June, 2007

FEMA'S Potentially Toxic Trailers Headed for Indian Reservations June 29, 2007
Native Times - USA
The demand for upgraded housing within Indian country has been a problem for decades and according to a 2003 survey, approximately 90000 Indian families are ...

Reservation Blockade Prompts Arrests June 29, 2007
Forbes - NY,USA
Only a few vehicles had been checked for alcohol by the time Oglala Sioux tribal police told the volunteers to stop because of safety concerns. ...

Freedmen status at issue in Washington June 29, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
She said the caucus as a whole hasn't endorsed the Watson bill, and added that Indian country counts some caucus members among its most constant supporters. ...

Indigenous inspiration: Class acquaints children with Native writers June 29, 2007
The Missoulian - Missoula,MT,USA
By CANDACE BEGODY of the Missoulian American Indian literature is inspiring the artwork and educating the minds of Missoula youngsters this week. ...

Law enforcement is a 'dotted blue line' in Indian country June 29, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
We've got to get good cooperation in Indian country. And so if I leave here with one thought, it's that we've got to really facilitate greater cooperation ...

Meeting Between IHS, American Indian Tribes Addresses Health ...June 28, 2007
Kaiser network.org - Washington,DC,USA
... eliminate disparities within the American Indian health system and between tribal and traditional health care, the AP/Spokane Spokesman-Review reports. ...

American Indian law added to state bar exam June 28, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
By Journal staff Beginning in July, law students will be required to demonstrate knowledge on the basics of American Indian law to pass the South Dakota Bar ...

Federal Court Affirms South Dakota Indian tribe's sovereignty and ...June 28, 2007
News from Washington University in St. Louis - Saint Louis,MO,USA
Through its American Indian Law and Economic Development Program, directed by Professor Gunn, the School of Law sends law students to work and study on the ...

Feds seek input on allowing collection of migratory bird parts for ...June 28, 2007
Cortez Journal - Cortez,CO,USA
How American Indian tribes could be affected if such authorization is extended to others in addition to enrolled members of federally recognized tribes. ...

Oglala activists plan alcohol blockade at Whiteclay June 28, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
The Strong Heart Civil Rights Movement attempted a similar blockade last June but dropped the effort after Oglala Sioux Tribe Police Chief James Twiss ..

Wildfire burning on Gila River reservation June 27, 2007
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
Firefighters from the Bureau of Indian Affairs responded to the blaze, now being called the Beltline Fire, around 3 am The fire is burning in the river ...

Former AIM member loses extradition appeal June 27, 2007
Globe and Mail - Canada
Mr. Graham and his many supporters argue, however, that he is being framed by the FBI, as they believe well-known native activist Leonard Peltier was.

British Columbia Supreme Court Dismisses John Graham's Appeal June 27, 2007
Infoshop News - USA
Leonard Peltier was later framed for killing the agents. One of the BIA police officers who took part in the attack on the AIM camp was Bob Ecoffey. ...

Ancient Midwestern Mysteries June 27, 2007
Wall Street Journal - USA
Indian mounds, such as these at Hopewell Culture National Historical Park in Ohio, are often pillaged by tomb raiders and pot hunters. ...

Ninth Annual Native American Music Awards announced June 27, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
NEW YORK - The 9th Annual Native American Music Awards (NAMMYs) will be held Oct. 6 at the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel in Niagara Falls. ...

American Indian Tribes Speak Out About Climate Change June 26, 2007
Free Internet Press - New York,NY,USA
At a United Nations meeting last month, several American Indian leaders spoke at a session called ''Indigenous Perspectives on Climate Change. ...

San Carlos unites other against mine June 26, 2007       
Arizona Silver Belt - Globe,AZ,USA
The government must understand and learn to respect our holy and sacred sites." "The proposed mining operation will, among, other things, result in the ..

