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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - News Items of Interest, 5.4.99 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "H-AMINDIAN's FYI: News Items of Interest" website: <http://www.public.asu.edu/~wendel/fyi/> "Today's News" webpage: <http://www.public.asu.edu/~wendel/fyi/today.htm> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [1] "Arctic Nations Discuss Medicine, Pollution, Resource Development," The Associated Press State & Local Wire, 4 May 1999, BC Cycle. ["Officials from eight Arctic nations are gathered in Anchorage this week for four days of mostly private meetings on the environmental health and development potential of the region."] http://www.ap.org/ [2] "Band's Claim Upheld, but Current Owners Stay Put," The Toronto Star, 4 May 1999. ["Sarnia (CP) - A judge has upheld a First Nation claim to 10 square kilometres in this city, but also ruled the present landowners will not lose their homes and businesses. Mr. Justice Archie Campbell of the Superior Court of Justice said the disputed area was never legally surrendered when purchased in 1839 by a flamboyant land speculator named Malcolm Cameron. But Campbell dismissed the Chippewa of Sarnia's claim to the property in his decision Friday, because he said it happened too long ago and its return would be unfair to the present owners. As a result, 2,100 homeowners living under a cloud the past four years now have titles free and clear of aboriginal claim. And the band, which has always maintained it was interested only in compensation, is free to seek damages from the federal and provincial governments."] http://www.thestar.ca/ [3] "Bugher: Bad River Chippewa Have Made Overture about Beloit Casino," The Associated Press State & Local Wire, 4 May 1999, PM Cycle . ["The Bad River band of Chippewa Indians have made an overture to Beloit officials about locating a casino in the Beloit area, Wisconsin's secretary of administration says."] http://www.ap.org/ [4] "Controversial Native Custody Case Will Stand," CBC Newsworld, 4 May 1999. ["The Supreme Court of Canada has decided not to rehear a controversial child custody case involving a four-year-old boy of native descent."] http://newsworld.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/go.pl?1999/05/03/custody990503 [5] "Court Won't Rehear Indian custody Case," The Gazette (Montreal), 4 May 1999, A8. ["The Supreme Court of Canada has closed the book on an aboriginal man's final attempt to raise his grandson in his own culture instead of allowing him to be brought up by an adoptive family in the United States."] http://www.montrealgazette.com/ [6] "Government of Canada Signs Historic Nisga'a Agreement," Canada NewsWire, 4 May 1999. ["The Honourable Jane Stewart, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, today signed The Nisga'a Final Agreement in preparation for its consideration by Parliament. The signing of the agreement and passage of federal legislation are the two steps needed to fulfill Canada's commitment to ratify the treaty with the Nisga'a people of northwestern British Columbia."] http://www.newswire.ca/ [7] "Indians Move for Beloit Casino," The Associated Press State & Local Wire, 4 May 1999, AM Cycle. ["The Bad River band of Chippewa Indians has approached Beloit officials about locating a casino in the Beloit area, a state official said Tuesday."] http://www.ap.org/ [8] "Indians Own Part of Sarnia: Judge," The Gazette (Montreal), 4 May 1999, A14. ["Sarnia, Ont. - A judge has upheld an Indian claim to 10 square kilometres in this southern Ontario city, but also ruled the affected landowners will not lose their homes and businesses. Justice Archie Campbell said Friday the disputed area was never legally surrendered when purchased in 1839 by a flamboyant land speculator named Malcolm Cameron. But Campbell ruled the Chippewa of Sarnia cannot repossess the property, because it happened too long ago and its return would be unfair to the present owners. As a result, 2,100 homeowners living under a cloud the past four years now have titles free and clear of aboriginal claim. And the band, which has always maintained it was only interested in compensation, is free to seek damages from the federal and provincial governments."] http://www.montrealgazette.com/ [9] Kafka, Joe. "North Dakota Group Makes Illegal Campaign Contributions," The Associated Press State & Local Wire, 4 May 1999, BC Cycle. ["At least two South Dakota candidates received illegal campaign contributions last year from a North Dakota-based gambling industry group. . . . State Election Supervisor Chris Nelson said the North Dakota group cannot legally contribute to political campaigns in South Dakota. "Associations and corporations are not allowed to contribute to candidates," he said Tuesday. Great Plains Indian Gaming Association is not registered as a political action committee, Nelson said. PACs representing special interests may give money to candidates."] http://www.ap.org/ [10] Kiker, Douglas. "New 'Sacagawea' Dollar Coin Unveiled," The Associated Press State & Local Wire, 4 May 1999, AM Cycle. ["First Lady Hillary Clinton unveiled the nation's newest coin at a White House ceremony Tuesday - a gold-colored one dollar piece bearing the image of the Lemhi Shoshone Indian, Sacagawea. The new coin will replace the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin, which went into circulation in 1979. The U.S. Mint expects the Sacagawea coin to be in circulation by early 2000. The coin honors the young woman and teen-age mother who accompanied explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to