 families in need of affordable housing. Last week Congressman Denny ...

Conference to look at cycle of violence in Native homes October 29, 2007
Helena Independent Record - Helena,MT,USA
"The violence in Indian Country is systemic. I don't even want to say this out loud, but women beat up men like men beat up women. Children are beaten. .

Learning The Lakota Language October 29, 2007
KELOLAND TV - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
Less than 70% of Native American students who attend South Dakota public schools, graduate from high school. But the Sioux Falls School District is working ...

American Indians to Protest KQRS After Morning Show Remarks October 29, 2007
FOX 9 News - Minneapolis,MN,USA
The state's American Indian leaders plan to protest the morning show and its host Tom Barnard after a September broadcast that some consider racist and

Analysis of the Akaka Bill Legislation October 28, 2007
Hawaii Reporter - Kailua,HI,USA
Mancari) an employment preference at the Bureau of Indian Affairs for Native Americans because it was done specifically on the basis of the federal ...

$5M in federal aid available for SoCal tribes affected by fires October 27, 2007
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
AP LOS ANGELES—The federal government is directing more than $5 million to help American Indian communities repair damage from Southern California's ...

Jury finds Janis guilty of theft October 27, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
Eileen Janis was found guilty of one count of theft from a tribal organization. Assistant US Attorney Mara Kohn said Tuesday that Janis became involved in a ...

More New Mexico firefighters head to California October 26, 2007
KOB.com - Albuquerque,NM,USA
The latest team is made up of one New Mexico State Forestry fire engine, two Santa Fe County engines and two Bureau of Indian Affairs engines from Zuni and ...

Amnesty International Finds Native American and Native Alaskan ...October 26, 2007
KSFY - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
Amnesty International explained the core of the problem they've found on the nation's Native American and Native Alaskan Reservations. ...

Conference to look at cycle of violence October 26, 2007
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
"The violence in Indian Country is systemic. I don't even want to say this out loud, but women beat up men like men beat up women. Children are beaten. .

Members removed from Indian tribes complain of unfairness October 26, 2007
SouthCoastToday.com - New Bedford,MA,USA
Champlain and his extended family are among thousands of people removed from American Indian tribes in recent years, often amid tribal squabbles or when a ...

Health, 8(a) and Hawaiian bills are headed for a vote October 26, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
Updating health care through IHCIA reauthorization, a growing priority of Indian country in the past few two-year congresses, has fallen by the wayside due

Raging wildfires burning up southern California reservations October 25, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
(The OIN owns Four Directions Media, parent company of Indian Country Today.) He said 60 rooms have also been offered by hotels owned by the Agua Caliente ...

'We were left behind,' tribal official says October 25, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
This year's fires rank with the 2003 Paradise and Cedar fires as the worst disasters to hit Indian Country in Southern California, Fletcher said. ...

Police Release Taser Report October 25, 2007
KMEG 14 - Sioux City,IA,USA
After using a taser on a 90-pound Native American girl last Friday, The Sioux City Police Department was asked to release records on how many times and who ...

WMU helps museum identify human remnants as Native American October 25, 2007
Battle Creek Enquirer - Battle Creek,MI,USA
The museum was complying with the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), which federally regulates that institutions identify and ...

Tribes, Michigan celebrate deal on Indian hunting, fishing rights October 25, 2007
MLive.com - MI,USA
(AP) — Five American Indian tribes and the state are celebrating an agreement designed to end decades of legal wrangling over members' hunting and fishing ...

Native American social welfare group receives grant October 25, 2007
KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA
A Native American group has received a grant to try to help reduce poverty in Billings. The Northwest Area Foundation awarded a $350000 grant to the Native ...

Native American Code Talkers Focus of New Exhibit at Pueblo Grande ...October 25, 2007
EVLiving - USA
... Native Warriors," an exhibit that tells the story of Native American "code talkers," who used their native languages to help the country fight World ...

SD Indian reservations damaged by wildfires October 24, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
About 59 homes and trailers burned at the Rincon reservation and 20 at La Jolla, said Jim Fletcher, superintendent for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in ...

Two fires expected to merge in North County October 24, 2007
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
Jim Fletcher, superintendent for the Southern California Bureau of Indian Affairs, said the fire burned more than 20 structures in the La Jolla reservation ...

Indigenous Peoples' Border Summit' Plus Human Rights Training| Nov ...October 24, 2007
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
... issues of mutual concern affecting our traditional homelands, cultural and ceremonial practices, sacred sites, treaty rights, health and way of life. ...

