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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:17:58 GMT Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:17:58 GMT Indian Country News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://img.bsjlawfirm.com/_rss/fLogo_rss.jpg http://www.bsjlawfirm.com/info/ 144 58 http://www.bsjlawfirm.com/rss/feeds/latest.xml http://www.gamblingcompliance.com/node/43808 <p>(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.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.pechanga.net">PECHANGA.net</a></p> http://www.gamblingcompliance.com/node/43808 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:00:06 GMT PECHANGA.net http://www.dailyyonder.com/indian-casinos-more-and-less-you-bargained/2010/07/28/2863 <p>(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.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.pechanga.net">PECHANGA.net</a></p> http://www.dailyyonder.com/indian-casinos-more-and-less-you-bargained/2010/07/28/2863 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:00:06 GMT PECHANGA.net http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100729/PUB03/7290400 <p>(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.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.pechanga.net">PECHANGA.net</a></p> http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100729/PUB03/7290400 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:00:06 GMT PECHANGA.net http://www.whbl.com/news/articles/2010/jul/29/casino-rumors-swirl-around-sheboygan/ <p>(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.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.pechanga.net">PECHANGA.net</a></p> http://www.whbl.com/news/articles/2010/jul/29/casino-rumors-swirl-around-sheboygan/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:00:06 GMT PECHANGA.net http://www.indianz.com/News/2010/020955.asp <p><p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.indianz.com/News/2010/020955.asp">Read the story...</a></p></p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.indianz.com">indianz.com</a></p> http://www.indianz.com/News/2010/020955.asp Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:57:43 GMT indianz.com http://www.indianz.com/News/2010/020961.asp <p><p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.indianz.com/News/2010/020961.asp">Read the story...</a></p></p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.indianz.com">indianz.com</a></p> http://www.indianz.com/News/2010/020961.asp Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:57:43 GMT indianz.com http://www.indianz.com/News/2010/020962.asp <p><p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.indianz.com/News/2010/020962.asp">Read the story...</a></p></p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.indianz.com">indianz.com</a></p> http://www.indianz.com/News/2010/020962.asp Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:57:43 GMT indianz.com http://www.indianz.com/News/2010/020947.asp <p><p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.indianz.com/News/2010/020947.asp">Read the story...</a></p></p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.indianz.com">indianz.com</a></p> http://www.indianz.com/News/2010/020947.asp Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:57:43 GMT indianz.com http://navajotimes.com/news/2010/0710/072910rights.php <p>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.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://navajotimes.com">Navajo Times</a></p> http://navajotimes.com/news/2010/0710/072910rights.php Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:55:13 GMT Navajo Times http://navajotimes.com/news/2010/0710/072910sacred.php <p>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.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://navajotimes.com">Navajo Times</a></p> http://navajotimes.com/news/2010/0710/072910sacred.php Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:55:13 GMT Navajo Times http://navajotimes.com/news/2010/0710/072910policeblotter.php <p>Forty-five-year-old man found in culvert near Flagstaff Mall.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://navajotimes.com">Navajo Times</a></p> http://navajotimes.com/news/2010/0710/072910policeblotter.php Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:55:13 GMT Navajo Times http://navajotimes.com/entertainment/culture/0710/072310crownpoint.php <p>Crownpoint has a rich historical background that needs to be shared and celebrated.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://navajotimes.com">Navajo Times</a></p> http://navajotimes.com/entertainment/culture/0710/072310crownpoint.php Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:55:13 GMT Navajo Times http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/Improved-government-diabetes-help-urged-99247679.html <p>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.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.indiancountrytoday.com">Indian Country Today</a></p> http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/Improved-government-diabetes-help-urged-99247679.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:06:44 GMT Indian Country Today http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/Diabetes-prevention-grants-have-unexpected-side-effects-99246519.html <p>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.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.indiancountrytoday.com">Indian Country Today</a></p> http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/Diabetes-prevention-grants-have-unexpected-side-effects-99246519.