State board to consider question
of Native American mascots
January 26,
2007
The Tennessean
- Nashville,TN,USA
A group of Indian activists asked
the Tennessee Human Rights
Commission today to join their cause
of trying to convince schools not to
use Native American
Demonstration to Be
Held to Protect Sacred Sites January 26,
2007
SF.Indymedia.org - San
Francisco,CA,USA
Sponsors of the event include
Advocates for the Protection of
Sacred Sites, Seventh Generation
Fund, Greenaction for Health and
Environmental Justice
Saving the story under our feet January 26,
2007
New Times SLO
- San Luis Obispo,CA,USA
Northern Chumash Tribal Council
spokesperson Fred Collins is calling
for the preservation of all
archaeological sites including
"sacred sites" that are on
Feds shut down Fresno health center
for American Indians January 26,
2007
San Jose
Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA
The federal Indian Health Service
told officials at the Fresno Native
American Health Center that it will
not renew its $330000 contract to
provide doctor
Arizona Takes Steps To Protect Bald
Eagles' Future January 26,
2007
All American
Patriots (press release) -
Taeby,NA,Sweden
... White Mountain Apache Tribe,
Maricopa County Parks and Recreation
Department, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community
Tribal task force making progress January 26,
2007
Billings
Gazette - Billings,MT,USA
The drug task force is a partnership
among the two tribes, the FBI, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of
Justice Services, the Drug
Enforcement
Reid: America is Fortunate the State
of the Indian Nations Is Strong January 26,
2007
PR Newswire
(press release) - New York,NY,USA
As President Garcia said today, we
must continue to help tribal
governments make progress on
improving public safety for those in
Indian Country
Indigenous Rights
Caucus meets at National Museum of
the American ...January 26,
2007
Indian Country
Today - Canastota,NY,USA
WASHINGTON - Delegates to the
Indigenous Rights Caucus of the
Organization of American States
visited the National Museum of the
American Indian on Jan. 21
'Settlement concepts'
offer remains viable in Cobell case January 26,
2007
Indian Country
Today - Canastota,NY,USA
''You know, if someone in Indian
country has a better way to create a
solution than the way we put it on
the table, great. Tell us what it
is.
Narragansetts plead
not guilty in Rhode Island smoke
shop raid January 26,
2007
Indian Country
Today - Canastota,NY,USA
The Narragansetts' legal struggles
to maintain sovereign immunity on
their tribal lands is being closely
watched all over Indian country,
where tribes are
Native American
journalism is focus of April
conference January 25,
2007
First
Amendment Center - Nashville,TN,USA
The eighth annual Native American
Journalism Career Conference, the
largest Native student journalism
program of its kind in the country,
will be held April
Senate Panel To Encourage Low-Cost
Options for Indian Health Care January 25,
2007
Kaiser
network.org - Washington,DC,USA
Dorgan said he has worked with the
Indian Health Service to develop a
bill that would increase clinic
hours and physician availability on
American Indian
Red Nation Media Channel programming
re-debuts January 25,
2007
Indian Country
Today - Canastota,NY,USA
''It's so important for us to be
supportive of our efforts in Indian
country. I can't really say enough
on how important it is.''
Morgan
Hill Indian Remains Will Likely Stay
Put January 25,
2007
Hollister Free
Lance - Hollister,CA,USA
Morgan Hill - The American Indian
remains found on a construction site
will probably remain where they are,
and work at the site can continue
WORK CREWS IN MORGAN
HILL FIND NATIVE AMERICAN REMAINS January 24,
2007
CBS 5 - San
Francisco,CA,USA
Larry Myers, the executive secretary
of the Sacramento-based California
Native American Heritage Commission
said that the organization will work
to find the
Feds find progress in Bison Range
dispute January 24,
2007
The Missoulian
- Missoula,MT,USA
That brought Hall, associate deputy
secretary James Cason, Bureau of
Indian Affairs director Pat Ragsdale
and David Verhey, acting assistant
secretary at
Red Nation Media Channel programming
re-debuts January 24,
2007
Indian Country
Today - Canastota,NY,USA
''It's so important for us to be
supportive of our efforts in Indian
country. I can't really say enough
on how important it is.''
