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  ICT - National

• President’s remarks and Q&A at Tribal Nations Conference

  The president: Thank you. Please, everybody have a seat. Thank you to Jefferson Keel, thanks for the wonderful introduction; to Clarence Jackson for the invocation. Good morning to all of you. I am honored to be with you today at this unique and historic event, the largest and most widely attended gathering of tribal leaders in our history. (Applause.) And I am so grateful to many members of Congress who could join us today, along with several members of my Cabinet who will be participating in this conference today.

• Salazar's opening comments to Tribal Nations Conference

  WASHINGTON – More than 400 members of federally recognized tribes gathered today at the Department of the Interior at a Tribal Nations Conference hosted by President Barack Obama, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Cabinet Members.

• Tribes seek halt to proposed Cape Cod wind farm

  MASHPEE, Mass. – From a blustery perch over a Cape Cod beach, Chuckie Green gestures toward a stretch of horizon where he says construction of the nation’s first offshore wind farm would destroy his Indian tribe’s religion.

• Native American veterans sought for ‘Words of War’ project

  BOSTON – An anthropology professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston is inviting Native American veterans to participate in an anonymous online survey to track the relationships between Native American history, colonial wars, and U.S. military language in conflicts of the last 50 years.

• Off-reservation gaming decision ‘tantalizingly close’

  NEW YORK – Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., says the Obama administration will make a critical decision on off-reservation gaming policy in the coming weeks.

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  ICT - National - Midwest

• Full circle

  Katy Brinegar, 22, has traveled a long, often pain-filled road.

• Tribe to operate health clinic despite a lag in IHS approval

  IGNACIO, Colo. – A lengthy battle by the Southern Ute Indian Tribe ended with a win Oct. 1 as the tribe prepared to take over operation of the Southern Ute Health Center, a former IHS facility that provides health care to Southern Ute tribal members and other local American Indians.

• Humorous souvenirs to some, offensive stereotypes to others

  DENVER – Summer ends and sunburned tourists return home with souvenirs, among them T-shirts depicting scenic Colorado.

• New archaeology views Native scholarships as part of a major change

  DENVER – From a Native perspective, archaeology has often been seen as the central villain in America’s quest to uncover and claim – and sometimes illegally market – the remnants of an ancient past.

• Russell Means, fish-in activist, asserts treaty rights and discounts both the DNC and RNC

  DENVER—Six trout were caught – one over the legal limit of five – and some license plate numbers were recorded by law enforcement during a recent fish-in at a lake in South Dakota, according to a long-time Native activist.

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  ICT - National - Northeast

• Tribes seek halt to proposed Cape Cod wind farm

  MASHPEE, Mass. – From a blustery perch over a Cape Cod beach, Chuckie Green gestures toward a stretch of horizon where he says construction of the nation’s first offshore wind farm would destroy his Indian tribe’s religion.

• Off-reservation gaming decision ‘tantalizingly close’

  NEW YORK – Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., says the Obama administration will make a critical decision on off-reservation gaming policy in the coming weeks.

• Native American veterans sought for ‘Words of War’ project

  BOSTON – An anthropology professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston is inviting Native American veterans to participate in an anonymous online survey to track the relationships between Native American history, colonial wars, and U.S. military language in conflicts of the last 50 years.

• Mashantucket Pequots elect council chairman and members

  MASHANTUCKET, Conn. – The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation has elected Rodney Butler as the new chairman of the tribal council.

• President’s remarks and Q&A at Tribal Nations Conference

  The president: Thank you. Please, everybody have a seat. Thank you to Jefferson Keel, thanks for the wonderful introduction; to Clarence Jackson for the invocation. Good morning to all of you. I am honored to be with you today at this unique and historic event, the largest and most widely attended gathering of tribal leaders in our history. (Applause.) And I am so grateful to many members of Congress who could join us today, along with several members of my Cabinet who will be participating in this conference today.

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  ICT - National - Northwest

• BIA commits to funding support for Shoshone-Bannock Justice Center

  FORT HALL, Idaho – Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and BIA officials signed two contracts Sept. 30 paving the way for the tribes to receive operations support for the law enforcement and corrections components of the new $19.7 million Shoshone-Bannock Justice Center when it opens early next year.

• Keybank and Raymond James partner on affordable housing for Tulalip Reservation

  SNOHOMISH, Wash. – KeyBank and Raymond James Tax Credit Funds, Inc. have partnered on a multi-million dollar deal that will generate 66 much-needed affordable homes on the Tulalip Reservation in Snohomish County, Washington.

• Coquille Tribe harvesting organic cranberries

  CHARLESTON, Ore. (AP) – Aiming to capitalize on a growing demand for raw, organic produce, the Coquille Tribe is taking the hard route to harvesting cranberries this season.

• A lengthy legal battle lands in tribal court

  CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The case of an eagle killed for religious purposes could end up where it began four years ago – on the Wind River Reservation, home of the Northern Arapaho Tribe.

• Naturopathic advice for staying healthy this flu season

  PORTLAND, Ore. – When naturopathic physician Dr. Orna Izakson looks at a plant she sees more than its stem, leaves or vibrant flower – she sees medicine. And she takes a natural approach to flu prevention and hastening a healthy recovery.

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  ICT - National - Plains

• Terra Telecom at the root of IHS communication advances

  TULSA, Okla. – Terra Telecom has teamed with Trans-Tel Central, a Native American-woman-owned IT solutions company, to continue providing advanced telecommunications solutions to IHS throughout its 10 locations.

• New Trail of Tears markers to go up in Arkansas

  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – New signs and markers along Arkansas’ portions of the Trail of Tears should be erected by spring, officials said after President Barack Obama signed an act that expands the historic trail to more than 4,900 miles in nine states.

