Indian Country Today (Oneida, NY) articles from April 2007

Indian Country Today (Oneida, NY) archives from April 2007

Budget restorations leave work to be done.
April 4, 2007... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Apr. 4--WASHINGTON -- The Congressional Native American Caucus has advised the House Appropriations subcommittee on Interior of its views on the president's fiscal year 2008 budget proposals for the BIA and the IHS....

Endowment makes more scholarships available.
April 4, 2007... Byline: David Melmer Apr. 4--DENVER -- American Indian nations already benefit from the growing number of tribal members who have graduated from tribal colleges. But while many tribal governments have the resources to provide tuition...

EDITORIAL: Education must prepare Indian students for leadership, citizenship.(Editorial)
April 4, 2007... Apr. 4--Over the past several decades, American Indian and First Nation communities have increasingly gained control over the education of their children. Most traditional boarding schools are not in operation or have been turned over to...

EDITORIAL: Great leadership, humanitarianism apparent at NIGA gathering.(Editorial)
April 4, 2007... Apr. 4--It was said many times during the Indian Gaming 2007 conference of the National Indian Gaming Association, held March 25 -- 28 in Phoenix, that it was the most successful in its history, with the highest participation of tribal...

Digital Pathways program assists with distance learning.
April 4, 2007... Apr. 4--OHKAY OWINGEH PUEBLO, N.M. -- Wenona Brascoupe knows personally the emotional strain associated with leaving the tribal community to attend college. The Tesuque Pueblo member left home after high school to attend college at New...

Housing needs are still dire, but hope is growing.
April 4, 2007... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Apr. 4--WASHINGTON -- A March 22 hearing of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on housing issues among tribes offered a stark contrast between a familiar story and a strange new one. The familiar story is...

'Futures for Children' photographs on display.
April 4, 2007... Apr. 4--SANTA FE, N.M. -- "Futures for Children: Photographs by Debbie Fleming Caffery and Kim Ashley" will be exhibited in the New Mexico state Capitol's Governor's Gallery through June 10. The photographers have, since 2003, spent many...

Stony Brook scholarships fulfill 250-year-old promise.
April 4, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Apr. 4--STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- Selected students from the Shinnecock and Unkechaug Indian nations will receive four-year scholarships to attend Stony Brook University beginning this fall under a recently...

Vermont commission seeks clarity on recognition authority.
April 4, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Apr. 4--MONTPELIER, Vt. -- The Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs has asked state lawmakers to clarify who has the authority to recognize the state's Abenaki tribes and bands for the purpose of...

South Dakota sued over gaming compact.
April 4, 2007... Byline: David Melmer Apr. 4--PIERRE, S.D. -- The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds of not negotiating gaming compacts in good faith. The Flandreau, owners of Royal...

Passamaquoddy educator nominated to university board.
April 4, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Apr. 4--AUGUSTA, Maine -- Wayne Newell, a Passamaquoddy educator and tribal council member, has been nominated by Maine Gov. John Balducci to the board of trustees for the University of Maine System. Newell...

Smithsonian exhibits exquisite dresses.
April 11, 2007... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Apr. 11--WASHINGTON -- Yes to opportunities for women in modern society; no to purity on a pedestal, no to the chador and burqa, and no to the off-record efforts of the Republican Study Committee in Congress to...

EDITORIAL: Feds' $7 billion suggestion not justice.(Editorial)
April 11, 2007... Apr. 11--Questioning the substance of the Indian trust funds lawsuit is the new game in town, one that exhibits the depths to which the Bush administration has ventured in its systematic denial of its responsibilities to tribes and individuals....

Million-dollar business springs from a dream and an idea.
April 11, 2007... Byline: David Melmer Apr. 11--ABERDEEN, S.D. -- Richard Tall Bear really wanted to be a school teacher and basketball coach; but instead, he is the CEO of a business that supplies furniture to tribal offices, casinos and organizations. ...

National Indian Gaming Association promotes 'buy Indian, give back'.
April 11, 2007... Byline: Sarah Moses Apr. 11--PHOENIX -- Indian gaming had a record year of revenue in 2006 with tribes nationwide generating $25.7 billion in gross revenue and another $3.2 billion in related hospitality and entertainment services, a...

Progress and distress share the stage at Cobell v. Kempthorne lawsuit hearing.
April 11, 2007... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Apr. 11--WASHINGTON -- Faint signs of progress on the Cobell v. Kempthorne lawsuit alternated with veiled alarms March 29 to produce an ambiguous hearing record before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. The...

'Royalties at Risk' hearing reaches few conclusions.
April 11, 2007... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Apr. 11--WASHINGTON -- A hearing in the House of Representatives on royalties collected from oil and gas on federal lands by the Minerals Management Service didn't reach any certainties beyond the assertion of Mark...

Passamaquoddy racino garners state support.
April 11, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Apr. 11--AUGUSTA, Maine -- The Passamaquoddy Tribe's proposal to build a racino is one step closer to reality following a state legislative committee's overwhelming support for the plan. On March 28, the...

Reservation-based small businesses overcome hurdles.
April 11, 2007... Byline: David Melmer Apr. 11--WASHINGTON -- The number of American Indian-owned businesses is growing but roadblocks still stand in the way of expansion for many Native communities. A recent study by the Corporation for Economic...

Hope for cancer patients.
April 18, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Apr. 18--Alisa Gilbert always knew she was meant to help others. Surviving breast cancer showed her how. Now in her mid-40s, Gilbert is the founder and executive director of the Office of Native Cancer...

Students attend college night.
April 18, 2007... Byline: David Melmer Apr. 18--EAGLE BUTTE, S.D. -- Students from the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation who envision a future in college had the opportunity to meet with University of Wisconsin students during the first formal college night...

EDITORIAL: Is broadcast bigotry acceptable? Stay tuned.(Editorial)
April 18, 2007... Apr. 18--The future of a popular personality is in jeopardy following yet another media controversy involving race. Radio "shock jock" Don Imus used racial slurs and sexual innuendo against the members of the Rutgers women's basketball team on...

Shinnecocks assert right to determine political structure.
April 18, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Apr. 18--SHINNECOCK, N.Y. -- With a nod to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which says all people have the right of self-determination and to freely determine their political status,...

Alaska Native wins semi-pro football team franchise.
April 18, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Apr. 18--MIDDLETOWN, Conn. -- Jeff Hurlburt is a busy guy. The 27-year-old Alaska Native is married with four children. He's a full-time graduate student studying physical education at Central Connecticut...

Maine tribes hope settlement act revisions will affirm sovereignty.
April 18, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Apr. 18--AUGUSTA, Maine -- When more than 200 Wabanaki people and their supporters held a two-day march and rally five years ago to protest a state order compelling the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy tribes to...

IHS funding promised to fully staff Four Corners Medical Center.
April 18, 2007... Apr. 18--RED MESA, Ariz. -- After nearly 30 years of prayer, planning and work, local residents here acknowledged that the positive answer they sought had finally come. On April 4, Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. and first lady...

Organization helps patients live and thrive.
April 18, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Apr. 18--ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A group of dedicated Native women has created a nationwide nonprofit organization to ensure that indigenous cancer patients and their families get the help and services they need...

Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y., Washington briefs column.(Column)
April 18, 2007... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Apr. 18--NAVAJO NATION SUPREME COURT HOLDS WASHINGTON SESSION: In the latest round of an ongoing effort to raise awareness of federal Indian law and traditional Navajo adjudication practices among the legal...