February 12, 2012

U.S. Government & Political Briefs & Summary's

 

'You Hate the Indians!': NY State Sen. & Wife Attacked at Seneca Nation Casino
Yahoo! Contributors Network
... one of whom accused him of hating the Indian tribe, the Associated Press reported. Sen. Mark Grisanti and his wife Maria had been attending a fundraising gala for the Seneca Diabetes Foundation Friday when he noticed two Native American men....

 

NY state senator, wife jumped after gala at Seneca casino
New York Daily News
Mark Grisanti, from Buffalo, and his wife were jumped after he tried to break up an argument between two Native American businessmen at a Seneca casino on Friday. A New York state senator and his wife are recovering after they were brutally...

 

'More freedom, less government': Libertarian candidates for president debate ...
Orlando Sentinel
The other candidates are Bill Still, 64, an author and filmmaker; Carl Person, 75, a New York attorney who previously ran for Attorney General in New York; and RJ Harris, 39, a native American from Oklahoma and a career Army National Guard...

 

New BLM building still empty, to open soon
Farmington Daily Times
One snafu was that there was no planning for the fire-proof, steel containers that are required to store oil and natural gas leases on land allotted to American Indians, Farrell said. The new building will have 21 of those filing cabinets...

 

South Dakotans sound off on state flag
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
As for the proposed flag, the Native Americans are part of South Dakota, but not to the extent that it shows. Let's leave well enough alone! From a couple of senior citizens.... There is nothing wrong with the South Dakota flag...

Reservation & Tribal Government Briefs & Summary's

 

Family, Tulalip tribe feuding over lucrative land
TheNewsTribune.com
... in 1904 - back when the reservation had about 450 people. But the Campbells are now in a dispute over the land with their own tribe and the federal government, saying the tribal council and the US Bureau of Indian Affairs purposefully devalued....

IHS & Indian Community Health Briefs & Summary's

 

Cholesterol gene found in Lewiston's Ouellette descendants
Bangor Daily News
“FH is found most often in people of Native American or French-Canadian descent,” wrote Tice, who interviewed one of the cardiologists with Central Maine Heart Associates. Lewiston-Auburn was one of the areas where patients were used for testing....

 

We are disheartened, says Navajo President
The Navajo Post
The US Court of Appeals for the 9th circuit voted in favor of the United States Forest Service, leaving the sacred site to the Navajos for the use of reclaimed water to generate snow. But the Navajo President drew a line in the sand for his people....

Culture & Traditional Briefs & Summary's

 

Sioux Indian 'Arrowhead' Seeks Liquor License
Dallas Blog (blog)
by Tom McGregor Kabespir, an INMWC investigative reporter, disclosed a new stunning detail about a $500 million lawsuit against beer companies filed by Oglala Native Americans Sioux Tribe in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Sioux Indians....

Education & History Briefs & Summary's

 

Education needs federal control
Diamondback Online
Do Mitt Romney or Rick Santorum know or care about cases like Wisconsin Catholic school student Miranda Washinawatok, who was suspended from a basketball game for saying "I love you" in her Native American Menominee language? Based on atrocities...

 

Immersion School is Saving a Native American Language
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
The White Clay Immersion School on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Harlem, Montana is trying to save the A'ani language. Thanks to the school's efforts 26 students, a record for the school, are currently studying the Native American....

 

Enthusiasts track history of Quanah Parker
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
From the shadowy, undocumented time around the 1870s when he rode across the staked plains as a leader of Comanche tribesmen, Parker — half Anglo, half Native American — was a force to be reckoned with. Anglos sometimes paid with their lives when....

Museum & Exhibit Briefs & Summary's

 

Geronimo exhibit gives window into history of Apache people
East Valley Tribune
It is one of the stories of the native people of Arizona. It is the story of how there are six distinct Apache tribes. I think it's really important that people do understand a little about the experience of Geronimo...

Court & Legal Briefs & Summary's

 

Seeno construction family made mark in Reno
Reno Gazette Journal
The remains were found to be from a prehistoric American Indian. Seeno workers were credited for being respectful to the remains. One of their most serious legal battles came in 2004 when the Nevada Gaming Control Board filed a 28-count complaint...

People in the News Briefs & Summary's

 

Compassionate Woman: Biography of Activist Patricia Locke
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
John Kolstoe's biography, Compassionate Woman: The Life and Legacy of Patricia Locke (Bahá'í Publishing, 2011), recounts her achievements: establishing tribal colleges, saving indigenous languages, working for the 1978 American Indian...

Assorted News Briefs & Summary's

 

Al Jazeera's Got Aboriginals Covered
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
This half-hour segment of the Arab news network's show Inside Story focused on both Canada's aboriginals and on American Indians. Here, Canadian aboriginal children's advocate Cindy Blackstock—the activist who has attracted the Canadian government's...

 

Nonfiction Previews, August 2012, Pt. 3: A Paul Auster Memoir and Serious ...
Library Journal
Here, Garrett-Davis, who was born in South Dakota and kept looking for a way out (he is now studying for a Ph.D. in American history at Princeton), returns to reflect on Native American ghost dancers, his homesteading great-great-grandparents...

 

Book blurbs
Duluth News Tribune
Local connection: Morton is a professor in the department of geological sciences at UMD and Carl Gawboy, an Ojibwe artist and historian, is a retired professor of American Indian studies at the College of St. Scholastica.....

Events & Activity Briefs & Summary's

 

Red Lake Fitness Center celebrates grand opening
Bemidji Pioneer
... bingo, powwows and more. When American Indian gaming began, the Humanities Center was used briefly as a bingo hall with a casino on the north end...

Editorial & Opinion Briefs & Summary's

 

LETTERS: Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012
Rapid City Journal
More than 20 Native American students traveled to Pierre and enjoyed a luncheon with legislators, observed the House Democratic caucus, sat in the Senate gallery, and attended breakout sessions regarding education issues....

 

Romney wins prized straw poll at conservative gathering
CNN (blog)
Better yet, if he can explain how Mormons believe that an AIR-TIGHT SUBMARINE carrying Jews landed in Central America, were greeted by Jesus, and in essence, evolved into the Native Americans that we have today...

 

The Vent: Feb. 12
East Valley Tribune
This shows what happens when the government forces a group to live on handouts. Now, a church may be demolished, as well as 100 homes, because a group of people living on government handouts feel they are being infringed upon! The Native Americans who....

 

My Grammy is NOT a Cherokee Princess
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
The first Native American Grammy award was presented in 2001. The winning production was a recording of the 1999 Gathering of Nations powwow. I sang with Tha Tribe that year, and the first recording on the winning production featured....

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