Human Rights Agenda for the 110th US
Congress January 23,
2007
Amnesty
International USA - USA
Racial profiling has historically been
used to target the African American,
Native American and Hispanic/Latino
American community and, since September
11,
NCAI President Joe Garcia
to Deliver 5th Annual State of Indian
...January 23,
2007
PR Newswire (press
release) - New York,NY,USA
Themes will include: economic
development; trust reform; the
protection of American Indian tribal
sovereignty; homeland security; and the
many other issues
Melmer: Improve schooling
for Indians
January 23, 2007
Sioux Falls Argus
Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
... expand the number of students in the
program, but they started in schools,
largely in or near Indian Country, where
the greatest immediate need existed
Idaho to create position
to oversee American Indian education January 23,
2007
KHQ Right Now -
Spokane,WA,USA
MOSCOW, Idaho The state Department of
Education is creating a new position to
oversee the education of nearly
42-hundred American Indian students in
Idaho.
State education secretary says Indian
education will take time January 23,
2007
Rapid City Journal
- Rapid City,SD,USA
PIERRE -- Improving education for
American Indian students is a priority
that will take some time, according to
State Education Secretary Rick Melmer.
Construction Workers
Unearth Ancient American Indian Remains
January 23, 2007
Hollister Free
Lance - Hollister,CA,USA
Morgan Hill - Bones that are believed to
be the 1000-year-old remains of an
American Indian were unearthed Monday
afternoon at a construction site on
Buried remains at Wyeth-Tootle?
January 23, 2007
KQTV - St.
Joseph,MO,USA
First day testimony in the trial against
the museums included an expert in Native
American artifacts who said he met with
the museums board last fall.
Native American film series concludes
January 23, 2007
Ball State Daily
News - Muncie,IN,USA
Terry Macy and Daniel Hart's
award-winning documentary "White Shamans
and Plastic Medicine Men" digs skin-deep
into the commercialization of American
Indian
3 SD cities explore youth crime, race
January 23, 2007
Sioux Falls Argus
Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
Recommendations include promoting Native
American cultural awareness among people
working in juvenile justice and
collaborating with tribes to use
diversion
Counties focus on race in effort to
reduce welfare rolls January 23,
2007
LaCrosse Tribune -
LaCrosse,WI,USA
MINNEAPOLIS — When it comes to reducing
welfare rolls, 16 Minnesota counties
have a specific goal: to work to get
more black and American Indian families
Seminole Tribe Of Florida Considering
New Hotel January 23,
2007
Click10.com -
Miami,FL,USA
The Seminoles are also asking the
federal Bureau of Indian Affairs to
declare the proposed 44-acre site
sovereign -- which would mean the
Seminoles would
Homeless shelter rejects family's tribal
ID January 22,
2007
Bismarck Tribune -
Bismarck,ND,USA
(AP) - Two homeless American Indian
grandparents from North Dakota slept in
a car in subzero weather after they were
turned away from a Salvation Army
Racism running rampant at some of US's
finer universities
January 21, 2007
Hattiesburg
American - Hattiesburg,MS,USA
At Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, a
recent cover of The Dartmouth Review
featured a large and offensive
illustration of a Native American
warrior holding
Navajos look to market scenic routes
January 21, 2007
The Casper Star
Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
But direct access to federal highway
grants which became law in August 2005
-- will allow Indian nations to develop
tribal and Bureau of Indian Affairs
'Settlement concepts' offer remains
viable in Cobell case
January 19, 2007
Indian Country
Today - Canastota,NY,USA
''And some of the history's a little bit
checkered, and it causes some feelings
of angst in Indian country. And so one
of the elements of the [settlement
Deer: Domestic violence
in Indian country
January 19, 2007
Indian Country
Today - Canastota,NY,USA
While law and policy makers often want
precise numbers, the ultimate issue is
that there is an epidemic of
victimization in Indian country
Reading rpgram is helping Indian
students
January 19, 2007
Bismarck Tribune -
Bismarck,ND,USA
"It's a wonderful program," said Karen
Brown Letarte, president of the American
Indian Library Association. "Loriene
chooses the books and provides fun
American Indian women
conference set
January 19, 2007
WFU Old Gold &
Black - Salem,NC,USA
The university will host an American
Indian women’s conference from Jan.
