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Hard Rock Cafe Chain Sold to Indian Tribe
LONDON - The Seminole Tribe
of Florida is buying the Hard Rock business, including its massive collection of
rock 'n' roll memorabilia, in a $965 million deal with British casino and hotel
company Rank Group PLC, the tribe announced today...www.rgj.com,
12/7/06
Brenda Norrell, On
Alcatraz, American Indians and Palestinians Offer Thanks
With the first streaks of
dawn, the Dry Creek Pomo Traditional Dancers greeted the day, as about 3,000
people gathered to remember those who have passed on in the struggle for
Indigenous rights and called for solidarity in resistance against colonialism
and injustice...www.unobserver.com,
11/24/06
Tribe Protests
Water Right Transfers Along Nevada River
The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe has filed protests to
the state engineer over at least a dozen proposed water right transfers along
the Carson River...www.krnv.com,
11/27/06
Governor Supports Landless Tribe
GREAT FALLS - The governor
has signed a document supporting the federal recognition sought by a landless
American Indian tribe, the Little Shell.
Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Friday
signed and read a declaration supporting the tribe's nearly 115-year-old appeal
for recognition at the federal level...www.billingsgazette.net,
10/29/06
EPA Approves $70,000 Grant for Te-Moak Tribe
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency is pitching in to help Western Shoshone Indians in Nevada
address the hazards of lead-based paint on tribal lands.
As part of it's "Lead Awareness
Week," the EPA approved a $70,000 grant for the Shoshone's Te-Moak Tribe...www.rgj.com,
10/27/06
Disenrolled Tribal Members
Protest
Thirty former members of Enterprise Rancheria protested in
front of the tribal office Saturday, while one disenrolled member waited for an
appeals hearing at the Palermo Grange...Orovillemr.com,
10/15/06
Tribe, FEMA Begin Disaster Process
Four additional Arizona
counties and three tribal governments have become eligible to receive federal
disaster aid to help communities recover storm-related emergency expenses and
repair public property damaged by storms and floods between July 25 and Aug. 4,
state and federal disaster officials announced...Arizona
Silver Belt, 10/13/06
Tribe Receives Tourism Grant
The San Carlos Apache Tribe
(Tribe) has received a $50,000 matching grant from the Arizona Office of Tourism
(AOT) to renovate the Bylas Rodeo Grounds to help stimulate tourism and economic
development for the community and surrounding areas...Arizona
Silver Belt, 10/13/06
Tribes Sign Transportation Agreement
Multiple tribes have signed what is being
touted as an “historic” agreement with the Federal Highway Administration. The
agreement comes after the Congress passed and President Bush signed legislation
letting the secretary of transportation to enter into government-to-government
agreements with Indian tribes for the tribes to assume many responsibilities and
the associated funding previously handled by the Department of Interior...NativeTimes.com,
10/12/06
Tribe Says State Can't Apply Campaign Rules
SANTA
BARBARA - Tribal sovereignty
trumps the state's ability to file campaign finance enforcement lawsuits, an
attorney representing a Palm Springs Indian tribe argued Wednesday in front of
the California Supreme Court...Contracostatimes.com,
10/5/06
Washoe
Tribe Contributes to Carson Valley
The
beautiful Carson Valley and its environs are as close to the heart of the people
of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California as anyone on earth. Historians have
documented the presence, historic and cultural connection of the "people from
here," in this region for many thousands of years...Recordcourier.com,
10/4/06
Remains of
First Tribe to Encounter Columbus Studied
The unwritten story of the
native people who Christopher Columbus first met is now being recorded by IU
researcher Charles Beeker and his team of graduate students...IDSnews.com,
10/3/06
Indian Tribes'
Sovereign Immunity Extends to Tribe-Owned Casinos - CA
Indian tribes’
sovereign immunity protects tribe-owned casinos from suits brought by their
employees, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday. The court
upheld the dismissal by Senior Judge Lawrence K. Karlton of the Eastern District
of California of wrongful termination claims brought by Mark Allen against the