• Crazy Horse Memorial will be home to Native education programs

  CRAZY HORSE, S.D. – While the huge likeness of a horse’s head takes rough shape from the granite of Thunderhead Mountain, educational buildings begin to emerge at Crazy Horse Memorial, where the massive statuary tribute to a Lakota warrior and leader is accompanied by a commitment to Native education.

• Evelyn Stevenson has illustrious career in law

  PABLO, Mont. – Evelyn Stevenson has been deeply involved in legal issues as an attorney for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes since she passed the Montana Bar in 1978, one of the first two Native American women to do so. But her story involves much more than her work in Montana and should begin even before she became an attorney.

• Indigenous use of ancestral lands threatened

  BOULDER, Colo. – Climate change may be only the latest of many challenges facing Indian country, but it is having devastating effects in parts of the far North where at least one Native village faced with inundation by melting polar ice is suing energy companies it says are responsible.

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  ICT - National - Southeast

• New Trail of Tears markers to go up in Arkansas

  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – New signs and markers along Arkansas’ portions of the Trail of Tears should be erected by spring, officials said after President Barack Obama signed an act that expands the historic trail to more than 4,900 miles in nine states.

• Cyrus Ben: A career under construction

  CHOCTAW, Miss. – Whenever Cyrus Ben needs some motivation, he simply looks at his desk.

• April Locklear offers addicts options to lead productive lives

  LUMBERTON, N.C. – April Whittemore Locklear offers people with substance abuse addictions options when they think there are none, and hope for a future they often can’t see. Locklear is a clinical counselor who offers substance abuse services for Robeson Health Care Corporation.

• NC video poker machine ban judged by appeals court

  RALEIGH, N.C. – Appeals court judges hearing arguments Oct. 14 on the legality of North Carolina’s video poker ban sounded wary of negating the will of the General Assembly when it granted an exception to machines on the Cherokee Indian reservation.

• Training center for parents of children with disabilities receives federal grant

  A private, nonprofit Florida organization has received a grant to provide training nationwide to American Indian parents whose children have disabilities.

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  ICT - National - Southwest

• Red Hawk Casino unveils new poker room

  SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Red Hawk Casino recently announced the addition of a six-table, 60-seat poker room that will open Nov. 20. The non-smoking poker room is located behind the Stage Bar on the casino’s main floor. It features Texas hold ’em limit and no-limit style games at stakes that accommodate all levels of play.

• Sycuan Resort announces room renovation project

  EL CAJON, Calif. – Officials of Sycuan Resort, an award-winning golf resort 24 miles inland from downtown San Diego, recently announced plans for a comprehensive $2.7 million renovation project. The project launched Oct. 9 with an anticipated completion date of Dec. 31, 2009. Sycuan Resort has named HFS Concepts 4, a leading design, architecture, project management and strategic sourcing and procurement firm, as its interior design firm.

• Anthropology student wants to take knowledge home

  GALLUP, N.M. – Daniel Pedro knew when he was a sophomore at Santa Fe Indian School that he wanted to be an anthropologist. He also knew that as a Zuni, he would not be able to touch human remains – a common task for physical anthropologists.

• Native American business garners number one spot

  SANTA ANA, N.M. – For AMERIND Risk Management Corp., “family-friendly” is a natural extension of the company’s basic business mission.

• NCAI regional vice president to pursue unity among northeast nations

  PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – The National Congress of American Indians’ new northeast regional vice president hopes to foster unity among the tribal nations who first met, and were affected by, the European colonists.

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  ICT - National - Great Lakes

• Despite 35 years, Michigan Indian Day slow to catch on

  EAST LANSING, Mich. – About 200 American Indians, local community members and students gathered in East Lansing to participate in festivities marking the 35th annual Michigan Indian Day Sept. 25.

• Tribe needs nuclear waste solution

  RED WING, Minn. – The Prairie Island Indian Community called on President Barack Obama to follow the law and deliver on the federal government’s decades-old mandate and promise to establish a permanent repository for the nation’s commercial nuclear waste.

• Proposal would allow casinos at Mich. horse tracks

  LANSING, Mich. – Another showdown is brewing over whether Michigan horse racetracks should be allowed to open casinos in an effort to revive their struggling businesses.

• Duluth architects build with Indian clients

  DULUTH, Minn. (AP) – Duluth architectural firm is betting on the future of its business with American Indian tribes.

• First American Indian female dentist inducted into Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame

  INTERLOCHEN, Mich. – Jessica A. Rickert became the nation’s first American Indian woman dentist in 1975. Nominated by her brother Levi Rickert in 2008 to the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame, she will be inducted during a benefit dinner Oct. 21 in East Lansing, along with nine other women being honored for their contributions to society.

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  Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo

• Jewish Organizations Condemn GOP For Standing By As Tea Party Protesters Waved ‘Vile’ Anti-Semitic Signs

  The Angryindian

  7 Nov 2009 | 1:17 am

  Think Progress: "One of the most disturbing images from yesterday’s Tea Party rally against health care reform on Capitol Hill was a protester’s gruesome sign showing a pile of dead Holocaust... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]

• Military Leader's Replaced in Paraguay

  The Angryindian

  6 Nov 2009 | 8:42 pm

  The Latin Americanist: "Wednesday, Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo dismembered all military officials amid speculation of a possible cout d'etat. Just yesterday, the president swore in new... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]

• Tame Iti and gang leader to broker peace deal

  The Angryindian

  6 Nov 2009 | 8:37 pm

  NZ Herald News: "Maori activist Tame Iti and Tribesmen gang leader Peter Hunt are to help broker a gang truce in Murupara.Mr Iti was involved in resolving conflict between gangs in Ruatoki several... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]