18-21, entitled “Celebrating Women of
Proud Nations: Creating and Sustaining
Hope
Tribal conference draws national
attention
January 19, 2007
Coos Bay World -
Coos Bay,OR,USA
The first national conference to be
hosted by the tribe, the 2007 Heart of
the American Indian Women's Conference,
will feature nationally renowned native
Red Crow Westerman honors the ‘Man in
Black’ with new CD
January 19, 2007
Tulsa Native
American Times - Tulsa,OK,USA
That’s the statement that Native
American actor Floyd Red Crow Westerman
said when talking about the American
Indian Movement (AIM) and its goals
toward
Authentic Ethnicity in Question
January 19, 2007
The Santa Barbara
Independent - Santa Barbara,CA,USA
A court case that began January 17 could
determine once and for all the fate of
American Indian Health & Services (AIHS),
which is the third incarnation of
Native American tribe demands return of
Chief Illiniwek regalia
January 19, 2007
Daily Illini -
Champaign,IL,USA
According to Wanda Pillow, director of
the Native American House and American
Indian Studies program, the resolution
is not a reaction to the recent
U of I says Chief Illiniwek feathers
returned; tribe disagrees
January 19, 2007
Belleville
News-Democrat - Belleville,IL,USA
Whirlwind Horse was a tribe member, she
said, and worked for the Bureau of
Indian Affairs before his death. She
wasn't sure when he died
Proposed landfill
expansion runs afoul of Native American
activists
January 18, 2007
St. Louis
Post-Dispatch - St. Louis,MO,USA
"There is not now nor has there ever
been any concrete evidence to suggest
the remains are those of a Native
American," Plunkett said
ID Indian leaders view lynching murals
January 18, 2007
Seattle Post
Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
BOISE, Idaho -- Leaders of four American
Indian tribes on Wednesday viewed
Depression-era murals, depicting an
Indian lynching, that are hung in the
Native American women concerned about
fate of their culture, beliefs
January 18, 2007
Hartwell Sun -
Hartwell,GA,USA
18, topics of discussion will be current
issues related to "our American Indian
culture, family, community, traditions
and beliefs."
500 years of Indians in Colorado
January 18, 2007
Rocky Mountain
News - Denver,CO,USA
The role of the reservation in American
Indian life is detailed, as is the
relocation of many people into Denver
beginning in the 1950s
Free Leonard Peltier!
January 18, 2007
Bay Area Indymedia
- San Francisco,CA,USA
For those folks who know little about
Leonard Peltier, check the library. Or
check out his recent book, *Prison
Writings: My Life is My Sun Dance: USP
American Indians seek voice in zoning
talks January 16, 2007
Rapid City Journal
- Rapid City,SD,USA
"I've noticed an absence of Native
American participation," Mark Wandering
Medicine said. "There is a federal
mandate to have (this representation in
some)
SD baby deaths exceed US rate
January 16, 2007
Sioux Falls Argus
Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
While Native American babies have a
mortality rate often twice as high as
white babies in the state, Wilson
discovered that in 2004, the rate
increased for
Improved Indian health care discussed
January 16, 2007
Arizona Republic -
Phoenix,AZ,USA
If you're a convicted federal prisoner,
you have double the (health) resources
than if you're a Native American child.