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:06:44 GMT Indian Country Today http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/New-mental-health-initiative-focused-on-Native-youth-99244934.html <p>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.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.indiancountrytoday.com">Indian Country Today</a></p> http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/New-mental-health-initiative-focused-on-Native-youth-99244934.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:06:44 GMT Indian Country Today http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/Chickasaw-Nation-Summer-Food-Program-feeds-hungry-children-99114239.html <p>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.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.indiancountrytoday.com">Indian Country Today</a></p> http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/Chickasaw-Nation-Summer-Food-Program-feeds-hungry-children-99114239.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:06:44 GMT Indian Country Today http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/greatlakes/-Michigan-tribe-establishes-smoke-free-tribal-housing-99115859.html <p><p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/greatlakes/-Michigan-tribe-establishes-smoke-free-tribal-housing-99115859.html">Read the story...</a></p></p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.indiancountrytoday.com">Indian Country Today</a></p> http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/greatlakes/-Michigan-tribe-establishes-smoke-free-tribal-housing-99115859.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:06:44 GMT Indian Country Today http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/greatlakes/Husband-and-wife-artist-team-say-volunteering-gives-back-99054479.html <p>WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. – Doug and Rachel Limon are Native American artists. He does bead work and she makes pottery, jewelry, paints and is a photographer. Their lives crossed paths inside her father’s photography studio because of their shared interest in a traditional Native American symbol, the turtle. A few years later their son, Gavino, was born with a birthmark in the shape of a turtle on his cheek.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.indiancountrytoday.com">Indian Country Today</a></p> http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/greatlakes/Husband-and-wife-artist-team-say-volunteering-gives-back-99054479.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:06:44 GMT Indian Country Today http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/midwest/Ravens-cry-is-a-call-for-renewal-99055054.html <p>DENVER – Walt Pourier’s year has its highlights – from All Nations Skate Jam at the Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque, N.M. in April to ceremonies in Thunder Valley community, S.D. in midsummer to the Tusweca Tiospaye Lakota/Dakota/Nakota language summit in Rapid City, S.D. in November. It all influences the Oglala Lakota’s art, seen in graphics on clothing, posters, paintings, and skateboard decks – things he uses to bring traditional tales and histories to present-day youth who might not relate to the traditional themes otherwise.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.indiancountrytoday.com">Indian Country Today</a></p> http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/midwest/Ravens-cry-is-a-call-for-renewal-99055054.html Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:06:14 GMT Indian Country Today http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/midwest/Golf-classic-will-benefit-Native-students-99022699.html <p>DENVER – Golf has recently enjoyed a higher profile in Native communities through the achievements of such players as Notah Begay III, Navajo-Isleta/San Felipe Pueblo, and the Colorado Indian Education Foundation is joining the trend in its annual fundraiser, Donna Langston, CIEF president, said. The Colorado Indian Education Foundation 2nd Annual Golf Classic will be held Aug. 2 at the Hiwan Golf Club in Evergreen, 25 miles west of Denver in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.indiancountrytoday.com">Indian Country Today</a></p> http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/midwest/Golf-classic-will-benefit-Native-students-99022699.html Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:06:14 GMT Indian Country Today http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northeast/Back-to-back-payouts-total-807833-99315579.html <p>UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Mohegan Sun awarded back-to-back Wheel of Fortune MegaJackpots for the second time this month July 25 totaling an impressive $807,833.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.indiancountrytoday.com">Indian Country Today</a></p> http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northeast/Back-to-back-payouts-total-807833-99315579.html Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:06:14 GMT Indian Country Today http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northeast/Resort-casino-task-force-forming-in-E-Oregon-99315114.html <p>VALE, Ore. (AP) – Malheur County is forming a task force on a potential destination resort and casino following a presentation by the Burns Paiute Ontario Development Project Corp.