not a sure bet in Calif.
By James P. Sweeney, COPLEY NEWS SERVICE
December 24, 2007
SACRAMENTO CA – For the past decade, much of the tension in the push to expand Indian gambling in California has been generated by organized labor and its political allies.
The hotel and casino workers union UNITE HERE! has waged a relentless [...]

Posted on December 24th, 2007 by hunwut
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Jamul tribe raises ire with driveway work
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE EDITORIAL
December 23, 2007
To the Jamul Indian Village, the tribe is simply widening a driveway on its own property as preparation for a controversial casino. To the outside world, the work is either a rash act of defiance or a prelude to civil disobedience.
The 51-member Jamul Indian [...]

Posted on December 23rd, 2007 by hunwut
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The Associated Press
12/23/2007
TUCSON AZ - Emory Sekaquaptewa, a university professor, anthropologist, judge, artist and the “Noah Webster of the Hopi Nation,” died Dec. 14. He was 79.
Tribal officials confirmed the death. The location and cause of death were not disclosed.
Sekaquaptewa was a pioneering champion of preserving his native language.

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By: EDWARD SIFUENTES - North County Times
December 22, 2007
The fight over four gambling agreements that would benefit several of the largest casinos in the state is pitting some American Indian tribes against one another.
The agreements, including one for the Pechanga band near Temecula, would allow their casinos to get even bigger. Each of the tribes [...]

Posted on December 22nd, 2007 by hunwut
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By Terry Rodgers, STAFF WRITER
December 22, 2007
People undergoing treatment for drug or alcohol abuse frequently are told to choose a positive attribute about themselves as a focal point for building self-esteem.
As he often told friends, Clairemont resident Donald L. Vigneault selected “suave, debonair, handsome and sophisticated” as his most endearing traits. Without fail, he [...]

Posted on December 22nd, 2007 by hunwut
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2007 victory: Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples adopted 
by: Gale Courey Toensing / Indian Country Today
December 21, 2007
NEW YORK NY - On Sept. 13, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, with 143 member states voting for it and 11 abstaining. Canada, the United States, Australia and [...]

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by Associated Press
December 21st, 2007
Emory Sekaquaptewa, a university professor, anthropologist, judge, artist and the “Noah Webster of the Hopi Nation,” has died. He was 79.
Tribal officials announced this week that Sekaquaptewa died Dec. 14. The location and cause of death was not disclosed.
Sekaquaptewa was a pioneering champion of preserving his native language.

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By Angela Lau and J. Harry Jones
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERS
December 21, 2007
VISTA CA – A 24-year-old man suspected of driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, and killing two North County couples in a crash on state Route 76 pleaded not guilty to possession of a controlled substance Friday.
Although California Highway Patrol officials said they [...]

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Brad Graves, San Diego Business Journal
12/20/2007
The federal government on Dec. 19 OK’d a deal between the state and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, letting Sycuan expand the number of slot machines it operates on its San Diego County reservation.
California residents will vote on the same issue on Feb. 5.

Posted on December 20th, 2007 by hunwut
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but vote looms Feb. 5 
By James P. Sweeney, COPLEY NEWS SERVICE
December 20, 2007
SACRAMENTO CA – Federal officials yesterday finalized what they have portrayed as the accidental approval of four big American Indian gambling agreements that still face statewide votes on the Feb. 5 ballot.
The action added an additional layer of legal confusion to the tortured [...]

Posted on December 20th, 2007 by hunwut
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