| Stay for smoke shops is lifted |
| Posted: May 16, 2008 |
| A Mayes County judge lifted a stay last week on enforcement of the tax agency's Rule 12, which limits the number of low-tax cigarettes that wholesalers can sell to tribally licensed stores in border areas. The six smoke shops, licensed by the Cherokee Na |
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| Sault Tribe chair testifies in Washington |
| Posted: May 16, 2008 |
| Chairperson Aaron Payment provided testimony today before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to show cause as to why the committee should move
Bill HR 2120 to the Senate floor for a final vote and tribe decided to build a new Kewadin Shores Casino on |
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| Cherokee film makes its way to France |
| Posted: May 16, 2008 |
| A Cherokee language film produced by K.A. Gilliland will make its European debut at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. |
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| Shinnecock tribal seal added at Southampton town hall |
| Posted: May 16, 2008 |
| The Great Seal of the Shinnecock Nation will go up on the wall of Southampton Town Hall today, joining the seven seals of the town's incorporated villages.
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| Chippewa tribe to build hotel, travel plaza in Standish |
| Posted: May 16, 2008 |
| Five months after opening, Saganing Eagles Landing Casino will spawn at least three new ventures in Standish in coming months including an 80-bed hotel, tribal planners say. |
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| AmeriCorps helping in storm recovery |
| Posted: May 16, 2008 |
| Helping their fellow Americans is what a group of young disaster relief volunteers is all about. |
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| Lawyer criticizes eagle ruling |
| Posted: May 16, 2008 |
| A specialist in American Indian law says a federal court ruling in the case of a Wyoming man who shot a bald eagle for use in his tribe's Sun Dance follows a pattern of decisions that profess respect for American Indian religion while punishing individual |
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| Feds object to $380M Crow Tribe land bill |
| Posted: May 16, 2008 |
| The Bureau of Indian Affairs on Thursday objected to details of a proposed $380 million loan program that would let the Crow tribe buy up and consolidate land on its Montana reservation. |
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| Teachers receive history lesson on local trails |
| Posted: May 16, 2008 |
| Some of the roads in Northwest Arkansas were traveled by members of the Cherokee Indian tribe during the forced American Indian displacement from 1837 to 1839. Parts of the same route would later become the longest stagecoach run |
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| Obama Secret Service Agent Tied to Sex Joke |
| Posted: May 15, 2008 |
| A Secret Service supervisor who until recently was a leader of Senator Barack Obama's security detail sent several colleagues an e-mail message in 2005 that included a crude sexual joke about blacks and American Indians, according to documents disclosed l |
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| Nearly 200 continue to hunt for fishermen |
| Posted: May 15, 2008 |
| Capsizing - A boat was found May 7 and three from the Yakama Nation are missing Nearly 200 searchers from across the Northwest continue to comb the Columbia River for three Yakama Nation fishermen whose capsized boat was found May 7. The triba |
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| States to enforce molester law on tribal land |
| Posted: May 15, 2008 |
| A little-noticed provision in a 2006 federal sex-offender law is rankling American Indian tribes in six states because it would give state law enforcers unprecedented authority to monitor child molesters living on tribal land. |
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| Casino water agreement detailed; concerns aired |
| Posted: May 15, 2008 |
| With a draft memorandum of understanding with the Shingle Springs Rancheria in hand, El Dorado Irrigation District (EID) officials are ironing out the details of an agreement that would provide the area with a maximum of 95 gallons per minute and a maximu |
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| Clinton promises war on diabetes among Native American youths |
| Posted: May 15, 2008 |
| Former President Bill Clinton promised that his wife will wage a war on diabetes among Native American youths and fight for the "overlooked" and "mistreated" if she is elected president. |
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| Casino debate could resurface in Senate |
| Posted: May 15, 2008 |
| The Massachusetts House dealt casino gambling a stinging defeat two months ago, but the fight is not over in the state Senate. Senate Republicans will try to amend the state budget to legalize casino gambling when the Senate debates its proposed $28 billi |
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| Southampton to preserve sacred Shinnecock land |
| Posted: May 15, 2008 |
| Southampton Town is getting ready to buy 9.3 acres of waterfront land in Water Mill for $5 million, land that includes the site of an ancient summer village and burial ground for the Shinnecock Tribe. |
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| Olympia, tribe agreement aims to ease water worries |
| Posted: May 15, 2008 |
| The water agreement signed Wednesday between the city of Olympia and the Nisqually tribe is the first concrete step on a path to ease the water crunch for Thurston County's population center. |
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| Cloverdale council opposes casino |
| Posted: May 15, 2008 |
| Cloverdale City Council members on Wednesday essentially said "no dice" to a casino in their town. |
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| NEW DETAILS: President Bill Clinton To Return to South Dakota |
| Posted: May 14, 2008 |
| President Bill Clinton will return to South Dakota, Wednesday, May 14 to campaign for Hillary on the Pine Ridge Reservation |
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| Lawyer criticizes appeals court decision in eagle case |
| Posted: May 14, 2008 |
| A specialist in American Indian law says a federal court ruling in the case of a Wyoming man who shot a bald eagle for use in his tribe's Sun Dance follows a pattern of decisions that profess respect for American Indian religion while punishing individual |
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| Shelter receives $4K from Siletz charitable fund |
| Posted: May 14, 2008 |
| Albany Helping Hands homeless shelter was one of several mid-valley organizations to receive a donation from the Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund this week. |
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| Obama, Clintons, Kennedys plan South Dakota visits |
| Posted: May 14, 2008 |
| South Dakota Democrats have a lot to look forward to this week, starting Wednesday with former President Bill Clinton's return visit to Pine Ridge, and continuing Thursday with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's second visit to South Dakota in a week. |
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| Paterson: State already in discussions with Oneidas |
| Posted: May 14, 2008 |
| Gov. David Paterson said Tuesday the state already was in discussions with the Oneida Indian Nation regarding the possibility as much as 13,000 acres of its nonreservation land was placed into federal Indian trust. |
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| 'Raccoon & Crawfish appearing at Cannes |
| Posted: May 14, 2008 |
| ''Raccoon & Crawfish,'' the award-winning 3-D animated short film from the Oneida Indian Nation's Four Directions Productions studio, will be screened at Cannes Film Festival, the Nation announced Tuesday.
