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Larry Kibby’s Evening Reznews Friday, July 9, 2010 Posted by: Larry Kibby – l.kibby@frontier.com

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Tribal Government & Political News

American Indians Oppose Fremont Co.’S Voting Plan cbs4denver.com (AP) ? The American Indians who successfully sued Fremont County over how it elects county commissioners say they oppose the county’s proposal for a new…

USDA enacting part of 2008 Farm Bill encouraging private land owners to go public ESPN … to land for the enjoyment of wildlife-dependent recreation, including hunting or fishing, under programs implemented by state or tribal governments…..

Senate Field Hearing part of process to get help for region Devil’s Lake Daily Journal In addition, the group will have participation from the state, tribal and local governments as well as downstream interests in North Dakota….

General News of Importance

Winona LaDuke Pledges Help for Native Tribes Drowning in BP Oil OpEdNews Honor the Earth issued a challenge to other Native American Foundations and philanthropy to put resources into the Gulf, LaDuke said….

The Weight of Invisibility: A Chat with Novelist Brando Skyhorse Washington City Paper (blog) I was raised as an Indian and was introduced to Indians who were part of the American Indian Movement in Los Angeles during the 1970s….

Racism and discrimination against immigrants and minorities in the United … 1888 Press Release (press release) Major racially structured institutions include slavery, Native American reservations, segregation, residential schools….

Education, History & Culture News

Complaint Issued Against Kewaunee “Indians” Name WTAQ “It’s been an Indian headdress, and we feel it’s respectable and respectful of the Native American Culture in this area,” Vogeltanz said….

Clinton article published in ‘Arizona State Law Journal’ Arizona State University Clinton currently serves as the Foundation Professor of Law and as an affiliated faculty member of the American Indian Studies Program….

The Myth of Impasse CounterPunch The dispossession of Native American lands by white colonists, for example, was justified on many occasions as an unavoidable consequence of the Natives’…

Archaeology, Museum & Preservation News

Corps of Engineers to investigate claim of banned work at Oxford site Anniston Star Local archaeologists and Native American activists say the area was once the location of a pre-Columbian settlement, and federal regulations require the….

Indian Gaming and Business News

volume 13 number 3 United States Sports Academy Sports Journal With the legalization of Native American casinos and the proliferation of Internet gambling, attendance at racetracks, including those in California….

Crimes, Courts & Legal News

Court upholds Needville boy’s right to wear braids Houston Chronicle AP HOUSTON – A federal appeals court has ruled a Texas school district cannot punish an American Indian kindergartner for wearing his hair in traditional….

Native American farmers hopeful about suit involving USDA loans CNN Many Native American farms are on land — usually in reservations — that the federal government holds in trusts for the benefit of future generations….

Oenga settlement breaks down Indian Country Today They’re supposed to represent Native people, that’s what it stands for, the Bureau of Indian Affairs.” The family does have legal victories in their favor….

Pow-wow & Events News

Native American Art Festival in Pinetop-Lakeside Arizona Republic Pinetop-Lakeside will hold its 23rd annual Native American Art Festival July 17-18 at Blue Ridge High School. The show usually draws 1000 to 2000 people….

Resort Creates Native American Family Exploration Camp EVLiving Pedro will lead a weekend culture-tracking workshop and Native American arts and crafts session for a limited number of young guests who upon completion of….

‘Tales About Tails’ puppet show features myths about creatures TCPalm Participants will go home with Native American crafts depicting their inner animal spirit. Cost is $3 per person, and advance registration is required…..

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Larry Kibby’s Evening Reznews Thursday, July 8, 2010 Posted by: Larry Kibby – l.kibby@frontier.com

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Tribal Government & Political News

Richard Bigelow’s border country perspective on immigration and immigrants Twin Cities Planet (blog) One doesn’t have to go back too far in history to realize we are all immigrants, maybe including even the ‘Native American’ population…

Corps buys land for tribal fishing site Dalles Chronicle After Gaul’s death, the Corps bought the land from his surviving family for $500000. Since buying the plot, the Corps has hired an American Indian….

FCC Chairman Responds to Senators Questions on Broadband BroadbandBreakfast.com Inouye also pressed Genachowki to make sure that Native Americans in rural areas and Hawaii’s translator television system would not be affected by the….

$3.4B Indian settlement added to war-funding bill News from Indian Country By Matt Volz The US House of Representatives attached a $3.4 billion government settlement with Indian trust beneficiaries to a war-funding bill that it….

Obama, Immigration, and Evangelical Counsel Beliefnet.com (blog) (And the politically correct president certainly wouldn’t argue that American Indians, Native Alaskans, Native Hawaiians, and descendants of black slaves…..

BP Fined for False Reports on Colorado Tribal Land KUNC “We will not tolerate false or misreporting on federal or Indian land, especially on Indian land where we hold our trust responsibility very high,” says….

General News of Importance

San Jose’s American Indian Health Center doctor retires after more than 30 … San Jose Mercury News However, many Native American leaders believe that an important way to improve health in the indigenous community is to return youths to tribal traditions….

Marissa A. Kristbergs: Tea Partiers don’t know U.S. history Asbury Park Press … Benjamin Franklin encouraged the colonies to stand united as the French residing in America’s frontier were merging with Native American tribes against….

Resplendent in the Western Sun Wall Street Journal Before his chronicle takes us up to the modern era and its engineering feats, Mr. Starr stops to revisit early California and salute the Native Americans…..

Ad Council targets ethnic minority youth with PSA PRWeek … Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, has launched a PSA series targeting American Indian, Hispanic/Latino and Chinese American communities…..

