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Monday Morning Reznews

Posted by: "Larry Kibby" l.k...@frontier.com   reservation_indian

Mon Nov 7, 2011 4:32 am (PST)




Reznews Briefs & Summaries
November 7, 2011

Legislative & Political News

11/11/11: Veteran's Day in the United States
Dscriber
2.4 million: The number of black veterans in 2010; 1.2 million veterans were Hispanic; 265000 were Asian; 156000 were American Indian or Alaska Native; 28000 were Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; and 17.5 million were non-Hispanic white...

Osage To Present Financial Literacy Workshops
Bartlesville Radio
In cooperation with Osage Tribal leaders, the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians, an agency of the Department of Interior will present Financial Literacy Workshops. The workshops are free, open to the public....

Tar Sands: Native Americans to Obama: Honor your word
The NarcoSphere
In his election, President Obama promised a new deal between Native America and the White House, saying no to the Keystone XL is a good place to start," Poor Bear said. During the rally, Oglala Lakota Nation grassroots activist Debra White Plume...

Tribal Politics'

To occupy or (un)occupy?
Socialist Worker Online
The occupation of Alcatraz Island in 1969-71 by Indians of All Tribes, the occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs by the American Indian Movement (AIM) in 1972, and the occupation of Wounded Knee by AIM activists in 1973...

Baker calls for Cherokee unity
Muskogee Daily Phoenix
They have elected him to the highest position of leadership to the largest Native American tribe in the United States.” Many supporters said they were hopeful for the future of the Cherokee Nation under Baker's leadership. Ralph Gourd of Tahlequah... .

Indigenous News

Tanzanian tribe celebrates first land rights
Ekklesia
It is the first time that a Tanzanian government has formally recognised a minority tribe's land rights. Doroth Wanzala, the Assistant Commissioner for Land in the Northern Zone told those attending the ceremony, "We have resolved that the Hadza...

Educational News

Turning the learning curve
University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily
Krause is the communications and outreach chair for the American Indian Student Union (AISU). She wrote a guest viewpoint about a University fraternity's “Cowboys and Indians” themed Halloween party. She was a little upset about....

Battle over Indian logos revived in courts, Legislature
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The law, and the cases challenging the rulings made under it, mark the latest developments in a 20-year-long effort by Wisconsin's Indian tribes to remove what they describe as discriminatory and stereotypical team names...

History or Preservation News

OPB revisits when a war bloodied Oregon
OregonLive.com
As the mid-1800s influx of newcomers lured West by the promise of gold and property pushed Native American tribes off their ancestral lands and onto reservations, tensions rose. The Modoc people were forced onto the Klamath reservation. ..

Museum, Arts and Gallery News

'Sacred air' infuses Speed art exhibit
Louisville Courier-Journal
8:11 pm Dr. John A. Grim, a Yale professor, helps Sarah Elizabeth Burkey with a Native American prayer ceremony Sunday before his Speed Art Museum lecture. Photos by Angela Shoemaker/Special to the CJ / Angela Shoemaker/Special. ...

Events listed for Nov. 8
Minot Daily News
As part of activities, there will be American Indian art on display: Tuesday and Wednesday, 8 am to 4:30 pm, in MSU's Student Center, Conference Center, third floor. The exhibit is free and open to the public. North Dakota Insurance Commissioner. ..

Indian storytelling set for Wednesday at UCR Palm Desert
The Desert Sun
The evening is hosted by the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum, Palm Springs. Tahuka-Nunez is a native American of Ajacehmen descent and is one of the most requested artists at the Orange County Performing Arts...

Gaming or Business News

A late push
Downtown Journal
His first choice was for a sales tax, but said he could support a casino if it provided jobs for American-Indian residents in Minneapolis. Rybak is also struggling for support from the Vikings, who sent out a press release after his proposals...

Crime, Corruption & Legal News

Choctaw Detention Center guard pleads guilty to sexual acts with inmate | The ...
The Republic
A former female guard at a jail on a Native American reservation in Mississippi will be sentenced in January for abusive sexual contact without permission involving a female prisoner. Kristen Willis pleaded guilty to one count...