There's no way policymakers would
Shinnecocks waiting to be
recognized
January 16, 2007
Newsday - Long
Island,NY,USA
The Shinnecocks, numbering 1300, remain
on the "ready waiting for active" list
of American Indian tribes who have
petitioned for recognition
Critic questions district’s Indian
education policies January 16, 2007
Rapid City Journal
- Rapid City,SD,USA
RAPID CITY — An elder in Rapid City’s
American Indian community objected to
changes the Rapid City School District
has made in the Office of Indian
Indian Country cops take
aim at meth
January 16, 2007
Billings Gazette -
Billings,MT,USA
By a show of hands, all the Indian
Country officers at a methamphetamine
training Tuesday morning knew by name a
drug dealer on their reservation.
Spitzer's cigarette tax plan meets with
hope, skepticism January 16, 2007
Rochester Democrat
and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA
Eliot Spitzer's statement that he
intends to collect tax on the sale of
cigarettes to non-Indians at American
Indian-owned stores is being met with
hope and ...
IMAGINARY LINE” ISSUE
FOR ALL ONKWEHONWE OF NORTH AND SOUTH
...January
13, 2007
UN Observer
... the borders of the United States,
but such right shall extend only to
persons who possess at least 50 per
centum of blood of the American Indian
race
Tribal leaders gather
at Pechanga for State of the Tribal
Nations ...January
13, 2007
The Desert Sun -
Palm Springs,CA,USA
Panels will be comprised of tribal
leaders, as well as officials from the
California Gambling Control Commission,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, and a
discussion
Running event to honor Native youths
January 13, 2007
Gallup Independent
- Gallup,NM,USA
WINDOW ROCK — More than 100 Native
American runners are expected to gather
in the Valley of the Sun to participate
in the PF Chang Marathon-and-a-half
Indians address racism January 13,
2007
Cortez Journal -
Cortez,CO,USA
However, House said, "It's the Native
American people that make Cortez what it
is," pointing out Mesa Verde National
Park's cultural treasures and other ...
Diné Elders Battle Desert
Rock Power Plant January
12, 2007
Telluride Watch, CO
DOODA
DESERT ROCK… There’sa battle going on
south of us over the proposal to build a
new coal-fired power plant on the Navajo
reservation – the same plant
Navajos Camp Out Against Coal January
12, 2007
Living on the
Earth - Cambridge,MA,USA
And they're getting help from activists
throughout Indian Country and beyond -
firewood, supplies and even an
unlicensed, solar-powered radio station
Why won't the BIA call back? January
12, 2007
The Columbian -
Vancouver,WA,USA
That gibberish from the title character
in "Alice's Adventure in Wonderland"
might just as well have come from the US
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Tribes sue US over trust funds January
12, 2007
The Spokesman
Review - Spokane,WA,USA
The lawsuit is the latest legal
challenge to the government's handling
of Native American trust money, which
tribal representatives contend has been
shoddy
GSA aims for new fed court, offices January
12, 2007
Billings Gazette -
Billings,MT,USA
Federal agencies housed in the Battin
building include the US District Court,
the US Clerk of Court, the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, the Bureau of
Reclamation
Native Voices Foundation January 12, 2007
SFCPressPoint
(press release) - Tampa,FL,USA
... and only Native to compete in the
Olympics in this Millennium, she is the
great hope and inspiration for Indian
Country, especially young girls
Martinet: 'Enhancing the flowers of the
nation' January 12, 2007
Indian Country
Today - Canastota,NY,USA
There is a connection between the loss
of traditional foods and the array of
health issues that dominate the
conversations in Indian country.
Jackpot! No, but casino benefits tribal
members January 12, 2007
Green Bay Press
Gazette - Green Bay,WI,USA
Gary Garrison, public affairs officer
for the federal Bureau of Indian
Affairs, said Native American tribes are
required to use gaming profits for
things
Media censors protest at Navajo
inauguration January 11, 2007
Infoshop News -
Navajos
wore masks in the march and protest, as
they faced off with tribal police, to
oppose the Desert Rock/Sithe Global
Power Plant which President Joe
Big crowd expected at land-trust hearing January
11, 2007
Utica Observer
Dispatch - Utica,NY,USA
Hundreds of people attended a similar
Bureau of Indian Affairs hearing last
month at the Stanley Theatre in Utica.
