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March 18, 2006

"What will you do today to help make a difference in Indian Country"

Action Alert!

Call to Action !- From the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
... Was tried and convicted and sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for the deaths of two FBI agents, which occurred on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

Urgent Need ~ Please Help!
The elders and people with children of Pine Ridge need heating assistance. Some of these families are going without heating. Please help every dollar makes a difference! Please contact the Link Center Foundation, they are actively working on heating assistance for the reservations in South Dakota www.linkcenterfoundation.com

Today's News in Indian Country 3/18/06

Bush picks Kempthorne for Interior March 17, 2006
... ''Dirk understands that those who live closest to the land know how to manage it best, and he will ... Bush did not mention American Indian issues in his comments.

Filling the void in Indian law doctrine March 17, 2006
... Was stealing great wealth from the Native nations. ... Of self-government derived from Thomist natural law. ... Far closer to the North American Indian insistence on ...

Senecas Hold Peaceful Demonstration Against Cigarette Taxes March 17, 2006
... A new law went on the books March first ... Who would then passed increased costs onto Indian retailers. ... The tax on cigarettes sold to Native American businesses or ...

Harjo: 'Kennewick Man - The Greatest Show Unearthed' March 17, 2006
... To get away from the inhumane law that categorized ... Notion that scientists and museums ''own'' Native American people ... DC, and a columnist for Indian Country Today .

Alberty: Joining a national movement to improve child welfare March 17, 2006
... Role they play in helping American Indian and Alaska ... Is used to, including culture, family, location ... Supporting Indian cultural strengths in parenting roles.

Indian museum debuts film series March 17, 2006
Over the next six weekends, the Institute of American Indian Arts Museum in Santa ... Voice of Our Grandmothers," by J. Birchum and T. Breitling; "Native New Yorker ...

For boy wounded at Red Lake and family, lives forever changed March 17, 2006
... Mother delayed graduation from a technical college to care ... Involved," said Lee Cook, a tribal member and director of the American Indian Resource Center at ...

Spielberg team sued for cutting girl's hair March 17, 2006
... Of a Steven Spielberg TV miniseries, claiming their daughter's long hair was lopped off without permission to make her look like an American Indian boy.

Senators back Campbell for Cabinet March 16, 2006
... He understands natural resources. He understands American Indian issues.". ... He was the first American Indian to serve in the US Senate in six decades. ...

SCPD receives crime funding March 16, 2006
... And appropriated discretionary funds to the Department of Interior to address high crimes areas and high priority law enforcement needs within Indian Country. ...

Census Bureau starts test to improve count of American Indians March 16, 2006
... Of the only test on an Indian reservation before ... American Indians have been difficult to count because ... Without regular addresses, and many tribal members have ...

President Jackson's home added to historic Trail of Tears March 16, 2006
... People want to see him as an Indian killer.". ... In the South in exchange for land in the ... Being completely decimated by the encroaching American landowners, Remini ...

Indian mascots a non-issue at tournament March 16, 2006
... Begins this week.In the seven months since the NCAA sent the message about what it considered "hostile" and "abusive" American Indian nicknames, mascots and ...

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