- Trahant: When a step aside was ‘a godsend’
- Capitol lacks racial representation
- We can’t afford not to have health reform
- Paterson wrong to reverse course on cigarette tax
- Photos courtesy CM Russell Museum
- Chance of ancient burial ground halts Causeway floodwall project

Trahant: When a step aside was ‘a godsend’
Indian Country Today
Kennedy jumped into American Indian issues with zeal after his brother Bobby was assassinated. Kennedy had used the Indian Education Subcommittee as his platform during his extensive travels across Indian country with the anti-poverty tour.

Capitol lacks racial representation
Myrtle Beach Sun News
– A black or American Indian child visiting the state Capitol on a school field trip can wander among the statues monuments and plaques inside or outside without seeing an image of someone of the same skin color. What the student could see is a statue of former Gov. Charles Brantley Aycock a leading spokesman for the white supremacy campaigns of 1898 and 1900 that were marked by violence and voter intimidation. And there’s the statue of Andrew Jackson who oversaw the forced removal of American Indians from their homelands in the 1830s the infamous Trail of Tears march that killed thousands of them.

We can’t afford not to have health reform
The Missoulian
We also contribute to a self insurancefund and like everyone else we would like to see those costsreduced and health insurance reform would help accomplishthat. My other interest relates to a recent visit by a Fox News reporterto an Indian reservation in South Dakota. He made the argument thatif the IHS couldn’t provide decent health care there how could thefederal government do so nationally? This is the first I had heardof Fox News being concerned about the health of the American Indianpeople. The crocodile tears they shed were not only disingenuousbut a continuation of their misleading attacks on anything bama. They were comparing apples to oranges. n the reservations theyvisited the federal government through the IHS is providingdirect care with federally employed doctors and nurses. If the debate in Washington was over the question of whether weshould have nationalized health care then comparisons to the IHSmight be interesting and educational.
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Paterson wrong to reverse course on cigarette tax
MPNnow.com
District Court Justice Carol Amon for her decision reaffirming the legislation — and knocking Paterson for his inaction. “In a time when our state is struggling it is unconscionable that the governor refuses to follow the law he signed to collect these taxes and grant some relief to our hard-working taxpayers” said Nozzolio whose 54th District includes northern and eastern ntario County and all of Wayne County. What’s the problem? fficials should not be intimidated by the threat of American Indian protests similar to 1997. There are laws to deal with civil disobedience and anyone who breaks those laws should be dealt with accordingly. Paterson should make that clear. The governor also should devise the recommended coupon system and collect the tax. It has been estimated that New York could garner about $400 million annually if it enforced the law — not to mention the fact that legitimate tax-paying merchants are being hurt or even run out of business by unfair competition.

Photos courtesy CM Russell Museum
Cowboys and Indians
Although no live bison are part of the presentation a commanding life-size diorama dominates one gallery. Beside a running buffalo is an Indian on horseback his face transfixed on his mission bow and arrow aimed and ready to take down the prey. Three artists collaborated on the piece: The bison was done by taxidermist Bruce Babcock the American Indian by Allen Chronister and the brown and white mustang by Neal Deaton. Also created specifically for this show is a tepee made of three hides which was fashioned by Larry Belitz. He hand-scraped and tanned the hides following the ways of Native Americans in the 1800s. A bison robe loaned by the Museum of the Plains Indian in Browning Montana is another noteworthy piece. About 125 years old it is decorated with horizontal strips of yellow and red beadwork.

Chance of ancient burial ground halts Causeway floodwall project
The Times-Picayune – NLA.com
There are new tribal concerns that American Indian ancestral bones could be under Lake Pontchartrain where dredging would occur during proposed floodwall construction beneath Causeway Boulevard. It is the second cultural red flag raised in the past two months as the Army Corps of Engineers evaluates how if approved the floodwall work would affect people and their environments. The lengthy evaluation process is required by federal law and must be finished before property can be acquired and a construction contract can be awarded for the project which is already months behind schedule. The first case involves a request for the corps to consider sparing the historical.

