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

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

OPINION: Shinnecock land claim draws wide press, but most miss point.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Jim Adams Jul. 1--SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. -- The 2nd Circuit Court opinion potentially voiding Indian land claims in New York state arrived just after a new claim made a big splash, with the highest price tag yet and a potential roster...

ANWR oil drilling not a done deal.
July 13, 2005... Byline: David Melmer Jul. 13--FORT YUKON, Alaska -- The Bush administration's agenda for relieving high oil prices lies beneath the permafrost at the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve; and opposition to the drilling, based on environmental...

Lawsuit filed to halt Peaks desecration.
July 13, 2005... Byline: Brenda Norrell Jul. 13--FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- The Navajo Nation, Yavapai-Apache Nation and the White Mountain Apache Tribe joined environmentalists and filed a lawsuit in federal court in Phoenix, seeking an injunction to halt...

South Dakota can change voting districts.
July 13, 2005... Byline: David Melmer Jul. 13--PIERRE, S.D. -- The South Dakota Legislature must make a decision to open a special legislative session to redraw voting district lines to comply with a federal court order. The state is in violation of...

Unwanted patrols add to uncertainty in Southwest.
July 13, 2005... Byline: Brenda Norrell Jul. 13--YUMA, Ariz. -- The Cocopah Tribe informed the Yuma Patriots, volunteer border patrols, that the Cocopah are a sovereign nation and the Yuma Patriots are not welcome on tribal land near the border of Mexico....

EDITORIAL: Fundamental justice shaken in Iroquois land cases.
July 13, 2005... Jul. 13--It sure seems a recurrent theme these days that America is returning to its worst practices when it comes to Indian relations. The fundamental justice once envisioned on the New York state Indian land claims now clouds over in...

EDITORIAL: Bill Fenton and the Iroquois: An era fades.
July 13, 2005... Jul. 13--On June 17, Dr. William (Bill) Fenton, 96, elder anthropologist and dean of "Iroquoianists," passed into the spirit world. Then -- serendipitously -- on July 4, The New York Times carried a fine piece by author Charles C. Mann, "The...

OPINION: Conflict of interest?
July 13, 2005... Byline: Jim Adams Jul. 13--NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- U.S. Appellate Judge Jose A. Cabranes, author of the recent 2nd Circuit Court ruling voiding the Cayuga land claims, has a distinguished resume. A native of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, he was...

Legacy of Acoma Pueblo.
July 13, 2005... Byline: Brenda Norrell Jul. 13--ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The legacy of Acoma Pueblo is one of survival and reverence for the sacredness of life and land, C. Maurus Chino told participants at the recent Huaba Hanu Listening Conference in...

Northeast crossings present problems.
July 13, 2005... Byline: Jim Adams Jul. 13--PRESQUE ISLE, Maine -- Tightened security on the U.S. border is plaguing Northeastern tribes as well as Southwestern ones, but some positive steps are emerging. William "Billy" Phillips, chief of the...

Rosebud hog farm back in court.
July 13, 2005... Byline: David Melmer Jul. 13--WASHINGTON -- It was thought a settlement between the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the owners of a major hog farming operation would have settled the long-standing controversial project, but a new legal challenge...

OPINION: N.Y. legal battles ongoing.
July 13, 2005... Byline: Jim Adams Jul. 13--ONEIDA NATION HOMELANDS, N.Y. -- Reports of the demise of New York state tribes are exaggerated, as they always have been. Legal fights are delaying the impact of two serious recent losses in federal courts,...

New York community fosters show biz careers.
July 20, 2005... Byline: Jim Adams Jul. 20--NEW YORK -- From the Mohawk ironworkers who raised much of the skyline to the thriving indigenous expatriates from Latin America, urban Indians have left their mark on the Big Apple. But Natives from around the...

Judge said Interior neglected trust responsibility.
July 20, 2005... Byline: David Melmer Jul. 20--WASHINGTON -- In a written opinion that may contain the strongest criticism yet against the Department of Interior, Judge Royce Lamberth ordered the Department of Interior to admit to Individual Indian Money...

EDITORIAL: The American Indian rural - urban continuum.
July 20, 2005... Jul. 20--American Indians have been "urban" for a long time. The oldest, settled communities in North America are the large southwestern villages of the Pueblo peoples. There was also, of course, Tenochtitlan in central Mexico, larger than most...