Nez Perce Tribe begins shaping plans for water deal dollars June 26, 2007
Twin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls,ID,USA
... of three meetings to gather ideas for spending the money, now held in three separate trust accounts and managed by the US Bureau of Indian Affairs. ..

BIA Backs Cherokee Nation, Plans Continued Funding June 26, 2007           
Tanasi Journal - Knoxville,TN,USA
Washington, DC--- The Bureau of Indian Affairs has notified the Cherokee Nation that they have no intention of cutting off federal funding to the nation's ...

American Indian tribes to get 2000 FEMA trailers June 26, 2007
Texarkana Gazette - Texarkana,TX,USA
Johnson said a 2003 US Commission on Civil Rights reported about 90000 American Indian families are either homeless or under-housed. ...

Ancestry.com Launches 150 Years of Native American Family History ...June 26, 2007
Earthtimes.org - USA
Taken by the Bureau of Indian affairs, the censuses document some 150 years of Native American family history. These censuses create an intimate portrait of ...

Tribes reaffirm ties at Bighorn site June 26, 2007           
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
Oglala Sioux Tribal Councilman Jake Little said that during the 1800s tribes protected and helped one another to defend their lands from encroachment. ...

Sacred site focus of tribal tug of war June 25, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
"It got here a lot sooner than I expected," said Lorey Cachora, an authority on tribal sacred sites. "It's going to be something we all learn from, ...

School district settles lawsuit with conditions June 25, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
WINNER, SD - The Winner School District and the American Indian community reached an agreement that will settle a class-action lawsuit against the school ...

Feds deny recognition of Vermont's Abenaki June 25, 2007
Brattleboro Reformer - VT, United States
Echoing a "proposed finding" issued 11/2 years ago, the US Bureau of Indian Affairs issued a final determination Friday saying the St. Francis/Sokoki Band

Impoverished Pine Ridge appeals for health clinic June 25, 2007
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
... prevention is our area of greatest need," said Francine Red Willow, chief executive officer of IHS' Wanblee Health Clinic on the Pine Ridge reservation.

Let's enforce law on reservations June 25, 2007
Helena Independent Record - Helena,MT,USA
By IR Staff - 06/24/07 Given poverty, alcoholism, and all the other woes so prevalent in Indian Country, it is hard to understand why Native Americans on ...

Unused FEMA trailers headed to reservations nationwide June 25, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
... to inspect the homes in Arkansas from July 9 through July 20. Then, tribes can make requests, which will be administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Former OST treasurer pleads guilty to theft June 15, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
Former tribal vice president Eileen Janis and Kim Colhoff are also charged with theft from a tribal organization. They are accused of stealing from the ...

Battle over memorializing Sitting Bull June 15, 2007
Newton Kansan - Newton,KS,USA
Other features under consideration are a snack bar, offices and meeting rooms, a gift shop and a restaurant serving wild game and American Indian dishes. ...

Next for Oneidas: Land-into-trust June 15, 2007
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica,NY,USA
David Vickers, president of Upstate Citizens for Equality, said the Department of the Interior's decision could impact how the Bureau of Indian Affairs, ...

Fired federal agent can sue US, judge says June 15, 2007
The Spokesman Review - Spokane,WA,USA
... claims brought by Duane Garvais, of Nine Mile Falls, for civil rights and job discrimination against the United States and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. ...

Six Nations and the Empire State: Who owes whom? June 14, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
The People of the Standing Stone (whose Four Directions Media enterprise publishes Indian Country Today) once controlled some 6 million acres but saw it ...

Tribe's buildings on list of endangered historic sites June 14, 2007
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
John Fryar, a retired investigator for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and a member of the Acoma Pueblo tribe in New Mexico, said he has seen numerous Native ...

Leonard Peltier's story hits the stage June 14, 2007
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
And since the sentence, was ordered people have been crying that Peltier was framed and is serving an "illegal" prison term. Dubbed "the Nelson Mandela for ...

