Latest HeadlinesChancellor: Standing Rock at standstillThe University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname is in political limbo at the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, North Dakota University System Chancellor Bill Goetz said Thursday. After meeting earlier with tribal Chairman Charles W. Murphy, Goetz reported to the state Board of Higher Education that the chairman will not push for a referendum on the issue and that there’s no indication the Tribal Council is inclined to conduct one. Native Americans showcase traditions during culture dayA group of Northern Nevada Indian tribe members will gather Saturday to showcase their dances, crafts and traditions at the Wilbur D. May Museum at Rancho San Rafael Regional Park. Trembling Leaves Native American Culture Day runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. During the past few days, the museum has opened the exhibition and demonstrations by appointment to school classes from the surrounding area. The Saturday presentation is open to all. Super Jackpot $1 Million Bingo is Coming to a Seminole Casino Near You, Dec. 13When Seminole Casino Hollywood opened its doors in 1979 as a bingo parlor, it pioneered the Native American gaming movement. To celebrate its 30th anniversary, on Sunday, December 13 from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Classic will host an unprecedented $1 million prize Seminole Satellite Bingo Game that will be simulcast across six Seminole Casinos via intranet. Drug Use, Gang Violence on Tribal Lands on the RiseScripps Howard Foundation Wire - Gang leaders have found new territory to conquer - expansive tribal reservations where populations are often low-income and police presence low. Methamphetamine use has skyrocketed in tribal communities where addiction rates to alcohol and other substances are traditionally high. Billionaire investor reportedly interested in buying up tribe's debtA billionaire's reported move to buy up some of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation's debt just might be a good opportunity - for the investor, a ratings analyst said Thursday. Leon Black, who heads up Apollo Management L.P. of New York City, has been buying up the tribe's debt, the New York Post said Tuesday. Both the tribe and a spokeswoman for Apollo declined comment on the report Thursday. Tribal revival: Radio documentarian chronicles lives of MaiduA year-long labor of love by Nevada City resident Estrella Acosta — a two-part radio documentary on the local Tsi-Akim Maidu tribe — debuts at 6:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday on KVMR-FM (89.5). “I just got sucked into the story,” Acosta said. Slots at expo promise flashy future with 3-D graphics, video game feelSlot machine manufacturers didn't hold back at the Global Gaming Expo. Games with high-definition animated characters and 3-D graphics, touch-screen technology and Xbox-type or similar video game features were on display in the booths of the major slot machine makers. Slot machines built around familiar themes and popular culture took up a large chunk of G2E's 258,000 square feet of exhibit space inside the Las Vegas Convention Center. Nationally-recognized storyteller to share Ute Indian storiesNationally-recognized storyteller and recording artist Kay Negash will share Native American stories at the Estes Park Museum Nov. 28. The Ute are the first known tribe to inhabit the Estes Valley for springtime hunting about 900 years ago. Tribal stories remember people, feature natural landmarks and continue Ute knowledge and culture for generations to come. Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Member Convicted Of Honduras Development SchemeChristopher Pearson had big credentials. He was a Mashantucket Pequot Indian, grandson of the woman credited with holding the tribe together through its leanest period. He had a big dream, too. He would use his connection to the tribe to transform a tiny Caribbean island into the hemisphere's most attractive vacation destination. There would be more than 100 tropical acres of hotels, condominiums, time-share apartments, restaurants, marinas and cruise ship docks. American Indian culture honored in festivalDaniel "Firehawk" Abbott drew deeply on his traditional Native American stone table pipe, paused, then exhaled, allowing the smoke to linger near his face. With his free hand, he swept the sweet smoke over his face and back across his long grey hair. Students learn lessons of American IndiansEach student offered up a different fact, each drawing from his or her own memory of what he or she learned about American Indians on Wednesday.Emerald Thomas, 7, raised her hand and said, "They like to kill and get buffalo skin." "The Indians lived in long houses and covered their houses in buffalo skin," Novalea Bartolett, 8, said, adding it was kind of gross. "I made a teepee with a bunch of symbols like deer and other animals. Dryside residents hear options for