Gold Country Casino and the Tyme Maidu Tribe of the Berry Creek Rancheria in
California...Metnews.com,
10/2/06
Mashpee Officials Back Tribes Bid for Recognition
MASHPEE
- Officials in Mashpee voted to back the local Wampanoag Tribe’s bid for federal
recognition after the tribe agreed at the last minute not to pursue any private
land claims in Mashpee or try to build a casino on Cape Cod...Bostonherald.com,
9/30/06
Tribe Given Back Unusual Piece of It's Past
And after a two-year wait,
the artifacts were returned Friday during an afternoon ceremony in Stockbridge,
Mass., to the Wisconsin-based Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, whose ancestors
lived in the land between the Helderberg and the Berkshire mountains...Timesunion.com,
9/24/06
Interior
Department Declines to Recognize Michigan Tribe
WASHINGTON The
Department of Interior declined to give federal status to a northern Michigan
American Indian band today, saying the evidence does not show that its members
form a distinct community...Wlns.com,
9/20/06
Tribe
Opposes Indian Gaming Reform
Federal regulators have
proposed rules to clarify the difference between video bingo and slots. They
worry that gamemakers have blurred the line between slots and bingo machines to
help tribes overcome state opposition or slot machine limits...Contracostatimes.com,
9/20/06
Indian Tribe to Block Border Fence
An Indian tribe, whose
members regularly help smuggle illegal immigrants and drugs into the U.S., will
not allow a fence to be erected along a vulnerable stretch of the Mexican border
which happens to be on tribal land...Corruptionchronicles.com,
9/20/06
Goshute Leader Says Feds, State
Let Tribe Down
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The leader of the
Goshute Indians says his tribe has been betrayed by state and federal officials
who worked to kill a plan to store nuclear waste on the Skull Valley
reservation...9/14/06, www.ksl.com
Narragansett Tribe Sued by Former Partners
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, Rhode Island – As reported
by the Providence Journal: "The shareholders of a former casino company that
once partnered with the Narragansett Indian Tribe have gone to court seeking $10
million from the tribe...9/14/06, Casinocitytimes.com
Creek Water
is Holy, Not for Sale - Tribe
LAWTON, OK — A
ranch owner, trying to sell water from a spring-fed creek, is facing opposition
from the Kiowa tribe, which says it is a holy site, according to a September 13
Associated Press story on the KTEN Web site...9/14/06,
Watertechonline.com
US Tribe Chief Angered at Nuke Waste Plan Rejection
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The
chairman of a Native American tribe said on Tuesday a federal rejection of a
plan to store nuclear waste on his tribe's sovereign land recalls 19th century
U.S. violations of Indian treaties...9/12/06, Reuters
Tule River Tribe, Forest Service Lead Public Field Trip
SPRINGVILLE - Efforts to bridge a potential
fire safety gap between tribal lands and federal forests is taking shape after
an open tour of the affected lands in Southeastern Tulare County,
www.portervillerecorder.com,
9/9/06
Interior Department Rejects Interim Plan for Nuclear Waste
The Interior Department has moved to block
a huge “interim” nuclear waste storage plant on an Indian reservation here,
citing a lack of confidence that it would truly be temporary because there is so
much doubt about completion of a permanent repository, at Yucca Mountain, Nev,
New York Times, 9/9/06
Utah Tribe's Nuclear Waste Plan Dead, Senator Says
WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Plans to
build a nuclear waste storage facility on a Utah Indian tribe's reservation are
dead after the U.S. Interior Department rejected the project's proposed
transportation links, Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch said, Reuters, 9/8/06
Seminole Indian Tribe Refuses to Pay Hard Rock Casino Jackpot
Freddy Howard of South Florida says he won
approximately $250,000 at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino this week, but the
gambling casino refuses to payout the money,
www.casinogamblingweb.com, 9/8/06
Emergency
Water Supply on Way to Neah Bay
NEAH BAY,
Wash. Machinery to turn salt water into drinking water is on its way to the
northwest tip of Washington where the Makah (muh-KAH') Indian reservation has
nearly run dry this summer,
www.kesq.com, 9/8/06
