Feb
28 04
Mortality
Trends in the USA, National Center for Health Statistics
www.medicalnewtoday.com
"...In
2000 death rates for motor vehicle-related injury
and suicide for young American Indian males 15-24
years of age were about 45 percent higher than the
rates for those causes for young white males..."
In
1860 six murderers nearly wiped out the Wiyot Indian
tribe -- in 2004 its members have found ways to
heal
William
S. Kowinski, Special to The Chronicle
Just
before dusk, several hundred people are expected
to gather, as they have on the last Saturday of
February for 13 years, at the edge of Humboldt Bay
in Eureka, across from a small, tear-shaped island
half a mile away.
Standing
under a deepening blue sky flared with reds at the
horizon (as they did last year) or under umbrellas
in a North Coast late winter rain (as they did the
year before), they will hold candles and share songs
and prayers.
The
forested land they can see across the bay, still
called Indian Island, was the scene of one of the
most notorious massacres in California history.
At least 60 and perhaps more than 200 women, children
and elders of the Wiyot tribe were slaughtered with
axes and knives by six white men, known to be landowners
and businessmen.
This
was one of three simultaneous attacks at different
locations that sent the small tribe spiraling toward
extinction 144 years ago.
For
a long time, it seemed they were extinct.
But
the Wiyot
tribe, denied federal recognition in 1953, regained
it in 1990, and moved to a new reservation at Table
Bluff, south of Eureka's city center, where 450
tribal members now live.
"We
are still here," said Cheryl Seidner, the Wiyot
tribal chairwoman since 1996 and a direct descendant
of an infant survivor of the Indian Island massacre.
"We are still a people. We still cast a shadow,
we are not gone." ...
Feb
27 04
Ford
Foundation: Close to Home publication available:
including
Native American case study on human rights
New
York, New York -
February 17, 2004. For many Americans, human rights
work is something that happens beyond the borders
of the United States. A new Ford Foundation publication
presents thirteen case studies that tell a different
story.
Litefoot:
Outkast, Stereotypes, Native America
By David Muhammad,
www.allhiphop.com
"...Litefoot:
I have always remained intent in my pursuit of empowering
Indian Country and empowering the people. We as
a people have been struggling for recognition within
society for literally centuries. It is an overwhelming
battle as we are limited to very few avenues to
express ourselves worldwide and on a daily basis
the media, the film industry, the recording industry,
cartoons, sports teams, the government through it's
history books and the list goes on and on... reinforces
misconceptions and stereotypes regarding our people
while promoting and reinforcing inaccurate information
and ignorance about American Indians... Our relationship
with the United States is one of the biggest cover
ups in the history of the world. We all know what
was generally was done to the indigenous people
here in this country. But, does the average United
States citizen know that Adolph Hitler gave credit
to President Andrew Jackson for his extermination
policies regarding the original people of this land?
I am not making this up. Hitler in his autobiography
"Mein Kampf", gave this country credit for all of
his evil policies that caused the persecution of
how many ten's of thousands of Jewish people. We
had Indian Boarding schools, the Nazis had Kindertransport.
The Nazis had Kristallnacht and we had Wounded Knee.
Many will then say that I am drawing comparisons
to Nazis and The United States and I will be very
clear that I am only stating what Hitler said. These
are the ideas HE credited the United States with.
I don't at all support or condone Hitler or his
actions in the least... But obviously he felt that
he found a common denominator when he studied American
Indian history. We know about the plight and Holocaust
of the Jewish people but do we know about the American
Indian Holocaust and the continuing plight of our
people? ..."
Native
American post may not be filled until fall
By Ryan J. Stanton,
Life Senior Reporter, Central Michigan University,
Central Michigan Life, MI
"...Native
American Programs' budget was reduced last summer
from $118,000 to $67,000 - a 43 percent cut..."
Powwows
at Utah universities will celebrate American Indian
heritage
By
Julie DeHerrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, UT
Paintings,
pottery, pageants and powwows will take place at
Utah's universities over the next several weeks
to celebrate American Indian heritage.
