And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: MaryM..thanks..! Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 07:18:37 EST Subject: Nebraska/PONCA Jim McKee column: Ponca's first settlers ignored land-owning issues http://www.journalstar.com/stories/lif/sto1 (entire article at this Link) In May 1856, 10 potential Nebraska settlers, primarily from Pennsylvania, camped on Aowa Creek just across from what a crude sign warned was "Indian Territory." The sign was not only ignored but kicked over by some of the men who saw the other side of the stream as a perfect town site with abundant timber and water. Although the area was not included in the lands surveyed by the U.S. government and therefore not available for settlement, Frank West and Solomon B. Stough informally platted a 24-square-block town they named Ponca after the Indians that had been inhabiting the land. That same year Dexter and Whitcomb set up a sawmill "on the Missouri bottom," enabling three unidentified men to build the first house of logs and boards. <SNIP> (entire article at Link above) Change state constitution for tribes' sake Editorial Opinion No Author Specified http://www.journalstar.com/stories/edd/stox Ever since the Santee opened the tiny Ohiya casino on their reservation in an effort to struggle out of poverty, state and federal officials have tried zealously to shut the place down. They've seized slot machines on the highway. They tried to throw the Santee tribal leaders in prison. They've tried to seize bank accounts despite pleas by the tribe that it would take food and medicine from families. Even though other states have negotiated compacts with tribes to permit casinos on reservations, state and federal officials in Nebraska have battled the Santee through the courts. <SNIP> (entire story at Link) Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. <><<<<<>>>>><><<<<> Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ <><<<<<>>>>><><<<<>