- ‘Cahokia: Ancient America’s Great City on the Mississippi’
- William Yeatman and Jeremy Lott: Greens threaten American Indian …
- John Poupart: Work on strengthening American Indian communities …
- Educators learning more about teaching American Indians

‘Cahokia: Ancient America’s Great City on the Mississippi’
Wall Street Journal
And this drama was at the heart of a place we now call Cahokia ancient America’s one true city north of Mexico—as large in its day as London— and the political capital of a most unusual Indian nation. At that time all the stars and planets in the Northern Hemisphere’s night sky were visible above Cahokia situated in a broad expanse of Mississippi River bottomland just east of what is now St. Cahokia’s people looked to the Morning and Evening stars for guidance and— inspired by ideas from Mesoamerica possibly brought back from Cahokian rulers’ travels or priests’ vision quests— incorporated them into a religion that would displace traditions across the American Midwest South and Plains.

William Yeatman and Jeremy Lott: Greens threaten American Indian …
Washington Examiner
This would be welcome relief — the reservation is plagued by unemployment of almost 50 percent. A coal power plant may be an economic boon for the Navajos but it’s an eco-sin to green groups. They boast of having stopped the construction of 100 coal plants as if imposing expensive energy on American consumers is a good thing. Now they have unleashed a phalanx of lawyers to stop the Navajo Nation from helping itself. Despite the Navajo Nation’s efforts to ensure that the Desert Rock Plant would be up to 10 times cleaner than other regional plants for key particulate pollutants the Environmental Protection Agency only grudgingly granted an air quality permit last summer after a six-year delay. Then in an unprecedented decision this April the EPA rescinded the permit at the behest of lawyers for environmentalist advocacy groups like EarthJustice. EPA officials claim they need more time evaluate the environmental effect of the plant but they’ve been on the case for years.

John Poupart: Work on strengthening American Indian communities …
Twin Cities Planet
) By Jaclyn Evert TC Daily Planet ?ur oral history defines who we are. ur language comes from the Creator as a gift to us as a people and we are the original people of the Western Hemisphere. We have an oral history maintained by the language? says John Poupart of West Saint Paul president of the American Indian Policy Center and facilitator for the Dakota-jibwe Language Revitalization Alliance (DLRA) one of the few statewide indigenous language revival efforts in the United States. He has worked there since 1994. n Thursday August 27 at a special ceremony in Minneapolis John Poupart will receive the.

Educators learning more about teaching American Indians
KIDK
Speakers discussed the importance of incorporating the history and teachings of American Indians in the classroom. Dance and drum presentations were also narrated to help explain why they are important to the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. The College of Education plans on making the American Indian Culture Day an annual event.
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- Native Americans: A Major Force in American Agriculture
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- Kan. tribe rebuts claims over ‘Indian preference’
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- Celebrating understanding Native American culture

Native Americans: A Major Force in American Agriculture
New America Media
Until this year stats on Native farmers were few and far between. The Census of Agriculture which is taken every five years or so when Congress authorizes it counted each Indian reservation as one farm until the turn of the millennium. In 2002 a pilot program was launched to count American Indian ag operators on reservations in three states: the Dakotas and Montana. When NASS determined that yes Natives would fill out the forms and mail them in the experiment was extended to the rest of the country for this census. The result was an 88 percent increase in the number of Native farms mostly on paper “although I do think we had a small increase in the actual number” said Michelle Radice NASS diversity and outreach coordinator. In Arizona and New Mexico alone the count increased from 694 to 12929 – of which all but 893 were Navajo (and of those 572 were Hopi). Which could make a big difference in where the federal ag dollars go in the future Halwood predicted.
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Smithsonian’s Museum of the American Indian Honored by Big Shot …
Digital City
There is no entrance fee or pre-registration. The photograph will be taken at approximately 8:45pm and volunteers will receive an 8×10 print of the final photograph courtesy of Nikon. You can read more about the.

Church Will Be Built on Possible Indian Burial Ground
Church Solutions
city council paved the way for New Life Church to build a new building within the city limits by denying an appeal to the planning commission’s approval. The reason for the appeal? The new church site sits on what could be an American Indian burial ground. Though there is no evidence yet of the burial ground if during the construction artifacts or human remains are found then construction must be temporarily halted. For more visit the source. Source:The Reporter:.

