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December 15, 2005 Westword: AIM fires at Rocky Mountain News "The Rocky Mountain News and the American Indian Movement of Colorado are a match made in hell. The Rocky's been consistently critical of Colorado AIM's position regarding Denver's annual Columbus... 'The New World' reaches out to Native world for debut NATIVE STARS: Q'Orianka Kilcher as Pocahontas in "The New World," a new film from New Line Cinema. August Schellenberg as Chief Powhatan. • Official Movie Website • Internet Movie... Raramuri Tribe of Mexican keeps on running Men of the Raramuri Tribe of Mexico, also known as the Tarahumara, are maintaining one of their oldest traditions: foot races of up to 100 miles across the Sierra Madre... Lakota Nation Invitational underway in Rapid City The 29th annual Lakota Nation Invitational kicked off in Rapid City, South Dakota, on Wednesday. The Lakota Language Bowl was held on Wednesday, with fewer teams than usual participating.... Elderly couple's death being investigated Tribal, federal and local authorities are continuing to investigate the deaths of an elderly couple on the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana. Alvin Albert Feiock, 77, and his wife, Winona... Four men guilty for reservation drug trafficking A federal jury found four men guilty of trafficking drugs in and around the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation in Minnesota. Pedro Zamora, Jorge Barragan, Ernesto Estrada III, and Florentino Castillo,... Struthers, nursing doctorate, dies in Minnesota Roxanne Struthers, a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe and one of the few American Indians with a doctorate in nursing, died on Saturday, December 10. She was... Quapaw council member killed in car accident Mason McWatters, the youngest council member of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma, was killed Saturday, December 10, in a car accident. McWatters, one of the drivers, was pronounced dead... Disenrolled Pechangas to take case to Supreme Court Former members of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review their case, The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports. The 135 disenrolled members lost their case... Hoopa Valley Tribe denied seat on county board The Hoopa Valley Tribe of California has been denied membership on the Humboldt County Association of Governments board despite having state law in the tribe's favor. The board deadlocked 4-4... Michigan tribe debuts new health care facility The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians in Michigan hosted an open house at the tribe's new health care facility. The facility houses a clinic and the tribe's health... Charities say they never got Abramoff donations Four charities say they never received $330,000 in donations from disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, The Austin American-Statesman reports. Abramoff told the IRS that his Capital Athletic Foundation gave grants to... McCain set to introduce lobbying reforms Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) will join Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wisconsin) in introducing legislation to reform lobbying rules as early as today, Bloomberg News reports. McCain said the tribal lobbying scandal... Bush seeks to link Jack Abramoff to Democrats President Bush defended the Republican Party on Wednesday amid a series of corruption scandals in Washington, D.C., attempting to link disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff to Democrats. In an interview with... Opinion: Dorgan comes clean but not on Clinton "All's well, Sen. Byron Dorgan of the great state of North Dakota has done come clean. Dorgan is the vice chairman of the Indian Affairs Committee. In that capacity he... Dorgan not affected by Abramoff donations Attempts to question the integrity of Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota), the vice chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, have had no effect, with residents supporting his actions in... Norton refutes alleged influence of Abramoff Interior Secretary Gale Norton denied suggestions that disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff exerted influence over tribal decisions at the Interior Department. "I can't think of any particular influence that his actions... Pombo pressed to investigate Abramoff's work Rep. Richard Pombo (R-California), the chairman of the House Resources Committee, is being pressed by Rep. George Miller (D-California), another committee member, to investigate disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Miller wants... Tom DeLay denies making phone call to Abramoff Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas), the deposed House majority leader, denies making a personal phone call to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, The New York Times reports. An e-mail from Abramoff's... Column: ANWR debate not only about environment "But for many opponents of drilling in the refuge, the debate is only secondarily about energy and the environment. Rather, it is a disguised debate about elemental political matters. For... Editorial: Burns should return Abramoff donations "For goodness’ sake, how self-evident can a proposition be? Sen. Conrad Burns is at the top of the list of those in Congress who took donations from Jack Abramoff,... |