Navajos spurn uranium mining October 24, 2007
Albuquerque Tribune - Albuquerque,NM,USA
... Congress to put a moratorium on uranium mining on American Indian trust land regulated for the benefit of individuals by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. ...

Tribal official on trial for embezzlement | KXNet.com North Dakota ...October 24, 2007
KXMC - Minot,ND,USA
Eileen Janis (juh-NEES') faces a charge of stealing more than $22000 from the tribe in 2004. Assistant US Attorney Mara Kohn says Janis became involved in a ...

Congressman returns two donations October 24, 2007
Tucson Citizen - Tucson,AZ,USA
"This is just another one of those unfortunate lingering issues with Jack Abramoff, and that's why Indian Country would like to get that behind us," said ...

American Indians Address Fetal Alcohol Syndrome October 24, 2007
eMaxHealth.com - Hickory,NC,USA
Parsons said while she also believes there is a connection between fetal alcohol damage and social and behavioral problems among American Indian children, ...

House Natural Resources Committee Overhauls Outdated 1872 Mining Law October 24, 2007
YubaNet - Nevada City,CA,USA
... Raul Grijalva's (D-AZ) amendment enables Native American tribes to petition for the withdrawal from mining of lands containing their sacred sites. 2. ...

Interior attorney testifies against government in Indian trust case October 24, 2007
Federal Times - USA
Robert McCarthy, an attorney at the Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Palm Springs, Calif., testified Tuesday about accounting deficiencies in his office ...

ANCIENT HUMAN REMAINS RETURNED TO TLINGIT TRIBES October 22, 2007
SitNews - Ketchikan,AK,USA
Scientists found through DNA analysis and other testing that the ancient person was a male in his early twenties of Native American ancestry who subsisted

Ancient remains to be returned to tribe under act October 22, 2007
Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
It will be the first time that a federal agency has handed custody of such ancient finds over to an indigenous group under the 1990 Native American Graves

People, not ICWA, meet cultural needs of kids October 22, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
By Journal Editorial Board Saturday, October 20, 2007 We applaud the efforts of the Oglala Sioux Tribe to better address the needs of its children who must

Tribal council suspends Garnier October 22, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
By Steve Miller, Journal staff Friday, October 19, 2007 The Oglala Sioux Tribal Council on Thursday suspended council member Don Garnier, ...

Family won't sell farm with burial mounds October 18, 2007
Coshocton Tribune - Coshocton,OH,USA
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Family members who own a farm that holds rare, 1500-year-old burial mounds won't sell the site, despite the recent death of the farm's ...

The Cherokee Freedmen, Native American Blood Quantum and the Akaka ...October 18, 2007
Hawaii Reporter - Kailua,HI,USA
By Don Newman, 10/17/2007 5:16:50 PM The controversy over the Cherokee freedmen is a perfect example of what could happen in Hawaii should the Akaka bill ...

Falls that used to be on private property now open to the public  October 18, 2007
West Central Tribune - Willmar,MN,USA
Besides the falls, the area has archaeological significance. A dig last year yielded several burial mounds and evidence that American Indians once lived there.

Senate Approves Equal Access to Anti-Meth Programs for Tribes October 17, 2007
Salem-News.Com - OR,USA
"Meth use has a devastating impact on our communities and Indian country is no exception," Smith said. "We are finally correcting the law to ensure Native ...

Grant supports care of diabetic Native American women  October 17, 2007
Sioux City Journal - Sioux City,IA,USA
... 2501 Pierce St., for a project that will support the study and care of diabetic Native American women during pregnancy and after delivery. ...

AIM Leader Vernon Bellecourt Dies at 75 October 14, 2007
The Associated Press -
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Vernon Bellecourt, who fought against the use of Indian nicknames for sports teams as a longtime leader of the American Indian Movement, ...

March offers reminder of Columbus Day's flip side October 12, 2007
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
With speakers and banners, the group talked about reservation displacement; Leonard Peltier, whom they consider to be a political prisoner; and other issues ...

52 graves saved from bulldozers October 12, 2007
WFAA - Dallas,TX,USA
The sacred land sparred from bulldozers, keeping history untouched for these students. "They bring a machine out and they actually take images, ...

Makah elders rally on eve of federal court appearance October 12, 2007
Peninsula Daily - Port Angeles,WA,USA
Dicks, who sits on the Appropriation Subcommittee for the Department of the Interior, which oversees the Bureau of Indian Affairs, was not in Port Angeles. ...

