Friday Evening News Briefs & Summary’s
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IHS & Indian Community Health Briefs & Summary’s
Short Takes, Jan. 21 Inland Valley Daily Bulletin UPLAND – The Native American Tongva Nation will put on a free Health and Wellness Fair and MLK Day of Service today at the Chaffey Communities Cultural Center, 525 W. 18th St. Volunteer opportunities include assisting with the museum’s artifacts…
First Nations & Indigenous Briefs & Summary’s
Australia To Finally Recognize Aborigines As First People News One Like the Native Americans and other indigenous people, Aborigines were displaced by British settlers. The dispossession and dislocation from their land had devastating consequences to the Aborigines, because land was…
Conservation & Environmental Briefs & Summary’s
Cabazon Band of Mission Indians Agrees to Air Quality Rules JD Supra (press release) In a landmark agreement, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) reached a “government-to-government” agreement with the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians to enforce some of the SCAQMD’s air quality regulations…
Education & History Briefs & Summary’s
Indian Country comes to Berkeley (and vice versa) UC Berkeley As UC Berkeley students streamed back to campus last week, Belardes and Marquez were taking part in a first-of-its kind Native American Museum Studies Institute, a collaborative effort of two campus entities…
Business & Gaming Briefs & Summary’s
Mohegan Tribe To Host Largest Annual U.S. Sustainable and Responsible … Sacramento Bee 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Mohegan Tribe joined First Affirmative Financial Network today in announcing that the sovereign Indian nation will host the 23rd annual SRI Conference for Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing…
No Eligibility Ruling Yet On Broken Arrow’s Proposed Casino – NewsOn6.com … News On 6 In a letter from the NIGC sent to US Senator Tom Coburn and Congressman John Sullivan says the neither the National Indian Gaming Commission nor the Bureau of Indian Affairs has made a determination on whether the proposed property is Indian…
BA Casino Fight Reaches Washington KTUL (blog) The letter is from the chairwoman of the National Indian Gaming Commission. In it, Tracie Stevens assures Congressman Sullivan and Senator Tom Coburn that ” neither the NIGC nor the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has made a determination on whether…
Michigan Indian tribe wants to halt plans for downtown Lansing Indian casino Detroit Free Press By Matt Helms A Michigan Indian tribe today launched a preemptive attack against plans for a major off-reservation casino said to be in the works for downtown Lansing. The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians is working with Lansing officials..
Do Small Businesses Really Need the SBA’s Help? Entrepreneur (blog) And earlier this month, the SBA introduced a new online course tailored for Native American entrepreneurs. Critics say these special-help programs just coddle business owners who need to bootstrap their way up the same as anybody…
Museum & Exhibit Briefs & Summary’s
Ali Center opening exhibit on African-Native Americans Louisville Courier-Journal 11:09 am A traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibit focusing on the lives of African-Native Americans will open Saturday at the Muhammad Ali Center. It is titled “IndiVisible” and will run through March 16 at the center, near Sixth and Main streets…..
Court & Legal Briefs & Summary’s
President Obama’s drug policy office sets new strategy to cut drug flow across … Washington Post BUFFALO, NY — Federal law enforcement agencies will help tribal officers obtain equipment and training on Indian lands near the US-Canadian border as part of the White House’s newly released strategy for reducing the flow of illegal drugs…
New US plan to stop drug flow over northern border Sacramento Bee By CAROLYN THOMPSON AP BUFFALO, NY — Federal law enforcement agencies will help tribal officers obtain equipment and training on Indian lands near the US-Canadian border as part of the White House’s newly released strategy for reducing the flow….
Tribes trump researchers regarding Native remains Arizona State University Currently, museums, universities and federal government agencies hold more than 100000 Native American remains of inconclusive cultural affiliation. Though the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 mandates that remains…
Report: Police arrest suspect in abduction of 9-year-old Pueblo girl Denver Post … a bus station on Kiowa Street and Nevada Avenue in downtown Colorado Springs. … An Amber Alert was issued this morning. The alert was lifted after she…
KCTV 5Investigation underway after skull found in Platte County KCTV Kansas City … dislodged a body from a coffin or a century-old burial ground. Gramm wants to know if the skull was from a native American Indian or a more recent…
Coushatta Indian Tribe member pleads guilty to burglary charges KPLC-TV … “Public safety in Indian Country is a priority for the United States Attorney’s Office and the Department of Justice. We will continue to work with the tribes to ensure that those who participate in criminal activity on the reservation…
People in the News Briefs & Summary’s
Payson octogenarian runs to Rock ‘n’ Roll gold medal finish Payson Roundup Among the prestigious awards he has received was the 2007 APS Power Player Trophy he was given as a 77-year-old runner entered Lori Piestewa National Native American Games held near Fountain Hills. In the Native American Games, he ran his way…
Events & Activity Briefs & Summary’s
Two films show effects of uranium mining Art Threat Don’t Mine Me is a documentary about the history of uranium mining on the Navajo Indian Reservation in the Southwest United States. At the end of WWII, the United States encouraged uranium mining production. Several large uranium deposits were found on…
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