ICT - National http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national RSS Feed for ICT - National en-us Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Micmacs acquire 600 acres of trust land on former air force base http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/50131692.html PRESQUE ISLE, Maine – The Interior Department has taken more than 600 acres of land into trust for the Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians. Move It! kits meant to motivate educators and parents http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/50131872.html ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – With little exercise and poor eating habits, American Indian children are one of the groups most vulnerable to Type 2 diabetes. County Commission split over Fond du Lac land acquisition http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/50141997.html CLOQUET, Minn. – A majority of commissioners on the St. Louis County Board are opposed to a tax forfeiture land sale to the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation because of a loss of tax revenue. Together we can make a difference in a child’s life http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/50142492.html MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The 9th Annual National Tribal Child Support Association Training Conference is being held July 12 – 16 in the Regency Ballroom of the Hilton Hotel in Milwaukee. The purpose of the conference is to provide discussion and information about regulations of tribal child support enforcement and partnerships with federal, state and local governments. Tibetan monks, Maidu Native Americans celebrate similar cultural experiences http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/49709412.html GRASS VALLEY, Calif. – For the second year, visiting Tibetan monks and members of the Tsi-Akim Maidu Tribe shared an evening of culture. Minnesota tribes fight Enbridge oil pipeline http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/50141912.html DULUTH, Minn. (MCT) – Saying the environmental damage to their Native brothers’ land in Canada is too great, tribal dissidents on two Minnesota Indian reservations are battling a major new oil pipeline across northern Minnesota. Exit strategy http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/50136672.html AKWESASNE, N.Y. – The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe passed a referendum June 6 saying the tribe should exit the national electricity grid and form an independent utility company. The community supported the referendum by a vote of 445 to 102. Umatillas and USFS reach grazing agreement http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/50134432.html PENDLETON, Ore. – The U.S. Forest Service and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation have signed a memorandum of agreement to allow cattle to be grazed on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Some 300 cattle owned by Indian Country Livestock will be permitted to graze on the Dark Ensign allotment covering about 26,000 acres south of Indian Lake. Poarch Creek donates $500,000 to Alabama Department of Archives and History http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/50134097.html ATMORE, Ala. – The Poarch Band of Creek Indians has donated $500,000 for the development of new museum exhibits at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Court upholds dismissal of SD tribe’s land lawsuit http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/50133857.html PIERRE, S.D. – An appeals court June 26 refused to reinstate the Oglala Sioux Tribe’s lawsuit that sought to prevent the federal government from transferring thousands of acres of land along the Missouri River to the state.