Five Plead Not Guilty in Whale Shooting October 12, 2007
The Associated Press -
(AP) — Five American Indian tribesmen pleaded not guilty Friday to misdemeanor charges in the killing of a protected gray whale during an unsanctioned hunt ...

Oglala Sioux councilman indicted on drug charge October 12, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
By Bill Harlan, Journal staff Oglala Sioux Tribe councilman Don Garnier has been indicted in New Mexico on a federal charge of possessing marijuana with ...

'Black' Cherokees fight for heritage October 12, 2007
USA Today - USA
Over time, the census-like tally it conducted became the official document to verify Native American bloodlines. Some black Indians with Native American

Hotline set up to report crimes on tribal land October 12, 2007
Bartlesville Examiner Enterprise - Bartlesville,OK,USA
Michael McCoy, special agent in charge of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Oklahoma, said a lack of manpower does hurt some investigations by his agency.

Plaintiffs Suing US Tribes Can't Get Their Day in Court October 12, 2007
Wall Street Journal - USA
Sovereign immunity is "a perennial issue in Indian country," says Gabriel Galanda, a Seattle attorney, expert on Indian law and a member of the Round Valley ...

Join march against domestic violence October 12, 2007
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide - Ketchum,ID,USA
According to the US Department of Justice, between 1993 and 2004: · American Indian and Alaskan Native females experienced nonfatal intimate partner .

Tribe paid $62.5 million for Salish lodge and land October 12, 2007
Seattle Times - United States
For that to happen, the tribe would have to submit an application with the US Bureau of Indian Affairs to move the land into federal trust, and the approval

Alberty: Hope for Indian health: 'Just do it' October 12, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
The conference theme was ''HOPE for Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Addiction Recovery in Indian Country.'' As someone with experience in promoting .

Native American Homeless and Cultural Center Gets Funding October 11, 2007
Northland's NewsCenter - Duluth,MN,USA
By KBJR News 1 There was a strong showing at the Duluth City Council meeting tonight as the Native American community united to ask for funding for a Native ...

Indian Students Take to the Streets of Lawrence, Kansas in Protest ...October 11, 2007
Infoshop News - USA
In 1992, the city declared it American Indian Day, but the tradition didn't stick. "I think the history of what happened to native people is a story that ...

Battle over development near sacred Indian sites takes new twist October 11, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Wilson countered that the tribe wouldn't have known about the sacred sites if his coalition hadn't raised its concerns eight years ago.

BIA Interferes With California Valley Miwok Tribal Enrollment and ...October 11, 2007
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
The Tribe has an extensive paper trail which implicates the local Bureau of Indian Affairs-Central California Agency, whom of which the Tribe is currently ..

Onondaga Indian Nation Land Claim To Be Argued In Court October 11, 2007
WBNG-TV - Binghamton,NY,USA
By WBNG News An American Indian tribe is claiming a large chunk of Upstate New York's land, including Binghamton. some 4 thousand square miles of land from ...

Native American Skull Found at Malibu Construction Site October 11, 2007
Malibu Surfside News - Malibu,CA,USA
Winter said the discovery was not surprising because there have been a number of finds of prehistoric Native American artifacts in the Paradise Cove area.

Samish Tribe tries to regain fishing rights it lost 2 decades ago October 11, 2007
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
The Samish have been fighting the federal government off and on since 1969, when a low-level Bureau of Indian Affairs official mysteriously dropped the .

Paiute tribal elections lead to further infighting October 11, 2007
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... fewer than 300 enrolled, have been torn by internal squabbling and are the subject of FBI investigations and monitoring by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

United Auburn close to buying 33 sites in Clover Valley October 11, 2007
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
The tribe recently has been negotiating with Massie to buy all 33 of the valley's sacred sites, which would allow the tribe to preserve and protect them, ...

Denver Police Arrest 83 People at Columbus Day Parade October 8, 2007
TransWorldNews (press release) - Monroe,GA,USA
... fake blood and dismembered baby dolls as a symbol of what happened to the Native American population as a result of Columbus 's entry to the New World . ...

Columbus Day or Native American Day? October 8, 2007
Shakopee Valley News - Shakopee,MN,USA
In addition, some observe another holiday: Native American Day. Though Native American Day is not an official holiday in Minnesota (it is in South Dakota)

Toltec Mounds park explores stairway plan October 8, 2007
Arkansas Democrat Gazette - AR,USA
They include Etowah Indian Mounds Historic Site in Georgia, the Moundville Archaeological Park in Alabama and the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in ...

