Latest Headlines01/06/09 - Activists oppose coal plant in northern MichiganEnvironmentalists and an American Indian tribe are voicing opposition to a proposed coal-fired power plant in northern Michigan. Local officials and state lawmakers, meanwhile, are telling regulators to allow the project in Rogers City. 01/06/09 - Phoenix Suns guard Jason Richardson accused of DUIPhoenix Suns guard Jason Richardson was accused by police of driving under the influence of alcohol when he was stopped Dec. 21 by a Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community officer. 01/06/09 - Cherokee Nation honoring Bradford with T-shirtsCherokee Nation officials will be giving away T-shirts with the University of Oklahoma logo and quarterback Sam Bradford's name and jersey number written in Cherokee at the BCS National Championship game in Miami. 01/06/09 - Lack of extradition pact frustrates law enforcersMissoula County has tried for more than a year to extradite Rodney Gervais Jr. from the Blackfeet Indian Reservation to serve a one-year jail term for partner/family member assault. 01/06/09 - Casino to open in AlabamaThe wind creek casino in atmore will open its doors Tuesday. NBC 15'S Andrea Ramey toured the building and gives us a sneak peak. There's more than 1,600 electronic Bingo machines here on the floor. 01/06/09 - Local Law Makers Want Speaking Rock Back As CasinoLocal lawmakers announced Monday that they would be making it a priority this legislative session to pass bills to allow Indian casinos, like Speaking Rock Casino, to resume gaming operations in Texas. Josie Trillo is like thousands of others who loved coming out to the Speaking Rock Casino. 01/06/09 - Indian stones to be protected at Turners Falls airportThe federal government has ruled a group of stones discovered in the path of the planned runway expansion at the Turners Falls Municipal Airport is a ''sacred ceremonial hill'' and eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. 01/06/09 - Citgo suspends program that offers free heating oil to poorCitgo, the Venezuelan government’s Texas-based oil subsidiary, has suspended its free heating oil program for the poor in the United States, citing falling oil prices and the world economic crisis. 01/06/09 - Senecas hope Obama might boost Sullivan casino plansBarack Obama and the tanking economy are going to mean Indian casinos in the Catskills — or at least that's what Sullivan County's latest casino player is betting on. 01/06/09 - 570 jobs gone at Choctaw resortNeshoba County faces a daunting start to 2009 as one of its economic cornerstones lays off more than 500 workers. Citing a weak economy that has significantly affected gaming facilities nationwide, Pearl River Resort on Monday announced that 570 staff positions will be eliminated and its Golden Moon Hotel 01/06/09 - Crow Agency family missingRelatives of a Crow Agency family that hasn't been seen since before Christmas have asked authorities to look for the couple and their infant son. Teddy Little Light, his wife, Juliet, and their 3-month-old son, Wyatt, were last seen at a relative's house in Crow Agency on Dec. 23, according to the Big 01/06/09 - Creek Indians' Atmore casino opens todayA day before Wind Creek Casino and Hotel was scheduled to open, workers scrambled to put the finishing touches on the towering resort, which represents the Poarch Band of Creek Indians' $240 million wager on its expansion in the gaming industry. 01/05/09 - Whitesboro seal ‘takes a little explaining’A decade after then-Mayor Joseph Malecki suggested changing the village’s potentially offensive image, current officials say the Whitesboro village seal is staying just the way it is for the foreseeable future. 01/05/09 - Kids in apt. for days after Madras murder-suicideNew Year's Eve was the last time Andrew Smith saw his neighbors and fellow Warm Springs Tribe friends, Hannah Crowe and Julian Wallulatum. The last time alive, that is. Almost three days later, their neighbors' three older children came to his door, hungry and worried about their parents, locked behind their 01/05/09 - American tribes gather to celebrate heritageRobert Mitchell barely made it in time for the Grand Entry dance for Boomer's First Inter-tribal Gathering and Dance Sunday afternoon across from the Webster Westside Market. 01/05/09 - Oklahoma's Sam Bradford is inspiration to a nationShrieks of joy rang out over the heart of the Kiowa nation that night. In a packed gym at Carnegie High School near the tribal headquarters in the middle of Oklahoma, school officials were forced to delay the tipoff of the boys' basketball game for 10 minutes. 01/05/09 - Ceremony marks opening of new Duwamish longhouseLeaders of the Duwamish Tribe of Seattle welcomed the community into its new longhouse and cultural center Saturday, with the public celebration serving to reunite the tribe with the city named after its early chief. 01/05/09 - Tribe to pursue wind energy projectThe Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska will attempt to construct what may be the first wind energy project on American Indian soil in Kansas. The tribe will work with Enertech of Newton, Kan., on plans to install wind generators in the summer. Tribal officials said the system is estimated to save from $120,000 to 01/05/09 - Wampanoag casino lacking in local investorsIt's been nearly a decade since a Detroit real estate developer began pumping money into the Mashpee Wampanoag coffers. Over that period the situation has changed — from the state of the economy to the day-to-day operations of this federally recognized tribe working toward a $1 billion casino. 01/05/09 - Schweitzer meets with tribal leaders in HelenaAs part of a rare gathering of all Montana tribes, Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Sunday welcomed Native people to the state Capitol during a tribal leaders' summit reception, a prelude to the opening day of the Legislature. 01/05/09 - Unsolved murders on tribal land to be reopenedMore than 15 years has passed since Shari Dee Sampson Elwell's strangled and sexually mutilated body was found in a remote area of the Yakama reservation, but the family is still awaiting closure in the case. 01/05/09 - Alleged sex offenders escape prosecution on reservations, Cascade County chargesCascade County officials have tried unsuccessfully to extradite Darwin D. Crawford, 43, from the Blackfeet Indian Reservation for the past two years. He's one of several alleged sex offenders who are escaping prosecution by living on an Indian reservation. 