By Onell R. Soto, STAFF WRITER
March 28, 2008Problems for American Indian youth – drugs, alcohol, teen pregnancy – are nothing new, but the solutions offered at a conference at the Rincon reservation this weekend may be older still.
“The message to the youth is to really know themselves,” said Maggie Steele, who will be the [...]

Posted on March 28th, 2008 by hunwut
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SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Viejas Tribal Government Fire Department and the Alpine Fire Protection District announced today that they have entered into a Mutual Aid Agreement. The agreement is designed to enhance emergency protection to residents and businesses of the two East County communities. The agreement outlines when and how the two fire departments will assist [...]

Posted on March 27th, 2008 by hunwut
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By Onell R. Soto, STAFF WRITER
March 27, 2008
The Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians is investing in an Otay Mesa housing factory in hopes of eventually bringing jobs to its remote North County reservation.
The tribe is using a $1.25 million federal grant to get a 25 percent stake in the factory in a 125,000-square-foot building [...]

Posted on March 27th, 2008 by hunwut
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By EDWARD SIFUENTES - Staff Writer
Thursday, March 27, 2008
NORTH COUNTY —- The financially troubled Santa Ysabel tribe near Julian has hired an experienced gaming manager as its new chief operating officer to run its casino overlooking Lake Henshaw.
Don Trimble said he started working at the casino last week and has already started to make [...]

Posted on March 27th, 2008 by hunwut
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Electronic version puts gaming tribes, charities at oddsBy James P. Sweeney, U-T SACRAMENTO BUREAU
March 26, 2008
SACRAMENTO – In a dispute that has been quietly simmering for months, Indian casinos and charities are about to square off over the future of electronic bingo in California.

Posted on March 26th, 2008 by hunwut
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By James P. Sweeney, U-T SACRAMENTO BUREAU
March 24, 2008
SACRAMENTO – An unprecedented joint casino venture between two San Diego County Indian tribes appears to be dead after federal officials rejected a gambling agreement needed to build the long-stalled project.
The compact for the Ewiiaapaayp band would have allowed the six-member tribe to build a large new [...]

Posted on March 24th, 2008 by hunwut
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By GENE JOHNSON
3/24/2008
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Five tribal members charged with killing a gray whale during a rogue hunt off Washington state rejected a plea deal Monday after federal prosecutors said they might seek to curtail the men’s hunting rights.
The Makah Tribe members believed they were acting within their tribal rights when they harpooned and [...]

Posted on March 24th, 2008 by hunwut
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SAVE THE DATE - Saturday May 10, 2008
8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Palm Springs Convention Center
This is the 2nd Annual Conference.
It’s a unique conference that is planned by the youth, for the youth.
Ages 13-18 years old

Posted on March 23rd, 2008 by hunwut
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By STEVE FETBRANDT, The Press-Enterprise
March 23, 2008

As residents and San Jacinto city officials keep a watchful eye on the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians’ plans to annex 535 acres to its reservation and build a new hotel-casino, others are debating the efficacy of the environmental review process and the federal government’s oversight.
The tribe wants [...]

Posted on March 23rd, 2008 by hunwut
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By Joseph B. Frazier, ASSOCIATED PRESS
March 23, 2008
CASCADE LOCKS, Ore. – A lawyer, doctor, bank and pharmacy are gone. The Gorge Gas and Mart is closed. The Gum Oak Restaurant, closed. Scenic Winds Motel, closed. Big D auto service, closed. An Internet facility, closed. Whisky Flats Mercantile, closed. “In the 1960s we had about 60 [...]

Posted on March 23rd, 2008 by hunwut
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