But that hearing should have been held
in
Senators push for Hopi US Attorney January
11, 2007
Gallup Independent
- Gallup,NM,USA
In 2005, Humetewa was detailed to the US
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, from
the Department of Justice, to work on
national Indian country justice
Family of American Indian
killed by park police suing NJ January
11, 2007
Newsday - Long
Island,NY,USA
He also appointed a commission to study
American Indian communities in New
Jersey regarding civil rights, access to
education, fair housing, infrastructure,
Tribe Considers Storing Nuclear Waste;
Might Mean $10 Million in Fees January
11, 2007
KNDO/KNDU -
Yakima,WA,USA
The Interior Department's Bureau of
Indian Affairs approved the lease in
1997. The deal is yet to be consummated
amid a mountain of lawsuits
Indian team tracks load of 3.5 tons of
pot January 11, 2007
Arizona Daily Star
- Tucson,AZ,USA
An elite group of American Indian drug
trackers appear to be comfortable in
their new assignment working Immigration
and Customs Enforcement.
IDAHO LAWMAKERS STILL UNDECIDED WHAT TO
DO WITH INDIAN LYNCHING MURALS January
10, 2007
KPVI-TV -
Pocatello,ID,USA
... murals -- including ones depicting
the lynching of an American Indian -- in
the building slated to house the state
Legislature in 2008 and 2009
Indian dropout rate studied January
10, 2007
Billings Gazette -
Billings,MT,USA
Stemming dropout rates for American
Indian students in Montana will require
prevention beginning early in a
student's childhood, among other
innovations,
Oglala Nation presses for Pine Ridge
housing January 10, 2007
Sioux Falls Argus
Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
The Oglala Lakota Nation has asked New
York-based Native American Energy Group
to submit a plan to address the housing
shortage on the Pine Ridge
Salt River Pima Community pledges
$100000 to ASU January 10, 2007
Phoenix Business
Journal - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... of the Indian Community, will give
the money to ASU's Del Webb School of
Construction to support the school's
Construction in Indian Country program.
American Indian Education
Measure January
10, 2007
KELOLAND TV -
Sioux Falls,SD,USA
A bill will be filed in the South Dakota
Legislature that is intended to help
improve the education of American Indian
students in the state
Leonard Peltier: Thirty
Years of FBI Harassment and Misconduct January
10, 2007
Bay Area Indymedia
- San Francisco,CA,USA
"Much of the government's behavior at
the Pine Ridge Reservation and in its
prosecution of Mr. Peltier is to be
condemned. The government withheld
evidence.
Brand: NCAA stands by nickname ban January
10, 2007
USA Today - USA
North Dakota was one of 20 schools
initially ruled in violation of the new
guidelines, which bar them from using
Native American nicknames, mascots or
logos
GAO: Interior office lacks timetable for
trust fund reforms January 9, 2007
GovExec.com - USA
The trustee office was established under
the 1994 American Indian Trust Fund
Management Reform Act for the purpose of
implementing improvements in the
Tribe Considers Storing Nuclear Waste;
Might Mean $10 Million in Fees January
9, 2007
KNDO/KNDU -
Yakima,WA,USA
The Interior Department's Bureau of
Indian Affairs approved the lease in
1997. The deal is yet to be consummated
amid a mountain of lawsuits,
Dispute over road turns violent January
9, 2007
Stockton Record -
Stockton,CA,USA
But Wilensky said time is passing
without any answer from the tribe, or
from the federal Bureau of Indian
Affairs, which some say has told the
Indians that
Cigarette wholesalers, tribes claim
victory with court ruling January 9, 2007
WSTM-TV -
Syracuse,NY,USA
BUFFALO, NY Cigarette wholesalers and
American Indian smoke shop owners have
won the latest round in the court battle
over collecting state taxes on tobacco
Early Blood Pressure Problems Signal
Heart Trouble January 9, 2007
Washington Post -
Washington,DC,USA
The participants were taking part in the
Strong Heart Study, an ongoing
investigation of cardiovascular risk
factors and disease in 13 American
Indian
Project Specialist -
Project Specialist, Northwest Tribal
Cancer ...January
9, 2007
Seattle Times -
Seattle,WA,USA
Knowledge of and experience in American
Indian and/or Alaska Native communities.
