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June 2008

American Indian artifacts saved from black market June 16, 2008
The Desert Sun - Palm Springs,CA,USA
American Indian pottery and baskets stolen three years ago from an Indio museum have been saved from what investigators call a "tremendous" black market. ...

Tribal bloc about-faces on proposed OC toll road June 16, 2008
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Last year, the Bureau of Indian Affairs informed Juaneño leaders that their 25-year quest to gain federal recognition as a tribe was coming up short. .

Five Tribes Seek to Protect Mount Taylor From Development June 13, 2008
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA
In a 95-page application, the tribes said without the cultural properties listing, they would not be able to protect sacred sites from ongoing development. ...

Sacred Site Digs Rile Native Americans in No. Cal. June 13, 2008
New America Media - Los Angeles,CA,USA
That means locating and taking inventory of thousands of Native American village sites as well as ceremonial and burial grounds. The artifacts tell a story ...

Bear Butte alcohol license hearings sure to draw opponents June 12, 2008
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
... a church that has services only on Sundays, said Brennan, an Eastern Cherokee Indian and founder of Protect Sacred Sites Indigenous People, One Nation. ...

BIA tells lawmakers Freedman court case should be settled before ...June 12, 2008
Tulsa World - Tulsa,OK,USA
By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Indian Affairs has told key lawmakers it will wait for a pending court case to be settled ...

SOBOBA INDIAN RESERVATION, RIVERSIDE COUNTY Tension high after ...June 11, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
The tribe's lawyer, veteran American Indian rights' attorney Jack Schwartz, is investigating whether deputies violated the tribe's civil rights. ...

Longest Walk Violently Attacked in Columbus by Police June 10, 2008
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
by @ The Longest Walk, a walking caravan of indigenous people who are trying to be awareness to the plight of sacred sites, indigenous, and environmental ...

Land stewardship a traditional Apache value June 10, 2008
White Mountain Independent - Show Low,AZ,USA
Since then, 1.5 million trees have been replanted, many erosion-control measures have been put in place, sacred sites and burial grounds have been protected

Judge seeks end to 12-year suit over Indian money June 10, 2008
The Associated Press -
based Native American Rights Fund and others in suing. The case dragged on for several years, with occasional fireworks. US District Judge Royce Lamberth ...

Half of Badlands park may go back to Sioux June 10, 2008
USA Today - USA
The National Park Service is considering a plan to return a 133000-acre section of South Dakota's Badlands National Park back to the Oglala Sioux, ..

American Indian energy bar wins national appeal June 8, 2008
The Canadian Press - SIOUX FALLS, S.D.
But therein lies the recipe for success for Native American Natural Foods, a company based on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. ...

Indian vote not crucial in presidential primary June 8, 2008
KMEG 14 - Sioux City,IA,USA
Barack Obama, who lost the state but won the nomination, did not visit Indian Country but did meet with 50 Indian leaders in Sioux Falls before a campaign ...

As universities return Indian remains, tribes struggle to honor ...June 6, 2008
Amador Ledger-Dispatch - Jackson,CA,USA
A University of California, Berkeley professor has blocked efforts to return American Indian remains to local tribes, saying the university should keep them ...

Obama thanks Native voters June 5, 2008
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
In Shannon County, home to the Pine Ridge reservation, he won 52 percent of the vote; in Todd County, home to the Rosebud Sioux reservation, ...

A clear winner: Indians June 5, 2008
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
American Indian voters, eager to shed a mistaken image of powerlessness, will play an important role in selecting the next president of the United States. ...

Reward offered in possible looting of ancient burial mounds June 5, 2008
Chicago Tribune - United States
... are offering a $2000 reward they hope leads to an arrest in the possible looting of prehistoric American Indian burial mounds in far southern Illinois. ...

New York Times writer misrepresents NAGPRA June 5, 2008
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
Leaders with the National Museum of the American Indian have long questioned Rothstein's motives when he turns his pen to Native museums, especially those ...

Obama position on Cherokee issue builds ties with Native Americans June 4, 2008
The Hill - Washington,DC,USA
According to Obama’s advisers and supporters, a number of states might go Democratic in this year’s general election because of Native American votes. ...