"We want to allow people to come and experience
Native American culture and encourage young people
to participate in the powwow," said LaVay Talk,
Brigham Young University counselor and powwow coordinator.
Expect to see fancy, traditional and jingle dancing
representing Navajo,
Shoshone-Bannock,
Ute, Hopi,
Couer
d'Alene, Pueblo and Paiute tribes at these events...
UPS
donates $50,000 for scholarships
The
Daily Herald, UT
The
United Parcel Service Foundation recently donated
$50,000 to Brigham Young University to be used by
Multicultural Student Services in providing scholarships
for American Indian students...
ThreeHoops
note:
Funding Indirect (nonnative entity to nonnative
entity)
Feb
26 04
Tribe's
MRI plan stirs dispute Indian community wants to
open a medical facility in Clinton Twp.
By
Sheri Hall / The Detroit News, MI
CLINTON
TOWNSHIP -
A dispute is brewing between state officials and
an Upper Peninsula Indian tribe that wants to open
a medical diagnostic center...
From
Rivals to Running Mates
National
Public Radio, Political Junkie, By Ken Rudin
"...I
know that there has been one Native American vice
president -- Charles Curtis of Kansas, elected in
1928 with Herbert Hoover..."
Business
summit sees leap in native tech companies
By
Rick Abasta, The Navajo Times, AZ
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - For the past 18 years, the National
Center for American Indian Enterprise Development
has cultivated a growing number of native businesses
participating in the annual Reservation Economic
Summit.
RES2004
took place Feb. 9-12 at the Riviera Hotel/Casino
focusing on the theme "Indian America: Building
Economies through Diversification, Tourism and Technology."
When the center was established in 1969, the mission
was to develop and expand the Native American private
business sector while increasing jobs and establishing
relationships between native enterprises and private
industry.
Ken Robbins, president of the center, stated a simple
premise that will lead to economic stability and
true self-determination for native people: Indian
people need to buy from Indian people.
"Before the coming of the European, our economies
flourished because we understood the importance
of protecting our people by feeding, clothing and
providing shelter for each member of the tribe,"
Robbins said.
"Every member of the tribe had the responsibility
to make sure that, together, all the tribal members
worked to ensure the survival of the tribe. Our
ancestors understood that in order for a tribe to
flourish, each tribal member must help one another
and support the efforts of other tribal members
so that their specific Indian nation would succeed,"
he said...
Feb
24 04
Congressman
Tom Udall's speech before NCAI
WASHINGTON DC, Press
Release 2/24/2004, NativeTimes.com, OK
"...a
study of federal health care spending per capita
that was conducted by the Civil Rights Commission
which showed alarming figures. This study found
that the United States spends about $3,800 per year
per federal prisoner, while spending about half
that, $1,900 per year, per Native American. On its
face, this disparity between federal health care
expenditures for federal prisoners and Native Americans
is cause for concern. It is all the more disturbing
when compared with what this study showed for per
capita health care spending for the U.S. general
population, which is over $5,000 per year. Clearly
these disparities need to be addressed..."
Scholars
explore Cree history
Great
Falls Tribune online, MT
A
pair of Stone Child College instructors will launch
a two-year project this summer to find out everything
they can about the Cree Tribe at Rocky Boy's Reservation.
Native
American Studies instructor Robert Murie and liberal
arts instructor Matt Herman each won grants from
the National Endowment of the Humanities worth $24,000
to locate and catalog historical documents about
the tribe...
ThreeHoops
note: New
NEH funding listings at the bottom of this page
Feb
23 04
'Ridin'
the Rez': the trials of Indian tourism
Copyright © 2004
Nando Media, Copyright © 2004 Christian Science
Monitor Service
By
TIM VANDERPOOL, Christian Science Monitor. appearing
in the Anchorage
Daily News
...The
need for such economic development is often dire.