Government Agency Awards $10 Million in Prevention and Wellness Grants eMaxHealth Association of American Indian Physicians – headquartered in Oklahoma City, the AAIP strives to improve the overall health of American Indian and Alaskan…..

Fort Hall Tribal Members Work to Stomp Out Statistic KPVI-TV The Native American population currently suffers from the highest rates of Type 2 diabetes. In some communities the rate is as high as sixty percent…..

Education, History & Culture News

New Student Living and Learning Center The Lakota Country Times Speakers at the facilities recent dedication program recounted the six-decade effort to reach this start of the American Indian University of North America….

Oklahoma’s military past comes to life at historic Fort Reno Oklahoma Gazette Originally sent to the territory to quell unrest among the American Indian population, Fort Reno troops kept the peace during the Land Run of 1889…..

Linda Grover: Teaching Ojibwe language beneficial to Duluth students Duluth News Tribune It is not that many years ago that American Indian children attended school not in their own communities but far away at boarding schools, where Native…..

US Education Report: Homeless Students Skyrocketed During Recession School Transportation News Responses were logged for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Puerto Rico. Reporting schools also represented both…..

Math, reading gap among Native American students News from Indian Country The study also included a look at the integration of Native American culture into education. Forty-three percent of fourth grade students said their….

Archaeology, Museum & Preservation News

Indian Head Rock Returning To Kentucky WFPL Officials say a face carved in Indian Head Rock could make it a Native American artifact. That’s why, after the rock was pulled from the water by an….

First Ute Indian Museum Indian and Cowboy Festival Brings Cultures Together Telluride Watch About 40 vendors came to the event, from gun and saddle makers to Native American crafts and jewelry. Vendors continued inside the museum, where a diorama…..

COMMUNITY BRIEFS Solar Car Club Seeks Sponsors for Upcoming Race Telluride Watch Native American rock art has been used for target practice and/or scratched out. Boulders with petroglyphs have vanished, one just weeks ago within the….

Indian Gaming and Business News

American Indian tribes in Wisconsin should ban smoking at casinos, too Wisconsin State Journal The state’s many American Indian casinos should be, too. The tribes owe it to their employees to provide a healthy work environment…

Fruitport casino public hearing roller coaster has township officials’ heads … The Grand Rapids Press – MLive.com … isn’t surprised anymore about anything when it comes to the state Legislature’s consideration of the proposed American Indian casino in Muskegon County…

Little River Band pressing on with proposed casino at former Great Lakes Downs Muskegon Chronicle – MLive.com The proposed casino in Fruitport Township is facing opposition from a coalition of three tribes – the Gun Lake Tribe, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe and….

Crimes, Courts & Legal News

Women’s prison inmates contribute to Relay for Life Billings Gazette The tepee is decorated in a dusk-to-dawn theme, paying homage to the overnight Relay for Life event, and includes American Indian symbols and the colorful…

State’s Tribal Police Chiefs Ask For Help With Gangs, Drugs WHBL Sheboygan (blog) And they were joined by state Justice agents who are part of a Native American drug and gang task force. St. Croix Police Chief Frank Taylor said the….

One Road, Many Branches Futurehealth Prior to 1975, for instance, all Native American ceremony was illegal, so there was a necessary secrecy and exclusivity, lest one be arrested….

Pow-wow & Events News

Out and About: July 9 Worthington Daily Globe “Connecting the Circle,” featuring contemporary Native American music by Michael Bucher, 7 pm, Pipestone Performing Arts Center, Pipestone….

Fourth annual Summer Staff Artfest starts July 21 Arizona State University 5 – Artificial Red: Randy Kemp and Dean Yazzie perform a unique blend of modern, contemporary and traditional music with a native American storyline on….

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Larry Kibby’s Evening Reznews Wednesday, July 7, 2010 Posted by: Larry Kibby – l.kibby@frontier.com

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Tribal Government & Political News

National Park seeking pro packers to help with elk cull Los Angeles Times (blog) The meat collected will be tested for chronic wasting disease and, if there is no evidence of CWD, will be donated to state agencies, American Indian tribes…

Battle grows bitter as Tenn. recognizes new Indian tribes USA Today Then, a genealogy study unearthed her father’s Cherokee blood, and chance meetings brought her to a Native American prayer circle inside a storefront in….

Inouye Says Lingle Agrees To Akaka Bill KITV Honolulu … in the United States that has not been allowed to establish their own government, a right already extended to Alaska Natives and Native American tribes….

Arizona Lawsuit: Federal Stand for Reasonable Immigration Policies Huffington Post (blog) SB 1070 in effect authorizes targeting of anyone suspected of lacking lawful status–which in Arizona will mean Latinos (or Native Americans) of whatever…..

Choctaw Housing to break ground for new Tiak Chitto Subdivision Philadelphia Neshoba Democrat … Rodger Boyd, deputy assistant secretary to HUD/ONAP, Kevin Fitzgibbons, administrator for Eastern Woodlands Office of Native American Programs….

United States Review of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples US Department of State Consultations with federally-recognized tribes are also planned. The first of three tribal government-to-government consultations took place on June 21 in….

OPINION: Native 8(a) program is working as intended Tundra Drums For more than 200 years, Congress has enacted laws pertaining only to Native Americans and has justified these laws as necessary to fulfill the…..

General News of Importance

Poll: Fewer opportunities seen for minority kids The Associated Press … white children as having good access to high-quality health care, while 41 percent said the same of Hispanic, Arab American and American Indian/Alaska….

Tribes To Get 50-Acre Riverfront Parcel Near Dallesport OPB News When the dam was built in the 1930′s, the fishing grounds Native American tribes had been promised in the treaty of 1855 were inundated with water…

Ancestry, not just race, is important to personal medical history Los Angeles Times By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times Doctors often ask patients to list their race — white, Latino, African American, Asian, Native American — to help them…

Free job training on tap Minneapolis Star Tribune … disabled, a veteran or veteran’s spouse, 55 and older, or American Indian; or have a criminal record or limited English proficiency….

