News Archive: August 07, 2005 - August 13, 2005 Archives

August 12, 2005
Washington court refuses to halt tribe's utility tax (08/12)
Native American population on the rise in U.S. (08/12)
Oneida Nation offers to settle land claim for $250M (08/12)
Towns still fighting recognition of Eastern Pequots (08/12)
Oklahoma tribes wait for share of highway funds (08/12)
Trust officer responds to Chairman Frazier (08/12)
Harjo: Hanging onto mascots, toys of racism (08/12)
Research attempts to decipher Inca number system (08/12)
Two Native golf tournaments being held this weekend (08/12)
Body of missing Tohono O'odham girl recovered (08/12)
Action promised on First Nations University (08/12)
NCAA policy on mascots praised in Montana (08/12)
NMAI kicks off three-day powwow in Washington (08/12)
Bison donated to South Dakota tribe to get checkup (08/12)
Coushatta Tribe footed DeLay's trip to the opera (08/12)
Seminole Nation won't oppose FSU 'Seminoles' mascot (08/12)
Campbell considers run for Colorado governor (08/12)
Morongo Band donates to Habitat for Humanity (08/12)
A once powerful Abramoff falls quickly from grace (08/12)
Jack Abramoff, partner indicted on bank fraud charges (08/12)

August 11, 2005
Transportation bill riders not related to highways (08/11)
First Oneida Nation graduate from private school (08/11)
Blackfeet Nation council to get two new leaders (08/11)
Indian Country receives funds under highway bill (08/11)
First Nations University won't change firing decision (08/11)
Day Trip: Learning to paddle a First Nations canoe (08/11)
Saginaw Chippewa Tribe calls policy 'unacceptable' (08/11)
Local high school league won't take up mascot issue (08/11)
NCAA will ask TV stations not to use mascot names (08/11)
NCAA President: Taking the high road on mascots (08/11)
Still more reaction to NCAA policy on mascots (08/11)
Editorial: Many reasons to oppose trust land bid (08/11)
FSU trustees approve fight for 'Seminoles' mascot (08/11)
Editorial: NCAA policy a step in the right direction (08/11)
Roberts aided O'Connor in confirmation process (08/11)
Methamphetamine called a big problem for tribes (08/11)
Development of burial site in Minnesota proceeds (08/11)
North Dakota governor criticizes NCAA policy (08/11)
Yakama Nation sees backlash over purchase of team (08/11)
Liquor store owner in Oklahoma to paint over mural (08/11)
Winnebago Tribe sees gains through diversification (08/11)
Opinion: NCAA on the warpath against mascots (08/11)

August 10, 2005
Oneida Nation to make school tax payments (08/10)
Tribe says lobbying firm derailed recognition bid (08/10)
Court limits lawsuits under historic preservation act (08/10)
Siletz Tribe moving forward with two new projects (08/10)
Ceremony planned for elderly Navajo couple's home (08/10)
University of Utah mulls position on 'Utes' (08/10)
Cherokee couple faces another challenge to marriage (08/10)
Even more reaction to NCAA policy on mascots (08/10)
Oglala Sioux Tribe to begin patrols of Whiteclay (08/10)
Editorial: Good riddance to 'demeaning' mascots (08/10)
Yet another firing at First Nations University (08/10)
AFN presents plan to address First Nations issues (08/10)
Pechanga Band says money not behind enrollment (08/10)
State agrees to buy land to protect Indian mound (08/10)
Review: Book sheds light on Indian civilizations (08/10)
Jeb Bush calls mascot policy 'offensive' to tribe (08/10)
California tribe sues over federal water plan (08/10)
Effort seeks to preserve endangered languages (08/10)
EPA issues Yucca Mountain nuclear waste standard (08/10)
Venezuela returns title to indigenous groups (08/10)
County opposes Chumash Tribe's land-into-trust (08/10)
Democrats to make change to Burns, Abramoff ad (08/10)

August 09, 2005
Search resumes for missing Tohono O'odham girl (08/09)
GAO report addresses Alaska Native housing funds (08/09)
Yellow Bird: Summer is the season for wild berries (08/09)
Oneida Nation makes payment in property tax dispute (08/09)
State jurisdiction at issue in another Minnesota case (08/09)
South Dakota appeals Native voting rights case (08/09)
Editorial: Natives taking part in political process (08/09)
Flandreau Indian School to get $2M in road upgrades (08/09)
Red Lake superintendent faces no-confidence vote (08/09)
Rider against Oklahoma tribes blamed on Inhofe (08/09)
FNUC president works to restore confidence (08/09)
Police investigate death on reserve in Saskatchewan (08/09)
'Fighting Sioux' arena contains thousands of logos (08/09)
Ousted Pechangas plan appeal of enrollment lawsuit (08/09)
FSU wants policy changed to allow 'Seminoles' (08/09)
Utah 'Utes' among the names on NCAA's mascot hit list (08/09)
California court rejects Pechanga enrollment case (08/09)
More reaction to NCAA's new policy on Indian mascots (08/09)
Eastern Cherokees say gay marriage not an issue (08/09)
Editorial: New IAIA site a great fit for tribe, region (08/09)
Idaho tribe wins treatment as state for water programs (08/09)
Democrat ad criticizes Burns for ties to Abramoff (08/09)

August 08, 2005
Opinion and Views: Reaction to NCAA mascot policy (08/08)
NCAA won't allow Indian mascots at playoff games (08/08)
Interview with Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. (08/08)
First Nations University announces new budget (08/08)
Free press in Indian Country a focus of NAJA meet (08/08)
Editorial: Chumash Tribe doesn't need more land (08/08)
Letter: Native Hawaiians are indigenous too (08/08)
Police mix-up worsens heartache of two families (08/08)
Teens on Red Lake Reservation meet for REZiliency (08/08)
Suicide called epidemic on Red Lake Reservation (08/08)
Monument to Lenape tribe planned in Pennsylvania (08/08)
HUD expands home loan program in Oregon (08/08)
Life on Red Lake Reservation frustrating for youth (08/08)
Cobell Letter: Ross Swimmer can't tell the truth (08/08)
Grand jury probe of Abramoff cut short by Bush (08/08)
Citizen Potawatomi man cleared of defamation (08/08)
Opinion: It's time to bench the 'Redskins' mascot (08/08)
Mark Trahant: Tribal stories don't matter to science (08/08)
Yellow Bird: Summer ceremony for the children (08/08)
Child welfare case handed to Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (08/08)

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