While Indian casinos generate up to $10 billion
each year, only about one-third of the nation's
tribes have gaming. Meanwhile, more than 60 percent
of Indian children live in poverty, and unemployment
can run as high as 80 percent...Reservation entrepreneurs
also face financing hurdles. Since tribal land is
collectively owned, it can't used as property collateral
for traditional bank loans. To fill this credit
vacuum, many tribes such as the Tohono O'odham earmark
a percentage of gaming proceeds for business loans.
Fendenheim was able to expand only with loans from
a $15 million economic development fund established
by the tribe.
Others
encourage outside investors to partner with reservation
businesses. But non-Indians can get frustrated with
unfamiliar customs and sensitivities. For example,
outsiders who make their pitches too aggressively
can find themselves politely ignored. "It can be
difficult for nontribal members to deliver their
message on the reservation," says Tia Jones, president
of the Arizona American Indian Tourism Association.
Her group acts as an intermediary with potential
investors, shepherding them through "the different
cultural norms on the reservation." ...
Feb
22 04
New
Issue: American
Indian Center, Chicago e-events
Feb
20 04
The
Mountain States Legal Foundation, a public interest
legal center, sent a press release on Feb. 11 to
University General Counsel Melinda Grier, which
stated the program "violates both the U.S. Constitution
and the Civil Rights Act of 1964" because the program
limits financial assistance on the basis of race.
But
law Professor Rennard Strickland, who specializes
in American Indian law, said the allegations are
false.
"It's
just an ill-founded assertion," he said.
"It rises almost to the point of suggesting
that the people who have suggested it have never
read any law related to Indians."
American
Indian Festival of Words to honor codetalker
Redcorn
and Chibitty headline event
TULSA
OK, Jennifer Tedlock, NativeTimes.com, OK
The
American Indian Festival of Words will be held throughout
the month of March... People that know what they
are doing come to educate Natives and non-Natives
alike.
For a complete schedule of festivities, or for more
infol (918) 596-7977 or visit www.tulsalibrary.org/airc
Feb
19 04
Grads
help out at UCR - ALUMNI:
American
Indian Alumni Association raises thousands for university
at dinner.
By
HAN KWAK / The Press-Enterprise, Hemet-San Jacinto,
CA
SOBOBA
INDIAN RESERVATION - Members of the American Indian
Alumni Association at UC Riverside may have their
degrees, but they aren't through with the school.
The
group held its first fund-raising dinner Wednesday
night at Soboba Casino to raise scholarship funds
for American Indian students at UCR.
Tribal
administrator Andrew Masiel said the event raised
at least $25,000 for the scholarship fund...
KUYI
radio free Hopiland
Is
proud to announce that it has produced its 309th
children's program entitled "Shooting Stars." The
one hour program features story telling by children,
community members and leaders in both Hopi and English;
music and information for youth. Shooting Stars
airs weekdays from 7-- 8 am right after national
news. Shooting Stars came into being in direct response
to requests from the community. Says Loris
Ann Vincente-Taylor, KUYI General Manager, "The
program was developed after children who ride on
local buses (tuned into KUYI) said the morning program
had nothing for children. Shooting Stars was born
in response to the advocacy of children and local
bus drivers." Shooting Stars also airs
on KHEN in Salida, Colorado. Visit us at www.KUYI.net
.
A
contemporary Native American art exhibition to travel
from 2004 - 2007
Contact:
Maureen Leonard, Communications Manager,
Phone:
734-747-8300, ext. 220, Email:
mo.leonard@artrainusa.org
Ann
Arbor ,
MI - Artrain USA announces the opening
of its national-touring art exhibition: Native
Views: Influences of Modern Culture . This
contemporary Native American exhibition premiers
onboard Artrain USA in Tempe , AZ on Thursday, April
15, 2004 with a special guest gala reception and
press preview. Public viewing is Saturday and Sunday,
April 17 and 18, from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Artrain
USA will be l ocated between First and Fifth Streets
parallel to Farmer Street . Admission is free. Donations
are encouraged.
The
City of Tempe, the Heard Museum, Atlatl, Inc., Arizona
Community Foundation and Arizona State University
Public Events are partnering to present Artrain
USA's visit in Tempe. Artrain USA will travel through
2007 to as many as 120 communities across America
and welcome approximately 300,000 visitors.
