Indian Country Today (Oneida, NY) articles from August 2005

Indian Country Today (Oneida, NY) archives from August 2005

Taylor: No question of Hopi sovereignty.
August 3, 2005... Byline: Brenda Norrell Aug. 3--KYKOTSMOVI, Ariz. -- Hopi Chairman Wayne Taylor Jr. said the Hopi Tribe is struggling to maintain its ancestral lands and sacred sites and appreciates some aspects of the recently introduced Navajo-Hopi Land...

Navajo relocation mired in human suffering and costs.
August 3, 2005... Byline: Brenda Norrell Aug. 3--WASHINGTON -- While leaders of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs pressed for an end to costs of the so-called Navajo and Hopi land dispute, the director of the Navajo Nation's office of relocation put a...

He Sapa Leadership Academy receives charter.
August 3, 2005... Aug. 3--ROSEBUD, S.D. -- The Rosebud Sioux Tribe has charted the He Sapa Leadership Academy, a college preparatory school to be located in the Black Hills, that will serve American Indian students in grades eight to 12. Wizipan Garriott,...

Navajo and Hopi leaders testify.
August 3, 2005... Byline: Brenda Norrell Aug. 3--WASHINGTON -- Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe leaders opposed aspects of new amendments to the Navajo-Hopi Relocation Act, which would transfer responsibilities to a new office in the Interior Department and are...

Trust bill seen as starting point.
August 3, 2005... Byline: David Melmer Aug. 3--WASHINGTON -- Carol Lone Bear, a member of the Three Affiliated Tribes with diabetes, had her legs amputated. She wanted help to expedite her Individual Indian Money account check which would have helped her...

Legislation could end trust lawsuit.
August 3, 2005... Byline: David Melmer Aug. 3--WASHINGTON -- Legislation that could bring about a settlement of the trust fund fiasco was introduced July 20 in the U.S. Senate. Sponsored by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and co-sponsored by Sen. Byron...

Democrats set policy for Indian country.
August 10, 2005... Byline: David Melmer Aug. 10--WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats conferred with more than 150 tribal leaders for nearly six months to come up with policy recommendations on Indian country issues. The senators and tribal leaders touched on...

Na'Ca Itahcan Omniciye society wants 'full blood' governance.
August 10, 2005... Byline: David Melmer Aug. 10--PINE RIDGE, S.D. -- A select group of Lakota, including some members of the Na'Ca Itahcan Omniciye (Chief's Society) or Oglala Na'Ca, met with two county states attorneys and sheriffs with legal documents...

Home court advantage gives lead to Mohegan-owned WNBA team.
August 10, 2005... Byline: Jim Adams Aug. 10--UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- At least one court is still friendly to Indians, but it helps that they own it. That's the basketball court at the Mohegan Sun Arena, where the tribally owned Connecticut Sun is the...

EDITORIAL: Trust Fund moment in McCain's 'one good shot'.
August 10, 2005... Aug. 10--It seems nobody wants to hear American Indians talk about money. But one major reality of what happened in this hemisphere is that all Indian peoples, one by one, were largely dispossessed of their lands, waters and minerals....

Federal energy bill, economic opportunity or Bush's fire sale?
August 10, 2005... Byline: Brenda Norrell Aug. 10--WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Energy Bill approved by Congress is lauded by some American Indian tribal leaders, while Indian activists striving to protect Indian lands say the bill is nothing more than "Bush's...

Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y., guest column.
August 10, 2005... Byline: Nilo Cayuqueo Aug. 10--Preparations for the fourth Summit of the Americas, where the heads of all states in the Americas except Cuba will meet, are underway. It will take place Nov. 4 -- 5 in Mar del Plata, Argentina. In the...

National museum plans for future.
August 10, 2005... Byline: Jim Adams Aug. 10--WASHINGTON -- After a year of triumph and criticism, W. Richard West Jr. is looking forward to "day two" as director of the National Museum of the American Indian. Coming months will include some...

West reviews museum's first year.
August 10, 2005... Byline: Jim Adams Aug. 10--National Museum of the American Indian Director W. Richard West Jr. spoke with Indian Country Today during a visit to the mountains of northern New Mexico and Colorado. The following are excerpts: ICT: How...

Oglala Sioux work to form preservation office.
August 10, 2005... Byline: David Melmer Aug. 10--PINE RIDGE, S.D. -- Preserving and interpreting history and protecting cultural and sacred sites has been a problem for many American Indian tribes, and the Oglala Sioux Tribe has now joined those who will...

Sioux chief's society condemns IRA form of government.
August 10, 2005... Byline: David Melmer Aug. 10--PINE RIDGE, S.D. -- The Oglala Sioux tribal government is illegal and is run by non-Indians, claims a group of chiefs who claim descendancy rights to govern the Lakota Nation. The Na'Ca Itahcan Omniciye...