Loleta smoke shop sued by state for 'contraband cigarettes'
Times-Standard
”You've got a Native American on her own Indian reservation,” Robinson said. “Tribes are sovereign entities.” He said the state doesn't have jurisdiction over Huber's smoke shop because it's part of a tribal reservation. He said he originally filed....

Ex-tribal chief peddled ecstasy: feds
New York Post
In the most recent case, Tarbell -- who once served as chief of the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation -- met the undercover officer in a Queens motel parking lot near the airport, according to the US Attorney's Office in Brooklyn. Tarbell offered to supply....

Assorted News Stories

'AUCTION FEVER'
Mail Tribune
Roe, of Merlin, said she has bid on lots of items in online auctions, but came to the Wall auction in person to see some American Indian items up for sale. Roe was one of roughly 50 people who attended Sunday's auction....

Slandering the Red States, Part I
Power Line (blog)
The state receives thousands of dollars from the federal government for every child it takes from a family, and in some cases the state gets even more money if the child is Native American. The result is that South Dakota is now removing children....

Book Review: Dakota, Or What's a Heaven For by Brenda K., Marshall
Blogcritics. org (blog)
Of course, most of these are people who consider "Dakota," as they call it, a speck in flyover land and think us hayseeds keep a wary eye out for the tepees of hostiles. Yes, the weather here can be challenging. And our Native American...

People in the News

Navajo 'Code Talker' tells his WWII story at GVSU
Chicago Tribune
Samuel Sandoval of Shiprock, NM, and his fellow Navajo speakers used the Native American language to communicate and keep Japanese interpreters from understanding US forces' communications. Since few outsiders understood.. .

American Indian Marine Was Part of Iwo Jima, But Kept Out of Spotlight
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
Two American Indians played big parts in both flag-raisings on Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi. Louis Charles Charlo, from the Bitterroot Salish Tribe of Montana, helped with the first flag. Ira Hayes, a Pima from Arizona, is in the famous photograph.. .

Telling their story
Journal and Courier
Simmons was one of the many park attendees who briefly stopped by the Native American council house on the eastern edge of the park to speak with Susan Minor. Minor, a Delaware Indian from Galesburg, Ill., came to Prophetstown. ...

Native American speaker teaches more about Thanksgiving
The Gustavian Weekly (blog)
This year's topic is the unresolved conflicts that still exist within the Native American communities in the United States. “I am excited to have more Native American representatives on the Gustavus Campus. There isn't much spotlight...

Events & Activity News

Sejat-Spirit Pow Wow has become educational event
Whittier Daily News
Ed Tahuka-Nuñez, a coordinator of the event, said powwows were never a traditional practice of Native American tribes. Instead, they originated.. ..

The 2012 Jim Thorpe Native American Games Will Honor a Legend
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
The Jim Thorpe Association will stage the 2012 Jim Thorpe Native American Games in Oklahoma City June 10-17, 2012. Athletes at the Games, representing Indian nations, bands and tribes from across the United States and Canada...

Native American Heritage events
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Free. (585) 742-1690 or www.ganondagan. org. Day of Celebration 2011: This year's cultural focus is on Native Americans. 1 to 4 pm Cleary Auditorium, Kearney Hall, St. John Fisher College, 3690 East Ave., Pittsford... .

5 things you need to know this week
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
TASTE OF AMERICA, AND WILKES: November is Native American Heritage Month and from noon to 1 pm Thursday the Haudenosaunee Singers and Dancers of the Onondaga Nation will perform in the lobby of Wilkes University's Henry Student...

Monday Morning Reznews
November 7, 2011
Posted by: L.Kibby – l.kibby@frontier. com
American Indian Poetry
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Monday Afternoon Reznews

Posted by: "Larry Kibby" l.k...@frontier.com   reservation_indian

Mon Nov 7, 2011 11:48 am (PST)




Reznews Briefs & Summaries
November 7, 2011

Legislative & Political News

EPA's 'High Priority Violators' Scattered Across the Northwest
KUOW NPR
JELD-WEN, Washington: This facility on the Yakama Indian Reservation reduced its toxic emissions over the last decade but still ran afoul of regulators and became the fifth-most-fined Clean Air Act violator in the region at $212500 for failing to...