• The UN murder investigation

  The Angryindian

  6 Nov 2009 | 8:28 pm

  By David Rogers: Austrian Times: "Timothy Hampton, 47, a scientist involved in monitoring possible illegal nuclear activity, was found dead last week at the bottom of a stairwell in... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]

• Report: Mossad hacked Syrian computer to uncover nuke site

  The Angryindian

  6 Nov 2009 | 7:01 pm

  Image via WikipediaHaaretz: "Israel's Mossad espionage agency used Trojan Horse programs to gather intelligence about a nuclear facility in Syria the Israel Defense Forces destroyed in 2007, the... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]

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  Native American Village @ Blogspot

• Can we turn this daunting news linking Alzheimer's disease with obesity and diabetes into a wake-up call?

  amorosa

  19 Oct 2009 | 9:48 am

  Indian Country Today once again comes up with cutting edge news about the Native American community that can't be ignored, relating the obesity and diabetes that have already been undermining Native Americans' health and advancement with increasing rates of Alzheimer's disease. To date, the association of Alzheimer's with obesity and diabetes in Native Americans has been empirical, but the Banner Alzheimer's Foundation in Pheonix and other organizations have pledged to further studies investigating the link and what can be done to stem the growing tide.

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Sucker Creek First Nation--
Grand Chief Cardinal Gathers Support in Europe

  amorosa

  6 Oct 2009 | 11:09 am

  
 October 5th, 2009
Jaret Cardinal, Grand Chief of Treaty 8 Alberta and Chief of Sucker Creek First Nation is working in Europe to build strong international relationships when it comes to Climate Change discussions and implementation of the Treaties signed between the Queen of England and First Nations in Canada.Before leaving for Europe, Cardinal attended the National Treaties "Honoring Our Ancestors" Gathering held at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Enoch, Alberta,"The numbered treaties are international treaties signed with the Queen of England and a key outcome from this meeting…

• Johnny Whitehorse rides again

  amorosa

  4 Sep 2009 | 3:42 am

  Hey music fans! Robert Mirabal's "other," mystical persona--also Grammy winning--is out with a new CD. Here's a rundown from his label, Silver Wave Records

• Things to Do in Denver When You Need Job Search Help

  Diversity

  26 Aug 2009 | 9:50 am

  The Denver Indian Center Native Workforce Program has published its schedule of Career Development classes for the fall at http://www.denverindiancenter.org/node/804.With a well-coordinated series of sessions focusing on different aspects of the search, application and interview process, this valuable service appears to be time well spent if you're looking for employment. Check for changes at the link above before contacting them, but so far their two classes or "clubs" are scheduled as follows:Career Development and ExplorationClass Schedules:Job Club 1September 15, 2009, Tuesday 9 am pm to…

• Artist, thinker, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Sioux man becomes, at 45, Dartmouth's oldest freshman

  amorosa

  25 Aug 2009 | 6:09 am

  Good, inspiring piece from, as usual, Indian Country Today.

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  Native American Netroots - Front Page

• Action: Rescind Wounded Knee Medals of Dis Honor

  2 Nov 2009 | 4:14 pm

  Petition: Medals of Dis Honor Twenty-three soldiers from the Seventh Calvary were later awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for the slaughter of defenseless Indians at Wounded Knee. We are asking that these Medals of DIS Honor awarded to the members of the 7th Calvary of the United States Army for the murder of innocent women children and men on that terrible December morning be rescinded. Credit & permission for image to & by www.myspace.com/removewoundedkneemedals (Reposted for obvious reasons, and to firmly state the fact that a reconciliation event that ends in "native artifacts and…

• "The Lord Places People in This or That Country"

  27 Oct 2009 | 1:27 pm

  Columbus's first voyage in 1492 combined with his religious motivations for making it led Pope Alexander VI to issue a Papal Bull in 1493. Pope Alexander VI ordered Ferdinand and Isabella to observe and to do the following:  that the primary purpose of all future voyages and ensuing discoveries of land and people was to Christianize and "overthrow" any Nations who resisted; that Columbus himself be used for the next voyage, since there was consensus among Columbus, Ferdinand, Isabella, and the Papacy with regards to spreading Christianity to the entire world; that the Indians might have…

• Desecration of Ceremony is Cultural Genocide

  14 Oct 2009 | 3:11 pm

  How can you educate the dominant culture, a mindset, that the desecration of Native American ceremony is cultural genocide? Source As early as 1933, Raphael Lemkin proposed a cultural component to genocide, which he called "vandalism." However, the drafters of the 1948 Genocide Convention dropped that concept from their consideration. One must make a connection between making profit from cultural components considered sacred, and to the severe damage done to the indigenous culture being preyed on and profited from. While indigenous people yet suffer the effects of a 500 year Holocaust, the…

• Christopher Columbus & His Crimes Against Humanity (Edited)

  12 Oct 2009 | 7:04 pm

  Christopher Columbus: The Christian Crusades had ended in 1291, the Black Death had been deliberately blamed on innocent Jews who said what their Christian torturers forced them to, that they poisoned water wells, causing the Black Death. Of course, the real cause was in the stomachs of fleas, not planetary alignment, earthquakes, or God's Judgment. Nonetheless, the extermination of European Jews began in 1348 again, along with a key notorious origin of Manifest Destiny. Source But no sooner had the plague ceased than we saw the contrary . . . [People] gave themselves up to a more shameful…

