Today's News in Indian Country 2/22/06

Indian panel grills county attorney, police chief on deaths February 22, 2006
... prosecute a suspect, St. Louis County Attorney Alan Mitchell told the Duluth American Indian Commission on Tuesday. A complete review ...

Bill allows rules for uranimum mining process February 22, 2006
... Rep. Jim Bradford, D-Pine Ridge, said South Dakota's American Indian tribes want some say on whether the Black Hills are mined for uranium.

Congressmen could use more time at national parks February 22, 2006
... At Mount Rushmore he met with Superintendent Don Striker. At Crazy Horse National Monument, he met with American Indian tribal leaders.

Indian tribe takes treaty case to United Nations February 22, 2006
RENO, Nevada (AP) -- An American Indian tribe is heading to Geneva, Switzerland, this month to renew its claims before a United Nations committee that the US ...

Court allows church's hallucinogenic tea February 22, 2006
... drug law. Chief Justice John Roberts noted that Native American Church members can use peyote. By Ken Heinen, Getty Images. The court ..

Si Tanka bankruptcy case dismissed February 22, 2006
... A 13-member task force formed to do that heard earlier this month from Ron Volesky and Gary Montana of National Native American Education Corporation.

Urban American Indian health centers against Bush proposal February 22, 2006
BILLINGS Officials at Montana's urban American Indian health centers say Bush administration funding cuts could force them to drastically reduce services or ...

Alcoholism, smoking and genetics among Plains American Indians February 22, 2006
... the norm, such as in some American Indian tribes, anxious ... traditional use of tobacco amongst American Indians ... to look at the gene-environment interaction when ...

Sacred Run from California to Washington, DC February 22, 2006
... their proposed projects are currently supported by Bureau of Land Management and ... drug counselor, activist, author and co-founder of the American Indian Movement ...


Girl arrested after Leech Lake reservation school threat February 22, 2006
... The school opened in 1975 as an alternative school and is now a magnet school for students from the reservation and other American Indian students from the area ..

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