And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [excerpted from 9-25/27-99 California Indian Gaming E-News Digest...pechanga.net] Dancing in the street LAURA EMBRY / Union-Tribune http://http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/990926-0010_1m26fairs.html Steven Strongheart Bull of Rapid City, S.D., prepares his bald eagle feathers before a dance performance at the International Friendship Festival on Saturday in El Cajon. San Diego County reveled in music, games and heritage at various festivals over the weekend. California Indian History Rooted In Stories Conference captivated http://www.inlandempireonline.com/news/news3.shtml -- SAN BERNARDINO -- It's a story that spiritual leader "Uncle Louie" Alvarez swears is true, and one that captivated an audience Sunday at California State University, San Bernardino. It was the story of Tahquitz, an American Indian hunter who forsook his tribe because of greed, then started harassing tribal members. NAACP Agrees To Back Indian Cause - (WICHITA) -- The N-double-A-C-P has reversed course and is joining a Wichita dispute surrounding the Indian name of the North High School mascot. For several years, Clem Iron Horse has led the quest to get the high school to change its team name from Redskins. The 55-year-old Wichitan is a Lakota Sioux who grew up on a South Dakota reservation. Two years ago, he put up a Web site that suggested the N-double-A-C-P is a racist organization for ignoring his cause. The tactic worked. The association's president is directing Wichita's local chapter to help Iron Wing. Tribe Sues For Gambling Rights - (OKLAHOMA CITY) -- The Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma wants Governor Frank Keating to allow casino gambling on the tribe's reservation. The tribe is suing after eight years of trying to force the governor to allow Class Three gambling. The state is NOT obligated to allow gambling by the tribe if officials are opposed to the practice. Casino gambling is outlawed in the state of Oklahoma. Tribal Leaders Appeal To Washington - (ARIZONA) -- Tribal leaders at the Tohono O'Odham nation are asking Washington for help. They want federal legislation passed that would let them cross the border with Mexico using tribal identification. They say part of their reservation is in Mexico. Tribal Leaders Prepare For Trial - (SYRACUSE, NY) -- Leaders of the Cayuga Indian tribe are preparing for trial. They are trying to reclaim more than 64-thousand acres of land in Cayuga and Seneca Counties. Negotiators tried to work something out, but couldn't get either side in the claim to budge much. The trial is set for December second. Tribe Buys Bank - (HINCKLEY, MN) -- The Mille Lacs Band of Objibwe is buying the Rural American Bank of Hinckley. The Federal Reserve Bank has given its approval. Tribal officials say this is part of a move to diversify the reservation's economy. It also gives them an opportunity to provide services and capital to other businesses and entrepreneurs on the reservation. Native Americans March In Rapid City - (RAPID CITY) -- The latest in a series of protests by Native Americans concerned with their living conditions in South Dakota brought about one-hundred marchers to Rapid City. The protesters called for equal justice in the courts and an end to racism. Earlier marches were held on the Pine Ridge Reservation and in Mobridge. The group called attention to a pair of unsolved murders on the Pine Ridge Reservation. They say a dual system of justice exists in South Dakota, one for whites and another for Indians. Sunday, September 26th, 1999 National Indian museum hard-Won http://www.denverpost.com/news/news0925.htm -- WASHINGTON - When Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo., plunges a shovel into the National Mall on Tuesday morning, he will be helping build what some may describe as a monument to himself. Without the persistent pressure of Campbell and other Indian activists, the National Museum of the American Indian probably still would be on the drawing board. "He was absolutely essential,'' said W. Richard West, a Stanford- and Harvard-educated Native American who will direct the new facility. Aboriginal judge seeking new path to justice http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/stories/990926/2913260.html -- Tony Mandamin is being careful, choosing his words with deliberation, being firm. But somehow, he's still unconvincing when he says he'd rather not discuss his new job. He's slated to be the first aboriginal judge in charge of a groundbreaking court that will meld native and traditional justice for the first time in Alberta. "I'm afraid I'll have to refer you to the chief judge," he says. Then moments later, he calls back. "I have been authorized to give you my resume," he says with, perhaps, just a hint of humour. Canadian Mohawks plan to set up cyber casino http://www.southam.com/calgaryherald/newsnow/cpfs/national/990925/n092507.html -- MONTREAL (CP) - Mohawks on the Kahnawake reserve south of Montreal plan to use a