Clinton affirms commitment to Indian issues
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- Clinton affirms commitment to Indian issues
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- Clinton vows fight on Native American issues
- Proposed casino: a gamble in hio?
Clinton affirms commitment to Indian issues
FXNews – May 27, 2008
She planned to visit the Pine Ridge Reservation home to several thousand members of the glala Sioux Tribe. bama also has paid heed to American Indian concerns even as he has begun to focus on the likely general election contest against Republican John McCain. Earlier this month he visited Montana’s Crow Indian reservation and was adopted into the Crow Nation during a private ceremony. McCain also has ties to American Indians. He is from Arizona and is a former chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. Copyright 2008 The Associated Press… bama also has paid heed to American Indian concerns even as he has begun to focus on the likely general election contest against Republican John McCain. Earlier this month he visited Montana’s Crow Indian reservation and was adopted into the Crow Nation during a private ceremony. McCain also has ties to American Indians. He is from Arizona and is a former chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published broadcast rewritten or redistributed.
Clinton affirms commitment to Native American issues
WJLA – May 27, 2008
Americans Indians are expected to make up as much as 20 percent of next Tuesday’s Democratic primary voters in Montana and more than 10 percent in South Dakota where Clinton was headed Wednesday. She planned to visit the Pine Ridge Reservation home to several thousand members of the glala Sioux Tribe. bama also has paid heed to American Indian concerns even as he has begun to focus on the likely general election contest against Republican John McCain (… Earlier this month he visited Montana’s Crow Indian reservation and was adopted into the Crow Nation during a private ceremony. McCain also has ties to American Indians. He is from Arizona and is a former chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. Written By BETH FUHY.
Clinton vows fight on Native American issues
6abc.com – May 27, 2008
(AP) – May 27 2008 — Hillary Rodham Clinton pledged her commitment Tuesday to tribal sovereignty and Indian health care. “I want to be a strong partner with Indian country” the Democratic presidential candidate told several hundred people at Salish Kootenai College on the sprawling Flathead Indian reservation. Among other things she promised to name a representative of the American Indian community to work alongside her in the White House. Clinton’s visit came a week before primaries in Montana and South Dakota are expected to feature a sizable representation of American Indian voters. In an exceptionally scenic setting of snow-covered mountains and tall pine trees the former first lady was greeted by dancers performing a spiritual dance and given a set of moccasins and a necklace by Joe McDonald president of the tribal college. Story continues below Advertisement digGetAd(”Rectangle”); “Wear this next to your heart” McDonald told her. Clinton wore the beaded necklace as she spoke.
Proposed casino: a gamble in hio?
Youngstown Vindicator – May 27, 2008
?The hio Roundtable of Strongsville opposes the casino as it has every other casino proposal. President Dave Zanotti noted that the referendum says if another casino opens in hio the Clinton County casino would only have to give up a split with the counties equal to what the new casino pays. That could be another American Indian casino which pays only 2 percent Zanotti said. ?You see what could happen?? he said. ?Counties that planned on that income would not get it. ?Lertzman said that there are ?absolutely no plans? to open a second casino in hio and that opening an American Indian casino in the state would be almost impossible. Zanotti said the new casino owners expect a lot of people in hio to become big gamblers.
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