Counties form Indian issues task force
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- Counties form Indian issues task force
- Illegal trafficking of American Indian artifacts
- Native American health documentary earns Emmy nomination
- Justice to boost effort to combat tribal crime
- American Indians forgotten as the country moves forward with …
- Millican Valley pictograph site listed nationally
Counties form Indian issues task force
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Illegal trafficking of American Indian artifacts
WKW-TV.com
WNColumnManager) WNColumnManager. Earlier this month John Sheild 78 of Monona was fined 10000 dollars and forced to return artifacts. Now a judge sentenced Brian Ekren to serve 10 months in prison. He must forfeit more than 200 archaeological items. Sheild showed off some of his collection at an event in Stoughton last summer including military items and gun flints.
Native American health documentary earns Emmy nomination
Pine Journal
? ?Walking Into The Unknown? a documentary film that traces the personal journey of a middle-aged American Indian male through the health care system has earned an Emmy nomination in the Cultural Documentary category by the Midwest Emmy Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The film features Dr. Arne Vainio a physician who works on the Fond du Lac jibwe Reservation in northern Minnesota. It was produced by Ivy Vainio and directed by Nate Maydole. Recent UW-Superior graduate Jason Schlender and current student Sam Maday also participated.
Justice to boost effort to combat tribal crime
The Associated Press
The top three Justice Department officials will travel to states with high American Indian populations over the next two months to talk to tribal members and crime experts about what can be done. Federal statistics have shown American Indians are the victims of violent crime at more than twice the national rate. Deputy Attorney General David gden tells The Associated Press that he thinks the department can increase dollars and law enforcement agents devoted to Indian Country. The bama administration was expected to announce the new effort later Thursday. Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press.
American Indians forgotten as the country moves forward with …
Minot Daily News
However this segment is different than others the federal government has a trust responsibility to provide them health care. It is the American Indian population which includes about 30000 people in North Dakota or about 5 percent of the North Dakota population. “We can’t forget American Indians as the country moves forward in health-care reform” said Dr. Monica Mayer of New Town. Mayer an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes is an independent contractor working with VISTA Staffing Solutions out of Salt Lake City which contracts with Indian Health Service facilities for emergency room coverage. She works 12-hour shifts for two-week periods at the Indian Health Service hospital in Belcourt then has two weeks off.
Millican Valley pictograph site listed nationally
Newsday
1389237″ “Millican Valley pictograph site listed nationally” “” “nd”);’>Email. (AP) ? An American Indian spiritual site in the Millican Valley has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places and archeologists and others hope the recognition will cut down on vandalism. Pictographs painted mostly in red some that may date back to 1500 B. have been chipped shot at and covered with chalk. Burns Paiute tribal elder Minerva Soucie said her parents in the 1950s often stopped at the site to show their children the pictographs many painted by Northern Paiute people.
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