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Tribes asked to pray for Peaks - Gallup Independent- Dec. 11, the Dine people have requested prayers from all tribal nations as their legal appeal goes to court to keep "reclaimed water" (treated sewage) from being used to make snow on mountains that are sacred to them.

Canada's Mohawk community has been in an ongoing struggle with Europeans and their descendants practically from the moment the first invaders stepped onto the Mohawk's land and decide they were more "fit" to occupy it than the original inhabitants.  The story continues, and some Mohawk women now have determined they don't want to play by British rules anymore.  It has not pleased the Crown.  I recommend the Mohawk Nation News site) for the Mohawk side of the story.  Any Canadian News media outlet will tell you what the settlers want you to know.

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A NEW OKA? 

Since April 2006, the Canadian government has laid seige to a small development occupied by Mohawks, primarily grandmothers intent on protecting further appropriation of their traditional lands, which were never officially ceded to Canada.

Georgia Parks Policy Restricts Native Events 

The same state authorities who held that Native American Festivals were "inappropriate" two years ago claim that the former capital of the Cherokee Nation, now a possession of the state, is too "sacred" and too "environmentally sensitive" to allow government officials to greet the descendants of those who once held those lands.  At the risk of sounding disrespectful, I have to ask - how transparently absurd is that argument?  

Update - January 28, 2008 - The Parks department finally consented to hold a welcoming ceremony on the New Echota site, but only if all three federally recognized Cherokee tribes agreed to send representatives to be welcomed.  The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma quickly declined and the Eastern Band followed them quickly.   Correspondence about this follows on our Issues page.

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Federal study backs up land claim by Tigua tribe - Indian Country Today

Tribes worry oil pipeline might cross culturally important sites - Indian Country Today

Navajos plan suit on permit - Casper Star Tribune

Johnson, Thune unite on Native health initiative - Rapid City Journal

January 24, 2008

San Carlos Apaches awarded housing units - Courier

Artman invites tribal leaders to national meeting, January 30 - Charkoosta News

Plan would include Red Lake in initiative for paying child protection services - Bemidji Pioneer

January 23, 2008

Cherokee Nation council adopts arts and crafts act - Muskogee Phoenix

Gathered tribes hear some hopeful news on health care - Yakima Herald-Republic

Last native speaker of Eeyak dies at 89

Elk herd keeps Stillaguamish Tribe fed - Herald