Native American Foster Homes June 14, 2007
KFYR-TV - Bismarck,ND,USA
This includes Native American children. Statewide, about 30% of foster children are Native American. The Native American Foster Care Recruitment Task Force ...

Violence against women may go unpunished June 14, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
On the Pine Ridge Reservation, which has the strictest and first domestic violence code, all officers go through training. To help, AI has called for full ...

Governor Rounds Speaks to Native American Journalism Students June 14, 2007
kmeg14 - Sioux City,IA,USA
... rooms of America and result in better news coverage, more thorough and accurate coverage of Native American issues," says Executive Director Jack Marsh. ...

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux win right to put land in trust June 14, 2007
WKBT - La Crosse,WI,USA
(AP) - The Bureau of Indian Affairs has reversed itself and said the Shakopee Sioux Community can transfer 752 acres it owns into a tax-exempt trust. ...

Native American Energy Group Unveils New Corporate Website June 14, 2007
Earthtimes.org - USA
The launch of this information-rich resource coincides with Native American Energy Group's transition from a simple oil & gas company into an energy ...

Honor Sacred Sites Day - National Day of Prayer June 14, 2007
Tanasi Journal - Knoxville,TN,USA
The National Day of Prayer to Protect Native American Sacred Places is being observed at the Native American Rights Fund on June 21, 2007. ...

Native American Economic Impact Summit to be held this morning June 14, 2007
Norwich Bulletin - Norwich,CT,USA
The first-ever Native American Economic Impact Summit is scheduled to begin at 7 am at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. ...

Tennessee votes to protect American Indian mascots June 13, 2007
First Amendment Center - Nashville,TN,USA
Phil Bredesen recently signed into law a measure that bars state agencies from regulating American Indian school mascots. State Rep. Mike Bell, R-Riceville, ...

Funding will save native languages June 13, 2007
Los Alamos Monitor - Los Alamos,NM,USA
Three million in funding for the Esther Martinez Native American Languages Program was awarded Thursday in an effort to prevent more native languages from ...

Preservationists try to save Ohio Indian site June 13, 2007
WTOL - Toledo,OH,USA
AP - June 13, 2007 8:35 AM ET BOURNEVILLE, Ohio (AP) - A coalition has agreed to buy and preserve an ancient American Indian site in southern Ohio. ...

American Indian artifacts, cultural pieces find home June 13, 2007
KOLD-TV - Tucson,AZ,USA
The museum houses priceless ancient artifacts and other American Indian cultural items that had been in other Arizona museums for years before being ...

Political Prisoner, Leonard Peltier Seeks NAEG's Assistance to ...June 13, 2007
Earthtimes.org - USA
It was Leonard Peltier who enlisted NAEG's help for this development on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation because he cares deeply and took a vow for his ...

Tribal leaders unveil new 'meth toolkit' June 12,2007
Helena Independent Record - Helena,MT,USA
"Meth threatens to eradicate an entire generation," said Carl Artman, the assistant secretary of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. "This is something we cannot ...

Native group tackles meth problems June 12,2007
KTUU - Anchorage,AK,USA
According to NCAI delegates, meth manufacturers and dealers are targeting Indian Country because they view the population as more vulnerable and enforcement ...

Lawsuit charges Native voting rights violated June 12,2007
KTUU - Anchorage,AK,USA
by Maria Downey ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- In federal court today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska, along with the Native American Rights Fund, .

THE PEOPLE SPEAK: Vote for change at top of Cherokee leadership June 12,2007
Muskogee Daily Phoenix - Muskogee,OK,USA
Cherokee Nation Chief Chad Smith once again wants the tribal members to vote yes on the amendment to keep the Bureau of Indian Affairs from interfering with ...

Mortgage lending practices yield new complaints, settlement June 11,2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
WASHINGTON - Lenders that won't make mortgages on American Indian reservations are starting to feel the heat. Hot on the heels of a lawsuit filed against a ...

