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

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

ANALYSIS: Appeals court rejects Idaho fuel tax grab.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Jim Adams Sep. 1--SAN FRANCISCO -- State attempts to collect a fuel tax from tribes received a major rebuff from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Aug. 19. In a 2 to 1 decision, a three-judge circuit court panel rejected a...

USDA awards national animal identification funds.
September 1, 2004... Sep. 1--REDWOOD COUNTY, Minn. -- Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman recently announced Aug. 5 the selection of 29 state and tribal projects to receive a total of $11.64 million to advance the national animal identification initiative. ...

California voters favor Graton Rancheria Indians in memorandum on casino.
September 1, 2004... Byline: James May Sep. 1--ROHNERT PARK, Calif. -- Though Indian gaming loomed large in last year's recall of Gov. Gray Davis it loomed even larger in this bedroom community at the edge of California's wine country. This time, however, the...

Tribe complains IRS failed to consult with it on fuel excise tax rules draft.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Jim Adams Sep. 1--WASHINGTON -- A prime complaint the St. Regis Mohawk tribe is bringing against the IRS over the new fuel excise tax regulations is the federal agency's failure to consult the tribe before issuing them. In an...

Hogansburg, N.Y.-area tribe challenges IRS over new fuel tax crackdown.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Jim Adams Sep. 1--HOGANSBURG, N.Y. -- Warning of a "devastating" impact on the reservation economy and tribal services, the St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council and Native businessmen are bracing for a major fight against a new Internal...

American Indian Genocide Museum in Texas documents historical perspectives.
September 1, 2004... Byline: Brenda Norrell Sep. 1--HOUSTON -- There was no state that surpassed Texas in the genocide of American Indians. Now, it is here in Texas that the American Indian Genocide Museum is documenting the American holocaust. "They were...

Democrats announce 'Native Americans for Kerry-Edwards'.
September 1, 2004... Sep. 1--FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - John Kerry gained the endorsement of American Indians across the nation, including current and former chairpersons of tribes, as he launched the "Native Americans for Kerry-Edwards" campaign. During a campaign...

Watered-down sacred tribal sites bill passes California Senate.
September 1, 2004... Byline: James May Sep. 1--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Lost in the shadows of recent news regarding tribal compacts and other legislation, the California Senate voted 68 - 4 in favor of legislation that would require developers and landowners to...

Tourism makes good economic sense for Lakota tribe in South Dakota.
September 1, 2004... Byline: David Melmer Sep. 1--RAPID CITY, S.D. -- The British are coming - the British were here. They came, they saw, they learned and they dropped money, lots of money; and they are coming back with more. That's what a group from...

California governor holds back gaming compact with American Indian band.
September 8, 2004... Byline: James May Sep. 8--SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pulled one of five gaming compacts that he recently signed with the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians because of widespread bipartisan opposition to what would be the...

Big American Indians party with key Republicans.
September 8, 2004... Byline: Jim Adams Sep. 8--NEW YORK - Not many Native delegates are on the roster at the Republican National Convention, but a lot of big Indians are showing up at the parties. According to a spokesman for the convention, some 37...

California Indian health board awarded $17.1 million federal grant.
September 8, 2004... Byline: James May Sep. 8--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has given a $17.1 million grant over the next three years to the California Rural Indian Health Board (CRIHB) for drug abuse...

Indian Health Service headquarters to implement reorganization.
September 8, 2004... Sep. 8--WASHINGTON -- The Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, will implement a headquarters reorganization. The IHS is responsible for providing health services to federally recognized...

Gaming discussions continue in Minnesota.
September 15, 2004... Byline: David Melmer Sep. 15--ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Melanie Benjamin, chief executive of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, opened the door to begin serious discussions about gaming, business and related issues between the tribe and the state...

South Dakota's American Indian students improve test scores.
September 15, 2004... Byline: David Melmer Sep. 15--PIERRE, S.D. -- American Indian students in South Dakota lag slightly behind the rest of the state in reading skills, but a donation of more than 20,000 books will help close that gap, educators claim. ...

Oil and gas drilling leases increase for sacred lands.
September 15, 2004... Byline: Brenda Norrell Sep. 15--ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sacred lands in the West became further endangered as the Bush administration pressed for approval of a record number of new oil and gas drilling permits, targeting unspoiled pristine...

Montana tribes oppose return to cyanide mining.
September 15, 2004... Byline: Brenda Norrell Sep. 15--FORT BELKNAP, Mont. -- While the Bush administration pressed for a record number of oil and gas leases in the West, American Indians in Montana opposed new legislation that would permit mining companies to...