EPA General Permit Scrutinized
RFD-TV
That includes Alaska, Idaho, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Washington, DC, most US territories, Indian country lands, and many federal facilities. The remaining 44 states are authorized to develop and issue NPDES pesticide permits...

Obama Must Stop Keystone XL Pipeline, Native Activists Say
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
When asked if the president is working to ensure the special government-to- government relationship with tribes in this instance, Inouye directed Indian Country Today Media Network to the State Department. Still, American Indians...

Community coated in black mist — until citizens fought back
iWatch News
“DEQ continues to ignore violations that contribute to the air pollution still plaguing Native Americans, farmers, and others living in the area of the company's Ponca City plant,” the Ponca Tribe and officials with the union representing plant workers...

FY2011 receipts a $2 billion increase over previous year
Native Times
About $538 million was disbursed to 34 American Indian Tribes and about 30000 individual Indian mineral owners. By comparison, $407 million was disbursed to American Indian Tribes and individual Indian mineral...

Tribal, St. Louis mayor, Mt. Pleasant schools highlight Tuesday voting
The Morning Sun
The Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Council: A total of 20 candidates are on the ballot for 10 seats to represent District 1, the Isabella Reservation, on the Tribal Council. Nine of the 10 incumbent members are on the ballot, along with five former council...

SAVE Native Women Act introduced in Senate
The Cherokee One Feather
“American Indian women suffer disproportionately from domestic violence and sexual assault, and the Violence Against Women Act must be updated to more...

Indigenous News

Hadza hunter-gatherer tribe in Tanzania celebrate recognition of their land rights
National Geographic
Now, in a victory for the Hadza and for tribal peoples across the world, two communities are celebrating the recognition by the Tanzanian government of their land rights. Land titles were formally handed over in a ceremony held in the Hadza...

Health News

Narrative Matters: Mid-Level Dental Providers Needed To Reach Underserved
Health Affairs (blog)
Many of the children in the study had received little or no dental care. Janis calls for more resources for the chronically underfunded Indian Health Service, but she emphasizes even more the need for education opportunities that “train and nurture...

Medical student applications and enrollments rose in 2011
Healthcare Finance News
Asian American applicants increased by 3.8 percent and enrollees increased by 3.3 percent. • American Indian applicants and enrollees decreased from 200 to 169 and 191 to 157, respectively. • First-time female applicants increased by 3 percent to 15953...

Educational News

Michigan Tech Celebrates Native American History
Michigan Tech News
Native American Heritage Month is sponsored by the American Indian Science and Engineering Society of Michigan Tech, Undergraduate Student Government and the Center for Diversity and Inclusion. Michigan Technological University.. .

History or Preservation News

MoDOT archaeologists find ancient Native American sites at bridge near Palmyra
Quincy Herald Whig
What started as a routine survey of the land surrounding a historic bridge has ended up unearthing two significant sites in the region's Native American history. Larry Grantham, an archaeologist with the Missouri Department of Transportation' s...

Symposium covers often-overlooked viewpoint of history
Purdue Exponent
“The US government's goals and policies were extremely harmful to the native cultures who had lived on this land for over 12000 years.” Friday's lectures culminated in discussions by leaders of several prominent Native American tribes who had direct....

Gaming or Business News

Indian CDFIs Are Booming
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
By Mark Fogarty November 7, 2011 SANDIA RESERVATION, New Mexico— American Indian community development financial institutions (CDFIs) are booming, with 70 Native CDFIs now certified by the Treasury Department, 14 of them in the last six months...

TERO businesses honored by CN
Cherokee Phoenix
He specializes in projects that enhance the environments of Native American people. April Anderson of CBI Wholesale Electric in Pryor, Okla., won the Certified Indian Retail Business of the Year award providing the best customer...

Crime, Corruption & Legal News

Boy struggles to answer questions about alleged sexual abuse in ...
al.com
... in April of this year at the Poarch Creek Indian Reservation near Atmore. ... been convicted of a crime and urged them to watch for inconsistencies. ...

Investigations into infant formulas
UPI.com
WIC, which has separate offices in 50 states and dozens of Native American nations (and a total of 90 different contracts with formula makers) does not track formula profits, either. "If we could save money by using less formula or spending less on it...