TOXIC DUMP SITES LITTER DESERT RESERVATION June 11,2007
Monterey County Herald - Monterey,CA,USA
"Over the years, the tribe, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the EPA tried different things to combat this problem, but it wasn't until we all began to work ...

Lumbees closer to federal recognition June 11,2007
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
... act that recognized its members as Indians but then prohibited them from seeking benefits or federal recognition through the Bureau of Indian Affairs. ...

Leonard Peltier: The Ongoing War on Native American Religious ...June 10, 2007
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
... at the USP Marion and to no longer allow the United States to continue denying Native American brothers and sisters the right to practice our religion. ...

American Indians opposed to Martha Stewart's trademark attempt June 10, 2007
Pottstown Mercury - Pottstown,PA,USA
And other American Indian leaders said that Stewart's trademark application was offensive. "If I wanted to trademark 'Martha Stewart' and put out a line of

Indian Reservation Reels In Wake Of Youth Suicides And Attempts June 10, 2007
Free Internet Press - New York,NY,USA
Rosebud and the neighboring Pine Ridge reservation, using a $400000 federal grant, have started training community members and school employees in suicide ...

Indian Reservation Reeling in Wave of Youth Suicides and Attempts June 10, 2007
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
What is happening at Rosebud is all too common throughout Indian Country. American Indian and Alaska Native youth 15 to 24 years old are committing suicide ...

INDN's List Partner Calls for Political Candidates: June 10, 2007
Native Times - USA
And by partnering with us at INDN's List we can ensure that many of those leaders are American Indians that will move both Indian Country and America ...

Cherokees add amendment to cut Fed oversight to June 23 election June 7, 2007
Muskogee Daily Phoenix - Muskogee,OK,USA
... that will remove the federal government's Bureau of Indian Affairs' oversight of the tribe's constitution, said Todd Hembree, attorney for the Council. ...

Dingell wants to revive Indian health bill June 7, 2007
United Press International - USA
... US House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell, D-Mich., Thursday called for reauthorization of a key American Indian health bill.

Tribal youths invited to police academy June 7, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
Sixty students from Indian Country will be selected to attend the 2007 academy. Participants, or cadets, will hear tribal speakers and learn about subjects

Lumbees to recruit Indian foster parents June 6, 2007
FayObserver.com - Fayetteville NC,USA
There are 37 American Indian children in foster care in Robeson County, but there are only 15 American Indian foster homes. In Hoke County, there are no

Broken Spoke owner leaves unpaid bills June 6, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
STURGIS - Broken Spoke Saloon owner Jay Allen, who built the controversial Sturgis County Line rally venue north of Bear Butte last year, ...

Most Bear Butte Alcohol Licenses Renewed June 6, 2007
KELOLAND TV - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
Alcohol licenses for several businesses that operate between Sturgis and Bear Butte have been renewed by the Meade County Commission. ...

House vote on Lumbee bill expected Thursday June 6, 2007
FayObserver.com - Fayetteville NC,USA
Language in the act barred the tribe from going through the Bureau of Indian Affairs' administrative process to gain recognition. ...

Lakota language program will teach educators about American Indian ...June 5, 2007
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
A Lakota language immersion program June 24-29 at St. Joseph Indian School in Chamberlain aims to help educators understand American Indian culture in South ...

Judge dismisses lawsuits over elimination of Chief Illiniwek June 5, 2007
Journal Gazette and Times-Courier - Charleston,IL,USA
One of the lawsuits, filed by the two students who last portrayed the American Indian mascot, also accused the NCAA of breaking Illinois law by imposing

American Indian teens at high drug risk June 5, 2007
United Press International - USA
DENVER, June 5 (UPI) -- A US study suggests that American Indian adolescents are at a higher risk for trying marijuana than other first-time drug users. ...

American Indians to benefit from veterinary technician scholarship June 5, 2007
American Veterinary Medical Association - Schaumburg,IL,USA
Through a two-year veterinary technician apprenticeship program, 7thGen hopes to provide someone of American Indian heritage with an opportunity to become ...

