Peltier supporters to seek clemency during White House meeting
By Gale Courey Toensing
WASHINGTON - Leonard Peltier supporters will seek clemency for the imprisoned American Indian Movement activist during a historic meeting between President Barack Obama and hundreds of tribal leaders of federally recognized nations.

Posted on October 30th, 2009 by hunwut
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SOBOBA: Robert Salgado pleaded ‘not guilty’ to charges of bribery, tax evasion, and conspiracy.
By CHARLES HAND / The Valley Chronicle
The 26 bribery counts, six counts of filing false income tax returns, and single count of conspiracy with which the federal government has charged Soboba Tribal Chairman Robert Salgado carry a combined maximum sentence of 363 [...]

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Native American Land Conservancy conference starts today in Palm Desert
Debra Gruszecki • The Desert Sun
Coachella Valley is at a crossroads, as it is now balancing conservation needs with development and population growth, says Kurt Russo, executive director of the Native American Land Conservancy.

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First formal court system established on tribal reservation
The San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians commemorated the opening of the new San Manuel Tribal Court Friday, Oct. 23.
The grand opening event marked an important milestone in the tribe’s exercise of its sovereign authorities as a government and was attended by 100 guests from regional tribal [...]

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Douglas Fairfield | The New Mexican
Famed Hopi artist Michael Kabotie died Oct. 23 in Flagstaff, Ariz., from complications due to the H1N1 flu. He was 67. According to his daughter, Meg Adakai, Kabotie had been ill weeks prior to his death.

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By Roy Cook: Opata-Oodham
November is National American Indian Heritage Month. How did this month of recognition of our country’s native peoples get started? The primary purpose of Southern California American Resource, SCAIR, organization is to provide educational and community services for Native American Indians in San Diego County. These services include both the Native urban [...]

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By DIANE A. RHODES, Special to The Press-Enterprise
Joseph Burton is the first Soboba Indian Reservation resident to receive a full basketball scholarship to a major university in the 125-year history of the reservation.

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by Dennis Wagner - The Arizona Republic
Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. was placed on administrative leave Monday by the Tribal Council, escalating a power struggle on America’s largest Native American reservation.
Shirley, who has promoted a December ballot measure that would dramatically reduce the number of council members, said he has no idea why he [...]

Posted on October 27th, 2009 by hunwut
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Gives $15,000 to get parents to Little League World Series
By Staff reports
EL CAJON, Calif. - The team from Chula Vista, California’s Park View Little League made it to the 2009 Little League World Series. The Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation made it possible for the players’ parents to join their sons in Williamsport, Penn. [...]

Posted on October 25th, 2009 by hunwut
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More than 100 guests come to the reservation near San Bernardino to watch the swearing-in of judges, all of whom are of Indian ancestry. There are more than a dozen formal Indian courts in California.
By David Kelly
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians on Friday became the latest California tribe to open its own tribal [...]

Posted on October 24th, 2009 by hunwut
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