Feds to boost police presence at Standing Rock June 4, 2008
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Indian Affairs is assigning additional police officers to crack down on juvenile and drug-related crime on the Standing Rock ...

Navajo Vice President Meets with Senator Barak Obama June 3, 2008
Native Times - USA
Vice President Shelly joined Oglala Sioux President John Yellow Bird Steele during the meeting with the presidential candidate, where the vice president ...

Indian remains at Denver museum to be turned over to tribes June 3, 2008
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
AP DENVER—American Indian remains housed at the Colorado History Museum in Denver will be turned over to the Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute tribes for ...

Education Issues Weigh on Tribal Voters in South Dakota, Montana June 2, 2008
NewsHour - USA
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are courting the Native vote and their pitches both revolve around improving the educational systems in Indian country. ...

Obama, Clinton woo American Indian voters June 2, 2008
The Associated Press -
As a result, they're hearing a lot of promises from politicians: better health care, improved housing and stepped-up law enforcement in Indian country. ...

Native American Remains To Be Reburied June 2, 2008
TheDenverChannel.com - Denver,CO,USA
DENVER -- After three years of negotiations, the Colorado Commission on Indian Affairs has received approval to rebury Native American remains being held in

Muscogee experience offers glimpse into a rich history June 2, 2008
Walton Sun - Santa Rosa Beach,FL,USA
Struggles for federal recognition with the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs has been an ongoing battle for more than 30 years with the ...

Clinic called vital for 'urban Indians' June 1, 2008
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
The San Diego American Indian Health Center, six blocks west of Balboa Park, is one such place, and it is director Joe Bulfer's belief that if his clinic ...

Last hope for native languages June 1, 2008
La Crosse Tribune - La Crosse,WI,USA
The first languages of Wisconsin, the vessels bearing ages of American Indian history, song, medicine and prayers, could be as little as a generation away ...

May 2008

Obama backers tell what 'change' really means May 31, 2008
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
... that he is going to put a bona fide American Indian in the White House dealing with specific policy issues that affect Indian Country," Windy Boy said. ...

Indian Affairs backs Mohegan project in Washington state
Norwich Bulletin - Norwich,CT,USA
As part of the environmental impact statement issued this week, the northwest regional office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs also recommended the bureau’s ...

Skull found in garage appears to be remains of American Indian May 29, 2008
The Wenatchee World Online - Wenatchee,WA,USA
By Jaime Adame WENATCHEE — Pieces of a skull found in a Wenatchee garage appear to be the very old remains of a young adult American Indian, Chelan County ...

Prosecutors to discuss reservation issues May 29, 2008
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
... legislative updates, drug abuse, financial accountability, domestic violence and Bureau of Indian Affairs Special Law Enforcement Commissions. ...

American Indian Language Preservation at the Center of UA Institute May 29, 2008
University of Arizona News (press release) - Tucson,AZ,USA
The theme for this year's American Indian Language Development Institute is "Creating Spaces for Indigenous Languages in Everyday Life. ...

San Jacinto asks Soboba Band to drop effort to add land to its ...May 28, 2008
Press-Enterprise - Riverside,CA,USA
The Bureau of Indian Affairs, which is part of the Interior Department, held a public meeting on the annexation request in January and heard concerns and ...

Clinton pledges help for Native people ..May 28, 2008
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
Hillary Rodham Clinton asked Native American voters Wednesday to look ahead to the November general election as they cast their votes in the South Dakota

Senate reauthorizes Native American housing program May 28, 2008
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
The Senate unanimously approved legislation to reauthorize a federal housing assistance program for Native American communities. The Native American Housing ...

US attorneys from Indian country to meet in Rapid City May 28, 2008
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
By AP Monday, May 26, 2008 Federal prosecutors from states with large Native American populations plan to meet early next month in Rapid City. ...

Participants sought for Miss Indian Nations pageant... | KXNet.com ...May 25, 2008
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck - Bismarck,ND,USA
The Miss Indian Nations pageant is a scholarship program for single, non-parent American Indian women between age 17 and 25 who can demonstrate their ...