Labor union, Connecticut tribe agree to cooperate on casino plan.
September 15, 2004... Byline: Jim Adams Sep. 15--HARTFORD, Conn. -- John W. Wilhelm, leader of the union that prompted the recent anti-sovereignty ruling from the National Labor Relations Board, said he would much rather deal with tribal governments after all....

Federal official gives Montana tribal leaders little hope for health funding.
September 15, 2004... Byline: David Melmer Sep. 15--BILLINGS, Mont. -- A Bush administration official told tribal leaders here that they need not look for any additional funding for health care in the future. Instead Michael O'Grady, assistant secretary of...

Santa Barbara County, Calif., rancher enters plea in horse abuse case.
September 15, 2004... Byline: Brenda Norrell Sep. 15--CRESCENT VALLEY, Nev. -- California rancher Slick Gardner pleaded no contest to animal cruelty and grand theft in a case involving Western Shoshone horses rounded up by the Bureau of Land Management, then...

OPINION: A Native American universe opens on Washington, D.C., mall.
September 21, 2004... Sep. 21--There was a pause - an opening - in the fabric of the natural world this week as the Native nations of the Western Hemisphere took their proper place at the center of American consciousness. The prayers and good wishes of hundreds of...

Can't go to Washington? Indian museums may be closer than you think.
September 22, 2004... Byline: James May Sep. 22--SACRAMENTO, Calif. - If you are among the millions that cannot make it to Washington, D.C. to visit the new Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian this year do not fret. There are probably...

New American Indian museum overcame repatriation battle, long negotiations.
September 22, 2004... Byline: Jim Adams Sep. 22--WASHINGTON - Five unnamed victims of the 1864 Sand Creek massacre hold a place of honor among the thousands of people contributing to the opening of the new National Museum of the American Indian building on the...

Leaders guide new Smithsonian museum with humble yet historic partnership.
September 22, 2004... Byline: Jim Adams Sep. 22--WASHINGTON -- One secret to the success of the National Museum of the American Indian may well be the emblematic partnership of its top two officials, Director W. Richard West Jr., and Deputy Director Douglas...

EDITORIAL: Weak economy hurts American Indian families.
September 23, 2004... Sep. 23--The shift in the American economy is edging toward the obvious. The working sectors that supported manufacturing are left hanging out to dry, as "American" companies scramble to employ cheaply and without much environmental concern in...

Tribal-owned Connecticut WNBA basketball team surpasses financial expectations.
September 29, 2004... Byline: Jim Adams Sep. 29--UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- The Mohegan Indian Tribe is winning big with its bet on a professional women's basketball team, both at the gate and on the scoreboard. The Mohegan-owned Connecticut Sun, the first team...

Civil Rights Commission hears indigenous peoples at Mexican border.
September 29, 2004... Byline: Brenda Norrell Sep. 29--NOGALES, Ariz. - The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights heard reports of the abuse of indigenous peoples by U.S. Border Patrol agents, now under Homeland Security, and the climate of fear in America that has...

Alaskan tribes coordinate fight against Bush effort to drill in Arctic Refuge.
September 29, 2004... Byline: Brenda Norrell Sep. 29--ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska Natives gathered to counter anti-Indian legislation aimed at eroding tribal sovereignty and toward termination, as Gwich'in vowed to protect the Arctic Refuge from energy...

Schwarzenegger vetoes bill to ban term 'Redskins' from California schools.
September 29, 2004... Byline: James May Sep. 29--SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that sought to ban the use of the name "Redskin" from California schools on Sept. 21. "Existing statute already affords local school boards...

Alaska Natives rise to recover sovereign destiny.
September 29, 2004... Byline: Brenda Norrell Sep. 29--ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The sovereign authority of Alaska Natives has been undermined by both Russia and United States over the past several hundred years, as both embarked on the process of western...

Bush reaffirms tribal sovereignty.
September 29, 2004... Sep. 29--WASHINGTON -- Early in the morning of Sept. 22 President Bush welcomed tribal leaders, members of the House and Senate and other members of the government involved in American Indian affairs to the White House. He used the occasion of...

'Fourth Museum' -- traveling exhibits -- of American Indian is in the making.
September 29, 2004... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Sep. 29--WASHINGTON -- For those Native people not able to make the grand opening of the National Museum of the American Indian, a 'Fourth Museum' continues in the making. W. Richard West Jr., NMAI director since...