NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE and ASSOCIATED PRESS
January 31, 2008
SYDNEY, Australia – Australia’s government will apologize for past mistreatment of the country’s Aboriginal minority when Parliament convenes, addressing an issue that has blighted race relations in Australia for years.

Posted on January 31st, 2008 by hunwut
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By Augie Ghio
January 30, 2008
San Diego County’s most recent experience with wildfires once again underscored the important role that our local Indian tribal governments play in our regional fire and emergency medical protection system. As the fire chief of one of the region’s largest fire protection districts, I believe our partners in the tribal fire [...]

Posted on January 30th, 2008 by hunwut
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By Jeff Hooke and Thomas Firey
January 30, 2008
When Californians go to the polls next week, they won’t only be voting for presidential nominees. They’ll also decide whether to expand tribal slot machine gaming in the Golden State in exchange for increased tax revenues. The vote comes as California’s budget deficit is projected to soar to [...]

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By Darin Fenger, Sun Staff Writer
January 29, 2008
With the recent receipt of a $600,000 grant, work is expected to begin soon on the Quechan Nature Park that will transform 10 acres of rough and overgrown land into a well-developed addition to the Yuma East Wetlands.
Arizona State Parks issued the grant, which joins an existing $600,000 [...]

Posted on January 29th, 2008 by hunwut
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Ancient bones found at UCSD
By Tanya Sierra, STAFF WRITER
January 27, 2008
Locked away in a museum safe near Escondido are perhaps the oldest skeletal remains found in the Western Hemisphere.
 More than 30 years after the relics were unearthed during a classroom archaeological dig at UC San Diego, the county’s Kumeyaay tribes are fighting to reclaim the [...]

Posted on January 27th, 2008 by hunwut
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By Onell R. Soto, STAFF WRITER
January 26, 2008
JAMUL INDIAN VILLAGE – The state Department of Transportation has told the Jamul Indian Village that the driveway it is building for its long-planned casino is inadequate.
“Above all other priorities the safety of the traveling public will be our highest concern,” Mark Bobotis, a Caltrans Native American liaison, [...]

Posted on January 26th, 2008 by hunwut
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by: Steven Newcomb/ Indigenous Law Institute
January 25, 2008
My book, ”Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery” (Fulcrum, 2008), unpacks many layers of meaning found in the 1823 Supreme Court ruling Johnson v. M’Intosh. It poses an alternative view by identifying the doctrine of ”Christian” discovery in U.S. law, and posits that [...]

Posted on January 25th, 2008 by hunwut
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By James P. Sweeney, COPLEY NEWS SERVICE
January 24, 2008
SACRAMENTO CA – With less than two weeks to go, voter sentiment toward four Indian gaming measures on the Feb. 5 ballot is too close to call, according to a new statewide Field Poll.
Propositions 94, 95, 96 and 97 continue to cling to a narrow lead, 42 percent [...]

Posted on January 24th, 2008 by hunwut
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Viejas Indian Reservation
Jan. 23, 2008
Viejas Enterprises has been recognized as a 2007 California “Fit Business“ for its efforts to promote employee healthy eating habits and physical activity within the workplace.

Posted on January 23rd, 2008 by hunwut
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by SOPnewswire

WASHINGTON DC– Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Carl J. Artman this week invited leaders from the 562 federally recognized tribes to attend a national meeting in Washington, D.C., on January 30, 2008, on the Indian Affairs Modernization Initiative. The one-day event will take place at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Horizon [...]

Posted on January 22nd, 2008 by hunwut
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