Sen. Bonoff: Where I Stand On Vikings Stadium
Patch.com
Con: If passed, this would be challenged in the courts as to whether it violates the compact we have giving the Native American tribes exclusive gaming rights. The Tribes believe this would significantly hurt their business...

Assorted News Stories

ELECTION: Was University Place's First Mayor African American?
Patch.com
Smith said Flemming actually told her that he was African American and American Indian, which the Pierce County Councilman denies. She also said that neither Homer Flemming nor his father are listed on US Indian Census records between 1885 and 1940...

People in the News

Notes from Indian Country: Two old adversaries face terminal cancer ailments
Native Times
While serving as Attorney General for South Dakota in 1975 Janklow was often in the forefront of the actions against the American Indian Movement led by Means. In some of the clashes one could find Janklow right in the middle of the forays...

LOUIE TODAY: Native American author Richie Plass
Youngstown Vindicator
Multicultural education in America now includes the study of current Asian, Hispanic, and black American cultures. But Native Americans, in most cases, are usually studied only through history. Plass' presentations include a look not only at what...

Veteran's Day: A conversation with Moses Starr, Korean conflict
Tulsa Native American Times
He also worked at St. Gregory's in Shawnee as a counselor and for the Native American Center. He also served as a tribal council representative for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma twice - once as a Clinton area representative. ...

Events & Activity News

Tulare Public Library celebrates Native American culture
Visalia Times-Delta
"There seems to be a lot more media coverage for other cultures." They danced a straight dance, jingle dance and crow hop to celebrate Native American Heritage Month at the library. "They were very good and they showed us a lot about their dresses...

Monday Afternoon Reznews
November 7, 2011
Posted by: L.Kibby – l.kibby@frontier. com
American Indian Poetry
http://lkibby1. webs.com/

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More Than a Third of Teens Turning to Alcohol, Drugs: Study

Posted by: "Larry Kibby" l.k...@frontier.com   reservation_indian

Mon Nov 7, 2011 3:59 pm (PST)



Monday, November 7, 2011

Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Rape, Child Molestation, Bullying and Hazing, these types of crimes and behavior problems also in some manner walk hand in hand with the theory that revolves around Teens Turning to Alcohol and Drugs. The most interesting principle about this has to do with the encouragement by adults who consent the use of alcohol and or drugs or who will go out of their way to promote or advocate alcohol or drugs use, especially people who are the head of tribal programs, tribal governments. When police or any tribal official who is aware of those who offer or actually buy alcohol or drugs for teens or children and deny reporting those folks, they are just as guilty as those contribute and should be dealt with. In that, I believe is one act of doing something justifiable to contain the process of promoting alcohol and drugs use by our teens or children. Report illegal activity and if you know of officials, law enforcement or tribal representatives of any manner who are violating such standards, policies or laws, report them because you fail to report them, as I have said, you are just as guilty of wrong doing, that is a fact. Help Clean Up Your Community. Help Stop The Alcohol and Drug Traffic! It is the right thing to do!

http://health. usnews.com/ health-news/ managing- your-healthcare/ articles/ 2011/11/07/ more-than- a-third-of- teens-turning- to-alcohol- drugs-study

More Than a Third of Teens Turning to Alcohol, Drugs: Study
Researchers found Native Americans were the most vulnerable group
November 7, 2011
By Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter

MONDAY, Nov. 7 (HealthDay News) - More than a third of American teenagers are turning to alcohol or drugs, with 32 percent saying they drink, 19 percent saying they use drugs and 15 percent saying they do both, a new study shows.

An even closer look at the data found that Native American teens were the most likely ethnic group to use drugs or alcohol, with almost 48 percent admitting they have done so in the past. In addition, among the nearly 8 percent of teens whose use of alcohol or drugs was deemed addictive, 15 percent were Native Americans, the researchers found.

"Adolescents continue to use drugs and alcohol in very high numbers at very young ages," said Bruce Goldman, director of substance abuse services at Zucker Hillside Hospital of the North Shore-LIJ Health System, in Glen Oaks, N.Y. "The substances they tend to abuse are marijuana, alcohol and, more recently, prescription narcotics as well."

"The younger people are when they begin to use/abuse substances, the more likely they are to develop lifelong problems," Goldman added. "So we want to focus on delaying the onset of use of substances as long as possible, including alcohol.