Education, History & Culture News

Flanagan returns to Mpls school board temporarily Minnesota Public Radio Flanagan made history in 2004 when she became the first Native American to win a seat on the Minneapolis School Board. She’s a member of the White Earth…

Two-week camp to help students pursue science Indiana Daily Student … Native Americans, Hispanics and African-Americans comprise only 10 percent of the college-educated individuals employed in science and engineering….

Gearing Up Kids For Their Future KELOLAND TV By Austin Hoffman GILLETTE, WY – Some Native American High School students in South Dakota are getting help connecting with their future profession…

Australian students are visiting OU to learn American Indian cultures NewsOK.com The Wollongong students will have their own class in Norman that will parallel with the OU Native American Studies summer course International Indigenous…

Final deadline set on Sutton School – again Adrian Daily Telegram The foundation consists of the Underground Railroad Project at Adrian College, the Leh Nah Weh Native American Organization and individuals….

BIE’S Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, Has It’s Accreditation Withdrawn. Lawrence Journal World (blog) Native American leaders and The US Senate on Indian Affairs committee need to take a good look at this and ask some hard questions and demand some answers…..

Archaeology, Museum & Preservation News

Preservationists lose battle over Bolsa Chica Mesa project OCRegister Mountford said they’ve conducted studies that show it is unlikely there are American Indian artifacts or remains nestled in the Ridge soil and the company ….

Indian Gaming and Business News

Ex-Alliance Gaming boss Miodunski joins small slot maker Las Vegas Review-Journal (blog) American Gaming Systems (AGS), a small slot machine manufacturer that provides games to American Indian casinos, named Miodunski as its chairman and interim…..

Crimes, Courts & Legal News

Ex-Minneapolis charter school chief pleads guilty to stealing more than $1 million Minneapolis Star Tribune By ROCHELLE OLSON, Star Tribune The former executive director of a now-shuttered Minneapolis charter school for American Indian youth pleaded guilty…

More Utahns being sentenced in artifacts case San Francisco Examiner “Around here, it’s not a crime. It’s a way of life,” he famously said. … selling or trafficking in artifacts taken from federal and tribal lands….

Two receive probation for selling American Indian artifacts Deseret News They are also are restricted from entering public and tribal lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, US Forest Service, National Park Service….

nw-rez08 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel In most states, federal prosecutors share responsibility for reservation crimes with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. But in Wisconsin, all but one tribe are…

Feds meet with Wisconsin tribal police chiefs Chicago Tribune … seven tribal chiefs involved in the state Justice Department’s Native American Drug and Gang Task Force at the Lac du Flambeau reservation Wednesday…

Pow-wow & Events News

Arizona Diamondbacks honor Native Americans – July 24th baseball game Examiner.com Enjoy America’s sport and honor Arizona tribes during Native American Recognition Day at Chase Field. Festivities begin at 3 pm with Native entertainers…

Prescott Indian Art Market, 7/10-11 Arizona Republic The show soon grew to 100 painters, sculptors, moccasin makers, weavers and others selected by a jury of Native American artists. Lynch says the show is now…

Mashantucket Pequot Museum Educational Powwow. Hartford Courant The event, which concludes on Thursday from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, highlights Native American cultural traditions. Grand Entry will take place at 11 am and 1…..

North Ogden Arts Festival to feature artist Keith Dagley Deseret News Known for his American Indian and Western paintings, Dagley is one of more than 50 artists who will have their works on display at the festival….

Healing, Sharing And Competition At Wyo. Powwow cbs4denver.com Attending powwows is more than a job. It’s a way for his children to see other American Indian cultures. Powwows open their eyes to a world beyond their…

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Larry Kibby’s Evening Reznews Tuesday, July 6, 2010 Posted by: Larry Kibby – l.kibby@frontier.com

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Tribal Government & Political News

President Obama: Republicans Holding Unemployment Extensions Hostage WorldNewsVine (blog) That is all I have to Say I am use to getting the shaft from the US I am Native American Indian I’ll shoot a dear to feed my kids I can live off the land….

Canada in the Twenty-First Century Salem-News.Com The American approach to its native population was war-an attempt to simply kill them all. The British (Canadian) approach was to herd them into the….

Left-leaning group attacks Minnesota governor candidate Tom Emmer in $500000 … In-Forum Past campaign finance reports show the alliance gets its money from labor unions, environmental groups and American Indian tribes….

Former Mount Rushmore superintendent Gerard Baker retires from NPS Rapid City Journal But Baker left the superintendent’s job at Mount Rushmore in April to take the assistant director’s job, specializing in the Native American issues that had….

Coalition tries to recall Lumbee tribal chairman News from Indian Country Members of a coalition representing an American Indian tribe in North Carolina are collecting signatures to recall the tribal chairman…

General News of Importance

‘Twilight’ films focus attention on tribe Philadelphia Inquirer The most dedicated among them made trips to the remote reservation that is home to the series’ heartthrob werewolf Jacob Black. “The interest in our tribe….

Guest column: Park needed Topeka Capital Journal It would honor the early settlers of Kansas and would help to further preserve our pioneer and native American heritage. I invite you to join in helping me….

Book Review: Muscogee Daughter Monsters and Critics.com While growing up a Muscogee-Creek and Munsee Native American, Susan experienced poverty, the ravages of alcoholism and abuse, first at the hands of her….