Tribe Donates
$300,000 to Schools in Northwoods
Three school districts in the Northwoods
are starting their school year out with some extra cash. Crandon, Laona and
Wabeno school districts in Forest County received 300 thousand dollars from the
Potawatomi Tribe, www.waow.com, 9/8/06
Fallon Tribe Purchases 50 Acres for Commercial Use
The Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe signed an
offer and acceptance agreement to purchase nearly 50 acres of land just west of
the city of Fallon from a private party with the intent to develop that land
over the next several years into commercial and retail spaces, Fallon Star
Press, 9/8/06
Stone Age Tribe's Survival at Stake as Cultures Clash
AN ISOLATED jungle tribe that dates back to
the Stone Age could be wiped out on two islands in the Bay of Bengal because its
members are in danger of losing their habitat and are being "sexually exploited"
by outsiders, www.smh.com.au, 9/2/06
Councilman Asked for Tribe Deal Delay
With the Agua Caliente Casino hotel's
construction cranes perched in the I-10 horizon, Mayor Pro Tem Dana Hobart told
colleagues Thursday he believes he "did the right thing" earlier this month by
pointing to a "few flaws" in the tribe's new deal with the governor,
www.thedesertsun.com, 9/1/06
Plume Live Up
to Your Obligations
Dear President
Bush, The Oglala Sioux Tribe is writing this letter to demand that the United
States fulfill its obligation to respect and protect the human rights of Indian
peoples in this country. Indian peoples' ability to survive into the future
depends largely on our ability to maintain, protect and promote our traditional
and cultural beliefs, which includes our ability to practice our spiritual
beliefs in privacy and without disruption, Indian Country Today, 8/31/06
Tribe Faces Last Chance This Year
for Barstow Casino
SACRAMENTO
- With the legislative session ending today, the Los Coyotes tribe faces its
last chance this year to win approval for a proposed casino in Barstow,
www.sbsun.com, 8/31/06
Andaman Tribe
at Risk from Outsiders, Experts Warn
An isolated jungle tribe could be wiped out
on islands off India's eastern coast because they are in danger of losing their
habitat and are being "sexually exploited" by outsiders, according to a report
published by experts yesterday,
www.guardian.co.uk, 8/31/06
Accused of Theft, California Tribe Members Post Bond
SAN FRANCISCO
- Seven former officials of the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians
posted bail Wednesday after being indicted on 39 combined counts including
misuse of tribal casino funds to enrich themselves, conspiracy and obstruction
of justice, 8/30/06
President Selects Nominee
for Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs
The President intends to nominate Carl Joseph Artman, of Colorado, to be
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs and to appoint him to be
the Board of Trustees of the American Folklife Center for the remainder of a
six-year term expiring June 1, 2010.Indian Country Update, August 2006
Tribe, Governor Reach Accord
A
renegotiated gambling compact announced today between the governor and the San
Manuel Band of Mission Indians allows the tribe to add 5,500 gaming machines to
its casino near Highland, 8/30/06
Morongo Tribe Strikes Compact Deal in Capital
Morongo Band of Mission Indians Tribal
Council Chairman Maurice Lyons walked out of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office
at 8:05 p.m. Tuesday and said, "We got a deal."
www.thedesertsun.com, 8/30/06
First Nations Hold Ceremony
and Vow to Protect Amazay (Duncan Lake)
The three Tse Keh Nay Nations gathered in
force and held a water ceremony to
protect Duncan Lake. The lake, which
the First Nations call "Amazay" is
situated 400 km northwest of Prince
George. Northgate Minerals plans to
build a 90 meter high dam to flood
the valley and turn the lake into a
massive acid rock tailings pit to
store contaminated waste from the
proposed Kemess North mine,
8/29/06
Summit of
Indigenous Nation Sign Resolution to Rescind the Doctrine of Discovery (Papal
Bulls of 1493)
Last week, a delegation of indigenous nations and
non-governmental organizations gathered at the Summit of Indigenous Nations at
Bear Butte Mountain, South Dakota, in the United States. Here follows their
Press Advisory plus some related articles...www.unobserver.com,
8/9/06
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