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Baker, Deborah. "Tribes, Governor Close to Agreement on New Compact," The
Associated Press State & Local Wire, 10 November 1999, AM cycle.
["SANTA FE -- Indian tribes and Gov. Gary Johnson are close to agreement on
a new gambling compact containing reduced payment provisions, lawmakers were
told Wednesday. . . .[Richard] Hughes [a Santa Fe lawyer involved in the
negotiations] said the new agreement, which would require the Legislature's
approval, will contain other revisions to the existing compacts as well as
the lower payments. He would not provide details, other than to say some
new provisions were aimed at making the pact more binding and more
enforceable."]
http://www.ap.org/
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Byrne, Caroline. "Truth of Suicide Study Tragically Reinforced," The San
Diego Union-Tribune, 10 November 1999, A16.
["LONDON -- A Canadian Indian preparing to deliver a report on high suicide
rates among his Innu tribesmen cut short his trip Monday after learning that
his son had shot and killed himself. Napes Ashini said he learned that his
15-year-old son, Andrew, had killed himself following a night of drinking in
Sheshatshui, Labrador. . . . Ashini said it was the third suicide in the
town of 1,500 this year. He said the lack of opportunities in
poverty-stricken Sheshatshui, 900 miles northeast of Montreal, has brought
chronic despair among tribal youth."]
http://www.uniontrib.com/
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"City Wants Money for Native Hostel," The Toronto Star, 10 November 1999.
["Paul Moloney Toronto is making a pitch for about $5 million in federal
government cash to open a hostel for native people and relieve pressure on
the city's jammed shelter system. ''The aboriginal peoples are supposed to
be a federal responsibility,'' Councillor Jack Layton (Don River), who
appeared before the House of Commons finance committee yesterday, said in an
interview. Layton, city council's driving force on housing issues, and
Councillor Brad Duguid (Scarborough City Centre), chair of the community
services committee, outlined Toronto's priorities for federal support before
the committee, which was meeting in Mississauga. The wish list included
requests for money for affordable housing, child- care programs and refugee
costs. City officials say native people make up 1.8 per cent of the city's
population but comprise 10 per cent of shelter users."]
http://www.thestar.com/
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Diaz, Kevin. "Heritage of Firefighters Under New Scrutiny; A Recent Hiring
by the Minneapolis Fire Department Has Revived Old Debates About Who
Qualifies as an American Indian Under City Policies," Star Tribune
(Minneapolis, MN), 10 November 1999, 1B.
["His code name in legal documents is "RR." His listed race, according to
human-resource documents, is "American Indian." And since spring, he's been
a full-fledged Minneapolis firefighter. For James Rodger Jr., the job
continues a family tradition. His father, James Rodger Sr., was appointed a
deputy fire chief last year as part of the incoming administration of Fire
Chief Rocco Forte, who took control with a mayoral mandate to integrate the
department's top ranks and heal long-term labor and racial strife. While
Forte is widely credited with creating a more harmonious department, his
decision to hire Rodger Jr. has stirred up old allegations in the Indian
community about people with false or tenuous claims to Indian heritage
abusing affirmative action to take jobs from bona fide Indians and other
minorities. Rodger Jr. claims Cherokee heritage through his paternal
grandmother, whose Wisconsin birth certificate lists her as Indian. But he
wasn't able to produce a tribal-enrollment number, a requirement of the
city's hiring protocol. . . . The dispute has reopened a rift with the
Minneapolis Firefighter Steering Committee, the panel that oversees the
department's integration efforts under a 1971 federal court decree known as
Carter v. Gallagher. And for city officials, it raises uncertainties about
who should be counted as an Indian, and how."]
http://www.startribune.com/
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Edwards, Keith. "Penobscot Speaker Brings Culture Alive to Students,"
Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), 10 November 1999, B1.
["GARDINER - Pray Street School students learned Tuesday how to make a
sleeping bag with nothing more than what they might find in the woods.
