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[1]
Brokaw, Chet. "FEMA Focus Shifts to Temporary Housing for Tornado
Victims," The Associated Press State & Local Wire, 11 June 1999, BC cycle.
["The Federal Emergency Management Agency will now focus on finding
temporary housing for hundreds of people left homeless by last weekend's
tornadoes on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. About 160 dwellings were
destroyed or seriously damaged by tornadoes that struck June 5 and 6. One
person was killed and more than 40 were injured ... FEMA now will try to
move in manufactured houses, mobile homes or other housing to provide
temporary shelter for people who lost their homes, FEMA spokesman Jerry
Oakley said Thursday."]
http://www.ap.org/
[2]
Cart, Julie. "A Theory of Anasazi Savagery," Los Angeles Times, 11 June
1999, A1.
[CHACO CANYON, N.M.: "It has been called one of the great prehistoric
anthropological puzzles: What caused the Anasazi people--who over centuries
had developed one of the most sophisticated civilizations in North
America--to abandon their beautiful stone cities? ... Here, in a stark
desert landscape presided over by brooding red mesas, some clues lie buried
... Chopped up human bones with curious marks suggesting systematic cutting
and scraping. Signs that indicate groups of people were killed, butchered,
then the flesh cleaned from their bones ... Scientists have long puzzled
over the meaning of these artifacts. Now, at least one chilling explanation
has come forth. With the publication this spring of "Man Corn: Cannibalism
and Violence in the Prehistoric American Southwest," which he wrote with
his late wife, anthropologist Jacqueline Turner, physical anthropologist
Christy Turner has managed to anger Native Americans, rile scientists,
horrify New Agers and provide a fascinating theoretical glimpse into the
collapse of a great civilization ... The book, published by the University
of Utah Press, debunks the traditional view of the Anasazi as peaceful
agriculturalists, whose modern-day descendants are the highly spiritual
Hopi, Zuni and Pueblo people ... Turner contends that a "band of
thugs"--Toltecs, for whom cannibalism was part of religious practice--made
their way to Chaco Canyon from central Mexico. These invaders used
cannibalism to overwhelm the unsuspecting Anasazi and terrorize the
populace into submission over a period of 200 years."]
http://www.latimes.com/
[3]
Ellig, Tracy. "County Wants to Avoid Gambling with Tribe," The
Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA), 11 June 1999, B1.
["The Spokane Tribe wants 145 acres it owns on the western edge of Airway
Heights taken into trust by the federal government, but a tough-talking
letter from Spokane County commissioners is getting in the way. Once taken
into trust, the land would be exempt from property taxes. The tribe wants
to put some sort of commercial development on the land, such as a mall.
But in February, commissioners sent a letter to the Department of Interior
objecting to the tribe's trust application on the grounds that the land
might be used to build a casino. The commission also wondered who would
have jurisdiction over the property once taken into trust and if zoning and
building regulations would be followed. The Interior Department is holding
up the tribe's application until it sees evidence the county's concerns are
addressed, said David Lundgren, an attorney for the Spokane Tribe."]
http://www.spokane.net/
[4]
[Hazlett, Mark], "Indians Insulted in Legislature," The Advocate (Baton
Rouge, LA.), 11 June 1999, 8B.
["With great disgust and even greater dismay, I read of the recent
buffoonery on the House floor when state Rep. Charles DeWitt, D-Lecompte,
presented Rep. Charles Riddle, D-Marksville, a "makeshift peace pipe and a
red Indian headdress."As an American Indian, a taxpayer and a citizen of
this state, I find this behavior reprehensible. Mr. DeWitt and his
colleagues are an embarrassment to the citizens of this state. Why do
government officials of this state take great pride in giving enormous tax
breaks to non-American Indian industries, but somehow think that American
Indian casinos are getting a free ride because they pay less tax than other
casinos? ... Mr. Riddle is no more a friend of American Indians than Mr.