EDITORIAL: Poverty grows as wealthy accumulate.
August 17, 2005... Aug. 17--Greed is a sin of obsession and with great consequence, both for the sinner and the victims of the sin -- at least, it used to be. Now it seems the rich are getting very much richer while the poor are becoming very much poorer. ...

EDITORIAL: Abusive mascots still a serious issue.
August 17, 2005... Aug. 17--Persistence is the operative principle in the fight to convince the sporting world that it is doing a disservice to American Indian and Native children by labeling teams and mascots with Indian nicknames and imagery. It speaks to...

Education reform elevates status of Navajo-controlled education.
August 17, 2005... Byline: Brenda Norrell Aug. 17--WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. -- While state lawmakers in the Southwest have succeeded in passing English-only legislation, the Navajo Nation Council passed the Dine' Sovereignty in Education Act to encourage Dine'...

Federal energy bill, economic opportunity or Bush's fire sale?
August 17, 2005... Byline: Brenda Norrell Aug. 17--WASHINGTON -- Critics of the new federal energy bill point out that it provides billions in tax incentives to industries, while reviving the nuclear industry intent on dumping radioactive waste on Indian...

Indian country benefits from voting act.
August 17, 2005... Byline: David Melmer Aug. 17--WASHINGTON -- Indian country has been protected by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but that could change in 2007 if the section is not renewed before the expiration date. Section 5, added to...

Amendments and provisions set to expire in 2007.
August 17, 2005... Byline: David Melmer Aug. 17--WASHINGTON -- The 1960s were turbulent times: war in Southeast Asia, battles on the streets of major Southern cities, and equality and disenfranchisement on the lips of every minority person in the country who...

Youths participate in cultural connections.
August 17, 2005... Byline: Brenda Norrell Aug. 17--ACOMA PUEBLO, N.M. -- Inspired by their own language and culture, Acoma Pueblo youths welcomed Upper Sioux Dakota from Minnesota, Seminole from Florida and Yavapai from Prescott, Ariz., to join them on an...

Federal energy bill, economic opportunity or Bush's fire sale?
August 24, 2005... Byline: Brenda Norrell Aug. 24--WASHINGTON -- The the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's pledge to protect the people for one million years near the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage facility is self-congratulatory and a...

Western Shoshone appeal for United Nations intervention.
August 24, 2005... Byline: Brenda Norrell Aug. 24--GENEVA -- In an urgent appeal to halt the assault on ancestral lands, the Western Shoshone Nation filed an urgent action request before the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial...

South Dakota heads for the Supreme Court on voting rights.
August 24, 2005... Byline: David Melmer Aug. 24--PIERRE, S.D. -- The state of South Dakota is appealing a ruling by a three-judge federal panel over a voting rights issue. The state was ordered to submit a redistricting bill passed by the Legislature...

EDITORIAL: Patrons important to tribal public perception battles.
August 25, 2005... Aug. 25--To all tribal leaders, your casino marketing people and American Indian entrepreneurs: please consider how and how much you are educating your clientele of the fact that your businesses are Native-owned and that your tribal nations...

Elections loom over Mohegan empire.
August 25, 2005... Byline: Jim Adams Aug. 25--UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- During a recent financial teleconference, Mohegan Tribal Chairman Mark Brown gave a quick briefing on the current council elections. But even though the results, to be announced Aug. 28,...

Suit against Oneida councilman goes forward in state court.
August 31, 2005... Byline: Jim Adams Aug. 31--ONEIDA, N.Y. -- A civil suit against Oneida Men's Council member Clint Hill over a 2002 "belly-bumping" incident can go forward in the New York state court system, a state judge ruled on Aug. 8. State...

Title V could jeopardize trust status protections.
August 31, 2005... Byline: Brenda Norrell Aug. 31--WASHINGTON -- The Federal Energy Bill of 2005 has opened the door for corporations to manipulate laws and seize resources in Alaska and elsewhere in Indian country for drilling and mining, say American...

Mohegan finances strong, with big racino outlay.
August 31, 2005... Byline: Jim Adams Aug. 31--UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- According to financial reports, the Mohegan Tribe rules an aggressively expanding business empire, fueled by a strong performance from its cash cow, Mohegan Sun casino. In the third...

United Nations calls for U.S. accountability.
August 31, 2005... Byline: Brenda Norrell Aug. 31--GENEVA -- A United Nations committee on racial discrimination has asked the United States to respond to the Western Shoshone appeal for urgent intervention, regarding the attack on their spiritual and...

Leadership wants input on legislation.
August 31, 2005... Byline: David Melmer Aug. 31--RAPID CITY, S.D. -- The new trust reform bill proposed in the Senate is flawed and not favorable to individual American Indians and land owners, tribal leaders argue. The Great Plains Tribal Chairmen's...