Kan. tribe rebuts claims over ‘Indian preference’
NTV
(AP) – The Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas is contesting a lawsuit filed by the former acting casino manager who claims he was discriminated against when he was not given a so-called Indian preference for the job. The tribe filed its court response Wednesday to the lawsuit by Robert Nanomantube against the Kickapoo tribe its tribal council and the Golden Eagle Casino. His lawsuit contends the tribe racially discriminated against him and other American Indian applicants when it hired a “non-Indian” for the general manager’s job at the Horton Kan. The tribe says in court documents Nanomantube was not qualified for the position. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Feds announce $5M in grants to tribes in Wash.
Seattle Post Intelligencer
3 lawyers from the Justice Department on Wednesday announced nearly $5. 5 million in law enforcement grants for American Indian tribes in Washington state.

Celebrating understanding Native American culture
Montrose Daily Press
Friday’s events start at 2 p. at the Montrose Pavilion with a free Indian market full of American Indian art including bead and silver work. Vendors are coming from Idaho Arizona New Mexico Utah and Colorado Ute Indian Museum and Lakota Sioux CJ Brafford said. The market closes at 8 p.

- 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
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- 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.

- State budget cuts put Whittier Native American health clinic in …
- Powwow held to confront Native American stereotypes
- ‘U’ to Dedicate Tribal Plaza at New Stadium
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- Mother daughter and a gigantic pumpkin
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State budget cuts put Whittier Native American health clinic in …
Indian Country Today
So when he lost his job at Brown International Co. and couldn’t afford insurance he wasn’t sure what to do. But Mollindo 61 who is part Native American heard about the American Indian Healing Center a health clinic at 12456 Washington Blvd. in Whittier that serves low income people in particular Native Americans. He was ecstatic because he needs those regular blood tests. indiancountrytoday.
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Powwow held to confront Native American stereotypes
Lower Hudson Journal news
“We come together and solve problems and we are misunderstood about our spiritually. “ Cheyanne Alberti whose grandmother was part of the Lakota Sioux tribe in South Dakota warmly greeted people as they entered the festival. She wore American Indian regalia with blue and yellow beads with her hair in two long braids. “Powwows are important because it teaches people that Native Americans are like everyone else” she said. “When you watch TV they are always the bad guy. “A powwow is a gathering of North America’s people. The word derives from the Narragansett word “powwaw” meaning “spiritual leader.

‘U’ to Dedicate Tribal Plaza at New Stadium
KSTP.com
The school will dedicate the Minnesota Tribal Nations Plaza at 1 p. The plaza which encompasses the main western entrance to TCF Bank Stadium is named in honor of the 11 American Indian nations in Minnesota. It features 11 18-foot-tall sky markers or one for each of the nations. The plaza was made possible by a $10 million gift to the university from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Communitythe largest single private gift ever to Gopher Athletics. In addition the SMSC donated $2. 5 million toward a matching fund that will create a $5 million endowment to provide scholarships at the University with a preference given to American Indian students.

Valley history revealed at Museum of Indian Culture
Allentown Morning Call
The museum has two intertwining histories. The first is the history of the American Indian tribes that settled in our area. The second is that of its building a quaint 18th century stone farmhouse. The only American Indian museum in. Pat Rivera executive director has transformed the farmhouse into a place that celebrates all Indians of the past and present.

“Justice” ‘” Fromme to Peltier
The People's Voice
Last Friday Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme was released from prison—from the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Carswell in Fort Worth Texas a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility that provides specialized medical and mental health services to female offenders. She had been granted parole last year. A different slant on “justice” rises from an Indian reservation at Pine Ridge South Dakota. American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier has spent 33 years in prison on questionable charges. Throughout the years of his incarceration Peltier (64) has maintained his innocence and critical questions have risen repeatedly from many sources about the fairness of his trial and whether he committed the murders he was charged with. The events of June 26 1975 from which this case rises “took place against a backdrop of terror that had developed on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The reservation was under internal siege at the hands of then-Chairman Dick Wilson and … the so-called ‘Guardians of the glala Nation’ who were supported by and collaborated with the FBI and BIA [Bureau of Indian Affairs] police.

Mother daughter and a gigantic pumpkin
Chapel Hill News
State Fair wouldn’t hurt either. While growing giant produce is something of a state pastime tending to her 482-pound white pumpkin also carries on the American Indian traditions Byrd 27 was raised to appreciate. The pumpkin is growing an astonishing 13 pounds a day she said. “I love the process and hard work. I feel like I’m connecting to something a lot older. It’s a connection to my ancestors” said Byrd who is a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee through her father’s side of the family.