• Peltier Now Political Prisoner of Obama

  21 Sep 2009 | 7:07 pm

  I am so, so so naive. Since Obama was willing to have a beer with a professor and an officer of the law over racial issues, why then shouldn't he meet with Ben Carnes to discuss freeing Leonard Peltier? What was I thinking, that Obama would actually free Peltier on his 65th birthday, September 12th? I Am Barack Obama's Political Prisoner Now By LEONARD PELTIER After releasing an original and continuing disciple of death cult leader Charles Manson who attempted to shoot President Gerald Ford, an admitted Croatian terrorist, and another attempted assassin of President Ford under the mandatory…

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  Wampum

• Twenty three US nationals sentenced for kidnap

  EBW

  4 Nov 2009 | 12:41 pm

  Photo: Judge Oscar Maggi reading the findings of the court. From the Milan-based Corriere della Sera Abu Omar, Cia condannata MILANO- L’ex direttore del Sismi, Niccolò Pollari, e l’ex funzionario dello stesso servizio, Marco Mancini, non devono rispondere del sequestro di Abu Omar perché non sono giudicabili a causa del segreto di Stato. Per Pollari erano stati chiesti 13 anni, 10 per Mancini. Sono stati invece condannati 23 agenti della Cia (quasi tutti quelli imputati) 22 a cinque anni di reclusione mentre Robert Seldon Lady è stato condannato a otto anni. Gli Stati Uniti sono…

• Maine results

  EBW

  3 Nov 2009 | 6:25 pm

  Adam Bink is doing a fine job in diaries over at OpenLeft [1] and OpenLeft [2]. The site is overloaded, there's a lot of interest. MB just shouted down to me that the Penobscot Nation precinct voted "No".

• The Digital Gender Divide

  EBW

  2 Nov 2009 | 5:03 pm

  The most striking change at ICANN-36 in Seoul last week was not that IDN ccTLDs were approved, nor that new gTLDs were delayed even more than at any time in the past two years, it was that the ICANN Board (voting members) now contains only one woman, who is unlikely to attend any meetings in the proximal future after a profoundly unfortunate personal injury, and only two women as non-voting liaisons. One (XY) might think that there are no real gender issues, but one could start simply with the staff org chart and salaries (which several people track, myself included). The top pay for any XX…

• Chamber of Commerce vs Yes Men or DCMA knocks down Hurricane Electric

  EBW

  24 Oct 2009 | 9:32 am

  The Chamber bluffed Hurricane Electric into shutting down, not just the Yes Men's fair use protected political satire site, but every stie managed by May First / People Link. Via NANAOG, where the story in the HuffPo is covered. The technical nuisance is whether HE null routed a /32 which hundreds of virtual hosting sites shared, or if HE dropped an entire downstream over a DCMA notice. So ... if one were to dress up in a blue conservative pant suit or suit, and style oneself as the local Chamber of Commerce, say a name pin or carry some Chamber lit, or lit similar to Chamber lit, and appear…

• Going NO on Xtians and Jarvis/Gann

  EBW

  22 Oct 2009 | 9:02 am

  From: cec.elections [at] maine.gov To: ebw [at] abenaki.wabanaki.net Subject: Absentee Ballot Request Confirmation X-UIDL: njD"!kf~!!6=,!!X

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  A Girl Named Turquoise

• The Grappling with Fashion's Wrath

  6 Nov 2009 | 3:10 pm

  Ralph Lauren's latest fashion statement A'la Grapes of Wrath: a nod to our tough economic times.  Can someone raise me a legwarmer? Because last week I saw stirrup pants.Another snippet:  Gordana's vagina dress from last night's Project Runway.

• New Poems from notellmotel

  4 Nov 2009 | 12:16 pm

  http://www.notellmotel.org/BirthingMiriam Bird Greenberg Tip up an axe blade beneath the bed slatsto stop the hemorrhaging, I’ll say.Take cloth scorched brown in a shovel over flame to tie the cut cord.Boil up black snake root tea to cureyour hives. Take a mouse’s ear; it growson rocks at the water’s edge. Redalder works around the heart,but some nights the moon turns darkas a stone under water—there’s nothingto do, though I’ll send the children all eveningin search of pepper grassif there’s a marsh nearby. Pray if your god pays you mind,…

• Shalloween Fun

  1 Nov 2009 | 8:09 pm

  Halloween was uneventful, really.  Visited this guy's house (he's the one holding the severed head) for shits and giggles.  I wanted to maybe head to the Cinema to see what all the fuss is about the movie Paranormal, but got held up doing something else.  I was probably in a Almond Joy and Mr. Goodbar stupor of some sort, and then I got interested in the Dexter season 3 episodes, and then, well . . . I know, I have the dullest sort of existence.  I think life would be more FUN if I drank.   Tomorrow night I promise I'll go out and be among the living.  Drove…

• Flashing

  30 Oct 2009 | 3:30 pm

  I learned a new term last weekend from local writer Matt Briggs: he had a session about "micro-memoir" or "flash non-fiction."  Hey!  I can do that!  What are those pages of prose poems BUT micro-memoir, also nicely in keeping with the lyrical essay course I took from writer Kim Barnes.  And also essay courses from Mary Clearman Blew, I'm blurring the boundaries.  Emboldened by winning first place in a travel narrative contest I'm working on polishing what non fiction I have accumulated and trying my hand at marketing them for further…

• Due to Situations Beyond My Control

  27 Oct 2009 | 12:24 pm

  I am in Seattle for the next two weeks or so.   I had a grand time at the Seattle Book Fest, sat on the Gazoobi Tales tables, signed my chapbook for lovely lovers of poetry, and even got to present poetry with a wonderful poet Mary Eliza Crane, and I didn't even mind that our reading was in the portable set 50 feet beyond the main building and there were only 3 people who came, didn't mind a bit.  Mary and I got to swap ditties about Duvall, Washington, the sleepy little hippie town located East of Seattle at the Cascade foothills.  She has lived there for a couple of…

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  ICT - Business

• Douglas Fifer, Top 40 from the 49th state

  Douglas Fifer, a police officer and small business owner, says his Alaska Native Tlingit family values of respect, responsibility and working hard for what one wants contributed to the success he enjoys today.

