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

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

Navajo Nations, Cuba negotiate trade agreement.
September 6, 2006... Byline: Brenda Norrell Sep. 6--HAVANA -- The general manager of Navajo Agricultural Products Industries, a member of the first trade delegation to Cuba since Fidel Castro temporarily stepped down, has signed a letter of intent to sell food...

Lawsuit draws in Shakopee, Prairie Island.
September 6, 2006... Byline: David Melmer Sep. 6--MINNEAPOLIS -- Thousands of people want to be counted as Mdewakanton Dakota and to hold the federal government accountable for a breach of trust. A lawsuit, Wolfchild v. United States, is intended to bring...

Bill to settle Cobell moves forward.
September 6, 2006... Byline: David Melmer Sep. 6--RAPID CITY, S.D. -- Congressional work to bring a settlement in Cobell v. Kempthorne may be peppered with problems. The administration wants to end the practice of land fractionation, which would simplify...

Presence in lobbying.
September 6, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Sep. 6--WASHINGTON -- Politically speaking, everything looks a little different in Washington depending on whether Republicans or Democrats are the majority party in Congress. Republicans have been the majority...

Cobell plaintiffs plan appeal on Lamberth.
September 6, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Sep. 6--WASHINGTON -- The plaintiffs in the long-running lawsuit to force an accounting of the Individual Indian Money trust filed one appeal Aug. 24, announced a headline-making separate appeal to the U.S. Supreme...

Rights of way draft report draws ire.
September 6, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Sep. 6--ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Federal law requires that tribes must consent to a grant of rights of way across their lands, whether the rights of way are for roads, aqueducts, pipelines, power wires or flight paths....

Mohegan sports investments hit their stride after a bumpy start.
September 6, 2006... Byline: Jim Adams Sep. 6--UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- After a period of uncertainty, the Mohegan Indian Tribe is moving ahead smartly in building a nationwide sports and gaming empire. Its investment arm recently ended a game of hardball with...

Campbell warns of unintended consequences on energy rights of way.
September 6, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Sep. 6--ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Addressing several dozen Indian leaders and representatives at an Aug. 30 meeting on tribal energy rights of way, former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell called for greater political...

Wisconsin court gives casino projects a big boost.
September 13, 2006... Byline: Jim Adams Sep. 13--MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin Supreme Court removed a major barrier to tribal casino projects recently when it rejected a constitutional challenge to state gaming compacts. A series of compact extensions...

Partnership enhances economic growth and development.
September 13, 2006... Sep. 13--MESA, Ariz. -- The National Indian Gaming Association recently authorized the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development to help promote business and economic...

EDITORIAL: Beyond sovereignty: The need for Native formulations.(Editorial)
September 13, 2006... Sep. 13--James Sappier, chairman of the Penobscot Indian Tribe in Maine, often lets loose a provocative statement; and he did not disappoint some time back at a conference on tribal sovereignty. Sappier marveled at the spelling of the term that...

Minerals Management Service to streamline audit meetings.
September 13, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Sep. 13--WASHINGTON -- The Minerals Management Service announced Aug. 15 that it will meet with the State and Tribal Royalty Audit Committee only once a year in Denver instead of three to four times a year in varying...

Language immersion schooling can restore 'confidence in learning'.
September 13, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Sep. 13--ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- An Aug. 31 congressional field hearing in Albuquerque on Native languages generated a wealth of testimony, oral and written, that underscored the links between language and the survival...

ANAYLYSIS: Native presence in lobbying in Washington.
September 13, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Sep. 13--WASHINGTON -- In times past, the Native lobbying presence in Washington was limited to occasional visits by great leaders whose names now belong to history. Red Cloud and a thousand others made the arduous...

Las Vegas Paiutes fear for the future of petroglyphs.
September 13, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Sep. 13--LAS VEGAS -- For years to come, motorists will see Indian-inspired rock art on the overpasses near the master-planned modern community of Summerlin. But as vandalism continues in Nevada's Red Rocks, Little...

San Francisco Peaks appeal on snow from wastewater begins.
September 13, 2006... Byline: Brenda Norrell Sep. 13--SAN FRANCISCO -- The federal appeal of the decision to allow the Arizona Snowbowl to make snow from wastewater on San Francisco Peaks near Flagstaff, Ariz., sacred to 13 area Indian tribes, is slated for...

Tohono O'odham tribal members recognized for excellence.
September 13, 2006... Byline: Brenda Norrell Sep. 13--SELLS, Ariz. -- Tohono O'odham humanitarian Mike Wilson, who puts out water for migrants on Tohono O'odham tribal land, and Terrol Johnson, co-founder of Tohono O'odham Community Action, have been recognized...

Avian flu plans not yet ready in the Plains.
September 20, 2006... Byline: David Melmer Sep. 20--PIERRE, S.D. -- Tribes in North and South Dakota have partnered with the states to establish plans for any possible flu pandemic. The Department of Homeland Security and related offices in each state are...