A Refresher on American Indian History
Indian Country Today
Leonard? was falsely convicted of killing two FBI Agents in 1975 at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Leonard Peltier (born September 12 1944) was an American activist and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who was convicted and sentenced in 1977 to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment for the murder of two Federal Bureau of Investigation agents who were killed during a 1975 shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. There is considerable debate over Peltier?s guilt and the fairness of his trial. During the original trial over the murder of the two FBI Agents the two of three suspects were tried in Rapid City SD and found by a jury of South Dakota Resident?s not guilty. Subsequently the U.

- Painkillers ~ In Lieu of Indian Health Care
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Painkillers ~ In Lieu of Indian Health Care
Daily Yonder
A graduate of the Harvard Medical School she has done extensive research on Indian health issues focusing on diabetes and has worked within the IHS system for several years. The challenges facing effective delivery of health services to American Indians will take more than these efforts alone. Last year the National Congress of American Indians declared a state of emergency for Indian health care services. During his May 19 2008 campaign visit to the Crow Agency where he received his Crow Indian name Aw Kooda bilaxpak Kuuxshish “ne who helps people throughout the land” Barack bama said “Let me be clear I believe treaty commitments are paramount law I will fulfill those commitments as president of the United States. That’s why I’ve cosponsored the Indian Health Care Improvement Act and that’s why I am fighting to ensure full funding for Indian Health Care Services. ”ur Indian communities have been waiting for a long time for decent health care enduring the fall-out from the band-aid of pain medications that have only worsened our situation. Let’s hope Congress authorizes the IHCIA in 2009.

Native American doctor focuses on problems of addiction
regonLive.com
Dale Walker as its physician of the year. Walker a Cherokee and a psychiatrist is the director of HSU’s ne Sky Center and a professor at the medical school. He received the recognition from the Association of American Indian Physicians. Walker specializes in treating addictions an area of tremendous need on reservations and among urban Native Americans. High rates of alcoholism among Native Americans are well-documented; less known are the high rates of suicide and methamphetamine addiction both of which are special targets of the efforts of ne Sky (.
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Funding Requested For American Indian Center
KELLAND TV
She has gotten no word on the requested grants. The state’s congressional delegation has supported the project’s funding. Wakpa Sica is a center designed to promote cultural understanding among South Dakota’s American Indian tribes and non-Indians in the state. © 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. Material may not be redistributed.

- American Indian linked to federal artifacts looting case
- UNRESERVED: American Indian Art and Fashion Alliance launches
- American Indian art and culture converge annually in Santa Fe
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- New border rules affect Indian citizenship identity
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American Indian linked to federal artifacts looting case
Salt Lake Tribune
Federal court papers filed in New Mexico say thousands of dollars’ worth of those artifacts that Santa Fe resident Thomas “Tommy” Cavaliere is alleged to have sold to an undercover operative — identified in Utah filings only as “the Source” — ended up in the hands of federal authorities during a 2½-year undercover investigation of illegal artifacts trafficking across the Four Corners region. The documents show how an investigation spread across four states after a former antiquities dealer offered his services in 2006 to the FBI in Utah saying he wanted to infiltrate the worlds of amateur and professional collectors to curtail illegal trading. The documents also reveal more about Steven Shrader a Santa Fe man who stunned federal law enforcement officials when he shot himself to death in Illinois a week after he and 23 others were arrested and charged in Utah on more than 115 felony counts and a handful of misdemeanors. Affidavits accompanying search warrants served on four Santa Fe residents the Source dealt with in 2008 depict a tony network of art and antiquities dealers who acquired relics such as kachina masks fetishes and bowls purposely broken by Advertisement yld_mgr.

UNRESERVED: American Indian Art and Fashion Alliance launches
Indian Country Today
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American Indian art and culture converge annually in Santa Fe
Fort Worth Star Telegram
22-23 the Santa Fe Plaza and adjoining streets will be lined with booths displaying beadwork baskets carvings pottery sculpture jewelry masks dolls drums leatherwork weavings and paintings. The vast variety of artwork and artisanship will be complemented by plenty of food music a.