The
exhibition explores the ways Native American artists
are influenced by popular culture and will offer
mainstream America the opportunity to look at and
consider different insights into contemporary society.
In addition, the exhibition seeks to redefine Native
American art by broadening the limits and stereotypes
that currently define it.
Program
helps Indian students succeed
Christi
C. Babbitt THE DAILY HERALD, UT
Every
Tuesday evening during the school year, Dalynn Fregoso
of Springville takes her five children to a program
that is making their future brighter and teaching
them about their past.
"Educationally,
it's helped improve their reading. Their comprehension
has gotten better," Fregoso said.
The
Fregosos are part of Nebo School District's Title
VII Indian Education Program, a federally funded
program that offers academic assistance and education
about American Indian culture to Nebo district American
Indian students in preschool through 12th grade.
Since
Nebo district began its Title VII program in 1998,
graduation rates and reading and math scores for
American Indian students in the district have skyrocketed.
In
1999, the high school graduation rate for American
Indian students in Nebo district was 37.5 percent.
In 2003, the rate was 93 percent. In Utah, the statewide
graduation rate for American Indian students is
about 50 percent...
Feb
16 04
Native
American Women Snap Up Health Book
By
Suzanne Batchelor, WeNews correspondent
Native
American women are snapping up a health-advice book
written, in the tradition of "Our Bodies, Ourselves,"
by and for them. Editors say interest in the book
is fueled by historic abuses of indigenous women's
reproductive rights.
(WOMENSENEWS)--In
the late 1990s, Shoshone women began to perform once
again a ritual dance of female strength and resourcefulness
that they had not celebrated since the 1930s, following
decades of forced removal from ancient lands, crushing
poverty, loss and disease, when their people were
forced off their ancient lands.
Now,
Native American women are sharing another celebration
of themselves.
This
time, it's the arrival of a health book, "Indigenous
Women's Health Book, Within the Sacred Circle." The
book, written and edited by indigenous women, encourages
its readers to become active participants in their
own health care..."The
books are flying out the door," says Charon Asetoyer,
a member of the Comanche Nation and the executive
director of the Native
American Women's Health Education Resource Center
in Lake Andes, S.D., which runs a food pantry, a battered
women's shelter and offers health information to women.
School
chant opens debate
By
Eric Stevick, Herald Writer, Heraldnet.com,The
Daily Herald, WA
..."What
we needed to do two years ago is what we are doing
right now," Tallquist said.
Marysville-Pilchuck
isn't the only school in recent years to question
whether its identity could trouble some people.
Jean
Shumate, who was a principal at Tyee High School in
SeaTac in the early 1990s, stopped the practice of
the chop at football games. The school's teams are
nicknamed the Totems.
"We
had a very diverse population, and we needed to be
mindful of that," said Shumate, who is now the superintendent
of the Stanwood-Camano School District.
In
1997, Meadowdale High School dropped the Indian "Chiefs"
mascot that had been its identity for 34 years. The
decision came after months of debate among a divided
student body and reluctant alumni. In 1998, the student
body voted to become the Mavericks.
Four
years earlier, the state Board of Education requested
school districts review building names, mascots, logos
and other aspects of their identity to see if they
"are free from bias and derogatory connotations or
effects associated with race, creed, color, national
origin, gender sexual orientation and disability."
Feb
15 04
Indians'
Jamestown Role at Issue
By
Carol Morello, Washington Post Staff
Writer, DC
"...said
Kenneth Adams, chief of the Upper
Mattaponi tribe, as he strolled through the well-tended
cemetery where many of his ancestors are buried in
King William County. "I feel it's a betrayal by the
federal government. How can we have the federal government
working with the Indians of Virginia on Jamestown
2007, and the federal government not recognizing us?
It's hypocritical."
The
seeming contradiction has its roots in a treaty that
predates the nation, a legacy of state-sanctioned
racism and the contemporary debate over gambling.