Antiquities Act helps to preserve cultural sites.
September 20, 2006... Byline: David Melmer Sep. 20--SUNDANCE, Wyo. -- It has been 100 years since the federal government passed legislation that would protect sites important to the country and, as a side effect, also protected sites important to Indian...

No surprises for rights of way.
September 20, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Sep. 20--WASHINGTON -- The National Congress of American Indians and the Council of Energy Resource Tribes gave congressional staff a chance to consider tribes as the nation's partners in energy production at a...

House majority votes with Pombo on gaming bill setback.
September 20, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Sep. 20--WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives voted Sept. 13 against advancing a major Indian gaming reform bill without amendment or full debate. The 247 -- 171 vote fell short of the two-thirds majority...

Navajo prepare for H5N1.
September 20, 2006... Byline: Brenda Norrell Sep. 20--PHOENIX -- While states prepare for the possibility of an avian flu pandemic, the Navajo Nation veterinary program, with its expertise in zoonotic diseases, is the lead agency for H5N1 detection and control...

Mohawks take lead in pandemic plans.
September 20, 2006... Byline: Jim Adams Sep. 20--ST. REGIS MOHAWK RESERVATION, N.Y. -- The Akwesasne Mohawk community is used to relying on itself in emergencies. With about 25,000 members stretching on both sides of the U.S./Canada border, its two governments...

Primary candidates top 100 on Pine Ridge.
September 20, 2006... Byline: David Melmer Sep. 20--PINE RIDGE, S.D. -- It certainly is not lonely at the top for candidates who want to become president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe -- 12 people have filed petitions for that position and are on the ballot. ...

Arizona Indians denied voter ID injunction.
September 20, 2006... Byline: Brenda Norrell Sep. 20--PHOENIX -- A federal judge declined to grant a preliminary injunction sought by the Navajo Nation and other plaintiffs to halt implementation of Proposition 200, which requires identification to vote in...

Standing for the sacred in San Francisco demonstrations.
September 27, 2006... Byline: Brenda Norrell Sep. 27--SAN FRANCISCO -- American Indians from throughout the nation gathered Sept. 14 for ceremonies and songs, culminating with a march through the streets of San Francisco and singing outside the federal...

Cobell settlement legislation could still pass Congress.
September 27, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Sep. 27--WASHINGTON -- The attorney most associated with the class action lawsuit against the Interior Department for an accounting of the Individual Indian Money trust said it won't surprise him if the department...

Searching for a new vocabulary on self-government.
September 27, 2006... Sep. 27--In a quiet but constant struggle for tribal survival, some of Indian country's best minds are working out new ways of explaining what we all believe about self-government and self-preservation to an often uncomprehending dominant...

North Dakota tribes hold summit to strategize.
September 27, 2006... Byline: David Melmer Sep. 27--BISMARCK, N.D. -- The tribes of North Dakota and tribal program officials from surrounding states recently gathered, as their ancestors did for hundreds of years, to discuss issues, strategize about the future...

Congo indigenous make their case with digital film production.
September 27, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Sep. 27--WASHINGTON -- Digital film production has come to the Congo for years, but now it is coming there -- this is the new thing under the sun -- from remote local Congolese communities in an initiative of the...

Religious freedom defended in court.
September 27, 2006... Byline: Brenda Norrell Sep. 27--SAN FRANCISCO -- Attorneys for Navajo, Hopi and Hualapai argued for protection of the San Francisco Peaks and a halt to plans to produce snow from recycled sewage water at the Arizona Snowbowl ski resort...

Carl Artman gets initial committee nod as BIA head.
September 27, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Sep. 27--WASHINGTON -- The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs unanimously approved the nomination of Carl Artman to head the BIA following a confirmation hearing Sept. 14. From Capitol Hill to Albuquerque, N.M.,...

Rights of way report to head to Congress.
September 27, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Sep. 27--WASHINGTON -- In advance of an end-of-September scheduled submission to Congress of a report on tribal energy rights of way, tribes have done a good job of addressing their concerns with a draft report and...

The future of tribal sovereignty.
September 27, 2006... Byline: David Melmer Sep. 27--BISMARCK, N.D. -- Sovereignty may have been an inherent right for the many nations in the country for hundreds of years, but it now requires constant protection. Tribal sovereignty is inherent; according...

Call to opinion leaders in Indian country: Tell your story.
September 27, 2006... Sep. 27--Indian Country Today invites you -- tribal leaders, community elders, mindful activists and all opinion leaders in tribal and national organizations -- to write your perspective for our editorial pages. ICT is an established...

Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y., Washington briefs column.(Column)
September 27, 2006... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Sep. 27--NEY GIVES UP THE FIGHT AGAINST ABRAMOFF CHARGES: Rep. Bob Ney has drawn the first conviction in Congress in the bribery scandal sparked by jailed former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The Department of Justice...

Water rights have special meaning during drought.
September 27, 2006... Byline: David Melmer Sep. 27--BISMARCK, N.D. -- Tribes in the Plains and elsewhere have an inherent right to water as has been defined by treaty, tribal officials say. Precedent has been set that proves tribes have water rights under...