Qualified Native applicants are given
preference
NEW: Chesterfield asked to protect
prehistoric burial mounds January 9, 2007
St. Louis
Post-Dispatch - St. Louis,MO,USA
... told council members he hopes the
city would consider adopting a mound
protection ordinance "to protect our
prehistoric Native American burial
mounds."
Tribes Turn to Court over Trust-Fund
‘Mismanagement’ January 8, 2007
The NewStandard -
Syracuse,NY,USA
The nonprofit Native American Rights
Fund filed the lawsuit on behalf of over
250 Indian tribes. The plaintiffs are
seeking accurate accountings from the US
Billings to host meth training
January 8, 2007
Billings Gazette -
Billings,MT,USA
Indian Country law enforcement officers
from Montana and Wyoming will converge
in Billings for training on
methamphetamine investigations
State of Indian Nations
January 8, 2007
Reiten Television
KXMB Bismarck - Bismarck,ND,USA
Home ownership is not a reality in
Indian Country or live in a trailer
house their whole life. So it would be a
great initiative for my part to achieve
the
5 men caught poaching
American Indian artifacts in
Thonotosassa
January 8, 2007
Bradenton Herald -
Bradenton,FL,USA
Five men found digging for American
Indian artifacts near Interstate 75 in
Hillsborough County have been arrested
and charged with trespassing,
US Supreme Court to consider challenge
to NM school funding formula January
8, 2007
Santa Fe New
Mexican - Santa Fe,NM,USA
The 41 public schools in the two
northwestern New Mexico districts lie
deep in Indian Country. More than 80
percent of students in the
Gallup-McKinley
NAEG Receives Invitation
From Oglala Lakota Nation
January 8, 2007
Business Wire
(press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
It is the second-largest Native American
Reservation within the United States,
home to approximately 40000 persons.
Unfortunately, according to Oglala
Education act proposed in South Dakota
January 8, 2007
Indian Country
Today - Canastota,NY,USA
Melmer said it was important for
students in all of the state's districts
to have some instruction on American
Indian language, culture, traditions and
...
News from the Great Plains January
8, 2007
Indian Country
Today - Canastota,NY,USA
PINE RIDGE, SD - The largest Boys and
Girls Club in Indian country will now
add an academic element to its already
large list of programs
Lumbee tackle housing
woes January
8, 2007
News & Observer -
Raleigh,NC,USA
Among the prerequisites for recognition
by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs
are proof of self-governance and
political authority.
Cleanup costs a big hurdle January
8, 2007
Escanaba Daily
Press - Escanaba,MI,USA
Reservation property is held in trust by
the Bureau of Indian Affairs within the
DOI. Part of negotiations, ongoing since
1999, was for the tribe to accept
Oneidas not giving up on plans for New
York casino January 8, 2007
Green Bay Press
Gazette - Green Bay,WI,USA
As part of its trust application review,
the Bureau of Indian Affairs issued a
report that concluded that if those
lands aren't put into a trust
Apologies sought for slavery and Indian
treatment
January 5, 2007
Culpeper Star
Exponent - Culpeper,VA,USA
The resolution dealing with American
Indians will be introduced after
consulting with American Indian leaders
in Virginia, McEachin said.
Domestic Violence And
Native American Women January
5, 2007
KOTV -
Tulsa,OK,USA
The US Justice Department study says
Native American rates haven't dropped.
