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

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

ANALYSIS: House reversals have Democrats hoping for a big majority.
November 1, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Nov. 1--WASHINGTON -- Baseball's folding Phillies of 1964, Union forces at the Civil War battle of Bull Run, Neville Chamberlain's place in history after the British prime minister's "peace in our time" moment on the...

Ruling closes out National Indian Gaming Commission authority over Class III.
November 1, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Nov. 1--WASHINGTON -- A federal court of appeals panel ruled Oct. 20 that the National Indian Gaming Commission has no regulatory authority in Class III gaming. Class III gaming -- slot machines, roulette,...

New Cobell initiative needs tribal feedback.
November 1, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Nov. 1--WASHINGTON -- A round robin of meetings between the Bush administration, the Interior Department, plaintiffs, tribes and the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has produced 11th hour proposals to overhaul a...

Native Vote project hopes to consolidate gains.
November 1, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Nov. 1--WASHINGTON -- Native Vote was a project of the National Congress of American Indians prior to the 2004 presidential election year, but its intensive mobilization in that year helped to bring out an...

Northern Cheyenne to vote on coal bed methane, coal resource extraction.
November 1, 2006... Byline: David Melmer Nov. 1--LAME DEER, Mont. -- Voters on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation will decide on Nov. 7 whether to allow coal bed methane extraction and coal extraction within the reservation exterior boundaries. The...

National Museum of the American Indian director announces resignation.
November 1, 2006... Byline: Jim Adams Nov. 1--WASHINGTON -- W. Rick West Jr., 63, director of the National Museum of the American Indian for its formative last 17 years, told its board of directors and staff on Oct. 26 that he would resign after a year of...

Firecloud is first American Indian woman to be superintendent at Devils Tower.
November 1, 2006... Byline: David Melmer Nov. 1--DEVILS TOWER, Wyo. -- Dorothy Firecloud is the first American Indian woman to become the superintendent at the nation's first-ever national monument, Devils Tower. The path she took to get there was not...

Earned Income Tax Credit promoted as part of 'enabling environment'.
November 8, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Nov. 8--WASHINGTON -- The Earned Income Tax Credit is a federal benefit program for families whose earned income falls below set thresholds -- in 2006, $32,001 for a married couple with one child, $36,348 for a...

EDITORIAL: Midterm elections: Will voters stay the course?(Editorial)
November 8, 2006... Nov. 8--If, by the time our most far-flung print subscribers read this, the Republicans have kept control of the House of Representatives, a political miracle will have occurred. It would be a miracle on the dark side, however. If the GOP is to...

EDITORIAL: Keller George, beloved USET president, steps down.(Editorial)
November 8, 2006... Nov. 8--It is not often that we have the opportunity to witness truly outstanding leadership. It is even rarer when that leader is a beloved figure among colleagues and constituents alike. Keller George, Oneida, stepped down as president of...

Financial development movement comes of age.
November 8, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Nov. 8--WASHINGTON -- The most impressive thing about the Native Community Development Financial Institutions convening in Washington wasn't the turnout of 100-plus people, the awards ceremony and reception, the...

Cobell says lawsuit over Individual Indian Money trust will proceed.
November 8, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Nov. 8--WASHINGTON -- Plaintiffs in the long-running lawsuit over the Individual Indian Money trust have rejected proposals from the presidential administration to consolidate the fractionated IIM lands, turn...

Oglala Sioux election proceeds.
November 8, 2006... Byline: David Melmer Nov. 8--PINE RIDGE, S.D. -- A glitch on the Oglala Sioux Tribal primary election ballots of Oct. 3 prompted debate and controversy over whether to reschedule the primary election and delay the general election. ...

One Nation United gets hearing in Senate.
November 8, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Nov. 8--WASHINGTON -- One Nation United's announcement of Nov. 13 and 14 meetings in Washington tripped early warning alarms in Indian country with word that Joseph Matal, top staff to Sen. Jon Kyl, the Arizona...

ANALYSIS: Democratic wins improve outlook for health care reauthorization.
November 15, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Nov. 15--WASHINGTON -- The Democratic uprising in Congress has improved the prognosis for reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, a goal tribes have been seeking for six years now. The...

Prairie Band Potawatomi health center opens.
November 15, 2006... Nov. 15--MAYETTA, Kan. -- The grand opening of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Health Center was held Oct. 18 with a dedication ceremony followed by tours of the facility. The Health Center is located at 11400 158 Road in Mayetta. ...

ANALYSIS: Interview with Patricia Zell of Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
November 15, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Nov. 15--WASHINGTON -- As the results from Election Day 2006 rolled in and hard-line Republicans fell by the wayside in states and voting districts nationwide, the comprehension settled in that Democrats have...

Oenga heirs sue federal government over oil lease.
November 15, 2006... Byline: David Melmer Nov. 15--PRUDHOE BAY, Alaska -- An Inupiat family may be the first family ever to file suit against the federal government for allegedly mismanaging a lease agreement with an oil company. The family, descendants of...