American Indian history Time travel an easy hike
San Francisco Chronicle
” As a young boy who had a thing about digging holes (for no reason) in the backyard of our home on the Peninsula I found that hard to believe but he went on. “It’s a California horned snail. The Indians would break off the end and suck out the snail for a snack. That was my first lesson in the Bay Area’s American Indian history. It seems now that just about everywhere you turn in a Bay Area park if you know what you’re looking at there is proof that you are walking a trail through history. Since James Benney self-published a 60-page booklet “Native American Indian Sites in the East Bay Hills” that detailed more than 40 sites in parks there’s been a dispute over whether it is good or bad to reveal these locations:Why it’s good: It’s good because exploring parks and discovering artifacts connects the visitor to the past and instills reverence. We conserve only what we know and love.

New border rules affect Indian citizenship identity
Indian Country Today
The WHTI regulations include the ability of American Indian tribes to provide documents for their tribal members or citizens. Now tribal governments must produce an identification card with a photograph and security measures that meet security standards similar to passports. A tribal member can enter and re-enter the U. with an approved enhanced tribal identification card.

UW Program Helps Teachers f American Indians
cbs4denver.com
Lander teachers Marty Conrad and Christine Rogers recently completed the program. Both are instructional facilitators in Fremont County School District 1. The certificate program consists of five graduate courses. It’s intended for certified teachers who want preparation to meet the unique learning needs of American Indian students.

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Duluth store stops selling “My Indian name is Crawling Drunk” shirts
Minneapolis City Pages
He says he didn’t realize the shirts would be offensive to American Indians. or anyone for that matter. But he didn’t dump the shirts altogether… or anyone for that matter. But he didn’t dump the shirts altogether. He put the shirts farther back in the store and sold them for a deeply discounted price. When the Duluth Human Rights fficer visited the store he told him he would sell them all to him at cost to get them off the shelf.

Language Signs to Help Improve Racial Relations In Northern Minnesota
Northland's NewsCenter
northlandsnewscenter. Yet many people who live here admit they don’t know much about their neighbors. Now there’s a new initiative that hopes to change that. northlandsnewscenter.

Classroom bullies: teachers abusing students
Examiner.com
If children were trained "early on" to identify abusive behaviors and how to address them; the school experience and life in general just might be safer and happier. Spanking in the classroom was not even the half of the abuses inflicted by teachers in past history. To assimilate the American Indian children into European culture Captain Richard H. Pratt founded the Carlisle Indian School at an abandoned military post in the state of Pennsylvania. Thus the Native American Boarding school atrocities began. These Native American children were told their culture was wrong. They were separated from families and friends.
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Maine Indians want athletes honored
The Associated Press
Sockalexis played professional baseball for the Cleveland Spiders from 1897-1899 and batted. 338 in 66 games in his first season. A resolution passed June 12 by the Maine Legislature calls Sockalexis the “first known American Indian to play major league baseball” and the inspiration for the team name Indians which was officially adopted in 1915. The resolution also criticizes Sports Illustrated for not including Louis or his cousin Andrew who competed in the lympic marathon in 1912 on its list of Maine’s 50 greatest athletes and asks that the magazine “correct the oversight. “”They were always talked about in my upbringing on the reservation” said Francis adding “they truly were heroes in this community. “But Francis and Mitchell said the contributions of the two athletes have been largely overlooked by baseball and the media. “To me their accomplishments went far beyond their athletic prowess” said Francis.

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American Indians celebrate heritage
Lower Hudson Journal news
He was also selling handmade arrows and other traditional weapons which draws people to his booth. “Everybody’s into some weapons” he said. Jody Coyle of Stony Point came with her mom who’s part-American Indian and turned 65 yesterday. “I like listening to the music” she said. “I’m looking forward to the bread too” she said referring to the fry bread delicacy that was on sale from a number of vendors. ther native foods on sale included Indian tacos and corn soup. Barbara Schiffman of Scarsdale had never been to a powwow before.