DeWitt or Gov. Mike Foster. I find the actions and his complicity wholly
offensive and so obviously racist that I can hardly believe that anyone
would stoop so low to even do this ... I insist that the House apologize
for the immature actions performed on the floor, for they hurt not only the
American Indian peoples, but the reputation of the Legislature and the
state of Louisiana."]
http://www.theadvocate.com/
[5]
Ismael, Katie. "Sequoia Lodge Blessed," The Fresno Bee, 11 June 1999, B1.
["With a backdrop of snow-patched mountain peaks, the ground of the new
Wuksachi Lodge was blessed during a grand-opening ceremony Thursday.
Members of the Wuksachi tribe came spreading the scent of sage and the beat
of drums to bless their namesake -- the park's first significant new hotel
in more than a decade. The $ 15 million lodge includes three hotels
housing 102 guest rooms and a main building that houses the registration,
dining room and gift shop. They opened May 22. The buildings are at 7,200
feet elevation and six miles north of the sequoia grove, where the park's
former hotel complex, Giant Forest Village, was built around the turn of
the century."]
http://www.fresnobee.com/
[6]
Ketcham, Brock. "Funds Found for Native Police to Patrol Former Military
Base," Calgary Herald, 11 June 1999, B8.
["The Tsuu T'ina First Nation has been given provincial funding to hire two
additional police officers and open a satellite office this weekend at the
former Harvey Barracks where an urban population has emerged in recent
months, Chief Roy Whitney and Premier Ralph Klein announced Thursday ...
Klein and Whitney said the problem of how to deal with outsiders who helped
themselves to housing at the barracks -- now renamed Black Bear Crossing --
is one that must be dealt with co-operatively by all levels of government,
including the national defence department which now leases the land."]
http://www.calgaryherald.com/
[7]
"Klamath Tribes Elect New Chairman in New Balloting," The Associated Press
State & Local Wire, 11 June 1999, AM cycle.
["Affirming the recounted results of a disputed election last March, the
Klamath Tribes have elected Allen Foreman to be their new chairman, the
tribes announced Friday. In results certified by the tribal election
board, Foreman defeated incumbent Jeff Mitchell 183-175. Other candidates
included Joe Kirk with 128 votes, Steve Weiser, 95, Phil Tupper, 26, and
Georgene A. Wright-Nelson, 21. Mitchell said the vote represents the will
of the tribes, and he will work to see Foreman sworn in as soon as possible."]
http://www.ap.org/
[8]
Levy, Harold. "OPP Won't Discipline Two Officers," The Toronto Star, 11
June 1999, News.
["The Ontario Provincial Police will not take disciplinary action against
officers accused of giving dishonest and fabricated testimony during the
trial of an officer in the death of an Indian activist.
Superintendent Robert Fitches said there will be no internal proceedings
against Constable Chris Cossitt or Acting Sergeant Kenneth Deane, who was
convicted of criminal negligence in the fatal shooting of Anthony (Dudley)
George on Sept. 6, 1995, during a standoff with native protesters at
Ipperwash Provincial Park ... The decision by Deane's superiors saddened
Sam George, Dudley's brother, but he said it did not surprise him. ''They
are showing their contempt for the courts,'' he said. General counsel Alan
Borovoy of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association called on
Solicitor-General Bob Runciman ''to take whatever steps are necessary to
deal with this matter in a more satisfactory way.''"]
http://www.thestar.com/
[9]
Lopez, Ruth. "Native American Arts Alliance Goes to Venice," The Santa Fe
New Mexican, 11 June 1999, P32.