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.indiancountrytoday.com">Indian Country Today</a></p> http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northeast/Resort-casino-task-force-forming-in-E-Oregon-99315114.html Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:06:14 GMT Indian Country Today http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/Port-Madison-Enterprise-employees-make-record-donation-99116459.html <p>SUQUAMISH, Wash. – Port Madison Enterprises employees are celebrating a record donation to the American Cancer Society. Workers for the Suquamish-owned company generated more than $25,000 in donations for the North Kitsap Relay for Life this year, marking the largest employee contribution ever given at Port Madison Enterprises.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.indiancountrytoday.com">Indian Country Today</a></p> http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/Port-Madison-Enterprise-employees-make-record-donation-99116459.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:06:45 GMT Indian Country Today http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/Canoe-Journey-builds-bridges-between-cultures-99041874.html <p>Pulling in the Canoe Journey, on the waters traveled by the ancestors, is often a spiritual experience. It can also be a hazardous one. Three canoes overturned in rough waters off Point Wilson, near the entrance to Admiralty Inlet, July 15. There were no injuries and the canoes were recovered. But several canoe families chose to trailer their canoes from Fort Worden to Lower Elwha Klallam, near Port Angeles.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.indiancountrytoday.com">Indian Country Today</a></p> http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northwest/Canoe-Journey-builds-bridges-between-cultures-99041874.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:06:45 GMT Indian Country Today http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/Diabetes-prevention-grants-have-unexpected-side-effects-99246519.html <p>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.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.indiancountrytoday.com">Indian Country Today</a></p> http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/Diabetes-prevention-grants-have-unexpected-side-effects-99246519.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:06:46 GMT Indian Country Today http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/Chickasaw-Nation-Summer-Food-Program-feeds-hungry-children-99114239.html <p>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.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.indiancountrytoday.com">Indian Country Today</a></p> http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/Chickasaw-Nation-Summer-Food-Program-feeds-hungry-children-99114239.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:06:46 GMT Indian Country Today http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/southeast/Harrahs-Cherokee-opens-entertainment-lounge-98830459.html <p>CHEROKEE, N.C. – Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel recently announced the debut of a new, high-energy Entertainment Lounge and gaming expansion.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.indiancountrytoday.com">Indian Country Today</a></p> http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/southeast/Harrahs-Cherokee-opens-entertainment-lounge-98830459.html Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:07:03 GMT Indian Country Today http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/southeast/Native-American-nonprofit-leaders-meet-98769619.html <p>CHEROKEE, N.C. – Eighteen Native American nonprofit leaders met in Cherokee, N.C., June 15 – 17 to design regional networks that will strengthen leadership in Indian country’s nonprofit sector. The gathering was hosted by Native Americans in Philanthropy and Cherokee Preservation Foundation.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.indiancountrytoday.com">Indian Country Today</a></p> http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/southeast/Native-American-nonprofit-leaders-meet-98769619.html Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:07:03 GMT Indian Country Today http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/southwest/-Tribe-overcomes-key-hurdle-in-Glendale-casino-99315359.html <p>PHOENIX (AP) – A southern Arizona Indian tribe has overcome a key hurdle in its bid to build a Las Vegas-style hotel and casino in suburban Phoenix, but it still needs permission to allow gambling on the site.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.indiancountrytoday.com">Indian Country Today</a></p> http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/southwest/-Tribe-overcomes-key-hurdle-in-Glendale-casino-99315359.html Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:00:24 GMT Indian Country Today http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/southwest/Gaming-Standards-Association-names-Casino-Internationl-official-publication-in-Europe-99314864.html <p>LAS VEGAS – The Gaming Standards Association, the leading standards-setting organization and standards authority for the worldwide gaming industry, has entered into an agreement with Datateam Business Media Ltd and has named Casino International the official European-based publication of GSA.</p><p>From: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.indiancountrytoday.com">Indian Country Today</a></p> http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/southwest/Gaming-Standards-Association-names-Casino-Internationl-official-publication-in-Europe-99314864.html Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:00:24 GMT Indian Country Today