• Drastic dropoff in mortgages to Indians in 2008

  WASHINGTON – Mortgage lending to American Indians and other Native people fell off the table last year, dropping by nearly half from 2007 levels and down more than two-thirds from the market peak in 2005 and 2006. Lending to Indians and Alaska Natives was so anemic it fell behind lending to Native Hawaiians.

• Red Hawk Casino unveils new poker room

  SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Red Hawk Casino recently announced the addition of a six-table, 60-seat poker room that will open Nov. 20. The non-smoking poker room is located behind the Stage Bar on the casino’s main floor. It features Texas hold ’em limit and no-limit style games at stakes that accommodate all levels of play.

• Sycuan Resort announces room renovation project

  EL CAJON, Calif. – Officials of Sycuan Resort, an award-winning golf resort 24 miles inland from downtown San Diego, recently announced plans for a comprehensive $2.7 million renovation project. The project launched Oct. 9 with an anticipated completion date of Dec. 31, 2009. Sycuan Resort has named HFS Concepts 4, a leading design, architecture, project management and strategic sourcing and procurement firm, as its interior design firm.

• Terra Telecom at the root of IHS communication advances

  TULSA, Okla. – Terra Telecom has teamed with Trans-Tel Central, a Native American-woman-owned IT solutions company, to continue providing advanced telecommunications solutions to IHS throughout its 10 locations.

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  ICT - Living

• Salazar's opening comments to Tribal Nations Conference

  WASHINGTON – More than 400 members of federally recognized tribes gathered today at the Department of the Interior at a Tribal Nations Conference hosted by President Barack Obama, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Cabinet Members.

• Crazy Horse Memorial will be home to Native education programs

  CRAZY HORSE, S.D. – While the huge likeness of a horse’s head takes rough shape from the granite of Thunderhead Mountain, educational buildings begin to emerge at Crazy Horse Memorial, where the massive statuary tribute to a Lakota warrior and leader is accompanied by a commitment to Native education.

• Anthropology student wants to take knowledge home

  GALLUP, N.M. – Daniel Pedro knew when he was a sophomore at Santa Fe Indian School that he wanted to be an anthropologist. He also knew that as a Zuni, he would not be able to touch human remains – a common task for physical anthropologists.

• Evelyn Stevenson has illustrious career in law

  PABLO, Mont. – Evelyn Stevenson has been deeply involved in legal issues as an attorney for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes since she passed the Montana Bar in 1978, one of the first two Native American women to do so. But her story involves much more than her work in Montana and should begin even before she became an attorney.

• Channing Concho

  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – For Channing Concho, a petite, pretty woman of 23, music is part of her DNA. Her father was a drummer, and both parents exposed her to a variety of music at an early age. But it wasn’t until high school that she and two of her friends formed a band, and her true passion developed.

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  ICT - Opinion

• Rice: Nothing scary in a Carcieri fix

  Recent newspaper reports suggest that there is concern in Rhode Island, and perhaps elsewhere, that a Carcieri fix to the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 will allow tribes to acquire trust land wherever they choose, resulting in tribes building Indian casinos willy-nilly outside their reservations and without appropriate input from the state. These reports appear designed to create unjustified fears of an Indian gaming boogey man hiding in a closet of the Carcieri fix.

• Mause and Moorehead: Climate change indecision can be costly

  This year began with congressional and presidential commitments to addressing global warming. At the same time, those Indian tribes with energy resources continued to consider energy development as an economic development strategy. All tribes, whether energy producers or not, will be affected by proposals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

• LaDuke: A shot at true self-determination

  We have a shot at being self-determining or we can be the victims. This is a time of tumultuous change, economic downturns, accelerating climate destabilization and the depletion of oil supplies, meaning loss of access to cheap petroleum. If we don’t act, we will be caught in a very difficult place as indigenous peoples.

• Trahant: Indian country as the 51st state – and short topics

  I’ve written a post for Kaiser Health News that advances the meeting with tribes and President Barack Obama Nov. 5. I’ll write something again after the meeting and post it here late Thursday.

• Bordeaux: The time for action is now!

  The Sioux Nation has prepaid for our health care. In our treaties, our Indian nations ceded millions of acres of land; land that America now calls home. In exchange, we preserved our Indian reservations as permanent tribal homelands, under tribal self-government, and secured the United States’ pledge of health care, education and assistance to make our reservations livable homelands.

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  ICT - Opinion - Editorials

• Obama making good on promises

  Looking to end decades of government negligence of Native people, President Barack Obama spoke Nov. 5 to tribal leaders gathered from across the nation for the White House Tribal Nations Conference.

• Cultural training needed for FBI

  Federal Bureau of Investigation agents don’t receive cultural awareness or language training when assigned to serve Indian reservations. Many tribal communities don’t believe non-tribal court personnel and non-tribal police are culturally sensitive.

• Gathering again to discuss climate crisis

  Native peoples have enjoyed a great many millennia of flourishing cultures and “green” economies in the rich and diverse environments that comprise these native homelands in the Americas long before “green” was fashionable. Every American Indian tribe today is the recognized descendant of indigenous ancestral nations, tribes, villages, bands and communities that have successfully adapted to changing environmental, historical and social circumstances to survive into these modern times. Simply put, those that did not adapt are no longer with us.