drinking waterThe foundation has been laid to provide drinking water to the dry western side of La Plata County, but the building blocks needed to complete the system are many, varied and expensive. A couple of dozen skeptical Dryside residents heard the assessment Tuesday evening from La Plata West Water Authority board members Roy Horvath, Tom Brossia, Mae Morley and Kirk Peine. Groundbreaking today for Muskego Wal-MartBentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will hold a groundbreaking ceremony today at 11 a.m. to celebrate the start of construction of a new Wal-Mart supercenter store in Muskego. The 156,400-square-foot store, which will include a grocery department, will be built southeast of Moorland Road and College Avenue. The site is in Muskego, just south of the New Berlin city limits. EchoHawk unveils BATmobile unitsBatman drove his Batmobile to fight crime. Now, Larry EchoHawk is using four BATmobiles to combat drunken driving on American Indian reservations. EchoHawk, the Utahn who is assistant interior secretary for indian affairs, announced Wednesday that the department purchased four, 40-foot-long BATmobiles (BAT stands for breath alcohol testing) at a cost of $300,000 each to help tribes "reduce injuries and save lives, especially during the upcoming holiday season." Leader laments loss of Indian traditionsAmerican Indians need their cultural roots for strength and identity, but many tribes are losing their language and religious traditions as their older members die. “This is one of the things elders forget,” said Joe Iron Man, a spiritual leader from the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. “They never teach. They take it with them.” Foxwoods financial troubles worries lawmakersIt's billed as the wonder of it all and some are now wondering what the future holds for Foxwoods resort casino after its owner, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, paid only 14.2 million dollars of a 21.25 million dollar payment on a 500-million dollar loan. The tribe said in a statement that the shortage will not be covered within the 30-day grace period so they will default on the loan. No one from the tribe would talk on camera. Reflections on a life filled with lots of good luckMy Crow kin call me “Lucky.” It’s a relative thing. When the Whistling Water Clan of the Crow Tribe decided to adopt me, I was honored. When a clan uncle tossed in a Crow name, I was delighted. I was certain the name he chose would have something to do with my occupation – something like Story Teller, Scribbler or Big Chief Talking Paper. Dancers share heritageAs members of Whittier Elementary School’s yearbook club, sixth-graders Dacey Shiew and Shalee Allen made sure they got plenty of pictures of Native American dancers when the All Nations Indian Youth visited their school Wednesday. Leaders of the dancing group did not object. “This is a form of education, not entertainment, so it’s okay to take pictures if you are going to educate people,” said Alice Whitecloud, who narrated the dances. Southern Ute execs give lecture on renewable resourcesSouthern Ute Indian tribe executives spoke about their continued investments into renewable-energy sources Wednesday in Science Hall for Native American Heritage Month. Bruce Valdez, the Southern Ute Growth Fund executive director, spoke about his tribe’s efforts to turn algae into renewable biofuels, which drew standing room only for 139 students and faculty. Tribes invite businesses to reservationsEconomic-development officials from three central-Arizona Native-American communities said local developers and other business owners should consider one of the nearby reservations for their next project. Representatives of the Gila River Indian Community, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and Tohono O'odham Nation met with members of a large Valley business organization on Wednesday to talk about their economic development efforts and invite businesses outside the reservations to get involved. American Indian Yaqui warriors laid to restMore than a century after they were sent to the American Museum of Natural History, the 12 skulls and blood-spattered bones of the Yaqui Indians of northern Mexico have finally been buried in a tribal ceremony in Vicam, a traditional Yaqui village in Sonora state. The burial was the culmination of an unpredecented effort by tribes in both Mexico and the US to seek recognition and justice from their respective governments over a 1902 massacre in which Mexican troops killed about 150 Yaqui men, women and children. City agreement with tribe raises concernsSome residents of the Riverton area are expressing concern about a proposed agreement between the city and the Northern Arapaho Tribe to cooperate on common interests. The city and tribe have agreed to work together on issues, such as zoning and land-use planning and economic development efforts. They also agreed to enter into mediation on future disputes instead of going