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Last updated: October 2, 2008
Next update will be updated on or before: October 9, 2008
Selected Native American News Stories
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Culture & Tradition
• • Annual art market honors Native American artists with weekend show, music and dance events (Argus Leader) 9/25/08
• • Great Falls schools offer myriad activities during American Indian Heritage Week (Great Falls Tribune) 9/23/08
• • Thousands to gather for annual powwow (Press-Enterprise) 9/18/08
Economic Development
• • Navajo open new hotel in Monument Valley (Zonie Report) 9/29/08
• • American Indian tribes share successes (Salt Lake Tribune) 9/24/08
• • Economic consortium of Indian tribes launched; The Native American Group to buy from and sell to member tribes (MarketWatch) 9/23/08
• • House bill would wipe out Indian tobacco industry (Indian Country Today) 9/19/08
• • Farm Aid to feature Tanka bar (Rapid City Journal) 9/19/08
• • Oneida, tribes banding together in trade group (Business Journal of Milwaukee) 9/18/08
Education
• • Indian Legal Program offers certificate to law students (ASU News) 9/30/08
• • Campus, district discuss joint learning partnership (Baraboo News Republic) 10/1/08
• • Haskell fall enrollment increases 11 percent (Lawrence Journal-World) 9/24/08
• • Lummi Tribe opens boarding school to support students, strengthen pride (Seattle Times) 9/19/08
Environment & Energy
• • Tribe, groups vow to sue to guard rare fish (Salt Lake Tribune) 10/2/08
• • Nine Mile Canyon: Gas drilling hits preservation snag (Salt Lake Tribune) 10/1/08
• • Indian tribal elders, environmentalists share views (Worcester Telegram & Gazette) 9/28/08
• • Addition of Idaho tribes benefits salmon accord (Tri-City Herald) 9/26/08
Fiduciary Duty
• • Supreme Court to hear Navajo Nation trust case (Indianz.com) 10/1/08
• • Government seeks appeal of Indian trust case (Associated Press) 9/19/08
Health & Welfare
• • Cherokees take charge of hospital (Tulsa World) 10/2/08
• • Tribe sues over hospital handover (Tulsa World) 10/1/08
• • Native American clinic loses contract (Green Bay Press-Gazette) 9/30/08
• • No action on Indian Health Care Improvement Act (Indianz.com) 9/29/08
• • Tribes join for ‘Healthy Nations' (Desert Sun) 9/28/08
• • Chief vetoes Cherokee clinics measure (Tulsa World) 9/24/08
• • Stroke prevalence higher, deadlier among American Indians (Washington Post) 9/23/08
• • Omaha Tribe to get money for health programs (KPTM FOX 42) 9/19/08
Intergovernmental
• • NYC sues reservation smoke shops over bootlegging (Miami Herald) 9/29/08
• • Tribal governments workshop planned (Stevens Point Journal) 9/24/08
• • Tribe-state tobacco compact at standstill (Tulsa World) 9/22/08
• • Maine tribal-state commission withdraws from state budget process (Indian Country Today) 9/19/08
• • Justice Department refuses to release Indian crime data (Bismarck Tribune) 9/19/08
Land & Water
• • Watering the Diné Nation (Durango Telegraph) 10/2/08
• • Supreme Court to hear Native Hawaiian case (Indianz.com) 10/1/08
• • Confederated Tribes close to reclaiming land in Charleston (KCBY) 9/30/08
• • Congress approves White Mountain Apache Tribe water loan legislation (Jon Kyl) 9/29/08
• • Indian Affairs Panel advances Sens. Domenici, Bingaman northern New Mexico Indian water rights bill (US Fed News) 9/23/08
• • Senate panel approves settlements on Indian water claims (Santa Fe New Mexican) 9/23/08
• • Celebrating the deal that brought prosperity to the Puyallups (Tacoma News Tribune) 9/22/08
Recognition & Enrollment
• • Order gives native groups some breaks (Star-Ledger) 10/1/08
• • Virginia briefing (Washington Post) 9/27/08
• • Lawmakers back recognizing tribes (Washington Times) 9/26/08
• • Overdue tribal status will validate Brothertown heritage (Fond du Lac Reporter) 9/18/08
Sacred Sites
• • State should stay away from easement (Rapid City Journal) 10/2/08
• • Lawmakers oppose easement at Bear Butte (Rapid City Journal) 9/25/08
• • Ruling on Comanche-Sill dispute coming soon (Army Times) 9/19/08
Sovereign Immunity
• • Congress is key to business equality in Falls (Niagara Gazette) 10/1/08
Tribal Government
• • Tribal governments under fire (Indian Country Today) 9/29/08
Tribal Jurisdiction
• • Labor jurisdiction dispute continues to play out at Mashantucket (Indian Country Today) 9/19/08
Voting
• • Big Hair recall vote set for Election Day (Billings Gazette) 10/1/08
• • Challenger elected tribal chairperson (Record-Eagle) 9/26/08
• • Tribe members head to polls again (Record-Eagle) 9/24/08
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