• Questioning BIA’s Columbus holiday

  During a session at the recent 66th Annual Convention of the National Congress of American Indians in Palm Springs, Calif., a tribal leader brought up the issue of the BIA celebrating Columbus Day as a holiday and letting workers take the day off. The chair suggested the BIA was not culturally sensitive to tribal communities when it gives special notice to Columbus Day.

• Natives need change, not apology

  Each year, we watch the health, safety and education of our children erode like the sandy banks of a raging river.

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  Native American Rights Fund -- News

• Native American Rights Fund's climate change work is highlighted in Indian Country Today

  Native American Rights Fund

  3 Nov 2009 | 11:49 am

  BOULDER, Colo. – Climate change may be only the latest of many challenges facing Indian country, but it is having devastating effects in parts of the far North where at least one Native village faced with inundation by melting polar ice is suing energy companies it says are responsible.John Echohawk, executive director of Boulder-based Native American Rights Fund, said the village of Kivalina, Alaska, located on the Chukchi Sea coastline, is suing energy companies for contributing to the public nuisance of global warming it says is going to force the community to relocate to avoid being…

• Celebrate Native American Heritage Month

  Native American Rights Fund

  3 Nov 2009 | 11:35 am

  Celebrate Native American Heritage Month by hosting a Native Justice house party on American Indian Heritage Day, November 27, 2009. Order your Community Action House Party Kit from NARF today and host a party with your friends and family.

• The Washington, DC office of NARF has moved!

  Native American Rights Fund

  3 Nov 2009 | 11:34 am

  After nearly forty years at its 1712 N Street address, the DC Office of the Native American Rights Fund has moved to join with the National Congress of American Indians at the “Embassy of Tribal Nations” – an historic office building and carriage house located near Dupont Circle.The new office address is: Native American Rights Fund, 1514 P Street, NW (Rear) Suite D, Washington, D.C. 20005. The phone and fax numbers remain the same: phone: (202) 785-4166; fax: (202) 822-0068.To mark the move and celebrate the historic opening of the Embassy of Tribal Nations, Executive Director John…

• NARF Attorney to Deliver Library of Congress's 2009 Celebration of Native American Heritage Month Keynote Address

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  3 Nov 2009 | 11:33 am

  Dawn Sturdevant Baum, Native American Rights Fund Staff Attorney, will deliver Native American Heritage Month keynote address for the Library of Congress's 2009 celebration of Native American Heritage Month on Nov. 18. This year's national theme is "Pride in Our Heritage. Honor to Our Ancestors."This event is free and open to the public.Wednesday, November 18, 20092:00 p.m.Library of Congress's Thomas Jefferson BuildingWhittall Pavilion (first floor)10 First Street S.E., Washington, D.C.Click here for more information

• NARF to appeal Kivalina environmental case dismissal

  Native American Rights Fund

  3 Nov 2009 | 11:29 am

  On September 30, 2009 the United States District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a lawsuit by the Native Village of Kivalina (Native Village of Kivalina v. Exxon Mobil, et al) against twenty-four oil, energy and utility companies. The Village sought damages under a federal common law claim of nuisance, based on the companies contribution to the excessive emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases which the Village claims is causing global warming. Judge Armstrong concluded that the Village’s federal claim for nuisance is barred by the political question…

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• eTaxPortal tax process automation solution acquired by Namtra Corporation

  Tabitha Berg

  6 Nov 2009 | 8:26 am

  RESTON, Va. — Namtra Business Solutions, a 2009 Deloitte 500 fastest growing company, today announced that its software division has completed the acquisition of eTaxPortal, a Web-based tax process automation solution for today’s tax department. It provides a single gateway to commonly used tax tools. The key components of eTaxPortal includes eTax Fileroom – Embedded Tax Document Repository; eTaxWorkflow – Embedded Tax Project Management; eTaxCalendar – Tax and non-tax obligation management for unlimited entities; eTaxDataCollector – Data Collection and…

• CAVTEC Patented Technology Quantifies Competitive Advantage and Value

  Tabitha Berg

  6 Nov 2009 | 8:13 am

  SYRACUSE, N.Y. — CAVTEC (www.cavtectools.com) announces the formal launch of CAV, Competitive Advantage Valuation software for maximizing returns on intellectual property (IP). Field tested in over 100 projects since 1997, CAV has helped universities, businesses, and entrepreneurs develop effective IP strategies and negotiate successful agreements. As a result, in 2009 Technology Transfer Tactics (TTT) chose the CAV solution for its specialized valuation catalog (www.technologytransfertactics.com) and showcased CAV at the recent Licensing Executives Society (LES) annual meeting. TTT is…

• Throughout the U.S., Narconon Centers Educate Thousands during Red Ribbon Week

  Tabitha Berg

  6 Nov 2009 | 8:08 am

  LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Narconon International’s management office in Los Angeles worked with its drug rehabilitation and education centers throughout the country in a combined effort to speak with thousands of students and other community members during Red Ribbon Week. The National Family Partnership’s (NFP) Red Ribbon Week is considered the nationwide observance of drug prevention activities and is held during the end of October each year, which began in 1988. Narconon staff and volunteer activities stretched the span of the country to participate in helping kids stay away…

• Tireman Auto Service Centers and Uniroyal® Tire’s Commitment to Youth Soccer Benefits Pacesetter Soccer Club

  Aria Munro

  6 Nov 2009 | 8:04 am

  TOLEDO, Ohio — The Pacesetter Soccer Club has received more than $1056 in both funds and equipment from Tireman Auto Service Centers and Uniroyal(R) Tire as part of an ongoing commitment. The program is currently in its tenth year of supporting youth soccer across the nation through the Uniroyal Soccer Program. Since its founding in 2000, the Uniroyal Soccer Program has touched countless players and teams. This year the program is celebrating its 10-year anniversary, with nearly $12 million in funds and equipment, including nearly one million soccer balls, given to youth soccer…

