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

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

What's in a name.
May 4, 2005... Byline: James May May 4--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A citizens' group has sent a letter to the California Fair Political Practices Committee asking for an investigation of state Attorney General Bill Lockyer after he seemingly backed off plans...

Mashantuckets take expertise of emerald tower to Kansas.
May 4, 2005... Byline: Jim Adams May 4--MASHANTUCKET, Conn. -- Casino politics can be just as convoluted in Kansas as in the landscape dominated by the emerald towers of Foxwoods, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation is learning in its foray into a...

EDITORIAL: Coming clean on uranium at Navajo.
May 4, 2005... May 4--Uranium mining has been a health and environmental scourge, and yet an economic engine as well at Navajo. For some 50 years, Navajo have lived with the effects of thousands of open pit mines, many left unredeemed after decades of...

Off-rez resorts might shake up Kansas casinos.
May 4, 2005... Byline: Jim Adams May 4--MASHANTUCKET, Conn. -- If the Legislature moves on compact approvals, Kansas tribes would be the latest to join a long-breaking new wave in Indian gaming. One compact now before a legislative committee, and...

Beyond business as usual.
May 4, 2005... Byline: David Melmer May 4--WINNEBAGO, Neb. -- Recipe for success: take one obscure tobacco brand, invest in a Web site, sell tobacco products out of a garage and basement office, and voila -- success. That is pretty much what...

Destination Hoopa Valley, a living tribal museum.
May 4, 2005... Byline: James May May 4--HOOPA VALLEY, Calif. -- The northwest coast of California has no shortage of tourist destinations. One can drive for 40 nearly unbroken miles of old-growth redwoods in the Avenue of the Giants, camp in dense...

Southern California tribe ousts chairman.
May 4, 2005... Byline: James May May 4--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians voted to oust its tribal chairman amid a federal investigation into alleged fiscal mismanagement. However, a BIA official and a tribal source...

Toxic uranium mining banned on the Navajo.
May 4, 2005... Byline: Brenda Norrell May 4--WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. -- The Navajo Nation Council passed a new law banning the mining and processing of uranium on the Navajo Nation, which if signed by President Joe Shirley Jr. will bring an end to the legacy...

California bill seeks to allow tribal tax-exempt bonds.
May 11, 2005... Byline: James May May 11--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A bill currently making its way through the California Legislature seeks to allow tribal governments to issue tax-exempt bonds. This is the second time through for such legislation. Last...

Ponca file suit against carbon black company.
May 11, 2005... Byline: Brenda Norrell May 11--WHITE EAGLE, Okla. -- The Ponca Tribe and individual tribal members filed a federal class action lawsuit aimed at halting Continental Carbon Co. from spewing carbon black over Ponca land and tribal members...

Tonkawa casino scores win.
May 11, 2005... Byline: Jim Adams May 11--LEXINGTON, Ky. -- On the eve of horse racing's biggest weekend, tribal casinos appear to be pulling ahead in a long-running contest over their off-track betting operations. Churchill Downs Inc. (CDI), owner of...

Rosebud hog farm expansion halted in federal settlement.
May 11, 2005... Byline: David Melmer May 11--ROSEBUD, S.D. -- The Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the federal government recently reached an agreement in a court settlement that will halt the expansion of a large hog farming operation on the reservation. The...

Western Shoshone plan anti-mining delegations.
May 11, 2005... Byline: Brenda Norrell May 11--CRESCENT VALLEY (NEW SOGOBIA), Nev. -- The death of Western Shoshone Mary Dann accelerated plans of Western Shoshone delegations to address the stockholders and boards of two gold mining companies, Newmont...

PBS targeted now as media coercion grows.
May 11, 2005... May 11--The Bush administration's movement toward reshaping the American public discourse is going full tilt in two big areas: setting government policy via the promotion of religion, and manipulating information as uncovered with objective...

Micmac win sovereignty case.
May 11, 2005... Byline: Jim Adams May 11--BOSTON -- After a string of court setbacks unique to Indian country, New England tribes have finally won a big one. An April 13 decision in the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a trend that was tying...