Approximately
3,000 to 4,000 Virginians trace their ancestry to
Virginia's eight indigenous tribes. Among them were
the tribes of the Powhatan Confederacy, who were present
to meet the first English colonists who landed at
Jamestown in1607. Historians agree that without the
tribes' assistance, the colonists likely would have
starved.
Like
many eastern tribes, Virginia's tribes signed a treaty
with England before the United States came into being.
In
Virginia, Native Americans also endured a unique form
of discrimination that largely erased bureaucratic
evidence of their existence. The Racial Integrity
Act of 1924 required that state records list a person's
race as either white or Negro. By the time the law
was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court more than
four decades later, it had excised all records of
Indian heritage from state birth, marriage and death
certificates..."
Associated
Press, Billings-Gazette, MT
GREAT
FALLS - Students in Klane King's language classes
here enjoy reciting everyday phrases they've learned
in Blackfeet
and listen eagerly as their teacher tells them how
American Indian songs, games and dances came to be.
It's
a heady experience for King, who learned Blackfeet
from his parents as a preschooler in southern Alberta,
only to have boarding school teachers try to drum
it out of him.
"I
almost forgot the basics of my native tongue," he
said...
Federal
programs out of reach of Schaghticokes - for now
Associated Press, The Stamford Advocate, CT
KENT,
Conn. -- When the Schaghticoke
Tribal Nation won federal recognition last month,
much of the focus was on where and if the tribe would
build a casino.But the federal status also opens other
doors for American Indians through grant money, education
opportunities and other services. The Kent-based Schaghticokes
want to use grant money to restore the tribal language,
build housing for elders and track down lost tribal
artifacts."These are things we've always striven
for," tribal council member Dean Pomeroy told
the News-Times.But those programs and federal dollars
will likely be on hold if local and state officials,
opposed to casino expansion, go through with their
appeal of the recognition. The Schaghticokes can't
collect grant money until the appeals are exhausted.
That could add years to a process that has already
taken 20 years.
Feb
14 04
Soldier
returns to Iraq with renewed heart
By
Jim Sheeler, Rocky Mountain News, CO
An
eagle feather rested in the box atop an American flag,
flanked by Strong Heart Warriors.
"Always
remember that you are never alone. You haven't been
alone," said Wendell Irving, as he stood in a prayer
circle in the basement of a Denver building, looking
into the eyes of 34- year-old Army Spc. Doug Foote."There
are a lot of warriors who have been in your shoes,"
Irving said. "You're an honorable man. These are honorable
men. And they stand with you."
In
24 hours, Foote would be headed back to Iraq. On his
last night of leave, the men of the American Indian
Veterans of Colorado gathered and prepared to return
him to the battlefield...
Cherokee
Nation: "Valentines for Vets" in Oklahoma
reprinted
with permission from the Cherokee
Nation's e-newsletter
Just
to remind everyone, we will be a collection point
for valentines to deliver to the four VA facilities
in this area (Muskogee VAMC, Fayetteville VAMC, and
the ODVA Domicileries in Claremore and Talihina).
Let our Veterans know that we appreciate them. Handmade
Valentines seem to be a favorite, especially the ones
made by the younger kids. They can be addressed to
"Any Vet', or "My Hero", or "My
Friend", and signed with a first name. Questions?
Call Rogan Noble at 918-456-0671 ext. 2694 or email
the Cherokee
Office of Veterans Affairs You may mail your valentines
to:
Cherokee
Nation
Office of Veterans Affairs
P.O. Box 948
Tahlequah, OK. 74465
National
infant mortality rate up, SD's down
Associated
Press, Aberdeen News, SD
"...In
2002, the state's infant mortality rate for white
infants was 4.7. It was 14.4 for American Indian infants
and 12.3 for other races, the Health Department said
in a release.
The
leading causes of infant deaths were congenital abnormalities,
low birth weight or immaturity, sudden infant death
syndrome, perinatal complications and accidents, the
department said. South
Dakota's infant mortality rate was 10.1 deaths per
1,000 births in 1990..."