• Natural Harvest ‘cooking with semen’ book is nominated for Gourmand World Cookbook Award

  Aria Munro

  6 Nov 2009 | 7:57 am

  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — If you have never heard of “Natural Harvest,” the only semen-based cookbook currently on the market, you are not alone. Despite international media attention, “Natural Harvest” (ISBN: 9781424314614) has managed to stay under the mainstream radar – but just barely. That may be about to change with a nomination for the Gourmand World Cookbook Award, a prestigious international recognition of exceptional and groundbreaking culinary literature. What started as a dinner party discussion among friends was eventually transformed into a…

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• American Indian culture is focus of festival - Chicago Tribune

  7 Nov 2009 | 1:18 am

  American Indian culture is focus of festivalChicago TribuneEducating people about American Indian culture and destroying stereotypes will be the focus of this weekend's Native American Festival & Mini Pow Wow in Indian powwow is for fun, educationDetroit Free Pressall 9 news articles »

• Former astronaut talks at American Indian Heritage Luncheon - Enid News & Eagle

  6 Nov 2009 | 9:29 pm

  Former astronaut talks at American Indian Heritage LuncheonEnid News & EagleThe Wetumka native and member of the Chickasaw Tribe, eventually be-came the first American Indian to fly in space. Herrington spoke Friday at Vance Air

• LAST NIGHT IN TWISTED RIVER - New York Times

  6 Nov 2009 | 9:14 pm

  Examiner.comLAST NIGHT IN TWISTED RIVERNew York TimesIn Coos County, NH, 1954, in a logging camp along the Twisted River, Dominic's mistake is to hide the truth about his affair with an American Indian woman Discovering the world after garpIrish Independentall 5 news articles »

• USDA says it wants to resolve Indian farmer claim - The Associated Press

  6 Nov 2009 | 3:01 pm

  USDA says it wants to resolve Indian farmer claimThe Associated PressWASHINGTON — The Obama administration intends to seek resolution to a lawsuit filed by American Indian farmers who alleged discrimination in the granting of and more »

• Montanans testify about American Indian veteran's healthcare - Montana's News Station

  6 Nov 2009 | 8:57 am

  Montanans testify about American Indian veteran's healthcareMontana's News StationA pair of Montanans voiced their concerns about health care for American Indian veterans on Capitol Hill Thursday. Salish and Kootenai Tribal Health Don't Get Sick After JuneFOXNewsA look at h1n1's impact on American IndiansGrand Forks HeraldTester chairs hearing on Indian veteran issuesThe Havre Daily Newsall 8 news articles »

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  6 Nov 2009 | 4:24 pm

  other topics: click a “category” or use search box From EduHound’s “Classroom Tools & Tips,” which provides edtech resources for teachers, here are this week’s offerings. The topic is NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE Reconnecting the Circle –Encourages people to learn about Native American people and cultures, and to develop a more meaningful and complete perspective on Indian...Source : Dyslexia Tutor: News-Resources (subscribe)Explore : Fine Arts, Museums

• 'Brian Jungen: Strange Comfort' (bookofjoe)

  6 Nov 2009 | 1:07 pm

  Jungen is an Indian artist, a member of the Dunne-za First Nation in British Columbia who uses contemporary materials to construct objects which resonate with his own native culture, although his current show at the National Museum of the American...Source : bookofjoe (subscribe)Explore : British Columbia, Fine Arts, Museums

• November: American Indian Heritage Month (A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy)

  5 Nov 2009 | 10:02 am

  (image from 2009 Indian Health Service Heritage Site ) November is American Indian Heritage Month. Various links of interest, in no particular order: The Creation of National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month (via Indian Health Services ) The National Museum of the American Indian , especially its...Source : A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy (subscribe)Explore : Fine Arts, Health, Indian Health Service, Museums, Widget

• Museums open late for fall/winter 2009/10 in NYC (NewYorkology: A New York Travel Gui)

  4 Nov 2009 | 7:28 am

  Many museums stay open late at least one night a week, often in conjunction with free admission hours , live music and cocktails. Here are the New York City museums with late-closing hours listed by day of the week: Mondays New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex at Grand Central Terminal - 8 p.m. (always free) Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame Annex - 8 p.m., with last admission at 7...Source : NewYorkology: A New York Travel Gui (subscribe)Explore : American Folk Art Museum, Fine Arts, Museums, Performing Arts, Photography

• Native American film festival features culture, fights stereotypes (Miami Student)

  2 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Native American filmmakers have traveled from as far as Austin, Texas, to present their films and participate in discussion with students and community members as part of Miami University's Native American Film Festival.Source : Miami Student (subscribe)Explore : Fine Arts, Museums

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• Governor proclaims day for Native American veterans - Statesman Journal

  7 Nov 2009 | 3:25 am

  Governor proclaims day for Native American veteransStatesman JournalNovember 7 will be recognized to coincide with the national designation of November as Native American Heritage Month. The Oregon Department of Veterans'

• American Indian culture is focus of festival - Chicago Tribune

  7 Nov 2009 | 1:18 am

  American Indian culture is focus of festivalChicago TribuneEducating people about American Indian culture and destroying stereotypes will be the focus of this weekend's Native American Festival & Mini Pow Wow in Indian powwow is for fun, educationDetroit Free Pressall 9 news articles »

• Cover Native American month - Clanton Advertiser

  6 Nov 2009 | 10:36 pm

  Cover Native American monthClanton AdvertiserI would like to see an article, pictures or more on November being Native American month. We have a lot of rich history locally and in our state.