OPINION: Party politics reach tipping point.
November 15, 2006... Nov. 15--To paraphrase political comic Jon Stewart, host of cable television's "The Daily Show," we at Indian Country Today are experiencing an odd feeling known as -- and forgive us if we mispronounce it -- hope. Literally overnight, power in...

OPINION: Fight against regulation won't help tribal gaming.
November 15, 2006... Nov. 15--Dangerous doors flew open when a recent federal court decision sharply limited the National Indian Gaming Commission's regulatory powers. The decision gave a victory to a maverick tribe resisting NIGC oversight, but it could be...

Native youth selected to tobacco control council.
November 15, 2006... Nov. 15--WASHINGTON -- Stephanie Dobbins, Cherokee, and Tyson Suzuki, Blackfeet, are two of 15 students nationwide selected to the Youth Activism Council of the American Legacy Foundation, the largest national public health foundation dedicated...

Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y., Washington briefs column.(Column)
November 15, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Nov. 15--STUDY PREDICTS HEAVY IMPACT FOR PROPOSED CLASS II REGS: The National Indian Gaming Commission has released a study that forecasts a 57 percent loss of revenue for tribal operations in compliance with...

EDITORIAL: Voters issue Washington a reality check.(Editorial)
November 22, 2006... Nov. 22--The modest American experiment in one-party government ended Nov. 7 as voters issued a reality check to the quixotic, self-crippling Republican quest for a permanent majority in Congress. The electorate voted Democrats into majorities...

EDITORIAL: Indian law partnership.(Editorial)
November 22, 2006... Nov. 22--In October, Harvard Law School restated its commitment to the development of the study of American Indian law upon receiving the final installment in the endowment of the Oneida Indian Professorship of Law. The chair, established in...

Campaign for House Committee on Indian Affairs gets under way.
November 22, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Nov. 22--WASHINGTON -- The National Congress of American Indians has named the establishment of a standing Committee on Indian Affairs in the House of Representatives as the top priority of Indian country in the...

Interview with former Senate Committee on Indian Affairs staffer Patricia Zell.
November 22, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Nov. 22--WASHINGTON -- Patricia Zell has a deep feeling for the Democratic congressional members and staff ushered into majority power by the voters on Nov. 7. They had some warning, but probably not enough to avoid...

Seneca Party sweeps Seneca Nation general election.
November 22, 2006... Nov. 22--ALLEGANY TERRITORY, N.Y. -- Seneca Nation Treasurer and Allegany Territory resident Maurice "Moe" John Sr. was elected to the nation's presidency Nov. 8, beating former President Rickey Armstrong, 1,541 -- 1,114. "Working...

States' election results play a major role in national politics.
November 22, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Nov. 22--WASHINGTON -- Democrats consolidated their national gains in the Senate and House of Representatives Nov. 7 by also winning a majority of gubernatorial seats. Twenty-eight Democrats were sent to the...

Midterm elections bring changes to Senate.
November 22, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Nov. 22--WASHINGTON -- With the late concession of Republicans Conrad Burns in Montana and George Allen in Virginia, voters gave Democrats a Senate majority to go with the larger one captured in the House of...

Change, upheaval and surprises mark tribal elections in the Great Plains.
November 22, 2006... Byline: David Melmer Nov. 22--RAPID CITY, S.D. -- It was anything but a typical election cycle for the Oglala Sioux Tribe this time around -- it was confusing, frustrating and aggravating, and ripe with accusations of interference. The...

National figure Tex Hall ousted after historic run as MHA Nation chairman.
November 22, 2006... Byline: David Melmer Nov. 22--BISMARCK, N.D. -- Marcus Wells Jr., former vice chairman of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, is now officially that nation's chairman. Wells was sworn during the early morning hours after the Nov. 7...

Navajo foundation to promote health, violence prevention, economic strength.
November 22, 2006... Nov. 22--WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. -- The Office of the First Lady of the Navajo Nation has announced the creation of a foundation to promote good health, domestic violence prevention and economic capacity-building for women. The Navajo Nation...

Navajo Nation battles yellow 'monster'.
November 29, 2006... Nov. 29--These days we speak of weapons of mass destruction without truly considering the historical weight of those words. The phrase is bandied about by talking heads without an ounce of emotion or regret. That the United States is trying...

Documentary film on Fort Berthold Indian Reservation receives critical acclaim.
November 29, 2006... Byline: Sarah Moses Nov. 29--CANASTOTA, N.Y. -- A devastating legacy is unveiled by documentary filmmaker J. Carlos Peinado, as he exposes the wounds of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in "Waterbuster." From Arizona to New...

Trust funds consultation meeting clarifies stalemate.
November 29, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Nov. 29--WASHINGTON -- A Capitol Hill consultation meeting on concepts for settling the trust funds litigation proved as elusive as its subject. At the end of the day Nov. 16, a roster of speakers had fixed a...

Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y., Washington briefs column.
November 29, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Nov. 29--MARKEY FLOATS HIS NAME FOR RESOURCES COMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIP: In an unexpected development, Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts has become a candidate for the chairmanship of the Resources Committee in the House...