Lacrosse finale a tribute to Native Americans Issaquah Press The Native American Chumash-style play takes more out of a player because it’s faster-paced. But heat was not a factor in 2010, compared with the 2009…

Glenn Beck has spoken Planet Jackson Hole He spoke of a great debate between Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson on the origin of Native Americans. Beck said Franklin thought they were Jewish….

The Pitt Boss GolfDigest.com The tradition-minded architects moved little dirt within the 600 acres of what was once an American Indian reservation on Lake Oconee…..

Breast, Colon Cancer Screening Rates High, But Not High Enough BusinessWeek … than a high school education (46 percent). The lowest rates of breast cancer screening were among American Indian and Alaska Native women (70 percent)…..

Tahlequah bears a prize-winning Native American name Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber The first account we have of Clam Cove, now known as Tahlequah, comes from Lt. Georges Colvocoresses of the Wilkes American Exploring Expedition….

Education, History & Culture News

MU artists build tepee for voyage out west Columbia Missourian “One of my main interests is to break ideas about what Native American culture is,” Pursel said. “I’m interested in doing activist art, and the teepee is a….

Embarrassingly Stupid Americans, the Video! Human Events (blog) Schools proudly offer classes like “Native American Feminism” (University of Michigan) and “Cyber Feminism” (Cornell University…..

Native American Studies moves to a new home Tri City Voice On Saturday, July 10, the local Native American community and Fremont Unified School District will celebrate the completion of a new facility for the Native…..

Agnes Irwin’s Maiki Paul named 2010 Gates Millennium Scholar Main Line … and recognizes African-American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian and Pacific Islander-American, or Hispanic-American students who exemplify strong….

Archaeology, Museum & Preservation News

A museum tells the story of a resilient people Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber … by child protection authorities because they weren’t enrolled in school – a move she compared to the forced assimilation of Native American children….

Basket artisan featured in July Cultural Arts exhibit Times Community Newspapers of Greater Dayton “The main weaving methods I particularly enjoy are Shaker, Nantucket, and Native American basketry,” Dranschak said. “I prefer to do what is called….

Native Hawaiian students go to Harvard for summer News from Indian Country Harvard is also hosting students from Hopi, Sioux and Wampanoag Native American tribes at the program, which aims to improve opportunities for Native…..

Indian Gaming and Business News

Crimes, Courts & Legal News

Pow-wow & Events News

Sondheim Seen in Light and Shadow New York Times … bald-faced jokes and groaning innuendos, “Funny Thing” has famously served as a vehicle for comic actors versed in the native American art of vaudeville….

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Larry Kibby’s Evening Reznews Monday, July 5, 2010 Posted by: Larry Kibby – l.kibby@frontier.com

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Tribal Government & Political News

Storms leave family homeless Rapid City Journal Now, the homeless family with a newborn is searching for one of the rarest structures on the Pine Ridge Reservation: a new place to live….

State man in line for federal council Rapid City Journal Mike Rounds appointed Phelps to the South Dakota State Board of Education. Due to his efforts working with Native American students in early college….

Indian teen from Norman tells Senate panel about her efforts on diabetes NewsOK.com BY CHRIS CASTEEL Leave a comment WASHINGTON – Caitlin Baker has seen her American Indian peers accept diabetes as inevitable, and she has seen them fight….

Former Democratic Legislator Greenwashes Arnold’s Failed Ocean Policy Bay Area Indymedia The MLPA officials conceded and members of North Coast Tribes and non-native supporters then provided powerful testimony demanding tribal representation on….

FedBizOpps/CBD Insurance News Net (press release) Must have extensive knowledge of working with Native American clientele and understand various levels of traditional Native American beliefs and…..

General News of Importance

Prostate Cancer.Get Tested Early Worlds Breaking News Prostate cancer is actually most typical in African American males, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islanders and Native Americans possess a lower possibility of….

Happy Cinco de Julyo? BorderFire Report … old white Christian males officially codified their theft of land rightfully belonging to the Apache and other Indian tribes 234 years ago is no reason….

12 science fiction and fantasy novels and stories that are uniquely American io9 Seeking to get out from under their yoke, the white man sets off for the fabled lands eastward, much as the Native Americans were forced to due in the…

Pine Ridge Indian Reservation dry, alcohol comes in anyway Native Times “Reservation gangs go there to settle their differences,” said Martin, who also told Native Sun News that he had served liquor retailers with federal….

The false promise of Hoover Dam Los Angeles Times … to sign 24 agreements transferring water rights among various claimants – Indian tribes, irrigation districts, Western cities, the government of Mexico…..

Education, History & Culture News

Battle of Little Big Horn: Fought for a few hours, and for more than a century Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) The iron sculpture “Spirit Warriors,” etched against a blue Montana sky, honors the Native American warriors who fought at Little Big Horn….

Oklahoma’s Indian students ahead of American Indians nationally in academics Tulsa World By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau WASHINGTON – Oklahoma’s American Indian students continue to outperform those in other states, but academic progress….

Celebrating America’s greatness Business Daily Africa … of English colonists against officials in London, those who had sent them to North America to acquire resources forcibly from Native Americans….

LEWISTON PIONEER SAGE HAD BRUSH WITH DESTINY Niagarafallsreporter.com Sage bought land from the Holland Land Company in 1804 on what is now Ridge Road just west of the Tuscarora Indian Reservation, placing him among the….

Archaeology, Museum & Preservation News

Indian burial ground found in New Milford Danbury News Times Bellantoni worked with the Native American Heritage Council and the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation to remediate the burial site and preserve the Weantinogue….

Museum hosting American Indian program July 13 Grand Haven Tribune AP Breaking News Video Children will be able to create items used by American Indians, while learning about the ways in which they created the items that….

