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

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

Freedmen status at issue in Washington.
July 4, 2007... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Jul. 4--WASHINGTON -- In Oklahoma, Cherokee voters returned Principal Chief Chad Smith to office, and by a similarly wide margin approved a ballot measure canceling the BIA's authority to sign off on the tribe's...

Jurisdiction issues dominate law enforcement hearing.
July 4, 2007... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Jul. 4--WASHINGTON -- Jurisdiction was at the forefront of a law enforcement hearing before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs June 21. Committee chairman Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., began with it in his opening...

Scholars OK Native American and indigenous studies association.
July 4, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Jul. 4--NORMAN, Okla. -- Earlier this year, a small group of scholars scheduled three meetings over the next three years to probe the level of interest, if any, in creating an independent Native American and...

Narragansetts explore options under gaming restrictions.
July 4, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Jul. 4--CHARLESTOWN, R.I. -- The Narragansett Indian Tribe does not have the market cornered when it comes to fighting opponents of Indian sovereignty and casinos, but it faces something unique in all of Indian...

BIA denies Abenaki recognition.
July 4, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Jul. 4--SWANTON, Vt. -- The BIA has denied the St. Francis/Sokoki Band of the Missisquoi Abenaki Nation federal acknowledgement, ending the tribe's 27-year quest for recognition through the federal agency...

Tribal energy organization wins worldwide recognition.
July 11, 2007... Byline: David Melmer Jul. 11--BASEL, Switzerland -- The Intertribal Council on Utility Policy was recognized on a world-class level for its work in the creation of a plan to offer clean, renewable energy to tribal reservations and improve...

Interior orders Florida to negotiate Seminole agreement.
July 11, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Jul. 11--WASHINGTON -- The Interior Department secretary has ordered the Florida governor to negotiate a Class III compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida within 60 days or the tribe will be allowed to offer...

Penobscots' slot bill tabled until January.
July 11, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Jul. 11--AUGUSTA, Maine -- A bill that would allow the Penobscot Indian Nation to operate 400 slot machines at its high stakes bingo game on tribal land was tabled on the last day of the legislative session and...

Micmac-Maliseet sovereignty case headed to Supreme Court.
July 11, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Jul. 11--BOSTON -- A 1st Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruling in April that effectively terminated the tribal sovereignty of the Aroostook Band of Micmacs and the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians will be...

Federal court upholds tribal court's jurisdiction.
July 11, 2007... Byline: David Melmer Jul. 11--ST. LOUIS -- The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a discrimination verdict in favor of tribal members and validated tribal court jurisdiction. The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Court and the tribal...

Appeals court dismisses last hurdle to Nottawaseppi casino.
July 18, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Jul. 18--BATTLE CREEK, Mich. -- A federal appeals court has tossed out a lawsuit by an anti-Indian casino group, clearing the way for the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi to build its long-planned...

Democrats take a run at regulation of casinos.
July 18, 2007... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Jul. 18--WASHINGTON -- Gaming, again? That was one reaction to a Senate hearing on tribal casino gaming June 28. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, offered a "discussion...

Principal Chief Chad Smith speaks on freedmen issue.
July 18, 2007... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Jul. 18--WASHINGTON -- Cherokee history is broad, complex, ongoing and irreducible to the Oklahoma tribe's current relationship with its freedmen members -- descendants of slaves and free blacks who lived among the...

Michigan District Court judge's appointment opposed.
July 18, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Jul. 18--GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- When a federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit by Citizens Exposing Truth About Casinos, an anti-Indian casino group, against the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi July 3,...

EDITORIAL: Red and 'green' makes sense.(Editorial)
July 18, 2007... Jul. 18--As inheritors of indigenous knowledge and original instructions regarding the proper care for our Mother the Earth and all our relations in the natural world, Indian people seem the most likely of messengers for conservationism and...

Al Gore calls for the world to 'go far, quickly' against climate change.
July 18, 2007... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Jul. 18--WASHINGTON -- Al Gore brought his green gladiator walk to the National Mall for Live Earth day after all, and he credited an invitation from the National Museum of the American Indian for making it happen....

More medical professionals needed.
July 18, 2007... Byline: David Melmer Jul. 18--SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Quite a few American Indians have the desire to become part of the medical profession, yet even more are needed to fill physician positions across the country. It is the hope of all...

Participants imagine a healthy community.
July 18, 2007... Byline: David Melmer Jul. 18--SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Winnebago Tribal Chairman Matthew Pilcher said he recently attended the funeral of a 16-year-old girl who died giving birth to her second child. Something needs to be done, he said....

Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y., Washington briefs column.(Column)
July 18, 2007... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Jul. 18--CONGRESS PROBES CHENEY ROLE IN SALMON KILL: Five years after approximately 70,000 chinook and coho salmon washed up dead on the banks of the Klamath River, the Natural Resources Committee in the House of...

EDITORIAL: America's 'best' education keeps Indian children down.(Editorial)
July 25, 2007... Jul. 25--Just three years ago Dave Anderson, former head of the BIA, dreamed of changes he envisioned for the bureau's school system. He proposed a pilot project centering on developing a leadership academy and a culture-based curriculum that...

Sen. Campbell calls tribes to a more careful approach to energy production.
July 25, 2007... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Jul. 25--WASHINGTON -- At a well-attended two-day conference in Washington on tribal energy issues, former Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell said the nation can learn from the traditional thinking of tribes as it grapples...