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Today's News in Indian Country 3/20/06

INDN's List celebrates first anniversary March 20, 2006
The organization's founder, Kalyn Free, Choctaw, told Indian Country Today that the guest list of supporters included elected tribal officials and labor union ...

Petitions presented to block snowmaking at Snowbowl March 20, 2006
... The Navajo Nation has appealed a court decision to allow the ski area to use treated wastewater to make snow, arguing that federal environmental policies weren ...

Stewart Udall's work on conservation, protection continues March 20, 2006
... Once out of office, Udall returned to work as a lawyer and won compensation for Navajo uranium workers for health problems related to the Cold War-era mining ...

Census of tribes tries out new way March 20, 2006
... Population. In 1990, the bureau estimates it missed 4.5 percent of the American Indian population; the national rate was 1.6 percent. ...

MARCH 18: The World Marches Against the War March 20, 2006
... US occupation, carried a banner, stretching nearly half a block that read "US Troops Out of the Philippines." A large "Free Leonard Peltier" contingent was ...

Images: Anti-War March M18 NYC March 20, 2006
... Out Now message, the procession contained banners for many other causes such as; US out of the Philippines, Free Mumia, Free Leonard Peltier, Justice for ...

Apache family sues Steven Spielberg's 'Into the West' over haircut March 20, 2006
... Without permission, a stylist lopped off the hair of then 8-year-old Christina Ponce to make her look like an American Indian boy, claimed the suit filed in US

"Listening Session" to be held in Fort Yates March 20, 2006
... Auditorium in Fort Yates. Panelists are scheduled to talk about the importance of language and culture in American Indian education.

Crazy Horse forum Tuesday March 20, 2006
... St. The free program is part of an ongoing American Indian cultural series produced by KOLC/TV and Oglala Lakota College of Kyle.

State of the Tribes address given to Wisconsin Assembly March 20, 2006
MADISON, Wis. - The chairman of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin gave the second annual State of the Tribes address on March 7 to the state Assembly. ...

Sisseton-Wahpeton chairman removed March 20, 2006
AGENCY VILLAGE, SD - Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribal Chairman JC Crawford has been removed from office and will not be allowed to complete his first term.

Omaha Tribe loses former chairman March 20, 2006
MACY, Neb. - Former Omaha Tribal Chairman Doran L. Morris Sr., 63, passed away March 5 after a long fight with health complications ...

Coeur d'Alene seek to build new jail March 20, 2006
PLUMMER, Idaho - When the Coeur d'Alene tribal council and Kootenai County commissioners met in January, one topic of discussion was public safety and how to

Sovereignty talk should include self-sufficiency March 19, 2006
... In the reservation schools has to be adjusted dramatically to include the type of ... The road to true sovereignty is rife with pitfalls, angry people and ...

US Sovereignty Policies - Misused and Abused by Tribal Executives ...March 19, 2006
... Tribal members are silenced, arrested, sued and banished from tribes everyday because of the misuse of sovereignty by executives. ...

Some say no-bid, no-limit government commissions for Natives are ...March 19, 2006
... Made $2.4 billion in revenue from federal contracting in 2004, up from $1.8 billion the year before, according to the Native American Contractors Association. ...

Ute tribal executive objects to closing of BIA jail March 19, 2006
... Handled," she said. The US Department of the Interior in 2003 conducted an assessment of 73 jails in Indian Country. "For many years ...

Professor wants teachers to better grasp Indian lands March 19, 2006
... To have a hodgepodge of Indian land situations, including the checker-boarding that is common on some reservations and the pockets of Indian Country that exist ...

Former Pechanga members take fight to Supreme Court March 19, 2006
... The petition asks whether California law allows state courts to hear civil suits between Indians on issues that arise in Indian Country. ...

BIA grant to help Akwesasne combat border drug smuggling March 19, 2006
... In February, The New York Times published an article about drug smuggling in Indian country (''Drug Traffickers Find Haven in Shadows of Indian Country'') and ...

Tobacco Wholesalers to Continue Doing Business with Native ...March 19, 2006
(Buffalo, NY, March 19, 2006) - - It appears New York State will allow tobacco wholesalers to continue doing business with Native American establishments. ...

Indians see tax battle with Spitzer March 19, 2006
A resumption of cigarette deliveries to Native American smoke shops does not mean business as usual so long as State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer remains a ...

Proceeds go to help build Agua Caliente museum March 19, 2006
An Evening of Contemporary Native American Art benefiting the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum was held Friday at the Palm Springs Convention Center as part of ...

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