And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SECTION A The tobacco wars ignite http://www.indiancountry.com/A1.html ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Big tobacco is back in court again after 34 Indian nations filed a lawsuit June 16 seeking millions of dollars in restitution from the nation's largest tobacco companies for smoking-related medical costs Natives first atomic bomb victims http://www.indiancountry.com/A2.html LAGUNA PUEBLO, N.M. - They came from South America, Mexico and Alaska. They arrived from Shoshone, Lakota and Hualapai ancestral lands - medicine people of the Columbia River, ore gatherers of the Northwest Territories, and river people of the Amazon. Santee called on contempt charges http://www.indiancountry.com/A3.html OMAHA, Neb. - The Santee Sioux Tribe and the individual council members are ordered to appear in federal court June 25 to show cause why they should not be held in contempt. SECTION B California governor won't appeal Ward Valley halt http://www.indiancountry.com/B1.html SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gray Davis says he will not appeal a federalcourt decision to halt transfer of land at Ward Valley for a nuclear waste dump. U.N. report calls for protection of sacred sites http://www.indiancountry.com/B2.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States is open to a vast mosaic of religions and beliefs, but there is widespread fear of Muslims and inadequate protection for Native American traditions, according to a United Nations report. 'Money rock' brings death, creates a village of widows http://www.indiancountry.com/B3.html D�LINE, Northwest Territories - The gentle Dene of the Northwest Territories fished and hunted caribou before the money rock was found at their Great Bear Lake. SECTION C Membership problems void four elections http://www.indiancountry.com/C1.html WASHINGTON, D.C. - In an unusual move the BIA has stepped in to solve an election dispute between political factions of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe in Michigan. Comic book focuses on tribal sovereignty http://www.indiancountry.com/C2.html ONAMIA, Minn. - The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe has found a unique way of teaching about the complex subject of sovereignty - in the colorful pages of a comic book. FEMA focus shifts to temporary housing for tornado victims http://www.indiancountry.com/C3.html OGLALA, S.D. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency immediate focus has been on finding temporary housing for hundreds left homeless by tornadoes that swept through the Pine Ridge Indian reservation. . Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
