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Men who have died over past 16 months along Rapid Creek
09/08/99
The men who have died over the past 16 months
along Rapid Creek in Rapid City, S.D:
_Benjamin P. Long Wolf, 36, sometimes worked
as construction laborer. Blood alcohol content was
0.374 percent. Found May 21, 1998.
_George E. Hatten Jr., 56, artist. Blood alcohol
content was 0.364 percent. Found May 31, 1998.
_Alan Hough, 42, no occupation. Only small
amount of alcohol in blood. Found July 4, 1998.
_Randelle E. Two Crow, 48, no occupation. Blood
alcohol content was 0.515 percent. Found Dec. 8,
1998.
_Loren J. Two Bulls, 33, artist. Blood alcohol
content was 0.531 percent. Found Dec. 9, 1998.
_Dirk R. Bartling, 44, sometimes worked as
carpenter. Blood alcohol content was 0.288
percent. Found May 29.
_Arthur J. Chamberlain, 45, no occupation.
Elevated blood alcohol content. Found June 7.
_Timothy Bull Bear Sr., 49, educator. Blood
alcohol content was 0.26 percent. Found July 8.
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Fire spreads to 2,000 acres on Warm Springs reservation
09/08/99
Firefighting officials used satellite readings to track
a wildfire that is blazing across nearly 2,600 acres
on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in central
Oregon, threatening at least one home.
Fire management spokesman Carrie Sammons said
Monday night that the fire had been lined and was
about 65 percent contained. She said crews would
work through the night. >>>
At a Glance - College Enrollment
09/08/99
American Indian enrollment at New Mexico state
colleges, fall 1998, as provided by the schools.
Glance includes school, total enrollment, American
Indian enrollment and American Indian enrollment
as a percentage of students. Enrollment statistics for
fall 1999 are still incomplete. >> see website for chart
Chief of Eastern Band unseated in Cherokee elections
09/07/99
A former tribal council member and chief
magistrate has unseated incumbent Joyce C. Dugan
to become principal chief of the Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians.
Unofficial results from Thursday's tribal elections
show Leon D. Jones with 1,699 votes, compared to
1,285 for Dugan.
Some voters said Dugan's perceived inaccessibility
to tribe members was part of the reason for her
defeat. >>>>
Federal officials urged a crowd of...
09/07/99
Federal officials urged a crowd of more than 1,000
residents that it was in their best interests to work
out a settlement _ and soon _ in the land claim
dispute with the Cayuga Indian Nation.
It was a message that got a cool reception.
"Two hundred years is enough. Let's put this
behind us and negotiate a settlement that moves
everyone ahead," said James F. Simon, a U.S.
deputy assistant attorney.
"Litigation may take another 10 years, and you
have no say in the damages awarded by a court,"
said Simon. >>>
Tensions raised by killings in South Dakota
09/07/99
Wild Rice planted below Ojibwa Park 5 years ago ready for
harvest
09/07/99
Five years ago Mike Donofrio, a Keweenaw Bay
Indian Community fish biologist, planted wild rice
near the Lake Superior shore below Ojibwa Park
and "let it go."
No one has done much with the crop since then,
and now it's "nice and thick" and ready for harvest,
said Sharon Nelis of the Great Lakes Indian Fish
and Wildlife Commission.
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