Kevin Fagan, Chronicle Staff Writer
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Coarsegold, Madera County — Mary Martinez sat on the grinding rocks of her ancestors - giant boulders with holes used for thousands of years to crush acorns.
“This is where my grandmother used to sit, pounding acorns to make flour in the old ways,” she said, closing her eyes [...]

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By Leah Leach, Peninsula Daily News
NEAH BAY — One charge in Makah Tribal Court against five men who killed a whale in an unauthorized hunt last September has been dismissed.The charge of violating the Makah whale management plan was dropped last week, said Jack Fiander, the attorney for one of the defendants, Wayne Johnson.

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By Nellie Andreeva
April 18, 2008
Adam Beach is departing NBC’s crime drama “Law & Order: SVU” at the end of the season.Beach joined Dick Wolf’s crime drama last fall under a one-year deal, which had an option for a second. The two sides have decided not to exercise the option.

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Triplicate staff
April 18, 2008
Two days of ceremonies are planned for a Yurok Tribe elder who died last week.
Aawaok Aileen Figueroa died in her home in Trinidad at the age of 95 from complications of pneumonia.

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Coastal panel personnel cites `grave goods’ review, state notification rules.

By Joe Segura, Staff writer
4/17/2008
HUNTINGTON BEACH - The state Native American Heritage Commission wants pressure to be applied in the effort to have human remains - discovered in an unearthed cemetery at Bolsa Chica wetlands - reburied in a timely manner.
But a state Coastal Commission official [...]

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by: McClatchy Tribune Business News
By Edward Sifuentes — North County Times, Escondido, Calif.
April 16, 2008
NORTH COUNTY, Calif. (MCT) - The financially troubled Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Indians 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 [...]

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By Roy Cook, redactor
President Bush meets the Pope. Pope Benedict XVI landed at Andrews Air Force Base Tuesday afternoon, welcomed by the president and his family. The Catholic cardinals and bishops on hand kissed the pope’s ring. The pope will head to the White House on Wednesday to meet with President George W. Bush. He’ll [...]

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NIGA’s Indian Gaming ‘08 Trade show and Convention set for April 20 - 23 in San Diego
by: Gale Courey Toensing / Indian Country Today
April 16, 2008
SAN DIEGO - When the National Indian Gaming Association hosts its 17th annual meeting and “Indian Gaming ‘08,” the spirit of Wendell Chino will be energizing NIGA Chairman Ernie Stevens [...]

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CU researchers help native speakers save history
By Brittany Anas
April 13, 2008
The Wichita language, once spoken by thousands, has one remaining voice.

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Donna Tam/The Times-Standard
4/13/2008
Working in the tribal courts for more than seven years, first as chief tribal judge and then as a judge consultant, Byron Nelson Jr. saw many American Indian children who weren’t getting the services they needed because of their race. Or, more specifically, what race they weren’t.

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