http://www.kumeyaay.com The Kumeyaay Story from the Kumeyaay Perspective Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:55:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By KENNETH OFGANG, Staff Writer The California Department of Transportation is not prohibited from granting preferences to members of Indian tribes when hiring for, or contracting out, road construction and maintenance work on roads located on American Indian land, Attorney General Jerry Brown said in an opinion made public yesterday. In an ... http://www.kumeyaay.com/2010/03/hiring-preferences-on-tribal-lands-are-legal-brown-tells-caltrans/ By JEFF HORSEMAN, The Press-Enterprise Temecula would get at least $42 million over the next two decades to cover the impact Pechanga Resort & Casino has on roads and public services, according to a draft agreement between the Pechanga tribe and the city.In addition, the agreement calls for the Pechanga Band ... http://www.kumeyaay.com/2010/03/temecula-may-get-42-million-in-pact-with-pechanga/ By Roy Cook. SCAIR Soaring Eagle workshop, March 2, 2010, had an outstanding response by students, mentors and parent. Great songs filled the hall and allowed SCAIR American Indian dance instructor Chuck Cadotte to focus on personal instruction in a performance segment called the Sioux Gourd Dance. He called for previous ... http://www.kumeyaay.com/2010/03/scair-see-sparkle-in-soaring-eagles/ Co-founded all-Native American rock group Redbone By VARIETY STAFF Guitarist and vocalist Lolly Vegas, co-founder of the all-Native American rock group Redbone, died March 4 in Reseda, Calif. He was 70 and had been battling cancer for several years, band spokesman Joe Ortiz told Reuters. Vegas co-wrote the 1970s hit "Come and Get ... http://www.kumeyaay.com/2010/03/guitarist-and-vocalist-lolly-vegas-dies/ Jan Sears, Press-Enterprise Michael Contreras Jr., a member of the Torres Martinez Band of Desert Cahuilla Indians, will talk about the history of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians at 7:30 p.m. March 24 at the San Bernardino County Museum. The free talk will cover the general history of the Morongo Cahuilla ... http://www.kumeyaay.com/2010/03/san-bernardino-county-museum-lecture-to-focus-on-tribes-history/ Chelsea King Killer Suspect The Skeletal remains of 14 year old Amber Dubois, missing over a year, have been found in a remote area of the Pala Indian Reservation, home of the Pala Casino Resort & Spaand the The Pala Band of Mission Indians. The reservation is located Pala, California, in ... http://www.kumeyaay.com/2010/03/remains-of-amber-dubois-found-on-pala-indian-reservation/ Kevin Graman, Staff writer USK, Wash. - For the first time in a couple generations, young people are speaking ancient words of hope for Native Americans on the brink of losing the first language of the Inland Northwest. Thanks to an innovative language acquisition program, Salish is being spoken on the ... http://www.kumeyaay.com/2010/03/tribal-program-is-saving-salish/ By Staff, City News Service One person was killed and another was injured in a two- vehicle crash near the Barona Resort & Casino Sunday, the California Highway Patrol said. The collision between a pickup truck and SUV happened around 12:20 p.m. on Wildcat Canyon Road near Muth Valley Road, just south ... http://www.kumeyaay.com/2010/03/one-dead-in-two-car-collision-near-barona/ Jack D. Forbes, Professor Emeritus Native American Studies Heretofore the history of the United States has been largely treated as the story of a process, rather than the complete history of a land "from sea to shining sea." And this process always begins either in Europe or on the Atlantic Coast ... http://www.kumeyaay.com/2010/03/why-does-our-history-begin-on-the-east-coast/ Viejas Casino Hosts Women's Professional Billiard Association Classic Tour Season Opener Sixty-Four of the World's Best Players Compete for Top Honors SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Viejas Casino hosts the world's top women billiard players at the 14th annual Women's Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) Classic Tour March 11-14. The San Diego Classic at Viejas Casino will ... http://www.kumeyaay.com/2010/03/viejas-hosts-womens-professional-billiard-association-classic/