"You also want to intervene early, and hopefully forestall or prevent lifelong suffering in their families, themselves," Goldman said. "At an early stage, there is a lot of effective treatmentthat could help young people overcome these issues."

"These findings call for efforts to identify and expand prevention measures that are culturally effective and address the quality and acceptability of treatment for adolescents with substance use problems," said lead study author Li-Tzy Wu, a professor in the department of psychiatry of behavioral sciences at Duke University Medical Center.

The report was published in the November issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.

For the study, Wu's team collected data on more then 72,000 teens aged 12 to 17 who took part in the 2005 to 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

Marijuana was the most widely used drug, with 13 percent of teens using it, followed by narcotic painkillers (7 percent).

"Analgesic opioids have replaced inhalants as the second most commonly used drug, and analgesic opioid use disorders comprise the second most prevalent illicit drug use disorder," Wu said.

In addition, almost one-fourth of adolescent alcohol or drug users met established criteria for an alcohol or drug use disorder, and users of marijuana, heroin, cocaine or sedatives showed an elevated rate of abuse or dependence on these drugs.

The highest rates of both alcohol and drug use were among Native Americans (20.5 percent), mixed race/ethnic teens (18.1 percent) and white teens (16.2 percent).

The highest rates of alcohol and drug addiction were among Native Americans (31.5 percent) mixed race/ethnic teens (25.2 percent), whites (22.9 percent) and Hispanics (21 percent).

Addiction expert Dr. J.C. Garbutt, a professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said that "these data support the growing concern over the misuse of prescription opioids, with opioids now representing the second most commonly used substance among adolescents after marijuana."

Opioids are of particular concern because they can be lethal, and many young people are unaware of the danger of opioids, he said, with opioid-related overdose deaths increasing rapidly in young people.

"The ethnic distribution points to the significant problem of substance use in Native Americans, and highlights the need to better address this issue in this population," Garbutt added.

"The diversity of substance use patterns across ethnic groups shows that cultural factors are important in promoting and protecting from using substances. Prevention and treatment programs that make use of culturally related factors may well prove more effective than a 'one-size-fits- all' approach," he noted. "There is a disparity in substance abuse services in minority communities. "

"Moreover, there is a paucity of culturally sensitive services," he added. "Interventions have to mesh with the norms of the cultural settings."

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November 7, 2011
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SAVE Native Women Act introduced in Senate

Posted by: "Larry Kibby" l.k...@frontier.com   reservation_indian

Mon Nov 7, 2011 6:18 pm (PST)




http://nc-cherokee. com/theonefeathe r/2011/11/ 07/save-native- women-act- introduced- in-senate/

SAVE Native Women Act introduced in Senate

November 7, 2011
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P.

Sen. Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii) introduced new legislation in the Senate that is aimed at fighting the problem of domestic violence and sexual assaults against American Indian Women. The Stand Against Violence and Empower (SAVE) Native Women Act (S. 1763) was introduced on Tuesday, Nov. 1.

“American Indian women suffer disproportionately from domestic violence and sexual assault, and the Violence Against Women Act must be updated to more effectively address their unique needs,” Sen. Akaka said in a statement. “This legislation works to ensure services are available to survivors of assault in native communities, repair a fragmented criminal justice system, and give tribes more power to prosecute those who are committing such heinous crimes against women.”

NCAI president Jefferson Keel told the crowd at the 68th Annual NCAI Convention in Portland, Oregon that his organization fully supports the legislation. “The epidemic rates of violence and sexual assault against Native women are tied directly to the limitations that the United States has placed on tribal authority to prosecute non-Native offenders. When perpetrators go unprosecuted, they are free to reoffend with impunity. This legislation aims to address these problems and enhance the safety of our women.”

One of the major points of the Act is the criminal jurisdiction of tribes. The Act will allow for tribes to “exercise special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction over all persons.”

The bill was co-sponsored by nine senators including: Sen. Al Franken (D-MN), Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM), Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii), Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska), Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash), Sen. Tom Johnson (SD), Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) and Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT).

