Indian Country Today (Oneida, NY) articles from September 2007

Indian Country Today (Oneida, NY) archives from September 2007

Oglala Lakota College graduates take up the mantle of leadership.
September 5, 2007... Byline: David Melmer Sep. 5--KYLE, S.D. -- Many graduation ceremonies are similar, with speeches, congratulatory messages, tears of joy and beaming smiles from graduates and family. At Oglala Lakota College, one of the oldest tribal...

Johnson O'Malley grants provide cultural transitions.
September 5, 2007... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Sep. 5--WASHINGTON -- Disappointment ran deep in Indian country last winter when President George W. Bush proposed a budget that would have eliminating federal funding of the Johnson O'Malley program. The...

EDITORIAL: The commerce clause and Indian entrepreneurship.(Editorial)
September 5, 2007... Sep. 5--The commerce clause is primarily aimed at creating stable and efficient markets, but government policy has not provided viable market conditions to American Indian tribes. Have you ever wondered why the main reference to American...

Language revitalization's 'race against time' goes high-tech.
September 5, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Sep. 5--SANTE FE, N.M. -- When the Institute for the Preservation of Original Languages of the Americas changed its name to the Indigenous Language Institute in 1997, it also changed its focus from preservation...

A message we didn't hear at 'Prez on the Rez'.
September 5, 2007... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Sep. 5--WASHINGTON -- "Prez on the Rez" has come and gone; a good idea ahead of its time. The plan to bring Democratic presidential candidates before tribal leaders at a forum on Morongo lands in California drew...

Tribal-State Work Group highlights critical issues.
September 5, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Sep. 5--BANGOR, Maine -- Tribal representatives put three major issues on the table at the first meeting of the Tribal-State Work Group, which is examining possible changes to the legislation governing the...

Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y., Washington briefs column.(Column)
September 5, 2007... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Sep. 5--PALLONE PROBES FOR ADMINISTRATION VIEWS ON HEALTH CARE REAUTHORIZATION: Gearing up for legislative action once Congress returns to full session in September, the chairman of the Energy and Commerce...

Tangled authorities muddy tribes' protection under Clean Water Act.
September 12, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Sep. 12--BOSTON, Maine -- The growth of a massive algae bloom on the Penobscot River from the Katahdin Paper Company's phosphorous discharges coincided in August with a 1st Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that...

State restricts composting center on sacred land.
September 12, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Sep. 12--BURLINGTON, Vt. -- A composting business that has been running without a permit on land that is replete with American Indian archaeological sites has been ordered to curtail operations while it seeks...

Oneida of Wisconsin offer cultural attractions.
September 12, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Sep. 12--ONEIDA, Wis. -- Visiting an elementary school may not be a conventional tourist activity, but a tour of the unique Oneida Nation Elementary School is a popular component of the vast array of cultural...

Maine denies tribe has sustenance fishing rights.
September 12, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Sep. 12--INDIAN ISLAND, Maine -- At the same time that a federal appeals court issued a decision giving the Maine Department of Environmental Protection authority over water quality on tribal lands, a...

Coalition opens new hotel in Sacramento.
September 12, 2007... Sep. 12--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Three American Indian tribes made history recently in California, officially opening the first hotel located off-reservation in California to be owned by a coalition of tribes. Three Fires LLC, an economic...

Grim nomination at IHS is withdrawn.
September 12, 2007... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Sep. 12--WASHINGTON -- The unexpected withdrawal of Dr. Charles W. Grim's nomination to direct the IHS for another four years left plenty of speculation in its wake. The Sept. 5 announcement caught Washington's...

Indigenous footwear shown up close and in context.
September 12, 2007... Sep. 12--TORONTO -- The extraordinary beauty and fascinating diversity of the footwear of indigenous peoples throughout North America are the focus of the Bata Shoe Museum's upcoming exhibition, "Beauty, Identity, Pride: North American Footwear...