legally grey area of cyberspace to tap into Internet gambling. The Kahnawake band council has thrown its support behind a scheme to set up an Internet service provider, or ISP, that offers online gambling. It's the kind of questionable economic activity that has triggered raids by the Quebec provincial police or RCMP in the past. Taking Care Of M other Earth American Indians, others gather at prayer celebration -- http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/092699/met_1b1NATIV.html STARKE - As four men chanted while using drum beaters to pound on a sacred drum yesterday, a half-dozen young American Indians dressed in full regalia participated in a tribal dance. The boys wore porcupine guard hair on their heads and turkey feather bustles on their backs. ''They chose to emulate male birds,'' said Rick Knight, executive director of the First American Cultural Center, where American Indians and others gathered yesterday for a prayer celebration for the Earth. Historian disputes common account of Coronado's expedition to Kansas http://cjonline.com/stories/092699/kan_coronado.shtml -- COUNCIL GROVE -- For half a century, Kansas history books have dutifully chronicled the exploits of Spanish explorer Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, whose history making expedition to the state in 1541 ended at the Smoky Hill River near present-day Lindsborg. But Kansas State University anthropologist Donna Roper has theorized that the Spaniard's search for the fabled Indian province of Quivira might not have advanced beyond the Little Arkansas River, 20 miles southwest of Lindsborg. Ruling gives natives right to hunt in Canadian national parks, professor says http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/stories/990925/2910564.html -- Wildlife in national parks could be fair game for aboriginal hunters as a result of last week's Supreme Court of Canada decision on native fishing rights, a University of Lethbridge professor says. Russel Barsh said the high court ruling includes a "way of life" provision that will have a dramatic effect on provincial hunting and fishing regulations in Canada. "(The ruling) can be an extremely useful decision but the danger is everyone will run off in a different direction with it," said Barsh, who teaches Native American studies. In southern Alberta, it likely will mean members of Treaty 7 can hunt legally in the national parks and on unoccupied Crown land, all year around, and can sell their harvest, he said. Containment expected Sunday on Spokane Indian reservation fire http://flash.oregonlive.com/cgi-bin/or_nview.pl?/home1/wire/AP/Stream-Parsed/OREGON_NEWS/o1167_PM_WA--ReservationFire -- MILES, Wash. (AP) -- A timber and brush fire burning on the Spokane Indian Reservation had grown to 3,000 acres by Saturday night, but it was expected to be fully contained within fire lines by late Sunday, a fire official said. Crews of more than 400 firefighters were battling the Two Rivers Fire Saturday, while two helicopters made water drops, said Ron Graham of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The fire broke out Thursday near the Spokane River's confluence with the Columbia, about 45 miles northwest of Spokane. No homes had been damaged, although four outbuildings were reported destroyed. The Good Ol' days: texas Pines For Indian wars http://www.pechanga.net/now.htm -- The Battle of Palo Duro cleared out the last of the hostile Indians on the Panhandle frontier, and the battle remains in the pages of Texas history as a major battle of the Red River Wars. Now, 125 years later, a piece of Panhandle history came alive Saturday as members of the 4th U.S. Calvary Regiment presented a program at the battle marker in Palo Duro Canyon State Park. Cpl. Jim Northcutt of Canyon sat high on his horse in 19th century military attire and gave visitors a brief history lesson of the time. Explorer says he found lost city in Peru http://www.bergen.com/morenews/peru2619990926.htm -- LIMA, Peru -- An American explorer credited with discovering several major Indian ruins in Peru's rain forests believes he has found another jewel in the jungle. "I believe we have found the environs of the lost city of Conturmarca," Gene Savoy said returning from a monthlong expedition in Peru's high cloud forest. "It's a lost world with the remains of the Chachapoyas people." Savoy described the Chachapoyas as tall and fierce warriors who were defeated by the Incas about 500 years ago, shortly before the Spanish conquest of Peru. He said the Incas so respected their fighting prowess that they made the Chachapoyas their bodyguards. The 72-year-old adventurer's latest find Brazilian Indians Welcome PCs to Their Remote Village http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/scitech/092599/brazil.sml -- Remote tribe goes online A tribe of Brazilian Indians who inhabit a lush jungle reserve only 100 miles south of Rio de Janeiro, became the first indigenous peoples of South America to enter the computer age when a non-governmental organization