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Monthly Archives: August 2007
Protest walk in Cortez Colorado
The Southwest Intertribal Voice is holding a walk in Cortez, Colorado, on Saturday to protest racial intolerance, according to the Farmington Daily Times newspaper. The event follows a race-related beating in the town last November. The group hopes to raise … Continue reading
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Professor's editorial says Cherokee wrong on Freedmen issue
In an editorial in News From Indian Country, Professor Robert Warrior says that “Cherokee Chief Chad Smith is wrong and Representative Melvin Watt (D-North Carolina) is right.” Click the link to read his entire editorial. According to Warrior, “the House Financial … Continue reading
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BIA planning for the future
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs announced today a series of meeting with tribes across the country to address its Indian Affairs Modernization Initiative. The meetings will be an opportunity for BIA officials and tribal leaders to discuss how … Continue reading
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Ute Mountain Tribe opposes Navajo power plant
The Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Council took a stand against the new power plant called Desert Rock to be built on the Navajo Nation’s reservation. The Ute tribe unanimously passing a resolution opposing construction of the proposed power plant. The Ute Mountain Utes may … Continue reading
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Canada seeks border exception for natives
The Canadian government says its Native citizens should not have to produce a passport to cross into the United States. The U.S. wants every person who enters the country to have a passport. But Canada says Native citizens with certificates … Continue reading
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Indigenous group announces victory in Brazil
Cimi-Assessoria de Imprensa, imprensa@cimi.org.br, announced today that the Brazilian government signed on August 28 demarcation decrees for the ownership of Tupinikim/Guarani lands This historical decision was published in the Federal State Gazette by means of two ministeral decrees, no. 1463 and 1464, … Continue reading
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BIA attorney being fired for leaks on Indian trust problems
Indianz.com reports that the Interior Department is moving to fire an attorney who is accused of disclosing Indian trust data to the media. Robert McCarthy, a field solicitor in southern California, admits that he gave information to a reporter for Gannett … Continue reading
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Editorial attacks Rep. Watson's stand on Freedmen
An Indian Country Today editorial raises interesting point about the Freedmen issue and Rep. Watson. “The controversy enveloping the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and Cherokee freedmen recently has taken some interesting and unexpected turns. Americans, through the prism of this … Continue reading
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Senator Larry Craig pleads guilty to lewd conduct
The Washington Post reports today that Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) pleaded guilty to a “lewd conduct” incident at a Minnesota airport in June. Craig pleaded guilty earlier this month, paid a fine and was placed on probation. But he now … Continue reading
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Controversy of Fighting Sioux nickname continues
The nickname of the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks is the “Fighting Sioux.” Many tribal people and some tribes have vehemently demanded the university to change that name. But it is reported today that the veterans group on the … Continue reading
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