Experienced tribal lawyer leads Indian Legal Clinic.
September 12, 2007... Sep. 12--TEMPE, Ariz. -- An accomplished lawyer known for her careful approach to legal issues and commitment to serving tribal communities is the new director of the Indian Legal Clinic at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. Patty...

Sen. Dorgan 'out of patience' with inadequate health care for Indians.
September 19, 2007... Byline: David Melmer Sep. 19--CROW AGENCY, Mont. -- IHS officials were told -- at the risk of losing their jobs -- to tell their bosses that health care in Indian country is underfunded to the point that people are losing their lives. ...

U.S. Geological Survey, tribal colleges partner for climate change research.
September 19, 2007... Byline: David Melmer Sep. 19--BISMARCK, N.D. -- Tribal colleges have addressed climate change and may be the best resource for Indian country to conduct research so that data can be used to adapt and create laws that slow it down, on the...

EDITORIAL: Self-reliance for non-gaming tribes.(Editorial)
September 19, 2007... Sep. 19--California voters passed Proposition 5 in November of 1998 with 63 percent support, and again passed Proposition 1A, a California state constitutional amendment, with 64.4 percent of the vote. Both propositions affirmed that most...

EDITORIAL: Questions arise about National Museum of the American Indian choice.(Editorial)
September 19, 2007... Sep. 19--The long-awaited proclamation of a successor to W. Richard West as head of the National Museum of the American Indian is over. The Smithsonian on Sept. 11 announced its selection of former BIA Chief Kevin Gover, Pawnee from Oklahoma,...

Senators find health care funding inadequate, call for changes.
September 19, 2007... Byline: David Melmer Sep. 19--CROW AGENCY, Mont. -- From their comments at a recent Senate Committee on Indian Affairs field hearing on health care, it would appear that at least two of the committee's senators have run out of patience...

Alternative health care revenue sources are little-used.
September 19, 2007... Byline: David Melmer Sep. 19--RAPID CITY, S.D. -- Creative thinking, use of third-party payers and preventive medicine education and practices may be the answer to the perpetually inadequate health care budget for Indian country. ...

Finance Committee sends health care reauthorization to Senate.
September 19, 2007... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Sep. 19--WASHINGTON -- With an opening quotation from Thomas Jefferson and a closing appeal to the tribunal of American family values, Sen. Max Baucus and the Senate Finance Committee set the stage for a showdown...

Rally for health care reauthorization finds supporters.
September 19, 2007... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Sep. 19--WASHINGTON -- Room 211 on the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol used to be the office of Lyndon Baines Johnson, and it's so well-known as the LBJ room that you can actually confuse people by asking for Senate...

Interior's James Cason under examination.
September 19, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Sep. 19--WASHINGTON -- As the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation's court case against the Interior Department moves toward conclusion, the tribe has focused attention recently on Associate Deputy Secretary James Cason....

Schaghticoke seek Interior official's job evaluations.
September 19, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Sep. 19--WASHINGTON -- Following a model of secrecy that has allowed the Bush administration and its appointees to withhold documents from the courts, Congress and the public, Interior Department officials have...

Military's response to mental illness problematic, says soldier's wife.
September 19, 2007... Byline: David Melmer Sep. 19--FORT CARSON, Colo. -- Ryan LeCompte served two tours of duty in Iraq with the U.S. Army, was a decorated soldier, saved his unit from an improvised explosive device, suffered neurological trauma and was sent...

Gover to take helm at National Museum of the American Indian.
September 19, 2007... Byline: Jerry Reynolds Sep. 19--WASHINGTON -- The Smithsonian Institution has called on a familiar and respected name to follow W. Richard West, the National Museum of the American Indian's inaugural director. Kevin Gover will assume...

Narragansett smokeshop case postponed while court hears governor's appeal.
September 19, 2007... Byline: Gale Courey Toensing Sep. 19--PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The trial of Narragansett Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas and six tribal members, who are facing misdemeanor charges stemming from a state police raid on the tribe's tax-free smokeshop,...