ICT - National - Plains http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains RSS Feed for ICT - National - Plains en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:35:31 GMT Seven donors award $21,000 in Native scholarships http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/69666202.html DENVER – The Colorado Indian Education Foundation awarded 10 Native scholars $1,000 each in a ceremony at which Gov. Bill Ritter proclaimed Native American Heritage Month and additional scholarships were announced. Riverton agreement with tribe raises concerns http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/70618457.html RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) – Some 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. College, tribe to train health workers http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/70281252.html NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) – Fort Berthold Community College in New Town plans to work with the Three Affiliated Tribes to train staff for the Elbowoods Memorial Health Center being built on the Fort Berthold Reservation. White Bison founder says award will fund his dream http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/70187147.html COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Older people are sometimes overlooked, but one Native 66-year-old innovator in the substance abuse field has been recognized with a $100,000 award for his work. EchoHawk discusses water rights http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/70185927.html PAWNEE, Okla. – A rising battle over water rights for Oklahoma tribes loomed at a listening conference with Assistant Secretary of the BIA Larry EchoHawk Oct. 23 hosted by Pawnee Nation College. Communities take a holistic stance on diabetes prevention http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/68893612.html Preventing and treating diabetes encompasses more than physical cures in 17 innovative tribal efforts funded by the Native Diabetes Wellness Program of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. The most effective approaches take spiritual, emotional, and cultural aspects into account as well, said Aubrey Skye, Hunkpapa Lakota, gardens coordinator of one recipient of CDC funds, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Diabetes Program. “You have to consider the whole person.” Heritage Month brings recollection and hope for reconciliation http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/70192112.html DENVER – November is proclaimed American Indian Heritage Month in Colorado by Gov. Bill Ritter amid congratulatory fanfare. Termination-era issues land in federal court http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/70183662.html DENVER – A controversy that began half a century ago in the tribal termination era came to rest Oct. 19 when a federal appellate court turned down a request to reconsider a Ute group’s water rights. Pine Ridge: A housing issue http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/68873882.html PINE RIDGE, S.D. – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing Raquel Rolnik visited Pine Ridge Nov. 2 to investigate the housing conditions on the reservation. Giving back to her community http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/66404702.html Veronica Hix works for the Cherokee Nation because it gives her a chance to give back to her community and people.