Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne today announced more than $6.2 million in grants will go to 38 Native American projects in 18 states to fund a wide range of conservation projects nationwide. Two southeastern tribes, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, will receive grants.
“Tribal Wildlife Grants [...]
Archive for March, 2008
$6.2 Million Will Go to 38 Native American Projects (flyrodreel.com)
Posted in Environment, conservation, tagged American Indian, indigenous, Native American, news on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
State, Indian tribes settle gambling revenue dispute (Freep.com)
Posted in Casino, Gaming, tagged American Indian, indigenous, Michigan, Native American, news on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Michigan officials today announced the settlement of a long-running dispute with two American Indian tribes over the portion of gambling revenues paid to the state.
The new deal announced by Gov. Jennifer Granholm with the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians and the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians will pump millions of dollars into [...]
U works to revive, retain native languages (Minnesota Daily)
Posted in Culture, Education, Language, tagged American Indian, indigenous, minnesota, Native American, news on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Few University professors require a prayer pipe and wild rice for in-class activities. In fact, Dennis Jones may be one of the only ones.Jones, who prefers to use his native name, Pebaamibines, teaches first- and second-year Ojibwe language in the American Indian studies department.
“It’s part of the language revitalization movement to honor your traditional name, [...]
Indian suit seeks $58 billion (Forbes)
Posted in Financial, Law, Legal, tagged American Indian, indigenous, Native American, news on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
American Indian plaintiffs say the United States owes them $58 billion in a long-running lawsuit over government mismanagement of lands.Plaintiffs in the 12-year-old lawsuit submitted the filing to federal court this week after U.S. District Judge James Robertson asked for their input.
The suit, first filed in 1996 by Blackfeet Indian Elouise Cobell, claims the government [...]
House approves American Indian Heritage Day (Native American Times)
Posted in Holidays, Honoring, tagged American Indian, indigenous, maryland, Native American, news on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Maryland House of Delegates voted 136-2 for a measure to honor Native Americans by making the day after Thanksgiving American Indian Heritage Day.
“Given the contributions and rich history of Native Americans to the fabric of our society, I thought it was only fitting to designate the day after Thanksgiving as American Indian Heritage Day,” [...]
Napolitano receives NCAI leadership award (Indian Country Today)
Posted in Awards, tagged American Indian, indigneous, Native American, new mexico, news on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Diane Enos, president of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, presented Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano with a National Congress of American Indians Governmental Leadership Award plaque during a Governor’s Tribal Leadership Roundtable discussion March 14 at the Salt River Community Building.
”This is in recognition of extraordinary service to the Native American people of Arizona,” Enos [...]
Exhibit covers all bases (Daily Gazette)
Posted in History, Sports, tagged American Indian, baseball, indigenous, Native American, news on March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Unlike blacks, American Indians good enough to earn a spot on Major League Baseball rosters early in the 20th century weren’t told they couldn’t play.That’s the good news. The bad news is that despite an unofficial policy that worked something like “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” American Indians were often targets of the same racially based [...]
Is Inequality making us sick? (Native American Times)
Posted in Health, Health Care, tagged American Indian, indigenous, Native American, news on March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A ground-breaking, new PBS series explores causes and seeks solutions to America’s health crisis by crisscrossing the country exploring how the social conditions in which Americans are born, live and work profoundly affect health and longevity. Several minority groups were studied, giving an insight into an understanding of long term causes of several illnesses. This [...]
Genetic Study Shows History of Latin America (redorbit.com)
Posted in Ancestry, Genealogy, tagged American Indian, indigenous, Native American, news on March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A new genetic study conducted by a team of international researchers sheds light on Latin America’s history, finding that European colonization resulted in a dramatic shift from a native American populace to one that is mainly mixed.
However, some areas within Latin America, such as Mexico City, still preserve a genetic heritage due to the high [...]
Indian clinics uncover high rate of hepatitis C (Billings Gazette)
Posted in Health, Health Care, tagged American Indian, indigenous, monatana, Native American, news on March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An epidemiological study conducted at two Indian Health Service clinics in Montana uncovered a hepatitis C infection rate that is six times higher than is found in the general population.
The finding surprised tribal and state health officials, who responded by creating an educational brochure that targets young American Indians.
The 2005-06 study, authored by IHS epidemiologist [...]