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| Gabrielino/Tongva tribe to celebrate mural at Louis Robidoux Nature Center |
| Posted: May 14, 2008 |
| Members of the Gabrielino/Tongva tribe will participate in the celebration of a new mural at the Louis Robidoux Nature Center depicting their daily lives. Sherrie Chandler, park interpreter at the center, said the tribe is |
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| A GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED SOLAR ENERGY PROJECT- 6th Item |
| Posted: May 14, 2008 |
| will bring electricity to the Schuchuli (Arizona) village of the Papago Indian tribe. The federally funded power system will use photovoltaic (PV) sunlight conversion to light the settlement's fifteen homes. Solar power will also run the group's communal |
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| Witnesses: BIA stifles tribal self-government |
| Posted: May 14, 2008 |
| Indian tribes want to move toward more self-governance, but red tape and foot-dragging by federal agencies continuously throws a wrench in their attempts, tribal leaders testified Tuesday. |
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| Maryland Indian tribes get state holiday |
| Posted: May 14, 2008 |
| Dozen of members of Maryland Indian tribes, some in native dress, stood behind Gov. Martin O'Malley on Tuesday as he signed into law a bill designating the Friday after Thanksgiving as American Indian Heritage Day, a new state holiday. |
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| Reservation shooting probed |
| Posted: May 14, 2008 |
| Maine state police and the attorney general's office are investigating the fatal shooting by police of a 40-year-old Calais man who reportedly had been waving a pistol and shooting at a house on the Passamaquoddy Tribe's reservation in far eastern Maine. |
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| Shawnee tribe unveil plans for $400M Oklahoma City casino |
| Posted: May 13, 2008 |
| Officials with the Miami, Okla.-based tribe said Wednesday they have filed paperwork with the Bureau of Indian Affairs to start the process of putting 104 acres of land in northeast Oklahoma City into federal trust for development of a resort. |
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| Fatal shooting on Passamaquoddy reservation in eastern Maine |
| Posted: May 13, 2008 |
| A Calais man is dead after being shot by law enforcement officials on the Passamaquoddy Tribe's reservation in far eastern Maine. The attorney general's office says 40-year-old Douglas Kelley was fatally shot at about 6:30 p.m. Monday at the tribe's India |
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| County not sure Okla. tribe will make meeting |
| Posted: May 13, 2008 |
| Ponca Indian Tribe officials have been invited to attend Tuesday's Cowley County commission meeting to discuss the tribe's proposal to fund improvements to some county roads as part of a $60 million casino and hotel project. |
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| Bill Clinton to visit Pine Ridge Reservation Wednesday |
| Posted: May 13, 2008 |
| Former president Bill Clinton will return to South Dakota on Wednesday, May 14, to campaign for presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
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| Calif. Senate votes to limit negotiations of casino compacts |
| Posted: May 13, 2008 |
| The California Senate approved legislation Monday to prohibit Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger from negotiating gambling deals with Indian tribes that do not have federally recognized land on which the casinos would be located. |
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| Return to a hunting ground |
| Posted: May 12, 2008 |
| Bison have always been the source and center of spiritual life for the Plains Indian tribes. Sacred buffalo hunts were conducted for centuries around Jackson Hole and on the National Elk Refuge in northwest Wyoming by numerous tribes, including southeast |
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| Mothers and Native culture celebrated at 40th Pow-Wow |
| Posted: May 12, 2008 |
| "Homeland Security ... Fighting Terrorism since 1492." This was just one of the T-shirt slogans sold at a vending booth by Sidney Rogers at the 40th Annual Mother's Day Pow-Wow at the University. The saying was accompanied by a picture of four male Indian |
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| Drumbeat was sound of peace for Austin |
| Posted: May 12, 2008 |
| A solitary drum covered by a beaded Tlingit blanket and accompanied by an empty chair and single drumstick sat in the middle of the Wasilla High School gymnasium during a powwow on Saturday afternoon -- a silent tribute to Walter |
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| 101st casualty strived to be a hero |
| Posted: May 12, 2008 |
| Pfc. Ara Tyler Deysie is described by his friend as a loving, honest man who had a deep and loyal love for his family and friends. |
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| Station Casinos Announces First Quarter Results |
| Posted: May 12, 2008 |
| The Company's net revenues for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008 were approximately $352.3 million, a decrease of 5% compared to the prior year's first quarter. The Company reported EBITDA for the quarter of $136.2 million, a decrease of 11% compared |
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| Three Affiliated Tribes Taking Over Health Care from IHS |
| Posted: May 12, 2008 |
| The Three Affiliated Tribes is taking over health care delivery on the Fort Berthold Reservation from the Indian Health Service. A ceremony is scheduled later this morning at the tribal health center west of New Town to mark the change. |
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| South Berwick students hike through their town's history |
| Posted: May 12, 2008 |
| It is hard to imagine today. Cars and trucks rumble past the houses on Main Street, and the wastewater treatment plant is entrenched in the background on Liberty Street. |
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| Obama fails the first questions |
| Posted: May 12, 2008 |
| You would think the first so-called ''post-racial'' candidate for president of the United States claiming the ability to bridge racial, cultural and party divides to build a post-partisan America would first acknowledge that there are no unified races. N |
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