In fact, American Indian women are three
times more likely to become victims of
AIM slaying hearing for Canadian man
delayed January 5, 2007
Rapid City Journal, SD -
John
Graham is on house arrest in Vancouver,
British Columbia, and fighting
extradition to South Dakota to stand
trial for the 1975 slaying on Pine Ridge
Hopi woman, tribal liaison recommended
as US attorney for Arizona January 5, 2007
AZ Central.com -
AZ,USA
She would be the first Native American
US attorney in Arizona if nominated by
Bush and confirmed by the Senate.
Officials were researching whether she
would
Racial tensions mar Fall term, activists
respond January 5, 2007
The Dartmouth -
Hanover,NH,USA
While rumors and reports of racist acts
had lingered on campus for much of Fall
term, the Native American Council's Nov.
20 advertisement in The Dartmouth
2nd huge suit filed over use of Indian
money January 5, 2007
Billings Gazette -
Billings,MT,USA
In 1994, Congress enacted the American
Indian Trust Management Reform Act,
requiring the federal government to
provide tribal trust fund beneficiarie
with
Rehberg seeks creation of Indian affairs
panel January 5, 2007
Billings Gazette -
Billings,MT,USA
Rehberg, in an interview from his
Capitol Hill office Thursday, spoke
about several high-profile American
Indian issues that deserve the full
attention of
The factionalism stereotype January
5, 2007
Indian Country
Today - Canastota,NY,USA
The academic literature and contemporary
commentators are rife with comments
about factionalism in American Indian
communities and history. I suggest that
Area comic book writer explores crime,
corruption on the reservation January
5, 2007
Lawrence Journal
World - Lawrence,KS,USA
It deals with everything from the rich
history of the Plains Indians and the
1970s when you had the American Indian
movement, up through today when you have
Harjo: Remembering President Ford's
imprint on federal Indian policy January
5, 2007
Indian Country
Today - Canastota,NY,USA
Bradley Patterson, a White House staffer
in both the Nixon and Ford
administrations, was Ford's coordinator
for American Indian affairs
Lamar Associates
Announces Methamphetamine Training for
Tribal Law ...January
5, 2007
Earthtimes.org -
"We
recognize the significant threat to our
communities and that we must train and
prepare Indian Country to combat
methamphetamine on the front line," said
20th Chief Big Foot Memorial Ride January
5, 2007
Indian Country
Today, NY -
Chief
Arvol Looking Horse, Lakota spiritual
leader and 19th generation keeper of the
Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe, right,
addressed horseback riders near
Sitting Bull site changing hands January
5, 2007
Bismarck
Tribune, ND -
The graves
were hardly fitting markers for such a
respected and feared leader, known for
uniting the Lakota and defeating the
Seventh Cavalry at the Battle
Cherokee group seeks federal status January
5, 2007
Pine Bluff
Commercial, AR -
... of
Cherokee Indian descendants will hold
four meetings in Oklahoma as part of its
effort to obtain federal recognition as
an American Indian tribe
Feds want to "look good" in discussing
Aboriginal human rights
January 4, 2007
Canada First
Perspective -
Scanterbury,Manitoba,Canada
In discussing in the issue, Joseph said
the government has picked a "non-issue
in Indian Country." He also insisted
that the government should focus on
Carter
Camp: Why Indian Country Is Becoming
America's Waste Dump
January 4, 2007
UN Observer
2007-01-04
| Many circumstances within Indian
Country make our homelands the target of
the purveyers of America’s waste. In my
Ponca Tribe we have had to
SU Human Rights Celebration 2007 to run
Jan. 15-25
January 4, 2007
Idaho State
University - Pocatello,ID,USA
... While earning her baccalaureate at
the University of California at Berkeley
in the late 1960s, War Jack was a leader
in the Native American occupation of
Meade County
Considers Special Zoning January
4, 2007
KELOLAND TV, SD
Bear Butte
is being considered for special zoning
because the peak is sacred to American
Indian tribes, and they're upset about
encroachment by campgrounds
Bonita
Springs passes on American Indian mound
site January 4, 2007
Naples Daily