The challenges of education.
July 20, 2005... Byline: James May Jul. 20--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Since the late 19th century, American Indians have been migrating to urban areas. Some were lured by the false promises of the federal urban relocation programs while others went on their...

Gaming tribes promote health awareness on reservations.
July 20, 2005... Jul. 20--WASHINGTON -- The National Indian Gaming Association is raising awareness about gaming tribes' efforts to promote health and wellness among Indian people across the country. Tribes are building new health and wellness centers and have...

Roberto Dansie: A life's service to children.
July 20, 2005... Jul. 20--Roberto Dansie was born to a healing tradition. At the age of 13, he went through his initiation as assistant healer to his grandmother, Exiquia Vallejo. Vallejo introduced him to the Aztec and Maya healing systems, including the...

Health organizations unite against heart disease in Indian country.
July 20, 2005... Jul. 20--WASHINGTON -- The American Heart Association and the IHS, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, recently signed a memorandum of understanding that formalizes the two organizations' growing collaboration to...

Apache television reporter creates online youth magazine.
July 20, 2005... Byline: Brenda Norrell Jul. 20--PHOENIX -- When television news reporter Mary Kim Titla, San Carlos Apache, began surfing the Web for sites to inspire Indian youths, including her three sons, she found a void. With deadlines always...

OPINION: Bittersweet experiences foster cultural Renaissance.
July 20, 2005... Byline: Jim Adams Jul. 20--NEW YORK -- Stereotypes of Indians as hunters on the Plains and in the forests don't leave room for those who dwell in cities and suburbs, but far more American Indians live in urban areas than on reservations....

Wakpa Sica center moves forward.
July 20, 2005... Byline: David Melmer Jul. 20--FORT PIERRE, S.D. -- A center for reconciliation, education, judicial issues and historical interpretation has been a long time in the planning -- and progress is now visible. The Wakpa Sica Reconciliation...

A new urban society.
July 20, 2005... Byline: Brenda Norrell Jul. 20--SEATTLE -- American Indians have always been migratory, but the shift of the American Indian population away from tribal lands in recent years is unprecedented, said the National Urban Indian Family...

EDITORIAL: Graduation feathers should be held high.
July 27, 2005... Jul. 27--No doubt many American Indian students graduating from high school and college this year wore their tribal colors or other symbols of their Native heritage without challenge as they walked to the podium to receive diplomas. Some...

EDITORIAL: Rove violation only one flame in conflagration.
July 27, 2005... Jul. 27--If Deep Throat had ultimate justice (and perhaps some retribution) in mind when he led the trail of Watergate to Nixon, the intent of Karl Rove, the alleged Shallow Lips of Plamegate, lacks any such lofty value. Plamegate refers to the...

Study begins on Kennewick Man.
July 27, 2005... Byline: James May Jul. 27--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A team of scientists began tests on the skeletal remains known as Kennewick Man on July 6. The nearly 10,000-year-old skeleton is currently housed at the University of Washington in Seattle....

Puyallup to track fish with radio transmitters.
July 27, 2005... Byline: James May Jul. 27--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Puyallup tribe is trying to unravel the mystery behind a federally listed threatened species. In the coming months the tribe will take a high-tech approach to learn more about the...

South Dakota ordered to rewrite redistricting law.
July 27, 2005... Byline: David Melmer Jul. 27--PIERRE, S.D. -- A panel of three federal judges ruled that South Dakota again was in violation of the Voting Rights Act and the decision will almost ensure that American Indian voters on the Yankton...

Leupp Navajos protest C-aquifer water slurry deal.
July 27, 2005... Byline: Brenda Norrell Jul. 27--WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. -- A plan being negotiated behind closed doors, which would allow Peabody Coal Company to continue its coal slurry line operation to the Mohave Generating Station by using C-aquifer water...

Navajos protest energy exploitation at council.
July 27, 2005... Byline: Brenda Norrell Jul. 27--WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. -- Navajos arrived by horseback and on foot at the tribal capitol to protest the use of Navajo water for coal slurry in Arizona, a plan to build a new power plant in New Mexico, and...