American Indian tribes should be included in a still-unratified agreement to protect the Great Lakes, the head of the Stockbridge-Munsee tribe told the state Legislature on Tuesday.
In the annual State of the Tribes address, Robert Chicks also called for more cooperation between the tribes and the state to address problems such as health care, the [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Indian leader calls for cooperation with state (Wisconsin State Journal)
Posted in Economic Development, Environment, tagged American Indian, indigenous, Native American, news, wisconsin on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nearly 200 sets of human remains found at O.C. construction site (LA Times)
Posted in Archaeology, NAGPRA, tagged American Indian, indigenous, Native American, news on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Archaeologists have removed 174 sets of human remains from a controversial housing development under construction in Huntington Beach, bolstering claims that it was a significant prehistoric Native American settlement.
Dave Singleton, program analyst for the California Native American Heritage Commission, said 87 sets of remains were removed before Hearthside Homes broke ground on its Brightwater development [...]
Goodbye, Good Riddance, ‘Indian Family’ (Reznet)
Posted in Mascots, School Nicknames, Team Names, tagged American Indian, arkansas, indigenous, Native American, news, osage on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Unbeknownst to the Osage Nation, Arkansas State University’s mascot, the Indians, was loosely based on the tribe for their “fighting spirit” when they warred on neighboring tribes during the 1800s. Now that the mascot is set to be retired, the tribe is the university.
“We are pleased Arkansas State University has joined the noble fraternity of [...]
Haskell launches research center (ljworld.com)
Posted in Education, tagged American Indian, haskell, indigenous, Native American, news on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Haskell Indian Nations University has a research center — the first one its 124-year history.
The Research Evaluation and Dissemination (RED) Center officially launched this week. The center — the brainchild of new President Linda Warner — serves as a clearinghouse for research and professional development.
Warner appointed Judith Gipp, a Haskell faculty member and volleyball coach, [...]
Judge: Don’t Judge (Reznet)
Posted in Casino, Gaming, tagged American Indian, indigenous, Native American, news on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tribal casinos are small-time compared to the huge gambling operations run by most states-their daily, weekly and monthly lotteries.So said a panel of Native American legal experts, discussing the bad rap that tribes have gotten for operating casinos. The panel at Hamline University discussed tribal casinos and treaty rights.
Only five or six tribes operate hugely [...]
LEFT BRAIN/RIGHT BRAIN: NATIVE AMERICAN “INTELLLIGENCE” (Native American Times)
Posted in Education, tagged American Indian, indigenous, Native American, news on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For whatever reason several studies have shown that Native American children and adults perform much less well on tests of general knowledge, vocabulary, arithmetic, verbal memory, comprehension, and abstract similarities (measures of verbal abilities that are mainly a product of left cerebral hemisphere functioning) than they do on tests of visual-spatial, visual searching, visual sequencing, [...]
Eroding Alaska Native Village Sues Energy Companies (Environment News Service)
Posted in Environment, Law, Legal, tagged Alaska, American Indian, climate change, inuit, Native American, news on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The arctic coastal village of Kivalina and a federally recognized tribe, the Alaska Native village of Kivalina, are suing two dozen oil, coal and power companies that they claim have made the climate warmer, causing their land and homes to slide into the Chukchi Sea.Nine oil companies, as well as 14 power companies and one [...]
Senate Passes Bill on Indian Health Care (AP)
Posted in Health, Health Care, Politics, tagged American Indian, indigenous, Native American, news on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
American Indians would have better access to health care services, including screening and mental health programs, under legislation the Senate passed Tuesday.The bill, approved 83-10, would boost programs at the federally funded Indian Health Service, prompt new construction and modernization of health clinics on reservations, and attempt to recruit more Indians into health professions. It [...]
Judge dismisses charges against Kaweah Nation defendant (The Witchita Eagle)
Posted in Crime, Enrollment, Law, tagged American Indian, indigenous, kansas, Native American, news on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A federal judge dismissed an indictment Tuesday against a woman who had been accused of taking part in a scheme to sell Kaweah Indian Nation memberships to immigrants with the promise that the documents would make them American citizens.U.S. District Judge Wesley Brown dismissed without prejudice the indictment against Raynal N. Williams at the request [...]
Court Takes Indian Land Case (AP)
Posted in Law, Legal, tagged American Indian, indigenous, Native American, news, supreme court on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to resolve a dispute over the federal government’s ability to take land into trust for American Indian tribes.Indian rights groups fear that the case involving the Narragansett Tribe in Rhode Island could undermine tribal land across the country. The justices will hear the case in the fall.
The state argued that [...]