Barry Dana, a Penobscot Indian from Solon who teaches Wabanaki culture at
schools throughout the state, was at the elementary school all day. . . .
Dana operates the Preservation Center for Wabanaki Arts and Culture in
Solon, where he teaches an outdoor experiential program, birch-bark
canoe-making and other skills. 'It's important to be a real person, to be
in the classroom with them,' Dana said. 'So students don't just think we're
in a book.'"]
http://www.centralmaine.com/
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Gray, Madison J. "City Spotlight: Marygrove Hosts Native American Fall
Fest: Cultural Traditions of Various Indigenous U.S. Tribes Highlighted,"
The Detroit News, 10 November 1999, S2.
["While Native American Heritage Month is celebrated at various sites
throughout Michigan, Detroit also is showing a bit of the culture of the
nation's indigenous people. The Native American Fall Festival is coming to
Marygrove College's Liberal Arts building . . . . The event will bring
dancers, traders and cuisine from Native American culture for the public to
enjoy. "We've been trying to do more culturally diverse types of activities
on campus and this is one of the activities we are doing," said Gayle
Spencer-Thompson, director of special events at Marygrove College."]
http://www.detroitnews.com/
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"Mayoral Candidate Eyes Freedom for Indian Leader," The Times Union (Albany,
NY), 10 November 1999, A2.
["A San Francisco mayoral candidate [Tom Ammiano] has asked President
Clinton to grant clemency to American Indian leader Leonard Peltier, who is
serving two life sentences for killing two FBI agents in a 1975 gun battle
on a South Dakota reservation."]
http://www.timesunion.com/
SEE ALSO:
"Peltier Seeks Clemency," The Stuart News/Port St. Lucie News (Stuart,FL),
10 November 1999, A2.
http://www.tcpalm.com/portstlucie/index.shtml
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"Mediator: Land Claim Talks to Resume," The Associated Press State & Local
Wire, 10 November 1999, AM cycle.
["SENECA FALLS, N.Y. -- Local elections are over. County budgets are
approved. It's time to resume settlement talks in the Cayuga Indian land
claim dispute, says federal mediator Eric E. VanLoon of Boston, Mass. "The
trial on damages is scheduled to begin Jan. 4, another reason I want to get
the talks rolling again," VanLoon said. . . . By the end of November,
VanLoon said, he expects to make information regarding a potential
settlement public. However, sources close to the talks say land, money and
sovereignty issues could yet force the dispute to trial."]
http://www.ap.org/
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Miller, Roger. "Indians Want Cultural Respect," The Pantagraph
(Bloomington, IL), 10 November 1999, A4.
["American Indians aren't mascots, mystics or archaeological curiosities,
they are real people who want respect. That was the common thread running
through a panel discussion of Indian activists Tuesday night at Illinois
State University's Braden Auditorium. "We demand respect for our culture,"
said Michael Haney, executive director of the National Coalition on Racism
in Sports and the Media. Haney outlined recent successes in American Indian
efforts to secure legal protection for their history and dignity. . . .
Haney also has spearheaded a legal and public-opinion drive to remove
mascots and athletic team names that caricature Indians."]
http://www.pantagraph.com/
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Morain, Dan. "California and the West; Rapid Growth in Slot Machines
Predicted Under Tribal Pact," Los Angeles Times, 10 November 1999, A3.
["SACRAMENTO -- The gambling deal Gov. Gray Davis struck with California
Indian tribes two months ago could more than quintuple the number of slot
machines to 113,000 statewide, the legislative analyst's office said in a
letter Tuesday. The Davis administration had insisted that its accord with
the tribes in September would increase the number of machines only slightly.
