November 21, 2009
Plains
Seven donors award $21,000 in Native scholarships
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.
$867K for Montana tribe on hold after state audit
BILLINGS, Mont. – State agencies have withheld $867,000 in grants and stimulus money from a Montana Indian tribe since auditors revealed lax accounting practices had opened the door to potential financial abuse.
Riverton agreement with tribe raises concerns
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
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
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
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
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
DENVER – November is proclaimed American Indian Heritage Month in Colorado by Gov. Bill Ritter amid congratulatory fanfare.
Termination-era issues land in federal court
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
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.