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Monday Evening Reznews

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Mon Nov 7, 2011 7:48 pm (PST)




Reznews Briefs & Summaries
November 7, 2011

Legislative & Political News

Senate committee to discuss Native American jobs and investment opportunities
Rapid City Journal
The Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing Thursday to discuss job creation and opportunities for private investment in Native American communities, according to a news release. The hearing, headed by Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD), will be webcast live...

Thousands protest at White House over pipeline
CBS News
Canadian Native American tribes will wisely not let a pipeline be built over their lands. That's why the pipeline across the USA is desired by the oil interests. Why don't those smart Canadians refine the tar sands in Canada?? Because they know it's...

Governor: Let UND dump Fighting Sioux
ESPN
Should the Legislature go along, the university and the Board of Higher Education would be free to carry out earlier plans to retire the nickname and a related logo that features the profiles of an American Indian warrior...

Statement from HHS Secretary Sebelius on National Native American Heritage Month
eNews Park Forest
This month we celebrate National Native American Heritage Month, to honor American Indians and Alaska Natives who have contributed a great deal to our country. I recently had the opportunity to visit Indian Country in Alaska and I can say first hand...

EPA, Navajo Nation convene fourth annual summit to ....
U.S. EPA.gov (press release)
Federal agencies in attendance include the US Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Indian Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.. ..

For GOP, Arizona mine a job-creating model on US land
MiamiHerald. com
Archaeology groups and Indian tribes in Arizona oppose the plan, fearing that ... enough to develop American minerals, saying the "inaction is unacceptable. ...

Tribal Politics'

Newly-inaugurated Cherokee chief will inherit question of rights for slaves ...
The Republic
24 special election, the government demonstrated what could happen if the freedmen are excluded from the tribe: nearly $40 million in federal housing funds was frozen and the assistant secretary for Indian affairs warned that any election the Cherokees...

Spirit Lake claims UND ignores open records requests
Devil's Lake Daily Journal
This committee has been empowered by the Tribal Council to act on their behalf in matters pertaining to the Fighting Sioux name and logo. Records were requested of email communications between UND, the State Board of Higher Education...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker celebrated ...
Tulsa Native American Times
In 1828, we published the first newspaper in an American Indian language. One hundred years ago, our schools were so superior that our white neighbors paid tuition to send their children to us to educate. Both of my parents were teachers...

Indigenous News

Bolivia Says Will Mine Iron Project If Jindal Doesn't Fulfill Contract -Report
Fox Business
A 40-year contract signed between Jindal and the Bolivian government in 2007 gave the Indian company the right to mine El Mutun iron deposit near the border with Brazil. In exchange, Jindal pledged to invest a total of $2.1 billion over eight years to...

Peru ministry races clock on consultation law
ABS CBN News
LIMA - Peru's new vice minister of culture says he is hurrying to implement a new law giving indigenous groups more say over mining and oil projects, but is grappling with how to protect tribes living in voluntary isolation...

Reservation News

Control of Indian Agriculture Assets Is Essential
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
The problem is “our resource is being sold in the first transaction off our land. We can change that.” “Our product is grass. On Cheyenne River, we grow grass,” he said. Of the reservation' s three million acres, about half is tribal or individual trust...

Cultural News

Multiculturalism and the end of white America
WND.com
But America has never had the same success in assimilating peoples of color. The Indians we fought for centuries live on reservations. And if we did not succeed with a few million Native Americans... .

Health News

Teen drug use highest among Native Americans; Asians lowest
CNN (blog)
White, Hispanic, Native American and mixed-race teenagers have higher rates of substance use and abuse than African American and Asian teens according to a new study in the Archives of General Psychiatry. They also are affected more by...

Educational News

Texas history standards get poor review from state higher ed board
The American Independent
Reviewers also question omissions like the exclusion of Native Americans until late in the standards. “Native Americans have not been mentioned in the standards until now. Where have they been all along?” Another question asks....

School-closings due to recession, lack of interest by students and parents
HULIQ
“Nationally, American Indian and Alaska Native public school students were more likely to drop out of grades 9-12 than were students in other racial and ethnic groups,” stated the National Center for Education Statistics.. ..

SE Live, Native American visitation day set for Wednesday, November 9
Bixby Bulletin
Native American Visitation Day and SE Live Open House will both be hosted on Wednesday, Nov. 9 on the Durant campus. Native American Visitation Day allows students the opportunity to learn about Native American benefits, attend a class on Native....