. . . However, if the legislative analyst's estimate is accurate, California
would have the second largest number of slot machines in the nation after
Nevada, which has about 200,000 machines. . . . Davis spokesman Michael
Bustamante disputed Legislative Analyst Elizabeth Hill's estimate, saying:
"I don't know how she's doing her math. It doesn't sound like the numbers
that were discussed.""]
http://www.latimes.com/
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Mottram, Bob. "Group Questions Grays Harbor Chum Closure; Trade Association
Claims State Closed Fishery Despite ‘Limited Information’," The News
Tribune, 10 November 1999, C5.
["A spokesman for Washington's sportfishing industry says the state
Department of Fish and Wildlife ought to consider reopening the recreational
chum salmon fishery that it closed by emergency order Oct. 30 in the Grays
Harbor watershed. The agency closed such fishing at the same time in both
Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay, saying the number of chum returning to those
waters was lower than expected. Treaty Indian fishermen declined to reduce
their fishery in the Grays Harbor system, however, leading to a complaint
from Frank Urabeck, recreational fishing adviser to the Northwest Marine
Trade Association. "We were unhappy that we had a closure on sports that
seemed to be based on very limited information," Urabeck said. "We felt if
there were a true conservation concern based on true science that the
Quinault Tribe should not have a directed fishery on chum at the same time
we're closing the sport fishery." Quinault tribal officials did not return
telephone calls. However, the Department of Fish and Wildlife said the
Quinault fishery was directed not on chum, but on late-returning coho
salmon."]
http://www.tribnet.com/
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"New Legislative Committee Studies Tribal Affairs," The Associated Press
State & Local Wire, 10 November 1999, BC cycle.
["TOPEKA, Kan. -- A new legislative committee is studying the relationship
between state government and the four Indian tribes with reservations in
Kansas. "Indian issues have become more pronounced - and we're not just
talking about casinos and K-10 (South Lawrence Trafficway)," Sen. Lana
Oleen, chairwoman of the Committee on State-Tribal Relations, said Tuesday.
"Everyone on the committee, I think, has come to realize that there's a lot
to be done, and as long as there's a dialogue, there's a lot that we can
accomplish." But for that dialogue to work legislators need a better
understanding of Indian history, past interpretations of tribal law, and the
ever-changing and mostly undefined role of the state, Oleen told the
Lawrence Journal-World."]
http://www.ap.org/
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Novak, Shonda. "Census Bureau to Hire Indians to Help Tally State Tribal
Population," The Santa Fe New Mexican, 10 November 1999, B4.
["The U.S. Census Bureau plans to hire about 1,000 American Indians in New
Mexico to help count the state's tribal population. One Census official
says the agency whose job it is to count each head in the nation every
decade is bracing for a tough time recruiting them. . . . Regis Pecos,
executive director of the New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs, doesn't think
the government will have any problem finding enough people to do the Census
counts, even on pueblos with gaming operations."]
http://www.sfnewmexican.com/
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"Occaneechi Band to Try for Tribal Status in Appeal," News & Record
(Greensboro, NC), 10 November 1999, B2.
["HILLSBOROUGH -- The Occaneechi Band will be in court Dec. 6 to appeal a
state commission's refusal to recognize the group as a Native American
tribe. . . . In a 16-2 vote, the commission said the band didn't meet the
requirement of 200 years of unbroken tribal history in North Carolina. The
commission rejected an administrative law judge's ruling in the Occaneechis'
favor in December."]
http://www.thedepot.com/
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"P.E.I. First Nations Claim Betrayal Over Park," CBC Newsworld Online, 10
November 1999.
["CHARLOTTETOWN - Parks Canada is being criticized for its management of
the country's newest national park. Greenwich National Park in Prince
Edward Island is one of the most unusual ecosystems in North America. But
plans to build a hotel there have taken support groups by surprise. Now,
First Nations leaders on the island have torn up a memorandum of
understanding with Ottawa. They say the government was never interested in
co-operation, and is breaking the rules it set down."]
http://newsworld.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/go.pl?1999/11/10/pei_native991110
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Parmet, Sherry. "Schools Ban Symbols of American Indians: Mascots, Logos
and Names Depicting the Tribal People are Outlawed on a 6-1 Vote of the San
Bernardino City Unified Board," The Press-Enterpirse (Riverside, CA), 10
November 1999, B4.