Interior Department Offices Reconnecting to the Internet May 25, 2008
7thSpace Interactive (press release) - New York,NY,USA
The agencies going back online are the Office of the Solicitor, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, ...

Decisions about remains still unsettled May 25, 2008
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
He said he plans to visit a medicine man on the Pine Ridge Reservation to learn what he can from ceremonies there. "He's a real medicine man, ...

IHS hospital in Pine Ridge expands May 24, 2008
In-Forum - Fargo,ND,USA
Kathy Janis, an Oglala Sioux Tribal Council member and chairwoman of the tribe's Health and Human Services Committee, said Pourier dreamed the project and ...

Clinton discusses Native American issues May 23, 2008
KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA
The New York Senator says she wants to improve health care education and the economy for all seven Montana reservations. Senator Clinton says she has a ...

Navajos get fence funds May 23, 2008
Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
Navajo Nation Vice President Ben Shelly said the project will bring Navajo communities together with the National Park Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs ...

Magnifying the promise ignited in 1948 May 23, 2008
Black Hills News Bureau - Deadwood,SD,USA
Mills is now the national spokesman for Running Strong for American Indian Youth®. He travels more than 300 days a year, visiting American Indian ...

Obama Adopted into Crow Nation May 21, 2008
Washington Post - United States
... Obama addressed some issues of serious concern not only to the 12100-member Crow Nation but to many Native American tribes around the country. ...

American Indian energy bar goes national May 21, 2008
The Casper Star Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
By CARSON WALKER SIOUX FALLS, SD - America's craving for healthier foods has prompted a stampede of sorts for a modern version of the traditional Lakota ...

Focusing on health care, sovereignty, Clinton fights Obama for ...May 21, 2008
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
"I believe that we were on the right track during the 1990s, but that President Bush has neglected Indian Country, and that people are paying a terrible ...

Time Magazine Snubs Indians Again May 21, 2008
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
John Echo Hawk, Pawnee, has led the Native American Rights Fund team of lawyers for more than 20 years in the fight for justice in Indian country. ...

Obama Reaches Out to Native Americans May 19, 2008
CBS News - New York,NY,USA
Obama was dressed in a dark suit with no tie, while his parents wore traditional Native American attire. Obama thanked his new parents during his remarks ...

Uranium mining concerns May 19, 2008
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
... valid concerns about health and environmental effects from the proposed expansion of a uranium mine near the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. ...

Soboba tribe members, government officials try to defuse tensions May 19, 2008
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Among those attending were representatives of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, sheriff's officials, tribal leaders, a staffer from the office of Rep. ...

Archaeological group to preserve Indian mound May 16, 2008
Athens Messenger - Athens,OH,USA
At one time, The Plains had one of the largest collections of Indian mounds in the region, but many have been destroyed by development. ...

Obama Upholds Rights of Cherokees, All Native American Tribes May 16, 2008
Hawaii Reporter - Kailua,HI,USA
Still, the Native American community began raising questions about an Obama Presidency that could potentially support CBC efforts to undermine the rights of ...

Southern California tribal members are angry after two latest ...May 14, 2008
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The Bureau of Indian Affairs will hold a meeting Friday among tribal leaders, members of the Sheriff's Department and representatives from the office of Rep ...

Deputies kill 2 in gun battle on Calif. reservation May 14, 2008
The Associated Press -
(AP) — A man and woman opened fire on guards at an entrance to an American Indian reservation and fled into its hilly interior, where they were killed in a ...

Reservation deaths highlight tension with sheriff May 14, 2008
The Associated Press -
... and local authorities have criminal jurisdiction over tribal lands, said Carole Goldberg, a UCLA law professor and expert on American Indian affairs. ...

Sherman Indian High School at center of federal debate May 14, 2008
Press-Enterprise - Riverside,CA,USA
... its counterparts are in no imminent danger of closing, the school's acting principal and a spokeswoman for the Bureau of Indian Affairs said Tuesday. ...

Lawyer criticizes appeals court decision in eagle case May 14, 2008
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
“No one can take an eagle without a permit, it doesn't matter if they're Native American or non-Native American,” Brown said. “It's not allowed without a ..