directly to the courts. Unofficial tally shows Swett new chairman of Lumbee TribeFormer school administrator Purnell Swett was elected chairman of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina in unofficial results Tuesday night. Swett won 3,371 votes. Tony Hunt drew 2,758 votes, and William Terry Campbell had 649 votes. Swett said he and his committee impressed on his supporters that they had to get out to the polls. Film portrays Native American influence on Civil WarThough Native American participation in the U.S. Civil War is largely unknown, CSU professors and researchers said, tribes throughout the country had a significant impact on the war's outcome. ThisThough Native American participation in the U.S. Civil War is largely unknown, CSU professors and researchers said, tribes throughout the country had a significant impact on the war's outcome. This idea was communicated to a crowd of about 35 students Tuesday through a showing of the History Channel's documentary "Indian Warriors," which illustrated the involvement of noted Native Americans -- Stand Watie, John Ross and Ely Parker -- who changed the course of the war, particularly in the West. Indian heritage shines at Pow WowA crisp chill is in the air. The smell of campfires permeate the atmosphere. The sound of people joining together in celebration and dancing to the beat of the drums can be heard from blocks away. It's mid-November in Santa Rosa County and that can only mean one thing — it's time to celebrate the local Native American history at the Floridatown Indian Pow Wow. Lumbee speaker details tribe's past at Western Carolina University expoIf not for its location, Kerry Bird's lecture on Lumbee Indians may have gotten little notice. But for Bird, speaking at Western Carolina University was “a big step.” The school lies close to the Cherokee Indian Reservation and offers courses and resources on the Cherokee, a tribe that for years has opposed federal recognition of the Lumbee as a tribe. Casino developer injured in auto crashCowlitz casino developer David Barnett was in serious condition Tuesday afternoon after a Monday morning car crash. Barnett, 49, was critically injured and unconscious after being thrown from the bed of a Toyota pickup at 6 a.m. Monday in Shoreline, police said. No other vehicles were involved, the King County sheriff's office said. The pickup's female driver, 36, was uninjured. Court won't hear Redskins caseA nearly two-decade legal challenge by Native American activists to the nickname of the Washington Redskins came to a close Monday when the Supreme Court declined to review the group's last loss in federal courts. The justices declined without comment to reconsider a lower court's ruling that the activists waited too long to bring their assertion that the nickname is so racially offensive that it does not deserve trademark protection. Tohono O’odham Nation donates $55K to Luke AFB booster groupThe American Indian tribe that wants to build a controversial casino west of Phoenix has donated to $55,000 to a group supportive of Luke Air Force Base. The Tohono O’odham Nation gave the money to the Fighter Country Partnership, a Luke booster group that lobbies to keep the base open and helps U.S. Air Force personnel on base. Wall Street Now Home To American Indian FirmAmerican Indians have become major players in the casino business. Now one tribe from South Dakota is moving into a different kind of gambling — on Wall Street. The Lower Brule Sioux tribe, based in Lower Brule, S.D., just bought the Westrock Group, making the company the first fully Native American-owned investment firm. Was Indian burial ground robbed?Residents here are hopeful that the cell phone and vehicle left behind Saturday by those who allegedly robbed a Native American burial ground will lead to their swift arrest. And when they do, let it be a lesson to anyone who tries to mess with Anderson Township green space, said Ron Edgerton, chair of the Anderson Township Green Space Committee. Oneida embrace planting, harvesting of white corn as a staple of diet, cultureGeorge Washington's troops at Valley Forge may have starved to death without the white corn an Oneida Indian chief gave them in the winter of 1777 during the Revolutionary War. Now, the Oneida, like other tribes in Wisconsin, are returning to indigenous foods such as high-protein white corn and bison to aid their own survival, as diabetes and heart disease associated with fast-food diets plague tribal members. ASU Leads Country in AIEF Scholarship StudentsArizona State University is the country’s higher education destination of choice for undergraduate Native Americans attending college on an American Indian Education Foundation (AIEF) scholarship, according to numbers recently released by the foundation. Mashantuckets likely to default on key paymentThe Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation expects to default next month on the balance of a bond interest payment that was