Seeking Applications for Colorado State University's Native American Legacy Award
Colorado State University News (press release)
... the original residents of Colorado and to reduce the financial burden for these students who are seeking a post-secondary education, especially in these tough economic times,” said Ty Smith, director of CSU's Native American Cultural Center...

History or Preservation News

Etowah Historical Society plans presentations
Gadsden Times
Denson teaches courses about the Cherokees, Native Americans and United States history. He received a Ph.D. from Indiana University. He is the author of “Demanding the Cherokee Nation: Indian Autonomy and American Culture, 1830-1900,” as well as...

Can You Study a Tribe Without Contacting It?
Slate Magazine (blog)
“It may well be the last time ever outsiders enter this land—a one-time thing,” he said. But by documenting vestiges of tribal society—including thatched huts and ornate totems—the group was able to verify where the tribe was located and that they ....

Museum, Arts and Gallery News

Oak Ridge students design Native American cave painting
TribLocal
By jim hook Friday at 10:11 am Students in Mr. Rafferty's fifth-grade class draw symbols on a Native American 'cave' inside the classroom The colorful cave painting wasn't found on some Native American reservation in Arizona or New Mexico...

Gaming or Business News

Chan Lowe: Casino gambling in Florida
The Lowe Down (blog)
Native American tribes struck a deal for casinos on their reservations in exchange for giving the state a fat cut (every government has its price), and now we are finally in such dire financial straits that even the anti-sin crowd is getting....

Bingaman Announces Grants to Support Jobs in New Mexico
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
Sacred Power is an American Indian owned company. Capacity Builders, Inc. in San Juan – $225000: Funding will be used to establish the National Center for Rural and Tribal Cooperative Development, which will work to improve economic conditions ....

Crime, Corruption & Legal News

Officials still mum on Browning death
Great Falls Tribune
... of a woman's body on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation on Friday. ... Employees there said her body came back from the Montana State Crime Lab on Monday....

Former Fort Peck official gets prison time for embezzlement
Great Falls Tribune
10:00 pm A former Bureau of Indian Affairs superintendent for the Fort Peck Indian Reservation was sentenced to more than 4 years in prison for her role in an almost 10 year embezzlement and conspiracy scheme that drained the reservation' s credit...

Digging Deeper: DNR on Artifact hunting laws
WALB-TV
Digging deeper we found it's illegal to buy, sell, trade, import, or export known American Indian burial object. You cannot dig in any burial sights, any of the wildlife management areas, state owned property, or parks. While many like to hunt along ....

Assorted News Stories

The rise of genetic testing has made genealogy more popular than ever -- and ...
Salon
By the same token, in the United States, a so-called Indian blood quantum formally indicating a person's degree of Indianness in terms of a fractional amount of Native American ancestry still constitutes the official basis for federal recognition as an...

Ritual blesses latest in Apache attack helicopter line
Arizona Republic
With a backdrop of mountain views, White Mountain Apache Tribal Chairman Ronnie Lupe stood in front of the helicopter and told the crowd of Army brass and Boeing employees that the setting and unexpected weather were a reminder that their creator and ....

Locally Filmed Native American Movie to Screen
SUNY Cortland News
Native American culture will be the topic of discussion when two men who produced a short documentary on the spiritual importance of cooking a traditional dish at the nearby Onondaga Nation visit SUNY Cortland on Wednesday... .

Events & Activity News

Native American Heritage Expo Underway
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
By ICTMN Staff November 7, 2011 The third annual Native American Heritage Expo started today at Western Carolina University and will continue throughout the week. According to MaconNews.com, the event is “designed to explore the rich and vast culture...

Nov. 8 Community Calendar
Rockdale Citizen
... reservations necessary for lunch and child care, 770-786-8352, Jean or 770-787-6457, Ann. Nov. 9 at 3 pm, 139 Cedar Lane, Covington, the Sergeant Newton Chapter DAR meeting, Marcie Fletcher speaking on "Native American Code Talkers of World War .....

Monday Evening Reznews
November 7, 2011
Posted by: L.Kibby – l.kibby@frontier. com
American Indian Poetry
http://lkibby1. webs.com/

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