Mining challenge goes to court  May 13, 2008
Gallup Independent - Gallup,NM,USA
The Navajo Nation imposed a ban on uranium mining and milling within Navajo Indian Country in April 2005. That same year, New Mexico Environment Department ...

Obama takes on freedmen issue May 11, 2008
Tulsa World - Tulsa,OK,USA
Obama understands Native American issues and will be a good president for Indian Country," Smith said. "We agree with Sen. Obama's overall position that the ...

Saving sacred site Bear Butte issue more critical than ever  May 10, 2008
Native Times - USA
Bear Butte is a sacred mountain located eight miles west of Sturgis, South Dakota. It is registered as a National Historical Landmark. Bear Butte is sacred ...

CEO of Native American Bank placed on leave May 10, 2008
Helena Independent Record - Helena,MT,USA
By JODI RAVE - Lee Enterprises - 05/10/08 The CEO and president of the Native American Bank, the only multi-tribe-owned national bank in the country, ...

New Mexico's Native American Superdelegate announces her bid for Obama  May 10, 2008
Native Times - USA
The New Mexico Independent, a media source in New Mexico, just announced today that Barack Obama has another Native American super delegate in his corner. ...

The International Indian Treaty Council and Longest Walk's human ... May 10, 2008
The NarcoSphere - New York,NY,USA
You are carrying the prayers and purpose of protecting sacred sites. You are carrying the prayer and purpose that we have not faded away, that we are still

Federal Court Judges hammer both sides in the Cherokee Freedmen Case May 9, 2008
Native Times - USA
Federal judges wondered whether the Cherokee Nation was indispensible to the case and whether the Bureau of Indian Affairs compromised oversight ...

Yankton hog farm clash widens May 9, 2008
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
Construction crews have been using the road to begin building a hog farm that would produce 70000 pigs annually on private land within the reservation's

Court orders American Indian to trial for shooting eagle May 9, 2008
The Associated Press -
(AP) — An American Indian who shot a bald eagle for use in a tribal religious ceremony must stand trial, a federal appeals court has ruled. ...

Native superdelegates support Obama May 9, 2008
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
Indian Country can decide who is sitting in the White House." Reach reporter Jodi Rave at 800-366-7186 or jodi.rave@lee.net.

Weahkee newest Native American Superdelegate May 7, 2008
Tulsa Native American Times - Tulsa,OK,USA
Weahkee told the Native American Times it was an “honor” she neither sought nor expected. While she appears a little shocked at the appointment by the New ...

Hog farm developers to go to federal court May 7, 2008
Madison Daily Leader - Madison,SD,USA
By AP YANKTON (AP) -- The case of a large-scale hog farm west of Wagner will be in federal court again next week, but this time it will be courtesy of the ..

2010 census strives for better counting of Native Americans May 7, 2008
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
By KARL PUCKETT Members of the Native American Local Government Commission — pointing out that a few thousand Cascade County Indians were not recorded in ...

Tribes work to create drug task force  May 7, 2008
Green Bay Press Gazette - Green Bay,WI,USA
The Native American Drug and Gang Initiative is a collaborative effort between the eight tribes with law enforcement agencies that functions as a tribal ...

Protect Sacred Sites: Stop Toxic Dumping on O’odham Lands May 5, 2008
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
by Jeff ( petition [at] tiamatpublications.com ) On March 29, 2008 Traditional O’odham leaders and International Supporters arrived in the small village of ...

Vine Deloria Jr.'s legacy continues to inspire May 5, 2008
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
he said, referring to Bear Butte and Wind Cave, in South Dakota, Devils Tower in Wyoming and Nanih Waiyah in Mississippi, among others. ...

Sioux urged to take Hills payment May 5, 2008
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
The reason, they told him, was simple: To accept the money meant accepting the loss of the Sioux Nation's sacred land. "The hills are not for sale, ...

Trimble: Iyeska: Notes from mixed-blood country May 1, 2008
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
... the National Congress of American Indians from 1972 - 78. He is president of Red Willow Institute in Omaha, Neb., and a columnist for Indian Country Today.

BIA chief quits unexpectedly May 1, 2008
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
''Throughout your tenure, I have appreciated your able insight as we have worked to address important issues in Indian country,'' Kempthorne responded in a ...