• Obama Says Native Americans Not Forgotten - The New American

  6 Nov 2009 | 6:22 pm

  guardian.co.ukObama Says Native Americans Not ForgottenThe New AmericanPresident Barack Obama on November 5 met with Native American tribal leaders at what was dubbed the White House Tribal Nations Conference. The president goes nativeDeseret NewsObama promises Native Americans place on agendaUSA TodayObama pledges to help Native Americans: 'You will not be forgotten'Los Angeles TimesWashington Post -Napa Valley Register -CNNall 528 news articles »

• Oregon family at heart of sticky issue: Does intermarriage threaten Native ... - OregonLive.com

  6 Nov 2009 | 5:46 pm

  OregonLive.comOregon family at heart of sticky issue: Does intermarriage threaten Native OregonLive.comLuke fears that continued assimilation will relegate Native American culture to history books. "We are not just like everybody else," he says.

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  native-american | american-indian | first-nation | indigenous-people | indian-tribe - Google News

• Governor proclaims day for Native American veterans - Statesman Journal

  7 Nov 2009 | 3:25 am

  Governor proclaims day for Native American veteransStatesman JournalNovember 7 will be recognized to coincide with the national designation of November as Native American Heritage Month. The Oregon Department of Veterans'

• Liberty and taxation for all - New York Post

  7 Nov 2009 | 1:45 am

  Liberty and taxation for allNew York PostAlthough I'm not a Native American, I object to the idea that Native American tribes upstate should be subjected to taxing their sale of cigarettes

• American Indian culture is focus of festival - Chicago Tribune

  7 Nov 2009 | 1:18 am

  American Indian culture is focus of festivalChicago TribuneEducating people about American Indian culture and destroying stereotypes will be the focus of this weekend's Native American Festival & Mini Pow Wow in Indian powwow is for fun, educationDetroit Free Pressall 9 news articles »

• Keep the Fighting Sioux nickname - Bismarck Tribune

  7 Nov 2009 | 12:12 am

  Keep the Fighting Sioux nicknameBismarck TribuneAs a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, I would like to Forum editorial: Quit stalling on UND Sioux logoIn-ForumUND Senate urges retiring nicknameGrand Forks Heraldall 13 news articles »

• Weekend Out: Spin a charming web at library - Denver Post

  7 Nov 2009 | 12:08 am

  Weekend Out: Spin a charming web at libraryDenver PostToday at Aurora's Martin Luther King Jr. Library, kids and parents can work together to build their own American Indian dreamcatcher. and more »

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• Review of "Whakairo te whenua, Whakairo te tangata: Carve the land, Carve the People " Dr. Simon Lambert, Maori Geographer

  4 Nov 2009 | 6:56 am

   "Whakairo te whenua, Whakairo te tangata: Carve the land, Carve the People " Dr. Simon J. Lambert, Lincoln University, New ZealandOn October 16th, we had the good fortune to have Dr. Simon Lambert come down from Davis to talk to us about Maori culture, history, socio-economics and horticulture.  We had some 20 people in attendance, with a few all the way from Stanford, one from Davis, and here at Berkeley we had some geography students and public policy students as well as environmental science students. The audience included both grads and undergrads as well as some community…

• Indigenous Lands, Food Choices and Well-Being- Call for Abstracts/Speakers

  27 Oct 2009 | 9:22 am

  Indigenous people’s traditional foods are critical for maintaining health, preserving cultural identity and promoting sense of self-determination. In many regions of the world however, a complex set of factors are decreasing Indigenous peoples’ access to their traditional lands and territories, the result being that Indigenous peoples are now eating less traditional foods, and consuming more marketed, and/or pre-manufactured products.  This dietary change is having profound effects on the health, social, economic and cultural well-being of Indigenous peoples.  The objective of…

• The 1994 USDA Tribal Scholars Application and Handbook

  20 Oct 2009 | 7:57 am

  A full-ride scholarship offered by the USDA to Native students in any field of study pursuing a Bachelors degree. They will help transfer to a master's program as well, any school, any field of study. The 1994 USDA Tribal Scholars Application (here) and Hand Book (here). If interested in applying, please mail Velma Real Bird, Velma.RealBird AT ascr.usda.gov , the first eight (8) pages of the application, an official transcript, and two letters of recommendation. The application will be due in February 2010. The Hand Book is for your reference regarding the 1994 Tribal Scholars Program.Forward…

• Grant for Videos on Climate Change by Indigenous

  16 Oct 2009 | 8:17 am

  PRESS RELEASE - Indigenous Map-makers using video, take note!Las direcciones españolas están abajo Les directions françaises au dessous Dear Friends, There has been some confusion over what First Peoples Worldwide is seeking from our recent call for videos.  First Peoples Worldwide is looking for videos submitted by Indigenous-led NGOs or NGOs working with Indigenous Peoples.  These videos must show how climate change is impacting the Indigenous community, their local environment, and how the Indigenous Peoples are using traditional knowledge to adapt to and mitigate climate…

• Simon Lambert Presents "Carve the Land, Carve the People"

  14 Oct 2009 | 10:18 am

  The Indigenous Mapping Network, American Indian Graduate Student Association, and Asia Pacific Indigenous Alliance invite you to attend: "Whakairo te whenua, Whakairo te tangata: Carve the land, Carve the People"Dr. Simon J. Lambert - Maori GeographerLincoln University, New Zealand “In this presentation, I explore the geohistory of Maori land use with an emphasis on contemporary challenges. In particular I wish to tease out a relationship between social capital and its connections to socio-ecological resilience, and an explicitly cultural resilience.” Through the post-contact history of…