Indian Gaming and Business News

Wilson out as head of Empowerment Zone Tulsa Native American Times … Ordinance (TERO) commission issued it final decision on a case involving formal complaints from three American Indian contractors on the reservation….

Claims of money mismanagement balloon with Florida Indian tribe casino funds Tampabay.com But I’m betting early reports of how some American Indian tribes are mismanaging or misdirecting their enormous sums of casino money, here in Florida and….

Kickstarter.com’s Latest Interesting Project – Auntie’s Fry Bread Tacos PR-USA.net (press release) Los Angeles’ first Native American Eatery is set to open in local Farmers Markets later this summer. Through the use of Kickstarter, the owners….

Crimes, Courts & Legal News

Wilson out as head of Empowerment Zone Native Times Nobody is exempt. Once they cross that line that says ‘Welcome to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation,’ they are subject to our laws…..

IN RE L.D. Leagle.com “`Indian child’ means any unmarried person who is under age eighteen and is either (a) a member of an Indian tribe or (b) is eligible for membership in an….

Pow-wow & Events News

Families can dig into history on summer vacation Seattle Times So head to a Hopi Indian reservation in Arizona or the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC “The best way to get kids interested in…

Help This Ministry Layman Online In addition to Native American drums and flutes, a wide variety of music was offered in conjunction with the service. There were two greetings for GA guests…

Nez wins Indian essay contest East Valley Tribune … Native Writers’ Essay Contest sponsored by the Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian……

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Larry Kibby’s Evening Reznews Saturday, July 3, 2010 Posted by: Larry Kibby – l.kibby@frontier.com

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Tribal Government & Political News

4 July US Independence Day: US imperialism, terrorism & genocide deny Life … Collective Bellaciao Independence meant that the US was free to expand west and prosecute the North American Indian Genocide, the North American Indian Holocaust….

Your turn: Obama is right one to handle multiple crises St. Cloud Times … direct economic victims are out of sight – Native Americans. This issue is sure to explode in the future after massive tracts of land – boreal forests….

Snowmaking gets green light Arizona Daily Sun They are important not only to Native American culture, but to our broader American community … We need to examine the effectiveness of existing laws and…..

Time to let oil bring us together Houma Courier In Pointe-aux-Chenes, a long-standing dispute between two American Indian groups turned into a feud over which boats were being hired for cleanup…..

General News of Importance

‘Airbender’ reopens race debate Boston Globe That’s stunning, when the original source material was clearly rooted in Asian and Native American culture.” ” ‘Airbender’ is not an isolated case,” he….

Padres the earliest of Utah’s pioneers StandardNet Lest we forget, Layton says, these Spanish explorers did not venture into an unpopulated land. About 20000 American Indians, including Utes….

Is Having a Baby Bad for Your Health? Huffington Post (blog) Women of color (African-American, Latina, Native American), women in poverty, and immigrant women are hardest hit by these obstacles to prenatal care….

Native name proposed for Canadian park UPI.com VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 3 (UPI) — Native Americans in Canada have proposed a new name for a popular park in Vancouver, British Columbia….

Photographer documenting Navajos KRQE The culmination of James’ year hitchhiking around the Navajo Nation – the country’s largest American Indian reservation at more than 27000 square miles….

Top 10 Cancers Among Men Food Consumer In 2006, 98.2 out of 100000 African-American men were diagnosed with lung cancer, compared to 82.2 white men, 53.4 American Indian/Alaska Native men….

Education, History & Culture News

Soboba tribal center helps preserve history, culture Press-Enterprise By MONIQUE R. HENDERSON Accurate information on the ancient history and culture of Native American Indian tribes can often be tough to find….

National Indian Education Study Docuticker (blog) he National Indian Education Study, a two-part study, reveals little academic progress and widely varying cultural and school experiences for American….

Indian tribe hopes to revive Calif. tribal college San Jose Mercury News A Capay Valley Indian tribe is consulting with trustees of California’s only tribal college to see if they can help revive the struggling school….

GFU creates degree for Native Americans Newberg Graphic George Fox University Evangelical Seminary will soon begin offering a theological education program specially designed for Native North Americans….

Grades closure lawsuit settled Daily Triplicate In 2009 the district reached a separate agreement with the ACLU-NC to protect Native American students from discrimination and harassment….

Archaeology, Museum & Preservation News

Prairie du Chien Prairie du Chien offers history, natural beauty Milwaukee Journal Sentinel There are more than 200 Indian mounds (31 of them are effigy mounds) on the 2500-acre site, and 12 American Indian tribes are affiliated with the site….

Did you know we walk on hallowed ground? Fremont News Messenger On the banks of the Sandusky here was the old American Navy grounds reservation, and yonder Negro Point. Below was the historic Whitaker Reservation….

Indian Gaming and Business News

Senator Joyce Among Gambling Bill Supporters Patch Joyce said he supports the casino bill for three reasons: Native American tribes have been federally recognized to open casinos in the state, gambling will….

Building near completion sits abandoned Rapid City Journal It also found that Rohl had been awarded the contract without allowing Native American contractors the chance to bid. y “The Indian Preference provisions of….

Crimes, Courts & Legal News

‘Don’t take my child,’ California mother begs Dayton Daily News … with their adoptive parents, Jim and Collette Rost of Columbus, so long as they maintained ongoing contact with their American Indian birth parents….

Pow-wow & Events News

Around Town: Sunday Washington Examiner A story time for kids by or about American Indians. [11:30 am Smithsonian American Indian Museum, Independence Avenue and Fourth Street SW] Lights at Night….

Step Right up to the Circus Patch We’ll be here in Massapequa until Sunday, and then we go to Bayshore, then Southampton to the Native American Reservation.” The venue in Southampton is the….