due Monday.In a statement, the tribe said it had paid about two-thirds of a $21.25 million payment, triggering a 30-day grace period in which it could pay the rest. It said, however, that it does not "currently anticipate" paying the balance within the grace period, meaning it will be in default as of Dec. 16. Wall Street Now Home To American Indian FirmAmerican Indians have become major players in the casino business. Now one tribe from South Dakota is moving into a different kind of gambling — on Wall Street. The Lower Brule Sioux tribe, based in Lower Brule, S.D., just bought the Westrock Group, making the company the first fully Native American-owned investment firm. The Historic Obama Tribal Summit: Uphold the Spirit of America's FoundingOn this week of Veteran's Day 2009, Indian Country witnessed the historic meeting of the Obama administration with Indian tribes on November 5, 2009. What should have been a national celebration was a staid, meaningless political affair. Indian country felt excluded, Mr. President. We have powwows, we celebrate, we eat, we dance. Our drums are the powerful heartbeat of this nation. New York must cut, not raise taxes, feesApparently, the state of New York doesn’t get it. If this state wants to keep and attract business and residents, then here’s the solution: cut taxes and fees. Otherwise, for New York State to continue charging obscene taxes and fees means Albany deserves to lose revenue to lower-price entities such as Indian tribal gas/tobacco stores, out-of-state purveyors and even Internet-based providers. Pinoleville updates casino plansPinoleville Indian Nation hosted a meeting Thursday in Ukiah to talk about its plans to build a casino on the old site of Ken Fowler motors north of Ukiah. Tribal council members and those involved with the project said the project will be on about eight acres of land, the size of the old car lot just north of Orr Springs Road on North State Street. "It is about 8.8 acres total property," development partner Michael Canales said. "It is exactly that space." Tribal spending for D.C. travel concerns someAlmost half of the Rosebud Sioux tribal council flew to Washington, D.C., during the recent Tribal Nations Conference hosted by President Barack Obama, though only its chairman was invited to the one-day summit between tribal leaders and U.S. cabinet secretaries. That has prompted one former Rosebud council member to question the tribe’s travel budget decisions. New Utah curriculum focuses on IndiansLike all kids in Utah, American Indian children are required by law to attend school, but they are rarely taught about their own history, culture or customs. Recent legislation aimed to change that by footing the bill for the development of curriculum that can be taught to any age group, but specifically to students in 4th and 7th-grade Utah studies programs. New Washoe water plan would allow extra day of wateringReno-area residents would be able to water their lawns three days per week instead of two under a new long-term strategy for the area's primary water provider. If approved by the Truckee Meadows Water Authority board on Dec. 16, the three-day-per-week watering schedule could be in place as soon as the coming spring. Western Carolina University hosts American Indian expoWestern Carolina University will host exhibits and a series of presentations that explore social issues, traditions, images and values of American Indians. The Native American Heritage Expo starts today and ends Thursday. The series includes a talk on Tuesday on “History of the Lumbee Tribe,” a tribe in eastern North Carolina that has been seeking federal recognition. Round dance celebrates heritageThe WSU Ku-Ah-Mah, an American Indian student group, hosted the 3rd Annual Native American Round Dance at the Gladish Community & Cultural Center Saturday night in celebration of Native American Heritage Month. Ku-Ah-Mah means cougar in Nimipu, the language of the Nez Perce tribe. This free, public event included a traditional American Indian round dance to music performed by the Lightning Creek drum group and the University of Idaho’s American Indian drum group, as well as a free meal. Oklahoma tribes receive millions from stimulusOklahoma’s American Indian tribes have been awarded more than $135 million in federal stimulus dollars and are hastily developing projects ranging from housing construction to Head Start programs. The stimulus money has come so fast and unexpectedly to the tribes that at least one Oklahoma tribal official admitted being a bit bewildered. Native man big winner at Casino, loser at borderLyman Corbiere admits his system for playing the slot machines might seem, to an outsider, to be unnecessarily circuitous. But the M'Chigeeng First Nation man says he never imagined it would land him in a holding cell at the U. S. border or lead to his money, at least temporarily, being seized by the U. S. federal government. |
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