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Tuesday, August 08, 2006

News in Indian Country!!
  • Banished Indians fighting back  Aug 6, 2006
    Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
    ... Earlier this year founded the American Indian Rights and ... Step up enforcement of the Indian Civil Rights ... Once vice chairman of his tribal council, he initiated...
  • Lumbee Indian Tribe Closer To Federal Recognition  Aug 6, 2006
    Raleigh Chronicle - Raleigh,NC,USA
    ... According to her office, the tribe is the largest American Indian tribe east of the Mississippi River and the largest non-federally recognized tribe in the ...
  • Tribes say no to feds  Aug 6, 2006
    Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
    ... Big sectors.". But as tribes develop commercial enterprises, labor policy and laws are becoming big issues for Indian country. And ...
  • For Sacred Indian Site, New Neighbors Are Far From Welcome (This was on the FRONTPAGE of the NY Times!)
    New York Times, United States - Aug 4, 2006
    ... Of tribes hold as one of the most sacred sites in ... Nearby Pine Ridge Indian Reservation was the site of the ... The Sioux call it an emergence site, where their
  • Indians Confront Sturgis Bikers Aug 4, 2006
    Yankton Daily Press, SD -
    ... Motorcycle Rally. The native people are protesting entertainment venues and other sites being developed east of town near Bear Butte. For
    ...
  • Indigenous summit at Bear Butte asks Pope for help Aug 4, 2006
    Jackson Hole Star-Tribune, WY -
    BEAR BUTTE, SD — Tribal leaders and indigenous rights groups will ask the pope to rescind a 1493 Vatican document which they believe paved the legal road for
  • Publisher’s daughter leads Indian magazine Aug 4, 2006
    Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
    ... American Review Magazine, formerly Indian Education Today, replaces Tim Giago, who retired this week as editor and publisher of the American Indian magazine. ...
  • MSU-B pulls in grants for Indian education Aug 4, 2006
    Billings Gazette - MT, USA
    Montana State University-Billings will receive $293,290 in federal funds to recruit and train American Indian teachers and school administrators, US Secretary ...
  • Artnet News Aug 4, 2006
    Artnet - New York,NY,USA
    Paintings by the still-controversial Native American activist Leonard Peltier -- currently serving two consecutive life terms for the murders of two FBI agents ...
  • Bush chooses new Indian Affairs leader August 3, 2006
    Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
    ... Communications. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne had promised earlier this year that an American Indian would be appointed to the post. ...
  • American Indian lawsuit delayed August 3, 2006
    Salt Lake Tribune - United States
    ... R-Ariz., and committee Vice Chairman Byron Dorgan, DN.D., proposed legislation to settle the case last year and approached the American Indian plaintiffs last
  • Of sacred sites and biker bars August 3, 2006
    Chicago Tribune, United States -
    ... to a boil this year when Arizona entrepreneur Jay Allen started building what he proudly calls the world's biggest biker bar 2 miles from Bear Butte, one of
  • Online Birthday Greetings for Leonard Peltier !!! August 3, 2006
    Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
    by via list. Just like the two previous years, we have once again uploaded an online webpage with "Birthday Greetings for Leonard Peltier". ...
  • Congress comes to the Verde August 3, 2006
    Camp Verde Bugle - Camp Verde,AZ,USA
    ... According to the National American Indian Housing Council, 90,000 Indian families are either homeless or "under-housed," and there is an immediate need for ...
  • Abramoff probe looks to Nashville-based PAC August 3, 2006
    The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
    ... subpoenaed. A memo Abramoff wrote in 2001 to a Native American tribe telling them to contribute to America 21 was made public last year. ...
  • McCain delays bill on royalty claims August 3, 2006
    AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
    ... land leases owed by the federal government to Native American landowners appeared ... a scheduled hearing this morning before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.
  • Leading the fight against diabetes August 3, 2006
    Pryor Daily Times - Pryor,OK,USA
    ... Experts believe there are thousands more undiagnosed cases. Diabetes is also of particular concern among the Native American population. ...
  • Eiteljorg Museum Receives $250,000 Grant August 3, 2006
    Inside INdiana Business (press release) - Indianapolis,IN,USA
    The grant from the Ford Foundation's IllumiNation initiative for Native American arts and culture will help the museum expand its Eiteljorg Fellowship program ...
  • Tempe Union 'in compliance' on Indian program August 3, 2006
    Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
    A state education leader disputed claims that Tempe Union violated federal guidelines when seeking funding for Native American programs and urged parents to ...
  • Reservation debates proposed refinery August 3, 2006
    Bismarck Tribune - ND, USA
    ... They're also asking the Bureau of Indian Affairs to put the refinery land into trust so it's sovereign and not subject to state and local taxes and regulations...
  • Lumbee bill is heading to Senate August 3, 2006
    Fayetteville Online - Fayetteville NC,USA
    ... The recognition of this tribe is long overdue,” Tribal Chairman Jimmy ... Congress passed the Lumbee Act, which recognized the tribe as American Indian but also...

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