Mashpee Wampanoags celebrate their culture Boston Herald By AP MASHPEE – The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe is celebrating its culture this weekend with its 89th annual powwow. The powwow runs from Saturday though….

Weekend’s best The Patriot Ledger This year’s Cultural Survival Bazaar, a festival of American Indian art, music and culture, takes place 10 am to 6 pm Saturday at the Parkman Bandstand on…

Powwow continues today & Sunday Manteca Bulletin In order to keep with Native American tradition, a community feed will be held today at 5:30 pm and will feature authentic foods for all of those who attend….

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Tribal Government & Political News

Obama touts latest round of broadband stimulus CED Magazine A telephone cooperative and the Montana State Library will receive stimulus money to expand high-speed Internet service on the Crow Indian Reservation and….

Oil giant BP picks up tab for Durango fireworks The Associated Press It was fined $5.2 million this week for allegedly submitting false reports about energy production on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation near Durango……

Senator wants administration to pick up the pace on sole-source rule GovExec.com But tribal officials suggest that such logic is shortsighted. While ANCs have been the dominant contracting player, many Indian tribes now are beginning to…..

Groups challenge pipeline’s environmental impact Houston Chronicle Ten environmental and American Indian groups from the upper Great Plains are asking the US State Department to revise or deny a draft environmental impact….

NM governor fills vacancy on regulatory panel NewsWest9.com Bill Richardson has appointed a former Native American liaison for the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission to fill a vacancy on the state panel…..

Feds approve snow-making for Snowbowl KTAR.com The concept is part of an attempt to broker a compromise between the ski resort and several Native American tribes. The tribes oppose the use of reclaimed…..

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Arizona to Spend $250K on PR to Combat Negative Immigration Image CBS News “Arizona: If we seize your Hispanic or American Indian or Malaysian children, it’s only for your own protection!” by skyk122 July 2, 2010 2:46 PM EDT Well….

Native News Update July 2, 2010 (TV) News from Indian Country Today’s Stories Include: A missed opportunity by Obama to nominate an American Indian to the Supreme Court; BP’s $5.2 Million civil penalty; Six Tennessee…..

United States Mint and the Army and Air Force Exchange Service Join Forces to … PR Newswire (press release) The Native American $1 Coin Program features Sacagawea on the obverse and an annually changing reverse that depicts important contributions to our Nation by….

Education, History & Culture News

Boxer Mioshia Wagoner sets her sights on gold in 2012 Kansas City Star A graduate of Haskell Indian Nations University, she hopes to join the small ranks of great Native-American athletes by going for the gold in 2012….

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Native Treasures n Forest Service propagates, showcases area’s plants Record-Searchlight The first project was to help plant communities at Panther Meadows, a heavily used area on Mt. Shasta that is important to American Indian tribes….

New Mackinac Art Museum Opens Ahead of Schedule ABC News The Mackinac State Historic Parks’ collection includes Native American fine and decorative art; 18th century maps of the Great Lakes region; paintings….

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Culture On Display At Renewed Museum CapeNews.net Stored in a Nike shoebox were dozens of old photographs and books, like Frank Speck’s 1928 book on Native Americans in New England….

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Man found beaten in Payne-Phalen neighborhood Pioneer Press A white or Native American female, 17 to 18 years old, with black, stringy hair in a ponytail. A white or Native American male, 18 to 20 years old….

Who’s illegal? Salt Lake Tribune I have one question for those people who propound ideas about immigration: Are you a Native American? White people killed, maimed, raped and drove Native….

Homeless man found beaten in St. Paul Minneapolis Star Tribune Police said they’re looking for two tall young black men seen in tank tops and jeans, a white or American Indian teen girl with black hair in a ponytail….

Pow-wow & Events News

Top Ten Places to Celebrate the Fourth of July Delaware County Daily Times If you appreciate Native American culture, the Crazy Horse Memorial is nearby and well worth the visit. And you can end your day at Mt. Rushmore for the….

The Alcoholic Beverages Division “Art Collection” Radio Iowa Eighteen works of art have been featured, ranging from a portrait of a Native American Warrior to landscapes to nautical themes….

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Tribal Government & Political News

US fines BP for erroneous reporting Los Angeles Times … a $5.2-million fine on the company for ‘false, inaccurate or misleading’ reports on its natural gas production on Native American land in Colorado….

Tribal Activists Disrupt MLPA Meeting to Protect Gathering Rights Bay Area Indymedia By Dan Bacher Over 40 American Indian activists took over a meeting of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative Science….

Cobell Settlement Struck From Jobs Bill Main Justice The settlement between American Indians and the federal government – already on its fifth deadline extension set for July 9 – was recently attached to an….

There’s a Light in the Darkness (LISTEN) Huffington Post (blog) She is the youngest woman and the only Native American individual to ever win the prize. Her life story is a complete and total inspiration….

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Chippewa Cree leader on flooding: ‘We’re out of crisis mode’ News from Indian Country “In a case like this where a tribal government is in charge, we respond at the request of the tribal authority.” Rosette said the tribe would look for aid……

PACT Act stopped temporarily Indian Country Today The PACT Act violates the equal protection rights of Pierce and other Native Americans “by failing to recognize Native American sovereignty…

Senators from Dakotas put spotlight on diabetes among Native Americans Rapid City Journal Experts and members of the Native American community testified in support of SDPI, including Cherokee actor Wes Studi, who recently appeared in “Avatar” and …..

There’s a Light in the Darkness (LISTEN) Huffington Post (blog) She is the youngest woman and the only Native American individual to ever win the prize. Her life story is a complete and total inspiration…..