01/02/09 - Court stands in the way of tax collectionThe hardest thing in state government this year might not be to lower the soaring deficit. It might be to collect millions in taxes that the courts have said the state is entitled to. 01/02/09- Indian Tribe Buys 60 Acres in StanwoodThe Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians acquired a total of about 60 acres on 316th St. NW in Stanwood, WA, from Robinett Development Co. for $3.8 million, or about $63,700 per acre. Information is based on the deed. 01/02/09 - Tribe takes dispute to courtA bitter dispute has divided the state's smallest Native American tribe, the Meherrin Nation, creating an identity crisis that will be settled in court.The question underlying the feud is who should be considered a tribal member. Both sides say they are trying to preserve the Hertford County-based tribe's history 01/02/09- Wash. tribe seek to move away from flooding dangerFlooding used to be a problem every five or 10 years for the tiny Hoh Indian Reservation. These days it's an annual event. Sandbags permanently surround the tribal center and many homes because the nearby Hoh River has meandered dangerously closer over time. Meanwhile, most of the 443-acre 01/02/09- Appeals Court Affirms ISP Authority on Tribal LandIdaho state troopers can arrest American Indians on highways where they cross reservation land without violating a tribe's sovereignty, according to a recent Idaho Court of Appeals opinion. 01/02/09- Teens’ film looks at oil refineries on tribal landsThe College of St. Scholastica hosts a screening and discussion of the documentary “March Point” at 6 p.m. Jan. 13, in the Mitchell Auditorium on campus. “March Point” was created by three teens from the Swinomish Indian Tribe in northern Washington state. It investigates the impact of two oil refineries 01/02/09- Indians' dispute before courtA bitter dispute has divided the state's smallest Indian tribe, creating an identity crisis that will have to be settled in court. The stakes are high for some members of the Meherrin Tribe. The question underlying the feud is who should be considered a tribal member. Both sides say they are trying to preserve the 12/31/08 - CRIT elects new chairEldred Enas was elected as the new Chairman of the Colorado River Indian Tribes in the Tribes' elections on Dec. 6. Enas defeated Rayford Patch and Wendell Goodman, Jr. to become CRIT's first new chairman in 20 years. He will succeed Daniel Eddy, Jr., who decided not to run for re-election. 12/31/08 - Arizona Poker Room Raided After Indian Casinos File LawsuitThe was no Christmas spirit in Arizona recently, as the City of Tucson’s Police Department, assisted by agents from the Arizona Department of Gaming, raided and closed a local private poker club. 12/31/08 - 2 eagles die in Oregon, victims of gunshotsThe first eagle was found in the snow, its wings spread far and wide, feathers scattered about its body. Jennifer Merritt and her boyfriend T.O. Farwell saw the bird, just off the side of the road, while they were driving from Heppner to Pendleton last week. "He was shot pretty bad," Merritt said. 12/31/08 - Lower Elwha casino now set to open in FebruaryThe Lower Elwha Klallam tribe will have to wait a little longer to power up its first casino. The 7,000-square-foot building on Stratton Road south of the tribal center is now expected to open in early February, said Frances Charles, tribal chairwoman, on Tuesday. 12/31/08 - TEMECULA: Milestone in water rights negotiationsLeaders of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians and the Rancho California Water District say they have put together the framework for lasting water rights peace in the Temecula Valley. 12/31/08 - Tribal casinos cope with recession, lure Nevada-bound customersHard economic times are pinching California, driving the jobless rate up to 8.4 percent and forcing the state to consider major tax increases and draconian cuts in public services. The fiscal woe in Sacramento – the latest red-ink estimate is $40 billion through mid-2010 for the state -- is rippling through the state workforce and the cities and counties, which also are cutting back. 12/31/08 - Stillaguamish Tribe opens expanded casinoThe grand opening ceremony for the newly expanded Angel of the Winds Casino in Arlington ended at noon on Sunday, and about 400 people were already lined up, waiting to get inside. 12/29/08 - Feds focus on artifact tradeThe federal indictments of three men accused of trafficking in Native American artifacts reveal a lucrative trade centered on the illegal harvesting of a culture's buried history. 12/23/08 - Putting tribal culture in school lessonsFor Lori Archambault, teaching friction to her students on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation is as easy as showing them how to grind corn. The task helps her students at White Clay Immersion School better understand friction, in addition to learning a skill their ancestors picked up decades ago. Archambault, an 12/18/08 - Ho-Chunk law enforcement agreement beneficialAn on-going agreement between the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department and the Ho-Chunk Nation has proved to be beneficial over the years when it comes to law enforcement. 12/12/08 - Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority Amends Bank Credit FacilityThe Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (the "Authority") announced today that it has entered into an amendment to its bank credit facility with its bank lending group, led by Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent. The amendment, which was effective December 10, 2008, received the unanimous consent of the bank lending group. Under the amended agreement: 12/11/08 - Will tribal disenrollments make it onto Obama’s radar?American Indian activists have high hopes for the new Barack Obama administration -- including the hope that the issue of tribal disenrollments could finally be on the president’s radar. 12/09/08 - Mvskoke the only American Indian language taught at OSUOne language in OSU’s foreign language department isn’t so foreign. FLL 1000, an online course, focuses on the study of Mvskoke, or the language of the Creek, an American Indian tribe. Ted Isham, the class instructor, said he thinks it’s odd a language originating in the U.S. can be considered foreign. |
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