["The effort to send Native American artists to the 1999 Venice Biennale
began after Santa Fe sculptor Bob Haozous and his wife, Nancy Marie Mithlo,
returned from a visit to the 1997 biennial. Inspired in part by the
Canadian pavilion curated by Native American artist Gerald McMasters,
Haozous and Mithlo decided the biennial needed a pavilion for Native
American work from the United States. The Native American Arts Alliance
(NA3), a group of seven board members, formed to raise the necessary funds
and select the artists ... Official participation in the biennial requires
a nation affiliation. NA3 found a way around that, going under its own flag
and sovereign status as Native people. The biennial board accepted the
association's proposal, a first for the Venice Biennale and for Native
Americans ... The nine artists chosen to participate are Rick Glazer Denay,
Harry Fonseca, Haozous, Frank LaPena, Simon Ortiz, Buffy St. Marie, Jaune
Quick-To-See Smith, Kay WalkingStick and Richard Ray Whitman."]
http://www.sfnewmexican.com/
[10]
"Man Faces Charges in Apache Food Case," Albuquerque Journal, 11 June 1999, C3.
["A Farmington man has been accused of overcharging the Jicarilla Apache
tribe nearly $50,000 for food he was selling to a tribal business. Ronald
J. Garcia, 52, is being charged with 21 counts of theft from an Indian
tribal organization and 21 counts of mail fraud, according to the U.S.
Attorney's Office in Albuquerque. Each charge carries a maximum penalty of
five years in prison and a $250,000 fine."]
http://www.abqjournal.com/
[11]
Marshall, Andy. "Youth Worker Warns of Native Gang Activity," Calgary
Herald, 11 June 1999, B6.
["Andy Marshall, Calgary Herald A former Winnipeg gang member now working
with aboriginal youth says police are downplaying the extent of native
youth gang activities in Calgary. ''I don't want to upset anyone in
Calgary . . . (but) I know they know more than they publicly claim,'' said
Troy Rupert, a former cocaine addict who spent most of his life between the
years of 18 and 27 in jail, including a three-year term for armed robbery.
With his life turned around, Rupert will today urge 350 native young people
attending an aboriginal youth conference in Calgary it's not cool to belong
to gangs. ''I want to bring reality,'' he said Thursday. While he would
not estimate how many of Calgary's native youth are active in gangs, Rupert
noted there was little gang activity in Winnipeg five years ago, but now
the tentacles of groups like the Posse and the Warriors are reaching out to
Calgary."]
http://www.calgaryherald.com/
[12]
Miller, Bill. "U.S. and Indians Argue Over State of Trust Funds," The
Washington Post, 11 June 1999, A35.
["The Clinton administration yesterday sought to convince a skeptical
federal judge that it was making strides toward reforming an antiquated
trust fund system maintained on behalf of 500,000 Native Americans. But
lawyers for the Indians countered that history shows that government
promises won't bring results. U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth began
hearing testimony yesterday in a class action lawsuit that contends the
federal government has made such a shambles of the trust fund program that
the only solution is court control. The lawsuit, filed by the Native
American Rights Fund, alleges that decades of mismanagement have deprived
Indians of billions of dollars. At issue is the government's stewardship
of the Individual Indian Money Trust Fund, established to hold and disburse
income generated for Native American beneficiaries ... "We're not here to
rehash the problems of the past," declared government lawyer Tom C. Clark
II in his opening remarks in court. "But we're not here to duck them
either. We're here to tell you how we're going to solve them." Clark
insisted that court intervention is not necessary because a 13-point reform
plan developed by Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt is moving forward in
"high gear," including the installation of a computer system to begin
straightening out records ... But Thaddeus Holt, a lawyer for the Indians,
said similar initiatives were trumpeted in the past but collapsed because
of a lack of commitment. "Sadly, it's an example of one more breach of
faith with the original inhabitants of this land," he said."]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
[13]
[Sandage, Douglas S.] "Omaha Archdiocese Drive Will Benefit Winnebago Indian
School," The Associated Press State & Local Wire, 11 June 1999, BC cycle.
["The Omaha Archdiocese has launched a $ 1.5 million campaign to expand and
renovate the 90-year-old St. Augustine Indian Mission School in Winnebago."]
http://www.ap.org/
[14]
Rochman, Bonnie. "Tribal Status Sought Again," The News and Observer
(Raleigh, NC), 11 June 1999, B1.