OPINION: Stepping back from diabetes stereotypes Seward Phoenix Log Type 2 diabetes was very rare in American Indian and Alaska Native populations until about 50 to 60 years ago. So while our genetics make some of us more……

Education, History & Culture News

‘U’ announces record numbers for 2010-2011 projected freshman class Michigan Daily … identified in the release as students that identify themselves as African American, Hispanic American and Native American, applied to the University…

Math, reading gap among Native American students Rome News Tribune by CHRISTINE ARMARIO,AP Writer Native American students at schools overseen by the federal Bureau of Indian Education performed significantly worse on…

Native American students at Bureau of Indian Education schools perform worse … Los Angeles Times He recalled how in the 1940s Native American children were sent to government boarding schools where they were stripped of their culture and language….

NMSU Scores Highly In Minority Graduation Rates KRWG 90.7 For Native American baccalaureates, NMSU’s highest ranking was in education at number 21. NMSU also ranked at 32 for biological and biomedical sciences….

Rewriting history for political points Pahrump Valley Times The war happened because some white men at a place on the Emigrant Trail called Williams Station kidnapped some young Native American women, took them to a….

Archaeology, Museum & Preservation News

Ute Indian Museum Holds First-Ever Indian-Cowboy Festival July 3 Telluride Watch He is the national spokesman for Running Strong for American Indian Youth, a non-profit organization that help communities with self-sufficiency programs….

Uncovering history The Herald Argus By Matt Fritz LA PORTE – Archeological excavations in La Porte have uncovered prehistoric Native American weapons and pottery fragments….

Indian Gaming and Business News

Gambling expansion backers urge Texas lawmakers to allow slots at tracks … CanadianBusiness.com Slots at tracks could generate about $1 billion per year for state government, Young said. Leaders of Indian tribes and proponents of full-fledged casinos….

State Senate takes first step toward legalizing full casinos in Sullivan County Mid-Hudson News … with the US Department of the Interior, which would have to reverse a Bush administration order disallowing off-reservation Native American casinos…

Crimes, Courts & Legal News

Disgraced DC Lobbyist Jack Abramoff Working at Pizza Parlor Gambling911.com … 2006, to three criminal felony counts in a DC federal court related to the defrauding of American Indian tribes out of millions and corruption of public….

Lawsuit: Church protected abusive Salesian priest Houston Chronicle In 1955, Miani was transferred to Edmonton, Canada, where the lawsuit alleges he molested children at a boarding school for Native American boys….

Indian Affairs Investigates IHS KFYR-TV There are 48 Indian Health Service facilities in the four-state territory. Dorgan says if true, the problems have hurt health care for American Indians…

Tennessee: Cherokee Nation files suit over Indian group recognition Chattanooga Times Free Press Members then approved recognition of six groups that say they are “remnant” tribes of American Indians who eluded the 19th century expulsion of Cherokees….

Pow-wow & Events News

Autry to remodel, creating Native American galleries in Griffith Park and … Los Angeles Times (blog) Autry spokeswoman Joan Cumming said that plans for the Southwest still call for reserving part of the building for a display of Native American artifacts…..

Community Arts: Movies, concerts and more North County Times (blog) The powwow kicks off at 5 pm July 2 with a gourd dance, which is an Indian war and sun dance, then leads into the Grand Entry, a processional where members….

ECU takes its summer theater on the road Greenville Daily Reflector On the grounds are a replica of a 16th century ship, the Elizabeth II, exhibits of Algonquian culture and history in American Indian Town…..

6th Annual Mni Wiconi Wacipi “Living Waters Powwow” and Family Camp Indian Country Today … Powwow” and Family Camp. Like last year, we will celebrate the abundant life we have in Christ as Native American or First Nations people in a cultural…..

Holiday festivities abound in Basin Vernal Express The powwow grounds, located seven miles east of Roosevelt next to Ute Plaza, are filled with booths selling authentic Native American crafts and goods….

Pipestone Pow Wow Indian Country Today Come see hand crafted items including American Indian Art, eat and enjoy Indian tacos, buffalo burgers and get to know a little about what makes Pipestone….

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Tribal Government & Political News

California MLPA Process Scapegoats Native Cultures Bay Area Indymedia Eureka, CA – Members of local American Indian Tribes interrupted the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative’s Science Advisory Team meeting today demanding…

Mashpee tribe claims win in Salazar memo Martha’s Vineyard Times “Nothing will be a deal changer like the Native American rights,” she said. Tucker said the federal announcement should cause lawmakers to slow down their….

Tennessee recognizes Six Groups as Tribes The Cherokee One Feather Congress has directed Tribal governments to be recognized through an administrative process in the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Social groups and non-profits…

General News of Importance

“The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”: Edward, Jacob and Bella’s hot three-way Salon … the guise of undead Edward (Robert Pattinson) and the manly, muscular, swaggering Elvis in the guise of American Indian werewolf Jacob (Taylor Lautner)…..

Does the Third Twilight Eclipse the Others? UGO By Jordan Hoffman 5 minutes ago You like looking at shirtless, hunky Native Americans, you want to see a man act like a Morrissey song and you’ve gone this…

Stagecoach, Everlasting Moments, When You’re Strange, Red Desert … and more Movie City News … on the Native American community. (Let’s cheer those Navajo/Apache actors as well, who ride their hearts out for Stagecoach. The Navajo tribe’s economy…

Hughes Wins Two More US State Agency Service Contracts Satellite Today (subscription) Separately, Hughes Network Systems announced it has installed a satellite uplink in which enables distance learning at the Native American Havasupai…..

