Indian Country Today (Oneida, NY) articles from November 2004

Indian Country Today (Oneida, NY) archives from November 2004

Viejas tribe in California purchases Borrego Springs Bank, N.A.
November 3, 2004... Nov. 3--LA MESA, Calif. - Borrego Springs Bank, N.A. recently announced a reverse split of its common stock. The reverse stock split will result in all of the minority shareholders receiving cash for their shares, leaving 100 percent ownership...

South Dakota hearings on American Indian child-welfare law turn emotional.
November 3, 2004... Byline: David Melmer Nov. 3--PINE RIDGE, S.D. - A series of listening sessions by the Governor's Commission on the Indian Child Welfare Act found the heat turned up on emotions, frustration and anger as witness after witness asked that...

Governor asks Minnesota gaming tribes to pay for tax shortfall.
November 3, 2004... Byline: David Melmer Nov. 3--ST. PAUL, Minn. - Pay up, or face the competition! That is the gist of what Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has told Minnesota gaming tribes. What the governor is asking is more of a demand, according to tribal...

Split decision advances recognition appeals for Nipmuc Nation in Massachusetts.
November 3, 2004... Byline: Jim Adams Nov. 3--SUTTON, Mass. -- Recognition hopes revived for the Nipmuc Nation Oct. 21 when the Interior Board of Indian Appeals (IBIA) agreed to take up its request for reconsideration. In a slap at the BIA's Office of...

Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y., reporter's notebook column.
November 3, 2004... Byline: Brenda Norrell Nov. 3--HERMOSILLO, Mexico -- ONBOARD WITH THE ZAPATISTAS: Seated on the motel bed with her backpack ready, Maria Garcia, great-grandmother who packs sack lunches for these trips, said she was prepared to die for...

Taxes and tribal land issues loom large in Supreme Court.
November 3, 2004... Byline: Jim Adams Nov. 3--ONEIDA, N.Y. -- Chief Justice William Rehnquist jolted the Presidential campaign when the Supreme Court announced Oct. 25 that he was in the hospital for treatment of thyroid cancer. Although he planned to...

World wide web is changing face of Indian country.
November 3, 2004... Byline: Brenda Norrell Nov. 3--ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - While Indian country is becoming increasingly wired, the Internet has provided a springboard for economic development and a window for the new political clout of Indian tribes. "Native...

Senate minority leader defeated.
November 10, 2004... Byline: David Melmer Nov. 10--SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Sen. Tom Daschle, minority leader of the senate was defeated in his re-election bid by Republican John Thune in what was a tight race from the start. Daschle may be out for now, but in...

ANALYSIS: Indian country friends lost in Congress as Bush takes second term.
November 10, 2004... Byline: Jim Adams Nov. 10--WASHINGTON -- As "cold reality set in," one TV newsman's words for the U.S. election returns, Indian country awoke to a chillier political climate. Republican Pres. George W. Bush won re-election with the...

Mixed referenda debunk casino backlash claim, Connecticut's Mohegan tribe says.
November 10, 2004... Byline: Jim Adams Nov. 10--UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- Contrary to the claims of the religious right, the Mohegan Indian Tribe doesn't see a backlash against tribal casinos in the Nov. 2 voting on a series of state gaming referenda. Although...

Election Day goes smoothly on Pine Ridge, S.D., reservation.
November 10, 2004... Byline: David Melmer Nov. 10--PINE RIDGE, S.D. -- Election polls looked a little like an American Bar Association convention on the Pine Ridge Reservation, but the result was a clean and uneventful election process. This was unlike the...

Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y., election briefs column.
November 10, 2004... Byline: James May Nov. 10--GAMING PROPOSITIONS FAIL IN CALIFORNIA: In California, a pair of propositions effecting Indian gaming in California were defeated by a large margin. Proposition 68, which sought to force Indian tribal casinos...

Conference in Phoenix discusses state of Indian education.
November 10, 2004... Byline: James May Nov. 10--PHOENIX -- Amid election fever, thousands of American Indian educators packed the downtown convention center for the 35th Annual National Indian Education Association (NIEA) convention to discuss issues and give...

All Indian Pueblo Council creates rift by naming its building for Sen. Domenici.
November 10, 2004... Byline: Brenda Norrell Nov. 10--ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The All Indian Pueblo Council named its new Indian services building after Sen. Pete V. Domenici. But even before the ink had dried, many American Indians were hoping the name of the...

OPINION: Indian country wakes up to Republican hegemony.
November 10, 2004... Nov. 10--It was a huge turn out for the American electorate but the predictions of such a trend signaling Democratic victory turned out wrong, seriously wrong. No doubt Senator John Kerry ran a clear and commendable race - stayed on message,...

Historic election makes woman leader of Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota.
November 10, 2004... Byline: David Melmer Nov. 10--PINE RIDGE, S.D. -- For the first time in the history of the Oglala Sioux Tribe a woman will lead the nation. The new leader is Cecilia Fire Thunder -- nurse, grandmother, organizer, lobbyist, non-profit...

Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y., Northeast briefs column.
November 17, 2004... Byline: Jim Adams Nov. 17--BOSTON -- Memories of the 1980s loom large in recent news from New England tribes. Some well-known political figures were in the headlines, one making a comeback, another announcing a farewell, as tribal...

First woman Oglala Sioux Tribe president is ready for duty in South Dakota.
November 17, 2004... Byline: David Melmer Nov. 17--RAPID CITY, S.D. -- Cecilia Fire Thunder, the first woman president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, side steps her historic achievement to challenge people to perform more effectively, ethically and in some cases...

Tribal Wealth Management Conference in Florida advises on asset management.
November 17, 2004... Byline: Jim Adams Nov. 17--ONEIDA, N.Y. -- Spanish conquests in the "New World" sent a flood of wealth back to the Iberian Peninsula. For a time, newly unified Spain became one of the most powerful countries in Europe. But the precious...

EDITORIAL: New York governor's casino deals complicate tribal relations.
November 24, 2004... Nov. 24--New York Gov. George Pataki rolled dice last week when he announced the settlement of a land claim and his approval of a casino deal with an out-of-state tribe, the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma. It was the first deal of its kind...

Federal court rules in favor of land rights of Dakota Loyalists.
November 24, 2004... Byline: David Melmer Nov. 24--ST. PAUL, Minn. - Lineal descendants of Mdewakanton Dakota, who signed a contract more than a century ago with the federal government, have prevailed in federal court for restoration of rights to the land and...

Established artist creates new printing business in South Dakota.
November 24, 2004... Byline: David Melmer Nov. 24--RAPID CITY, S.D. - Who ever said, "If you build it they will come," didn't have a new business in Indian country owned by an American Indian in mind. It's not easy, and at times for Daryl and Sharon No...

Tribes increase influence in Montana state government.
November 24, 2004... Byline: David Melmer Nov. 24--MISSOULA, Mont. - A new governor held a phone conference with tribal leaders, appointed eight American Indians to his transition team and the state legislature has eight tribal members in the ranks. It was...