["SAN BERNARDINO -- Mascots depicting American Indians have been banished
from San Bernardino schools. The school board on Tuesday voted 6-1 in
support of a resolution that eliminates the use of logos and mascots
portraying Indians. Only Trustee James Marinis voted against it, stating
that the mascots were selected years ago as a sign of respect. "How do we
know if what's politically correct today will be politically correct
tomorrow?" he said. . . . Trustee Lou Yeager voted for the resolution even
though he wanted to keep the option of using Indian logos in some
circumstances. Not all uses can be considered derogatory and violent, he
said. "If it's complimentary, I don't think we should ban all uses of
Indians in the area," he said."]
http://www.inlandempireonline.com/
[note: huh? don't want to be "used" at all..Ish]
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"Salt River Push Under Way to Share Gaming Revenue," The Associated Press
State & Local Wire, 10 November 1999, BC cycle.
["SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN COMMUNITY, Ariz. -- Keeping details of
casino and other tribal revenue confidential is a protective step, not one
designed to thwart change, the head of this suburban Indian community says.
Leaders of a movement seeking a direct share of gambling revenue for
community members say they are being foiled by leaders' refusal to disclose
key information. President Ivan Makil said Tuesday he will provide the
information by the end of the month and has delayed only to make sure it's
clear so it can be evaluated accurately. Since the tribe was given
petitions bearing 1,000 members' signatures seeking the direct payments, the
Tribal Council directed a five-member committee to examine the proposal.
"All you have to do is drive around the reservation and see the various
needs." said Garnet Gates, a former Tribal Council member who helped start
the petition drive. "The people are wondering where the money is going, and
it is not going into the community. You have people who can't meet their
daily needs.""]
http://www.ap.org/
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"Tobin Tells Innu to Help Selves," The London Free Press, 10 November 1999,
A11.
["ST. JOHN'S, NFLD. -- Newfoundland Premier Brian Tobin says Ottawa needs to
help the Innu, but they also need to help themselves. Tobin, responding to a
report on the high rate of suicide among the Labrador natives, said
yesterday the crisis can't be ignored any longer. Tobin said the federal
government should extend First Nations status to the Innu, allowing them to
qualify for more federal funding in the areas of health and education. The
Labrador Innu communities will stand to gain an additional $ 6 million for
social policy and economic development initiatives if the federal government
grants a request from the Innu for First Nation status."]
http://www.canoe.ca/LondonFreePress/home.html
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Wetzel, Dale. "Bureau of Indian Affairs Agrees to Delay Grazing Fee
Increase," The Associated Press State & Local Wire, 10 November 1999, PM
cycle.
["BISMARCK, N.D. -- Ranchers on the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation
have gotten a reprieve from steep increases in their grazing fees, which
they say would push their already struggling operations over the financial
cliff. Their lawsuit was put on hold Wednesday when the Bureau of Indian
Affairs agreed to allow the group of ranchers, who live in North Dakota and
South Dakota, to contest the higher rates through the agency's own
administrative channels. In the meantime, their grazing fees will remain
the same, attorneys said."]
http://www.ap.org/
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Whitney, David. "House Votes to Give Elim Natives 50,000 Acres," Anchorage
Daily News, 10 November 1999, 3B.
["Washington -- The House on Tuesday approved legislation that would grant
the Elim Native Corp. 50,000 acres that was sliced from its reservation by
presidential order in 1929. . . . New information discovered in government
records by the corporation revealed that the Natives were treated unfairly
when the executive order was signed by President Hoover, after appeals were
made to open eastern parts of the reservation to white fur traders."]
http://www.adn.com/
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