Tribal leaders seek help with Indian gang activity
The Associated Press
Tribal law enforcement officials testifying before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee described severely undermanned police departments that must patrol reservations the size of small states allowing gangs to thrive and turning reservations into hubs for drug distribution. Drug traffickers have infiltrated gangs because the reservations are remote and undetected by law enforcement. Indian police forces meanwhile often lack jurisdiction or the resources to stop the trail of cocaine marijuana and methamphetamines. “There exists in Indian Country today the twin scourge of drug abuse and criminal gang activity” said Carmen Smith police chief for the Warm Springs re.
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Maine Indians want athletes honored
The Associated Press
Sockalexis played professional baseball for the Cleveland Spiders from 1897-1899 and batted. 338 in 66 games in his first season. A resolution passed June 12 by the Maine Legislature calls Sockalexis the “first known American Indian to play major league baseball” and the inspiration for the team name Indians which was officially adopted in 1915. The resolution also criticizes Sports Illustrated for not including Louis or his cousin Andrew who competed in the lympic marathon in 1912 on its list of Maine’s 50 greatest athletes and asks that the magazine “correct the oversight. “”They were always talked about in my upbringing on the reservation” said Francis adding “they truly were heroes in this community. “But Francis and Mitchell said the contributions of the two athletes have been largely overlooked by baseball and the media. “To me their accomplishments went far beyond their athletic prowess” said Francis.

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sage tribe buys American Indian mound in St. Louis
NewsK.com
LUIS (AP) — An klahoma-based tribe has bought the last remaining American Indian mound in St. Louis for about $230000.
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NCHS Annual Taco Meal with American Indian Drumming and Dancing
Bemidji Pioneer
6 at the Rotary Pavilion on the Lake Bemidji Waterfront. The cost is $6 per person and includes tacos served on fry bread or flour tortilla with all the trimmings pop and ice cream. Live American Indian drumming and dancing will continue throughout the day. All proceeds will go towards a spoken patient menu system for the hospital. The event is sponsored by the North Country Health Services Foundation Bemidji Medical Equipment and Memorial Blood Centers.

Tribal leaders seek help with Indian gang activity
The Associated Press
Tribal law enforcement officials testifying before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee described severely undermanned police departments that must patrol reservations the size of small states allowing gangs to thrive and turning reservations into hubs for drug distribution. Drug traffickers have infiltrated gangs because the reservations are remote and undetected by law enforcement. Indian police forces meanwhile often lack jurisdiction or the resources to stop the trail of cocaine marijuana and methamphetamines. “There exists in Indian Country today the twin scourge of drug abuse and criminal gang activity” said Carmen Smith police chief for the Warm Springs re.

Maine Indians want athletes honored
The Associated Press
Sockalexis played professional baseball for the Cleveland Spiders from 1897-1899 and batted. 338 in 66 games in his first season. A resolution passed June 12 by the Maine Legislature calls Sockalexis the “first known American Indian to play major league baseball” and the inspiration for the team name Indians which was officially adopted in 1915. The resolution also criticizes Sports Illustrated for not including Louis or his cousin Andrew who competed in the lympic marathon in 1912 on its list of Maine’s 50 greatest athletes and asks that the magazine “correct the oversight. “”They were always talked about in my upbringing on the reservation” said Francis adding “they truly were heroes in this community. “But Francis and Mitchell said the contributions of the two athletes have been largely overlooked by baseball and the media. “To me their accomplishments went far beyond their athletic prowess” said Francis.

Colorado tribes to be schooled about diabetes
Denver Post
The Diabetes Education in Tribal Schools program or DETS will bring new lessons to K-12 classrooms including those in 15 schools on the Southern Ute reservation in southwest Colorado. These lessons could not come at a better time said Vivian Arviso the DETS teacher who will take the curriculum to the Colorado schools in August. “Diabetes is really a national crisis for Native American students” she said. “The schools need support in working with students and families so children can avoid or prevent diabetes.

Rare parole hearing for American Indian activist
Philadelphia Inquirer
28 2009 Rare parole hearing for American Indian activist BLAKE NICHLSN The Associated Press BISMARCK N. – The North Dakota reservation where imprisoned American Indian activist Leonard Peltier grew up has made arrangements to incorporate him back into society should he be paroled Peltier’s attorney said Tuesday. Peltier is serving two life sentences for the execution-style deaths of FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams during a June 26 1975 standoff on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He was convicted in Fargo N.