["In the latest development in a nine-year battle, the N.C. Commission on
Indian Affairs is set to consider today whether to recognize the Occaneechi
Band of the Saponi Nation as the eighth Indian tribe in the state. The
commission, a state board composed of representatives of North Carolina's
seven officially recognized tribes, has ruled against the Hillsborough-area
tribe twice since 1990 ... Each of the 19 Indian members has a vote, as do
the five state officials who sit on the board, Richardson said ... In the
past, the commission has turned down the Occaneechi's request on grounds
that they have not successfully documented the 200 years of uninterrupted
tribal history required for recognition. The Occaneechi claim they have
documented 300 years, but the commission has maintained that the account of
the 450-member tribe's past is riddled with holes."]
http://www.news-observer.com/
[15]
Rogers, John. "Michigan Indian Tribe Plans Branson-Area Theme Park," The
Associated Press State & Local Wire, 11 June 1999, BC cycle.
["It's the kind of theme park Walt Disney would build if he were still
alive, developer Michael Carney says of the 1,000-acre entertainment
complex he hopes to put in the hills just west of Branson. The park,
tentatively scheduled to open by 2002, is to include a whole section of
roller coasters - "I love 'em," says Carney - as well as a replica of a
small Missouri town circa 1950, an old-fashioned state fair, a section for
arts and crafts and a section representing the Indian nations of North
America ... The plans call for the theme park to be built on 1,000 acres
overlooking Table Rock Lake that would be turned into an Indian
reservation. The park would be operated by the Lac Vieux Desert Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, a small tribe known for the casino it runs
on its Michigan reservation. That connection has raised suspicions among
some area residents that the proposal, which also calls for a huge
convention center, may really be the first step toward bringing gambling to
the Ozarks."]
http://www.ap.org/
[16]
Shesgreen, Deirdre. "Bond Rips HUD Funding of Tribe's Tobacco Shop," St.
Louis Post-Dispatch, 11 June 1999, A14.
["The small retail strip going up just outside of Reno, Nev., in a
residential community near the California border, may look unimposing, no
different than any other suburban shopping outlet. But the project, being
built by the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, has created a small firestorm and
attracted the ire of a key Missouri senator. The reason? One of the stores
planned for the strip is an Indian smoke shop. And as Sen. Christopher
"Kit" Bond, R-Mo., recently discovered, the Department of Housing and Urban
Development is footing the bill for much of the construction costs ... Bond
said he found it odd that President Bill Clinton's administration - which
has spent considerable energy railing against tobacco and looking for ways
to cut teen-age smoking - would fork over money to build a store that sells
cigarettes at cut-rate prices."]
http://www.postnet.com/
[17]
Taylor, Drew Hayden. "I Don't Have Any Time for 'Indian Time,'" The
Toronto Star, 11 June 1999, Reader Forum.
["If there's one thing I (and I'm sure a gajillion others) hate in this
world, it's stereotypes. In fact, much of the work I do as a playwright and
journalist deals with addressing those inaccurate and often damaging
images, particularly the native ones. But if there's even one thing in
this world I hate more than stereotypes, it's people who use those
stereotypes, quite often of themselves, as an excuse for poor behaviour. I
was recently in Vancouver where a play of mine was in production, with
several native actors in the cast. During rehearsal, one of the actors was
proving annoyingly difficult, lacking the ability to show up on time ...
Several days later, his best friend (oddly enough, a non-native person)
phoned the theatre office to complain. He accused the company of being
racist and failing to understand that native people are ''culturally unable
to be on time.'' ... Basically, forcing native people to watch the clock
was colonial oppression ... I was not aware that being tardy was one of
those aboriginal rights constantly being argued about in treaties ... What
makes this so annoying is that traditionally, native people did respect
time ... The native people had to be able to move and react instantly.
