And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: NOTE: INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY MAY BE FOUND ON LINE AT: http://www.indiancountry.com/ Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 06:19:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Larry Kibby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Via: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: In The News : : : NOTE: THESE ARE NOT THE WHOLE STORIES, BUT EXCERPT FROM MY RECENT COPY OF.. "INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY - April 19-26, 1999" TREATY TRIBES ARE JUBILANT! Olympia, Wash. - The U. S. Supreme Court announced last week it would not consider the petition by the Puget Sound Shellfish Growers to review the 1994 9th Circuit Court decision that reaffirmed shellfish harvesting rights of 16 Native American tribes in Washington State. The State of Washington and private tideland owners also had petitions before the High Court which were denied. The affected treaty tribes in Western Washington were uniformly jubilant. "The Supreme Court did the right thing in deciding not to hear this case," said Billy Frank Jr., chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. "Once again the Supreme Court has made it clear that the tribe's treaty reserved rights to natural resources in Western Washington are as valid today as the day the treaties were signed. This is a great victory." END TOHONO O'ODHAM OCCUPY INI AGENCY OFFICES IN MEXICO Carboca, Mexico - Tohono O'odham took over federal Indian agency offices here, vowing to maintain the occupation until the government agrees to recognize and negotiate with traditional Tohono O'odham leaders. About 50 men, women and children arrived without money or food or transportation home, informing the agency staff to remove their belongings and clear out of the federal offices of the Instituto Nacional Indigenista(INI), until a government to government agreement can be reached. "If the government refuses to negotiate with us, we will go on a hunger strike," said Jose Pinucles, member of the Tohono O'odham executive committee and chief negotiator during the April 5 takeover. "The government has not shown any respect for the Indigenous people, said Joe Garcia, governor of the Tohon O'odham in Mexico. Gov. GArcia said INI, the equivalent of the BIA in the United States, has refused to provide the traditional Tohono O'odham with financial reports concerning funds the government claims to have been allocated for the people. "We want everything out on the table. There is so much corruption, the people can't find work," said Jose Sanchez of the community of San Franciscito, we want to be able to feed our families." "They let other people who are not Indigenous take over our lands and cattle - and those people live like kings." The takeover was in Carboca, in the heart of Tohono O'odham ancestral territory, during the week Carboca celebrates the 6 De Abril. The cultural festival of dances and music recognizes a day when O'odham defended the city from invaders. END REDSKINS - TRADEMARK REVOKED Washington, D. C. - It's official, the Washington Redskins' trademark registration will be canceled. On April 2, a three-member federal trademark panel revoked the Washington Reskins' federal trademark protection, saying the team's name is disparaging to American Indians and brings them into disrepute. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board granted a petition filed by seven prominent American Indians in 1992 to cancel the team's trademark registration because of a federal law that prohibits registering "disparaging" names and logos. The ruling does not prevent the team from using the Redskins name and logo, but could jeopardize millions in revenue, in which all National Football League teams share, from sale of Redskin merchandise. The team will no longer be able to use federal law to prevent others from putting the logos on items such as T-shirts, caps and pennants. The Petitioners are: Raymond Apodaca; Dr. Manley Begay Jr.; Vine Deloria Jr.; Susan Shown Harjo; Norbert S. Hill Jr.; William Means; Mateo Romero Cochiti. END CROW `WANNABE' PHOTO ANGERS TRIBE Hardin, Montana - The State of Montana was host to 9.25 million tourists last year, many of who stopped at Crow Indian Reservation in Southeastern Montana. But Crow tribal officials are protesting a photograph featured on the front cover of a local travel guide funded by a state bed tax. The guide, distributed throughout their reservation at businesses and historic sites, features a photograph of a non-Indian actor advertising a reenactment of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. The tribe has responded to the actor's portrayal of a Native American with a letter signed by Tribal Chairwoman, Clara Nomee. "The Crow Tribe construes your photograph as a racist approach to capitalism and fraud," she wrote. "The Crow Tribe protest your commercialization of Native Americans in general and further, utilizing a non-Indian who is purportedly a Native American is simply not acceptable. If your publication utilized a photograph of a true Native American and explained the significance of the dress and appearance it would certainly be acceptable throughout Indian Country." The letter was addressed to Edythe McCleary, executive director of Custer County and Gov. Marc Racicot. Tourism dollars top $1 billion in the state, but tribes like the Crow and Northern Cheyenne have long complained that the money spent on their reservations goes into Non-Indian owned Businesses. 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