Artifacts retrieved in Goodhue County will go to museum October 8, 2007
Post-Bulletin - Rochester,MN,USA
The digs, which focus on ancient Native American villages and burial mounds dating from 1100 to 1250, got a boost with a $100000 pledge Thursday from the ...

Mound seen as a sacred trust October 8, 2007
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
The group's actions should be a model for other communities, said Garcia, who fights for the preservation and restoration of American Indian mounds ...

Desert Rock comment period ends Tuesday October 7, 2007
Farmington Daily Times - Farmington,NM,USA
Residents have until Tuesday to file comments with the Bureau of Indian Affairs on a draft environmental analysis, or Environmental Impact Statement, ...

Native American groups: UC Berkeley should return artifacts October 7, 2007
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Native American groups have asked the University of California, Berkeley, to return thousands of museum artifacts to tribes from California to Alaska. ...

Native Americans protest UC collection October 7, 2007
Golden Gate [X]Press - San Francisco,CA,USA
by Ali Tabatabai, staff writer BERKELEY - Representatives from several Native American tribes led a protest on the UC Berkeley campus Friday, demanding the ...

Indigenous rights to be focus of Indigenous Border Summit in October 6, 2007
The NarcoSphere - New York,NY,USA
... issues of mutual concern affecting traditional homelands, cultural and ceremonial practices, sacred sites, treaty rights, health and way of life. ...

Controversy Builds Over New American Indian Museum Director October 6, 2007
New West - Missoula,MT,USA
... said that West had even counseled him on how to answer the Smithsonian's questions during the recruitment process, according to Indian Country Today. ...

Crazy Horse sets Native American Day celebration October 6, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
By Journal staff CRAZY HORSE – South Dakota's 18th annual Native American Day celebration at Crazy Horse Memorial will feature a traveling high-tech ...

US EPA orders Coachella Valley mobile home owners to comply with ...October 5, 2007
U.S. EPA.gov (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
The EPA and the Bureau of Indian Affairs have recently stepped up efforts to insure human health and environmental protection at mobile home parks located ...

Indian Reservation Selling Energy Bars October 5, 2007
The Associated Press -
Children on the Pine Ridge Reservation who helped test the various recipes dubbed the Tanka Bar "buffalo candy," Tilsen said. The buffalo snacks are a lot ...

Five US Indian men indicted for hunting whale October 5, 2007
Reuters - USA
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A federal grand jury indicted five Washington state American Indian men on Thursday on three misdemeanor charges each for their ...

MUSIC: 'Nammy' awards honor American Indian music October 5, 2007
Niagara Gazette - Niagara Falls,NY,USA
variety) and organized sections devoted to contemporary and traditional American Indian music. • NativeAmericanMusicAwards.com: The official Web site of the ...

Ralph Sturges, Chief of Mohegan Tribe, Dies at 88 October 5, 2007
New York Times - United States
In the last few years of his life, he had lunch virtually every day at the same table at the Uncas American Indian Grill at the casino, tribal members said.

Senate panel OKs bill that could return Kennewick Man to tribes October 5, 2007
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
A US Senate committee has approved a bill that could allow American Indian tribes to claim the ancient bones of Kennewick Man, a 9300-year-old skeleton

Family says it won't sell farm that holds ancient burial mounds October 4, 2007
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA
Family members who own a farm that holds rare, 1500-year-old burial mounds won't sell the site, despite the recent death of the farm's longtime resident and ...

Morris: How Columbus Day harms American Indians October 4, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
We see the ideology of domination carried to this hemisphere by Columbus playing out every year all over Indian country. We see it in the level of Indian .

Unmarked children's grave demands reflection by all October 3, 2007
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
Whether or not our direct ancestors were here at the turn of the century, whether or not they lived and worked in Indian Country, the story of Willow Creek

Two words go too far in ancestral-remains law October 3, 2007
Seattle Times - United States
The committee tucked an amendment to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act into a technical corrections measure. ...

Shenandoah gets lifetime award from Native group October 3, 2007
The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com - Syracuse,NY,USA
By Mark Bialczak Nine years ago, singer-songwriter Joanne Shenandoah was a performer at the first ever Native American Music Awards. ...

Senate hears stories of sexual assault on reservations October 2, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
Im sorry for your suffering maybe someone should tell the senate what type of help the oglala sioux tribe is providing for abused women. ...

Protesters vow to stop Columbus Day Parade October 1, 2007
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
By Mike McPhee On the 100th anniversary of the Columbus Day Parade through downtown Denver this Saturday, American Indian protesters are planning to stop ...