Nature waits for no people. That's why I've always had a problem with
those who abuse the concept of ''Indian time.'' My mother, who has spent
most of her life on the reserve, her first language is Ojibway, and can be
classified as being as ''Indian'' as anybody, prides herself on never being
late for an appointment."]
http://www.thestar.com/
[18]
Thompson, Estes. "Ocaneechi Band Loses Second Bid for State Recognition As
A Tribe," The Associated Press State & Local Wire, 11 June 1999, AM cycle.
["The Occaneechi Band failed a second time Friday to persuade the state
Commission on Indian Affairs it deserves state recognition as a tribe. The
commission rejected the band's request, 16-2. The commission said the
Alamance County band didn't meet the state requirement of 200 years of
unbroken tribal history in North Carolina. It also only met three other
criteria for recognition when the state requires that five be met, the
commission said. "There are some Indian people, but we just don't have a
tribe," said commission member Ruth Ealing ... Occaneechi attorney Alan
McSurley said the band will appeal the decision through the courts."]
http://www.ap.org/
[19]
[Letter to the Editor]: "Tribal Sovereignty -- Native Americans Retain
Legal Control of Land to Save It for All," The Seattle Times, 11 June 1999, B5.
["Congratulations to The Times for publishing Paul VanDevelder's piece on
Native American sovereignty. With only one tribal reservation here in
Texas, those of us hungry for news from Indian country must look West.
Unfortunately, when we do, we often find the press in the back pockets of
the mining and timber interests. The long-fashionable no deposit/no return
approach to natural and human-resources management provides no spiritual
rewards - and the day is fast approaching when the material rewards will
also be tapped out ... It is particularly ironic that the Native Americans,
who had no concept of "owning" land legally (remember Chief Seattle's
words), and from whom occupation of the land was wrested by military might
and governmental guile, now retain enough legal control of the land to save
it for all of us - whites included."]
http://www.seattletimes.com/
[20]
Utley, Michael. "Tunnel Drilling On Hold," The Press-Enterprise
(Riverside, CA), 11 June 1999, A1.
["Regional water officials have temporarily stopped drilling a tunnel
through the San Bernardino Mountains because of concerns that too much
groundwater is seeping into the 4.5-mile passageway. The stoppage was
prompted by complaints from a local Indian tribe that the tunnel - part of
a $ 1.2 billion water pipeline project - is slowly depleting natural
springs that the tribe intends to tap for a new bottled-water business ...
Drilling is expected to resume after small cracks around the $ 90 million
tunnel are sealed, which should take about a month, said Tim Skrove, a
spokesman for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California."]
http://www.inlandempireonline.com
[21]
"Waunakee Warrior Logo Backed," Capital Times (Madison, WI), 11 June 1999, 12A.
["Concluding that the school district's spear-and-feather logo reflects
respect and honor rather than discrimination, a school district task force
has recommended that the district retain it. The logo was targeted by an
American Indian rights group as being discriminatory and fostering
stereotypes. High school athletic teams are known as the Waunakee Warriors.
The Wisconsin Indian Education Association's Indian Mascot and Logo Task
Force contends Waunakee is the only school district in Dane County with a
mascot offensive to American Indians."]
http://www.thecapitaltimes.com/
[NOTE: information on Wisconsin mascots at:
http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/racial/wisc.htm ]
[22]
"White Earth Spiritual Leader, Activist Dies at 61," The Associated Press
State & Local Wire, 11 June 1999, BC cycle.
[ST. LOUIS PARK, MN: "Larry Cloud-Morgan, an Indian peace activist,
spiritual leader and linguist of the Ojibwe language, has died from
complications caused by diabetes. He died Tuesday at Methodist Hospital at
age 61. Cloud-Morgan, who was born Feb. 1, 1938, in Cass Lake, was an
enrolled member of the White Earth band but grew up on the Leech Lake
Reservation. He considered himself a resident of both."]
http://www.ap.org/
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