Native
Americans seek apologies over Outkast Grammy performance
By
Levi J. Long, Seattle
Times staff reporter, The
Seattle Times, WA
Right
on the heels of the Janet Jackson Super Bowl incident,
several Native American groups are demanding an apology
after a performance by OutKast at Sunday night's 46th
Grammy Awards ceremony...
A
flying tepee came down on the stage amid a group of
women wearing green buckskin-like skirts and fringed
halter tops. Benjamin sported an Indian brave-themed
costume. Many Native Americans also say the lyric
"Hey ya" sounds similar to chants in powwow songs.
For
the past week, American Indian communities around
the country have been saying the performance portrayed
Native Americans in poor taste.
Now
a national Native American newspaper and other American
Indian groups are issuing an ultimatum to the Grammy
organizers: Apologize publicly or face a discrimination
lawsuit...The newspaper, the National
Congress of American Indians and the National
Indian Gaming Association are drafting letters
to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and
the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences,
which produces the Grammys...
Feb
13 04
By
Reese Lee, Freelance
Reporter, Oregon Daily Emerald, University of Oregon,
OR
Charles
Wilkinson, a noted American Indian law expert, gave
a speech on his new book, "Blood Struggle: The Rise
of the Modern Indian Nations" at the Knight Law Center
Thursday night. His lecture touched on issues such as
efforts by American Indians to regain land that formerly
belonged to them.
The
lecture began with an introduction by University President
Dave Frohnmayer. He welcomed American Indians as well
as audience members and introduced Wilkinson to the
audience as a man "with passion that is admirable
and intellectual heroism that is stunning."
Wilkinson,
a former University School of Law professor, encouraged
audience members to continue in the fight of the American
Indian for tribal sovereignty and land rights...
Progress
Energy joins the American Indian Chamber of Commerce
of North Carolina
Outer Banks Sentinel,
NC
Raleigh,
NC--Progress Energy joins the American
Indian Chamber of Commerce of North Carolina (AICCNC).
This brings increased support for American Indian
businesses in North Carolina...
Shortfalls
in Bush budget request
by: Jerry
Reynolds / Washington D.C. correspondent / Indian
Country Today
WASHINGTON
- Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell gaveled a hearing of
the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs into session
Feb. 11 with several reminders of the good things
Indian country has going for it.
The Colorado Republican mentioned the opening of the
National Museum of the American Indian on Sept. 21
and urged tribes to take part. He also noted, as a
succession of committee members and witnesses also
would, the passage of a probate reform bill intended
to help consolidate fractionated trust land - the
subject of a rare proposed budget increase in fiscal
year 2005. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, D-Hawaii, added
that a mediation process in the trust funds litigation
known as Cobell for lead plaintiff Elouise Cobell
is showing signs of progress.
Feb
12 04
Our
View: World-class conference from the Kumeyaay
By:
North County Times - Editorial
The
Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians are giving back
to the community in a big way by co-sponsoring,
with San Diego State University, this weekend's
two-day conference on the "Spirit of the Land" at
SDSU. Featured speakers will include two of the
world's best writers on the environment ---- Pulitzer
Prize-winning poet Gary Snyder and author Peter
Matthiessen, whose dozens of books, fiction and
nonfiction, are an extended inquiry into man's place
in the environment.
Less well-known but equally impressive speakers
include Gary Paul Nabhan of Arizona, a leader in
the effort to preserve the genetic heritage of native
plants; American Indian singer Floyd "Red Crow"
Westerman; author Mike Davis, whose "City of Quartz"
was a best-selling excoriation of the environmental
and social devastation wrought by Los Angeles; American
Indian law expert Sam Deloria of New Mexico; and
a number of academic and tribal specialists in Indian
traditions, including Pechanga Band Chairman Mark
Macarro and Kumeyaay Chairman Anthony Pico. Other
speakers include scientists from the Scripps Institution
of Oceanography, historians, lawyers, policy-makers,
urban planners and on and on.
The
Viejas Band is underwriting most of the costs of
this top-flight conference, details of which are
available at http://spirit.sdsu.edu/schedule.html.
...
