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House Committee Votes Decisively For Internet Gambling

(WASHINGTON, DC) -- The House Financial Services Committee voted 41-22 on Wednesday to pass a bill that would legalize and regulate Internet gambling in the United States, while rejecting an amendment to protect tribal gaming interests.

From: PECHANGA.net on July 29, 2010

BLOG: Indian Casinos: More Is Less Education

(USA) -- A study of tribal casinos shows a checkered pattern of benefits and drawbacks for those on the reservation. William Evans and Wooyoung Kim found that when casinos open, local wages and employment rates improve, but drop-out rates increase and rates of college enrollment tend to decline.

From: PECHANGA.net on July 29, 2010

Senate leader: Casino bill still alive as legislative session ends

(MASSACHUSETTS) -- The clock is ticking on legalizing casinos in Massachusetts, and with the legislative session ending this week, state Senate President Therese Murray says there's still time to reach a compromise.

From: PECHANGA.net on July 29, 2010

Casino Rumors Swirl Around Sheboygan

(WISCONSIN) -- Rumors of a casino making it’s way to Sheboygan are swirling around town. The Sheboygan Press reported Wednesday that “Sheboygan officials have laid the groundwork for a casino in the city’s South Pier District in meetings with Kohler Company and a northern Wisconsin Indian Tribe”, and stated that Mayor Bob Ryan has been working on bringing a casino to Sheboygan shortly after taking office in 2009.

From: PECHANGA.net on July 29, 2010

White House ceremony for Tribal Law and Order Act this afternoon (7/29)

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From: indianz.com on July 29, 2010

Blog: Republicans ought to explain Tribal Law and Order opposition (7/29)

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From: indianz.com on July 29, 2010

Meskwaki woman questions GOP vote against Tribal Law and Order (7/29)

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From: indianz.com on July 29, 2010

Sen. Dorgan not planning to address land-into-trust fix opponents (7/29)

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From: indianz.com on July 29, 2010

Rights panel: Diné must lead fight

fter hearing some delegates describe their own or their constituents' personal experiences of racial discrimination, the Navajo Nation Council on July 19 voted 45-3 to accept the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission's report on race relations in border towns.

From: Navajo Times on July 29, 2010

Sacred sites need protection, preservation, panel told

Some Navajo landmarks are easily distinguishable as sacred, such as the four mountains that define and protect Dinétah. But many others are much closer, and often are known only to those closest to them, a panel was told.

From: Navajo Times on July 29, 2010

Police Blotter: Body found in Flagstaff ID'd as Cameron man

Forty-five-year-old man found in culvert near Flagstaff Mall.

From: Navajo Times on July 29, 2010

Crownpoint to celebrate 100 years

Crownpoint has a rich historical background that needs to be shared and celebrated.

From: Navajo Times on July 29, 2010

Improved government diabetes help urged

WASHINGTON – With the diabetes epidemic still raging in Indian country, federal lawmakers are being asked to support improved ways to combat the often debilitating disease.

From: Indian Country Today on July 28, 2010

Diabetes-prevention grants have unexpected ‘side effects’

Diabetes prevention may have been the focus of multi-year Centers for Disease Control grants, but additional positive changes have flowed from the work done by the tribal funding recipients. The grantees’ innovative projects – including gardens, farmers markets, gathering camps, storytelling sessions and traditional-food cooking classes – have gone beyond improving health in the narrow sense of the word. The activities have had a ripple effect on many aspects of the 17 communities who received grants. Here are a few of their stories. For more on these efforts, go to www.cdc.gov/diabetes/projects/diabetes-wellness.htm.

From: Indian Country Today on July 28, 2010

New mental health initiative focused on Native youth

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new mental health initiative from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is aiming at a high incidence of serious mental health problems in Indian country, officials said.

From: Indian Country Today on July 28, 2010

Chickasaw Nation Summer Food Program feeds hungry children

ADA, Okla. – Ann Piper brings her young daughters, nephew and niece to Glenwood Park located at 825 W. 10th in Ada, Okla., around noon almost three times a week.

From: Indian Country Today on July 28, 2010

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