News, FL - 15 hours ago
Bonita
Springs has no interest in buying an
Imperial River site that has the largest
American Indian mound in the area. City
Councilwoman Martha Simons
Court ruling does
little to settle Fort Snelling debate January
4, 2007
Twin Cities Finance and Commerce, MN
In a
ruling that may have deep reverberations
in the relationship between local
American Indian tribes and the
government, a federal magistrate has
ruled
Cordish sues over
sale of Hard Rock Cafes January
4, 2007
Buffalo News, NY
7, marking
the first time an American Indian tribe
had purchased a major international
corporation. Rank shareholders are
scheduled to vote Monday on
Repertory Film
January 4, 2007
Philadelphia
citypaper.net - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Incident at Oglala: The Leonard Peltier
Story (1992, US, 89 min .) Michael
Apted's documentary takes a critical
look at the federal case against Peltier
National Congress president addresses
future tribal leaders
January 3, 2007
Indian Country
Today - Canastota,NY,USA
... of The Evergreen State College's
Master of Public Administration program
to share with them his view on what it
takes to lead in today's Indian country
Haskell says goodbye to president January
3, 2007
Indian Country
Today - Canastota,NY,USA
By George Diepenbrock -- Journal-World.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (MCT) - Colleagues,
alumni, friends and students lauded her
as a skilled educator and gracious
leader
NativeEnergy helps Al Gore travel
emission-free January 3, 2007
Indian Country
Today - Canastota,NY,USA
CANASTOTA, NY - A privately held
American Indian energy company has
teamed up with Al Gore in delivering the
former vice president's message of
global warming
Smithsonian’s National
Museum Of The American Indian Selects
...January
3, 2007
HULIQ -
Hickory,NC,USA
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the
American Indian announces the 2007
Native Arts Program participants.
Established 10 years
Indian cultural
center seeks extension of funding
deadline January 3, 2007
Bartlesville
Examiner Enterprise -
Bartlesville,OK,USA
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Organizers of a
proposed American Indian Cultural Center
are requesting more time to raise money
for the $65 million, two-phase project
Suit claims bid-rigging in Hard Rock
deal January 2, 2007
Arizona
Republic, AZ
7, marking
the first time an American Indian tribe
had purchased a major international
corporation. The Cordish lawsuit,
however, said the company and its
Court rulings question sovereign
immunity
January 2, 2007
MSNBC
WASHINGTON
- Two unrelated court decisions in late
December have raised concerns among
attorneys in Indian country that tribal
sovereign immunity from
Longtime Oglala Sioux
Tribe council member Marlin Westin dies
at 45
January 2, 2007
Rapid City
Journal, SD
By Ryan Woodard,
Journal Staff Writer. “(He had a) very
sharp mind. (He was) very dedicated,”
Steele said. “He used to sit late into
the evening at tribal
Newcomb: All our relations
January 2, 2007
Indian Country
Today, NY
The ride
was organized to commemorate the 100th
anniversary of the Wounded Knee
Massacre, in honor of the hundreds of
Oglala and Hunkpapa ancestors murdered
Student
athletes shine in Lakota Nation
Invitational
January 2, 2007
Indian Country
Today - Canastota,NY,USA
RAPID CITY, SD - Four different
basketball venues were needed to
accommodate the 32 teams that competed
in mid-December for the coveted title of
2006 Lakota
Cherokees Set Vote On Freedmen Issue
January 2, 2007
KOTV, OK
(AP) The
chief of the Cherokee Nation has set
March 3rd for a vote on whether
descendants of freed slaves can be
members of the tribe
Navajo council
established Code Talkers Day, holiday
January 2, 2007
KOB-TV, NM
Navajo
Code Talkers used their native language
to transmit military messages on enemy
tactics, Japanese troop movements and
other battlefield information
Navajos work to preserve language handed
down by 'Holy People'
January 2,
2007
Indian Country
Today - Canastota,NY,USA
by: AP. By Erny Zah -- The Daily Times.
For the Dine', or the Navajo people, the
language is symbolic of a lifestyle that
has existed for generations