Education, History & Culture News

Drawing lines in the sand Estes Park Trail-Gazette It’s taken a while to understand that Native American wisdom, so envied by non-Indians, so imitated and so abused, is basically an awareness and…

Archaeology, Museum & Preservation News

CU-Boulder researcher Craig Lee finds artifacts preserved in melting ice patches Daily Camera Pieces of animal remains and Native American baskets and clothing are among the typical discoveries brought back from one of Lee’s treks

Rutherford sheriff turns 2000-year-old remains over to state The Daily News Journal No photographs will be released of the bones as it is also illegal in Tennessee to display Native American remains except as evidence in court proceedings….

Indian Gaming and Business News

Keres wins $1M FEMA contract New Mexico Business Weekly Keres is an American Indian-owned firm based in Albuquerque. Four months ago, the company formed a strategic relationship with EMG, an architectural….

Crimes, Courts & Legal News

Priest searches for closure after children’s deaths The Catholic Spirit The funerals for three children, their father and grandmother were taking place at the American Indian Center in South Minneapolis….

Pow-wow & Events News

Navajo film “Pete & Cleo” to hit theaters next week [3 pm] Farmington Daily Times “Pete & Cleo,” the most recent American Indian-based film from Holt Hamilton productions, will hit theaters next week. Hamilton productions was responsible….

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Tribal Government & Political News

Arizonans to the feds: “Keep off our land” RenewAmerica We travelled, often, through the Tohono O’odham Nation land – the second largest “Indian” reservation in the US And we scouted the lovely Arivaca Valley….

Protestants repent for churches’ role in oppressing First Nations Insights News The June 18-28 gathering in Grand Rapids, in the state of Michigan, took place on the traditional territory of Native American peoples, delegates noted….

Housing crisis hits people of color hardest Workers World American Indian (16.5 percent), Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islanders (18.6 percent) and Asian borrowers (15.7 percent) all also show an increased….

Huron Potawatomi announces tribal election results Battle Creek Enquirer “One of the Tribal Council’s main goals is the implementation of our Land Use Master Plan, which identifies land use for program and service expansion….

Agua Caliente tribe marks Section 14 with cornerstone The Desert Sun The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians on Monday put an indelible mark on Section 14, the heart of the reservation, in Palm Springs…

General News of Importance

Flag from Custer’s last stand expected to fetch millions The Age AN AMERICAN flag found at Little Bighorn after George Armstrong Custer and nearly 270 men were wiped out by Indian warriors could fetch $US12.3 million…

State looks for arrangement on Indian-sold cigarettes NewsChannel 9 WSYR Verona (WSYR-TV) – New York State is still working towards an agreement to tax cigarettes sold by Native Americans to non-Indians…..

Black Wave: film about fishermen’s battle against Exxon in Davis July 1 AlterNet (blog) … First Amendment of the US Constitution, American Indian Religious Freedom Act, and UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples….

Native American Actors See New Image in “Twilight” ABC News The Native American said many times actors like himself are forced into “leathered and feathered” roles, meaning parts that require them to portray…

Equal Justice Works Awarded 2.9 Million in Grants PR Web (press release) … nonprofit organizations around the country, on projects that include domestic violence, immigrants’ rights, indigent defense and Native American rights…..

Civic participation on the rise in Indian Country Minnesota Public Radio There are roughly 35000 eligible American Indian voters in Minnesota. But there are few statistics for how many of them actually show up at the polls…..

The Wolf Pack Twilight Eclipse Interview MoviesOnline They told us what it was like being part of a franchise with such a huge fan base, how The Twilight Saga is creating new opportunities for Native American….

Rock wall creates parking problem Times Daily … to his great-great-grandmother, Mary Hipp, a Yuchi Indian who was among American Indians forced to leave for an Oklahoma reservation when she was 14…..

Education, History & Culture News

Controversy over race based logo divides area district WEAU-TV 13 And the controversy is even dividing different Native American families in the area. “Throughout the time we have lived here, discrimination has never been…..

American Indian Village Will be Built in Wausau School Forest WSAW The district will invite special instructors out to the village to teach students K-12 about the importance of Native American culture….

Potawatomi language lives on Topeka Capital Journal Since 2007, language and cultural classes, partially funded by a three-year grant from the Administration for Native Americans, have been offered to adults…..

Archaeology, Museum & Preservation News

Team 4: Remains Moved From Old McKees Rocks Indian Mound WTAE Pittsburgh “Federal regulations govern Native American museum collections, and we are in full compliance with the federal regulations,” said a Carnegie representative….

Mitochondrial genome analysis revises view of the initial peopling of North … PhysOrg.com Genetic studies have shed light on the initial lineages that entered North America, distinguishing the earliest Native American groups from those that….

Indian Gaming and Business News

Proposed Fruitport Township casino still faces federal hurdle Muskegon Chronicle – MLive.com … of Michigan have agreed to withdraw from federal government consideration a compact amendment for a proposed American Indian casino in Muskegon County….

South Sound Music Calendar: Monday, July 5 Weekly Volcano Muckleshoot Indian Casino Auburn. Asian Entertainment Night. 21+. 8:30 pm. NC. The Loft on Cherry Olympia – Downtown. Community West African Drumming and…

Casino smoking ban opponents relent Martha’s Vineyard Times But Native American tribes seeking to build a Massachusetts casino could ultimately ignore the Senate’s stance, said the chairwoman of Smoke-Free Gaming….

Crimes, Courts & Legal News

COPELAND v. MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS Leagle.com Tribal Court of the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation, 495 F.3d 1017 (8th Cir. 2007); Garcia v. Akwesasne Housing Auth., 268 F.3d 76, 80, n.1…..

Pow-wow & Events News

New age musicians to play DWT BlueRidgeNow.com Kater has performed in Asheville in four sold-out shows with renowned Native American Flutist R. Carlos Nakai. Kater last concert was at the Thomas Wolf ….

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