Indian-teacher-training
program attacked
By
Mike Cronin, The Salt Lake Tribune, UT
Without
the American Indian Teacher Training Program, Theresa
McCann would still be a full-time mom in North Dakota
taking night classes.
Instead, the 31-year-old Lakota is a full-time student
in Salt Lake City working toward a bachelor's degree
at the University of Utah. She hopes to return with
her husband and two children to her tribe to teach.
The federally funded scholarship program paid for
her family's move to Utah and also covers their
rent. McCann described it as an "amazing load off
a student."
But if William Perry Pendley has his way, the program
will vanish... president and chief legal officer
of the conservative Denver-based Mountain States
Legal Foundation... The Mountain States Legal Foundation,
founded in 1976 by former Interior Secretary James
Watt...
Tribes
unhappy with Bush funding plan
By
TED MONOSON, Gazette Washington Bureau, MT
WASHINGTON
- Lawmakers from Indian Country decried President
Bush's proposal to cut funding for many programs to
boost funding for continued work on a lawsuit involving
trust money held for individual tribal members. "I
am grossly disappointed with the president's priorities,"
said Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D. "That's another way
of saying that I am disappointed in his values. This
is simply inadequate. In this proposal every aspect
of Indian funding is hurting."
The
agency's budget includes money for everything from
elementary schools to tribal colleges to tribal government
grants. Under
the president's proposal, the Bureau of Indian Affairs
budget would be cut from $2.4 billion to $2.3 billion.
The
budget for the Office of the Special Trustee, which
is charged with overhauling the management of Indian
lands, would be increased from $211 million to $323
million. The administration also proposes an increase
from $65 million to $109 million for efforts to determine
how much the federal government owes the tribes. Shifting
funds away from core programs to cover the trust case
against the federal government, "effectively punishes
the tribes for the Department's own trust mismanagement,"
said National
Congress of American Indians President Tex Hall...
Column:Activists
to speak at University
by Lloyd Lee, Daily
Lobo, University of New Mexico, NM
The
UNM General Library and the Center for Southwest Research/Special
Collections will act as a host for a panel discussion
on the American Indian Movement on Thursday Feb. 19...
The four panelists who will participate are Larry
Foster, Lenny Foster, Suzan Shown Harjo and Frances
Wise. Larry Foster (Diné) is a life-long member of
the Native American Church of Navajoland, an Indian
Civil Rights campaign supporter, Native American Religious
Freedom Act advocate,and a veteran in the American
Indian Movement campaigns from 1972-1978.
Community
Helpers
Oregonlive.com,
OR
"...Portland
General Electric awarded $7,000 in grants during the
fourth quarter of 2003 to organizations at which PGE
employees volunteer their time. Grants of $500 were
made to the following: Native
American Youth Association..."
American
Indian burial ground found in Salisbury
By
Ben Penserga, Daily Times Staff Writer, dailytimesonline.com,
MD
SALISBURY
-- State and local archeologists have cordoned off
a construction site near Pemberton Park after discovering
an American Indian burial ground, officials said Wednesday...
"This kind of burial site is called an ossuary," she
said. "It was probably created before the settlers
came here, somewhere between 1400 A.D. and 1600 A.D."
Ragan
said the ossuary is different from other cemeteries
because people were buried, then unearthed as part
of a communal village burial system and then all laid
to rest in a collective group. "They kind of bundled
everyone together," she said.
Ragan
said she suspects the people in the ossuary were ancestors
of several American Indian tribes on the Eastern Shore,
including the Nanticoke and Accohannock.
Feb
10 04
Ojibwe
tale is 2004 book selection
'Night
Flying Woman' is the program's first selection written
by a Minnesotan
BY
MARY ANN GROSSMANN, Pioneer Press, MN
With dramatic flair that made the long fringes on
his leather jacket dance, St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly
unveiled this year's St. Paul Reads One Book selection.It's
"Night Flying Woman,'' an Ojibwe family narrative
by the late Ignatia Broker, published in 1983 by Minnesota
Historical Society Press.
Ford
Foundation Grant Will Fund UC Riverside "Red Rhythms"
Conference
