Indian Country Today (Oneida, NY) articles from February 2006

Indian Country Today (Oneida, NY) archives from February 2006

Tohono O'odham lead state in electronic tax filing program.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Jim Adams Feb. 1--SELLS, Ariz. -- To high praise from Internal Revenue Service officials, the Tohono O'odham Nation is steadily expanding a volunteer program to help members file their federal income tax returns. The...

South Dakota lawmakers to look at bills for legislative year.
February 1, 2006... Byline: David Melmer Feb. 1--PIERRE, S.D. -- South Dakota Rep. Paul Valandra, Sicangu Lakota, listed education funding, changes to the criminal code and a voting bill among his priorities this year. One bill would ask the state to...

Tribal group refuses Burns donation.
February 8, 2006... Byline: David Melmer Feb. 8--BILLINGS, Mont. -- Montana Republican Sen. Conrad Burns tried to give away $111,000 in campaign contributions arranged by sullied lobbyist and admitted felon Jack Abramoff, but the Montana-Wyoming Tribal...

Bonneville Power Administration terminates Fish Passage Center.
February 8, 2006... Feb. 8--PORTLAND, Ore. -- Leaders of the Columbia River treaty-fishing tribes on Jan. 26 roundly condemned a decision by the Bonneville Power Administration to vanquish a long-serving science center. The 20-year-old Fish Passage Center had...

McCain urges firm gaming act regulation.
February 8, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Feb. 8--WASHINGTON -- Section 20 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act provides the authority that makes it possible for tribes to engage in gaming on lands acquired after the 1988 passage of IGRA, no small matter as...

South Dakota's legislative session disappoints.
February 8, 2006... Byline: David Melmer Feb. 8--PIERRE, S.D. -- The majority of bills that would favor the interests of the nine reservations and their nearly 10 percent American Indian population of the state were killed this legislative session. ...

Campbell calls for more Capitol Hill presence.
February 8, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Feb. 8--WASHINGTON -- Ben Nighthorse Campbell appeared at a Capitol Hill reception Feb. 1 and wasted no time in demonstrating why the Senate misses its former Indian member. Speaking from a breadth of political...

Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y., News from the Southwest column.
February 8, 2006... Byline: Brenda Norrell Feb. 8--NAVAJO PRESIDENT DELIVERS STATE OF NATION ADDRESS: Navajo President Joe Shirley Jr., in his State of the Nation address to the Navajo Nation Council, reported the death of the seventh Navajo soldier in Iraq....

State and Indian tribes 'Moving Arizona Forward'.
February 13, 2006... Byline: Brenda Norrell Feb. 13--PHOENIX -- American Indian tribes and the Arizona Department of Commerce came together for a work session focused on defining Arizona's economic development future and the "Moving Arizona Forward: Strategies...

Interior ordered to pay Cobell lawyers.
February 15, 2006... Byline: David Melmer Feb. 15--WASINGTON -- The Department of the Interior was ordered by the U.S. District Court to pay attorneys' fees and expenses that have accumulated in the ongoing Cobell v. Norton case. The total amount ordered...

A conversation with Lance Morgan.
February 15, 2006... Byline: David Melmer Feb. 15--Lance Morgan is the president and CEO of Ho-Chunk Inc., the economic development arm of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. To say Ho-Chunk Inc. is a success in just 11 years would be an understatement. Under...

H2OPI Run to Mexico City receives corporate support.
February 15, 2006... Feb. 15--KYKOTSMOVI, Ariz. -- Black Mesa Trust announced Jan. 4 that US Airways has donated 15 round-trip airline tickets from Phoenix to Mexico City to support the March 2006 H2OPI Run of Respect for Water and All Life. Hopi athletes,...

Wild Horse Pass expands Pima and Maricopa appeal for travelers.
February 15, 2006... Byline: Brenda Norrell Feb. 15--GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, Ariz. -- Gila River's Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort and Spa has dreamed up tempting ways to celebrate the Pima and Maricopa cultures in its restaurant, while opening the new...

Yaqui in Mexico suffer effects of toxic pesticides used in agricultural fields.
February 22, 2006... Byline: Brenda Norrell Feb. 22--OBREGON, Mexico -- Yaqui from Sonora, Mexico, are seeing an increase in birth defects, while young people are dying from cancer after working without protective clothing with pesticides in agricultural...

Indian-specific reductions draw criticism.
February 22, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Feb. 22--WASHINGTON -- For all the criticism sure to be leveled at President Bush for the proposed Indian-specific budget cuts in his federal budget request for fiscal year 2007, a close look also shows that someone...

Sharp cuts called for.
February 22, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Feb. 22--WASHINGTON -- Native people can expect a curtailment of federal funding in 2007, and it may be only small comfort to know they won't be alone. Ever since the lamented day in which the Supreme Court...

Urban health program funding euthanized.
February 22, 2006... Byline: David Melmer Feb. 22--WASHINGTON -- Under President Bush's proposed fiscal year 2007 debt reduction budget, urban Indian health funding would be terminated and patients would have to seek health care through other federally funded...

Foundation helps three tribes fight poverty.
February 22, 2006... Byline: David Melmer Feb. 22--MINNEAPOLIS -- The Northwest Area Foundation partnered with three tribes to help alleviate economic conditions and reduce their poverty levels with a nearly $30 million grant award. Each tribe will receive...