the Pacific Ocean in 1805. At the unveiling were leaders of various American Indian tribes."] http://www.ap.org/ [11] MacCharles, Tonda. "Supreme Court Refuses to Re-Open Bitter Aboriginal Custody Case," The Toronto Star, 4 May 1999. ["The country's top court says it will not re-open a controversial aboriginal adoption custody case despite an outcry from aboriginal leaders. The decision means that custody of a 4-year-old boy, who is half-native and half African-American, will remain with his white adoptive grandparents instead of his aboriginal grandfather, who now lives in Manitoba. The boy, who can only be identified as Ishmael H., was turned over last month to his adoptive grandparents, Nancy and Duncan H. in Connecticut, after a lengthy court battle that reached the Supreme Court of Canada in February. While the decision should end the legal war that's been waged over the boy in Canada, it may not be the end of the dispute."] http://www.thestar.ca/ [12] "Manitoba Communities Threatened by Fires," CBC Newsworld, 4 May 1999. ["The Hollow Water First Nation in north-central Manitoba is being threatened by a huge forest fire."] http://newsworld.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/go.pl?1999/05/03/manfirea990503 [13] "Manitoba Natives Want U.N. to Investigate Conditions," CBC Newsworld, 4 May 1999. ["A native group from Manitoba wants the United Nations to censure the Chretien government for failing to improve living conditions on reserves."] http://newsworld.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/go.pl?1999/05/03/native990503 [14] Moton, Tony. "Mato's Father Guided Band," Omaha World-Herald, 4 May 1999, 33. ["When critics and fans mention blues guitarist-singer Mato Nanji in the same breath as Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan, the comparisons are fairly accurate. Mato is that good. But if you ask Mato, front man of the band Indigenous, to whom he prefers being compared, he never fails to mention his father ahead of Hendrix and Vaughan. In Mato's opinion, Greg Zephier was that good - and better. . . . Mato gave me his father's home phone number in Marty, S.D., and I called Zephier from the Anchor Inn just to learn more about this yet-to-be-discovered band of three siblings and a cousin. As the sounds of Indigenous filled the night air, I spoke briefly with Zephier about his role in bringing the young band along. He told me that he once played in band called the Vanishing Americans and that he made his children practice for several years before allowing them to play in public. (I guess you could say father knows best.) Last week, Greg Zephier died after a lengthy illness. He leaves a legacy that goes well beyond the music of Indigenous, now considered one of the industry's hottest young blues talents. Zephier also was a noted native American activist whose life was spent leading others to higher ground."] http://www.omaha.com/ [15] "Minority Roles in U.S. Movies, TV Dip in 1998," The Toronto Star, 4 May 1999. ["A survey of 1998's movie and television roles in the United States released yesterday showed a drop in the number of parts for women and minorities, the first decline since the annual study began in 1992. Black Americans, Indians and Latinos got fewer parts while Asian/Pacific Americans got slightly more, said the Screen Actors Guild, a trade group representing actors and actresses. Men were cast in 63 per cent of all SAG-represented jobs, while women got 37 per cent of the roles. In 1997, men captured 64 per cent of all the parts. Only 19 per cent of the 56,700 acting jobs covered by guild contracts went to minorities. Black American roles made up only 13.4 per cent of the total job base, down from 14.1 per cent in 1997."] http://www.thestar.ca/ [16] Roslin, Alex. "Crees Raise Alarm Over Diabetes: Tired of Being Ignored by Quebec Government, Council Wants Equal Health-Service," The Gazette (Montreal), 4 May 1999, A5. ["Quebec's Crees have one of the world's highest diabetes rates, according to a new study. Cree officials, using words like ''time bomb,'' want swift action, saying the Quebec government has ignored warnings about the disease for years. Almost 13 per cent of pregnant Cree women have gestational diabetes, a form of the illness that occurs during pregnancy, according to a study published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. That is twice the North American average and the second-highest in an aboriginal group worldwide, the study says. Cree officials called on the provincial government to fulfill its 1975 promise in the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement to fund Cree health services at the same level as elsewhere in Quebec."] http://www.montrealgazette.com/ [17] Shuler, Marsha. "Tribe Exploring Satellite Casino Site in Union Parish," The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA.), 4 May 1999, 6A. ["A Louisiana Indian tribe is trying to make an end run around citizens' wishes and open a casino in an area that has voted out gambling, a state senator said Monday. Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee chairman Robert Barham said the Tunica-Biloxi tribe is considering developing a resort-type, satellite casino at Lake D'Arbonne in Union Parish in north Louisiana. The tribe now runs a casino in Avoyelles Parish, far from Union Parish."] http://www.theadvocate.com/ [18] Smith, Christopher. "Devils Tower Is Sacred to Plains Indians Plains Indians Score Religious Victory Over Devils Tower Climbers," The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 May 1999, A1. ["A federal appeals court has upheld a decision that rock climbers were not harmed by a National Park Service policy asking them to voluntarily stay off Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming during American Indian religious observances each June. In a case that has attracted widespread interest from churches, public-land recreation organizations and Indian tribes, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver ruled last week that the rock climbers had no standing to sue the National Park Service (NPS) on the grounds the policy amounted to government promotion of religion."] http://www.sltrib.com/ [19] "Supreme Court: Aboriginal Grandfather Loses Final Bid to Raise Child," The Vancouver Sun, 4 May 1999, A9. ["The Supreme Court of Canada has closed the book on an aboriginal man's final attempt to raise his grandchild in his own culture instead of allowing the little boy to be brought up by an adoptive family in the United States. The court on Monday rejected a rehearing of the case, ruling that it did not plan to reopen its earlier decision because of a ''technical'' argument that would have had no impact on the outcome of the decision. The child moved to the U.S. almost two months ago after the man known only as Hubert M. exhausted all legal avenues to keep the child in Canada."] http://www.vancouversun.com/ [20] Tibbetts, Janice. "Court Upholds Adoption Ruling: Aboriginal Child to be Raised by Adoptive White Family in United States," The Ottawa Citizen, 4 May 1999, A3. ["The Supreme Court of Canada has closed the book on an aboriginal man's final attempt to raise his grandchild in his own culture instead of allowing the little boy to be brought up by an adoptive family in the U.S. The court yesterday rejected a rehearing of the case, ruling that it did not plan to reopen its earlier decision because of a ''technical'' argument that would have had no impact on the outcome of the decision. The court, in a six-page decision, said it was not convinced that a ''failure of justice'' took place when the Sagkeeng First Nation was unable to intervene in the case because the Manitoba band was not notified the matter was going to the Supreme Court. The decision is a loss for a man known only as Hubert M., whose lawyers argued that the Supreme Court should reconsider its February ruling that four- year-old Ishmael H. should be raised by his adoptive grandparents in rural Connecticut instead of by his biological grandfather on a Manitoba reserve."] http://www.ottawacitizen.com/ [21] "Tribes Gather at White House to Unveil Coin Honoring Indian Guide," The Associated Press State & Local Wire, 4 May 1999, BC Cycle. ["Tribal leaders praise the new Sacagawea dollar coin as recognition of the contributions of Indians and women to the nation. The Lemhi Shoshone girl, who traveled with Meriwether Lewis and William Clark from the plains to the Pacific Ocean and back in 1804-06, has deserved the honor for a long time, said Keith Tinno, chairman of the Shoshone-Bannock tribal council. Sacagawea is buried in Wyoming on the Wind River Indian Reservation. The coin design selected in December was unveiled Tuesday during a White House ceremony. A dozen Sho-Ban High School students, as well as Tinno, performed traditional dancing and singing and attended a reception with Hillary Rodham Clinton."] http://www.ap.org/ [22] Wilson, Sherry. "Dollar Buys Lots of Pride - Sho-Bans to Attend Washington Unveiling of Sacajawea Coin," Idaho Falls Post Register, 4 May 1999, A1. ["The unveiling today of the Sacajawea dollar coin has been a long time coming for Keith Tinno and the Shoshone-Bannock tribe. The Lemhi Shoshone girl, who traveled with Meriwether Lewis and William Clark from the plains to the Pacific Ocean in 1804, has deserved the honor for a long time, said Tinno, chairman of the tribal council. She was a knowledgeable woman, who helped show Lewis and Clark the country and directed them to the right trails, Tinno said. Her role in the exploration of the United States has impacted everyone's lives today, he said. "I know in earlier years there were racial feelings. I think it is a long time coming. They need to recognize the minority people for the things they have done over the history," he said. Today, the Sacajawea coin design selected in December will be officially announced during a ceremony at the White House. About 10 Sho-Ban High School students, as well as Tinno, are planning to attend. They will perform traditional dancing and singing and attend a reception with first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton afterward."] http://www.idahonews.com/ [23] Wiltenburg, Len. "[Editorial]: Indian Affairs Department Ignoring Chatham-Kent," The London Free Press, 4 May 1999, A14. ["Regarding the article, Native lawsuit decision expected this week (April 28). Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley is quoted as saying he is alarmed the federal government "hasn't had the courtesy to talk to the community leader at the local level." It seems as though the federal department of Indian affairs and northern development is following internal policy to the letter. Neither the community leaders nor the residents and taxpayers of the south Chatham-Kent area had any contact with the department with respect to the Caldwell First Nation land claim until we raised our concerns."] http://www.canoe.ca/LondonFreePress/home.html - - - H-AMINDIAN will not reproduce and redistribute current articles, files, or images from newspapers, magazines, journals and news wires. We believe doing so exceeds academic fair use and violates copyright.
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