And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Indian Country Today News Briefs..see URL for complete stories
Week of August 9 - 16, 1999
http://indiancountry.com/Headline.html
SECTION A
Chad Smith wins Cherokee hot seat
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. - In a surprising upset, the Cherokee Nation, the second largest
in America, elected 48-year-old attorney Chad Smith of Sapulpa as its new principal
chief ousting incumbent Joe Byrd.
Indian 'Elvis' spreads message of Healing
COLLINGWOOD, Ontario - They started calling Geronimo Henry "Elvis" shortly after
he returned to the reserve from residential school with sideburns and wearing his jet
black hair Presley style.
Slaying pawn and loan sharks
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - Following decades of outrageous interest rates - as high as
300 percent - leading to jewelry losses and seizures of mobile homes and vehicles, the
Navajo Nation Council passed a new consumer protection law.
SECTION B
BIA in trouble for lobbying
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Two Aberdeen Area BIA employees are in trouble for lobbying
against pending legislation.
Traditional games revived by Blackfeet
BROWNING, Mont. - Arm wrestling on horseback? That is just one of several dozen
competitions slated Aug. 15-21 at the First International Traditional Games on the
Blackfeet Indian Reservation.
Tornado victims struggle to pick up pieces
OGLALA, S.D. - A month and a half after tornados ripped their small community on
the Pine Ridge reservation asunder, residents of Oglala struggle with their losses and
grief.