recently set up an IT school in their reed-hut hamlet. Although long suspicious of "white men's habits", the Guarani Indians rejoiced at the arrival of PCs in their village. "We usually confront religious sects and campers who invade our lands with poisoned arrows", said Joćo da Silva, the 85-year-old tribal chieftain. "But computers are different. They will help us protect and defend our traditions". and now for something completely different... http://www.pechanga.net/truth_is_out_there.htm Truth is out there, sasquatch believers say Saturday, September 25th, 1999 Groups Challenge Pataki's Compact-Making Power http://www.pechanga.net/groups_challenge_pataki.htm -- ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Anti-gambling groups, in an attempt to stop 1,000 video slot machines from being added to a St. Regis Mohawk casino, have challenged Gov. George Pataki by saying he can't sign the state into contracts without getting legislative approval first. "It is about separation of powers," said Cornelius Murray, lawyer for the anti-gambling coalition. Former Gov. Mario Cuomo negotiated the compact for the St. Regis Mohawks to open its casino near the Canadian border, and Pataki amended the agreement in May to allow the installation of video slot machines. Six Minnesota tribes awarded $1.4 million in grants for police http://www2.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisStory=80952897 -- Six Indian tribes in Minnesota were awarded $1.4 million in federal grants to bolster their law enforcement efforts. Part of the money will let the White Earth reservation hire two new police officers and the Bois Forte reservation hire one new officer. The money will cover 75 percent of their salaries and benefits for three years. Training and equipment funding will go to the Bois Forte, Fond du Lac, Leech Lake, Mille Lacs, Red Lake and White Earth reservation police departments. Moving memorial for driver Indian Village honours McEwen http://www.canoe.ca/CalgaryStampede/981902_s1.html -- Calgary Sun Members of the Stampede's Indian Village honoured the memory of chuckwagon driver Bill McEwen with ceremonial song and dance. Their gesture didn't end there, with participants and observers at the Village's annual powwow contributing almost $1,000 to McEwen's grieving family. "As Native people, we always honour people who passed away," said Gerald Sitting Eagle of the Siksika Nation, who emceed Saturday night's powwow at the Stampede Corral on the Grounds. "We thought we should share with the McEwen family and help out in our own way," said Sitting Eagle. More First Nations mull logging http://www.canoe.ca/WesternTicker/CANOE-wire.Westbank-Logging.html -- VERNON, B.C. (CP) -- At least two B.C. Interior First Nations say they are planning to follow the Westbank into the woods. The Okanagan Indian band voted last Tuesday night to begin logging on its traditional territory in the Vernon area. Chief Dan Wilson said aboriginal loggers will check out a couple of sites today, then apply to the Okanagan Nation for a cutting permit. They hope to begin harvesting trees for use in band housing within a week. Babbitt to Announce Plans for Condit Dam http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/Current_Releases/0922-110.htm -- Just months after Pacific salmon stocks were listed as threatened with extinction under the Endangered Species Act, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, Assist. Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin Gover, and Rebecca Wodder of American Rivers will announce a major, consensus-based step toward restoring runs to the White Salmon River in Southwestern Washington. Hutchison plan blocks new fees on oil industry Oil royalties are generally designated for education, conservation and Indian tribes. http://www.austin360.com/statesman/editions/today/news_5.html -- WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Thursday approved a measure sponsored by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to spare oil companies from paying higher royalties for drilling on public lands, at a savings to oil companies estimated at $66 million. The Texas Republican's provision, approved 51-47, blocks new Interior Department rules for calculating the fees for one year. "This is an independent producer issue," Hutchison said as she wrapped up the latest victory in her crusade on behalf of her state's key industry. If enacted into law, her moratorium of the new royalty system would be the fourth she has won in the past 16 months. Fellow Texan Sen. Phil Gramm was another of the 45 Republicans voting for the measure. Disclosure law shows little -- Gov. Mike Foster wasn t happy at midweek about news reports that he was holding nearly $80,000 worth of stock in what some have called the biggest gambling company in the world. Foster said he didn t know about the stock until it showed up on the personal financial disclosure form he is required to file as a candidate for governor. 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