NARP invests in energy development on American Indian reservations

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- NARP invests in energy development on American Indian reservations
- American Indian Remains Looking for Resting Place
- Court steers clear of Ariz. ski resort dispute

NARP invests in energy development on American Indian reservations
Indian Country Today
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American Indian Remains Looking for Resting Place
WRCB-TV
Native American groups say returning these remains to the proper tribe is a form of respect. At least twelve tribes are in talks with TVA but some say the bones belong to a member of Chattanooga's first tribe. Tennessee Indian Affairs Commissioner Tom Kunesh said there is a respect factor involved in all of this. “It is important for all people to claim their loved ones” said Kunesh. “It does not matter if it were last year 15 years or 1000 years ago. Relatives go back to relatives. It is the same in every culture.

Court steers clear of Ariz. ski resort dispute
The Associated Press
Shanker said he doesn’t believe all avenues have been exhausted. “As long as there are Native Americans who believe in the sacredness of these sites there are going to be people who try to preserve and protect those beliefs” he said. Jack Trope executive director of the Association on American Indian Affairs called on Congress to strengthen religious freedom laws to better protect sites that American Indians consider sacred. Forest Service earlier had approved the ski area’s expansion. The bama administration opposed the high court’s intervention in the case noting that the ski resort has been in operation for more than 70 years and that recent snowfall has been sporadic.

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