Army Corps land to be returned.
May 11, 2005... Byline: David Melmer May 11--NEW TOWN, N.D. -- More than 50 years ago, 150,000 acres of top-grade land and the homes of thousands of people on the Fort Berthold Reservation were flooded by one of the largest reservoirs on the upper...

Low water brings artifacts to surface.
May 11, 2005... Byline: David Melmer May 11--LAKE OAHE, S.D. -- Centuries ago, the inhabitants of central North and South Dakota buried their relatives on riverbanks, near their low-lying villages and the river that sustained life. Now, however,...

Tribes drop out of Pawlenty's Minnesota casino plan.
May 11, 2005... Byline: David Melmer May 11--ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A plan to open a casino in the Twin Cities metro area -- with three northern Minnesota tribes benefiting from the revenue -- was changed to two casinos at Canterbury Park racetrack with two...

Crow Creek school hopes to rebuild burnt dormitory.
May 11, 2005... Byline: David Melmer May 11--STEPHAN, S.D. -- Three years ago the Crow Creek school district was informed that its gymnasium was uninhabitable, its elementary school should be vacated and the classrooms used by the high school were...

EDITORIAL: Zealotry poses growing danger to American freedom.
May 11, 2005... May 11--When the spiritual love of Jesus turns into "the dogma of Christ politicus," it is a dangerous moment for America. This is happening at an alarming rate and in weirder and weirder forms by the week. Somewhere along the line we hope the...

Fiscal troubles lead to Cabazon shake-up.
May 11, 2005... Byline: James May May 11--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A little more than a month after disbanding its public safety departments, the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians continues its shake-up and has fired its top three executive officers. ...

California AIM leader calls Indian gambling a 'destructive force'.
May 11, 2005... Byline: James May May 11--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A California American Indian Movement leader blasted Indian gaming, labeling it a "destructive force" and claiming that it has led to cultural imperilment for American Indians. Marty...

San Manuel looks to diversify.
May 11, 2005... Byline: James May May 11--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Seeking to diversify from a gaming-based economy, the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians plan to open a Hampton Inn and Suites franchise in a tribal shopping development. The...

Land to trust 'hysteria' threatens to backfire.
May 11, 2005... Byline: Jim Adams May 11--WASHINGTON -- As debate over land into trust reached a high pitch in two congressional hearings, some federal officials and tribal leaders expressed puzzlement over what one called a "hysteria," and the agitation...

'Stop Lewis and Clark Movement' urges historical accuracy.
May 11, 2005... Byline: Brenda Norrell May 11--PONCA, Okla. -- American Indians opposing the Discovery Expedition's Lewis and Clark re-enactment say it is time for history to be written from the perspective of Native people, which shows the westward...

The mystery of the disappearing salmon.
May 11, 2005... May 11--More than half of the Chinook salmon expected during the springtime run on the Columbia River have gone missing this year. This year's salmon season was expected to mark about 225,000 fish swimming past the Bonneville Dam, about 140...

Warrior statue unveiled.
May 11, 2005... May 11--ADA, Okla. -- Chickasaw Nation Gov. Bill Anoatubby and world-renowned Seminole artist Enoch Kelley Haney were joined by dozens of tribal leaders, citizens and employees for the unveiling of the Chickasaw Warrior statue May 10 in front...

OPINION: In Minnesota as elsewhere, standing up to governors is a good idea.
May 25, 2005... May 25--In America, the Indians are made to pay. Indian property -- stolen "fair and square," apparently -- has been the fuel of American economy for more than 200 years. Today more than ever, that bite is on everywhere. Political...

Policy debate: Power plants on Navajo land.
May 25, 2005... Byline: Brenda Norrell May 25--SANOSTEE, N.M. -- Navajos voting in opposition to a new power plant on the Navajo Nation in the Four Corners area, where some of the nation's dirtiest power plants already exist, say they are already...

Ho-Chunk Nation bankruptcy overstated.
May 25, 2005... Byline: David Melmer May 25--BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis.--As reported in the media, the immanent demise of the Ho-Chunk Nation has been overstated, tribal sources said. An audit report issued last October instructed the tribal leadership...