Time has come to shake hands on land dispute June 5, 2007
Ithaca Journal - Ithaca,NY,USA
In April 2005, the Cayuga Indian Nation (CIN) applied to the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to have property it owned in Seneca ..

Tribal Burial Mounds Returned To Ho Chunk Nation June 5, 2007
WISC - Madison,WI,USA
WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. -- Some very special and historic land was returned to its rightful owners on Monday. In a special ceremony, the Wisconsin Department

The search for Miss Indian Farmington June 5, 2007
Farmington Daily Times - Farmington,NM,USA
"The big idea is primarily to have ... somebody to represent the urban Native American community," Farmington Indian Center Community Coordinator Myra ...

Hanging Out With Billy Mills June 4, 2007
New West - Missoula,MT,USA
Not just the stress of growing up Indian on the Pine Ridge Reservation, where we still have 85 percent unemployment, but also in college, where they didn't ...'

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee' brings controversy June 3, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
RAPID CITY, SD - Sifting through fact and fiction in the latest Hollywood version of American Indian history can be quite a chore, but if the viewer looks

Smithsonian to turn over Native American remains June 3, 2007
McClatchy Washington Bureau - USA
By Les Blumenthal. WASHINGTON - The skeletal remains of six members of the Nisqually tribe are stored in wooden boxes in the Smithsonian Institution's

Tribal leaders tell BIA director of crime problems June 3, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
LOWER BRULE -- Chairmen from five tribes pressed the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs for more funding and less red tape for jails and officers. ...

Oklahoma: Cherokee chief seeks new vote on constitutional amendment June 3, 2007
Joplin Globe - Joplin,MO,USA
Carl Artman, the assistant secretary of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, said a second vote would not mean that the government would approve it, ...

Even now, Chief Joseph's memory besmirched June 3, 2007
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
JOSEPH, Idaho Some of Indian Country's all-time heroes earned their reputations after fighting to remain on the sacred land of their fathers, relatives and

$316000 Federal Grant To Aid Tribe With New Government June 3, 2007
Enterprise Newspapers - Falmouth,MA,USA
... of federal recognition for the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council is in the pipeline, according to a spokesman for the US Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Cherokees ask court to toss motion by Freedmen descendants June 3, 2007
Bartlesville Examiner Enterprise - Bartlesville,OK,USA
... inviting them to participate in the process. "We know, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs has agreed, the way our election is set up is fair," Miller said.

Galanda: Defending against attacks on tribal sovereign immunity June 1st, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
Unless Indian country reacts to such scathing judicial indictments through more strategically thought-out assertions of sovereign immunity,

VA reaching out to Indian veterans June 1st, 2007
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
The Southern Arizona Gathering of American Indian Vets on Saturday aims to reach out to the population through a specially tailored program that includes

Washington in brief June 1st, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
Suicide and child abuse are more prevalent in American Indian communities than elsewhere in America, for the most part, Dorgan stated in a news release.

Ceremonies offer spiritual healing for inmates June 1st, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
But Foster is hopeful that a movement across Indian country to rekindle interest in Native traditions and languages will help young Indians regain their

Drug Use An Increasing Threat To Young American Indians June 1st, 2007
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
A study found that among first-time drug users on and near two different American Indian reservations, those born after 1960 had the highest risk for trying

Court, father at odds before over kids' alleged peyote use June 1st, 2007
Leelanau Enterprise - Leland,MI,USA
The father cited the American Indian Religious Freedom Act and a 1996 federal law signed by President Bill Clinton specifically declaring legal the

BIA director coming to South Dakota June 1st, 2007
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
Patrick Ragsdale, Bureau of Indian Affairs director, will be in South Dakota Friday participating in a field hearing hosted by Rep

100 to attend Indian academy June 1st, 2007
Billings Gazette - Billings,MT,USA
The academy is co-sponsored by Indian Development and Education Alliance, the Indian Health Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, InCare, tribal programs and