| Shawnee tribe unveil plans for $400M Oklahoma City casino |
| Posted: May 13, 2008 |
| Officials with the Miami, Okla.-based tribe said Wednesday they have filed paperwork with the Bureau of Indian Affairs to start the process of putting 104 acres of land in northeast Oklahoma City into federal trust for development of a resort. |
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| Fatal shooting on Passamaquoddy reservation in eastern Maine |
| Posted: May 13, 2008 |
| A Calais man is dead after being shot by law enforcement officials on the Passamaquoddy Tribe's reservation in far eastern Maine. The attorney general's office says 40-year-old Douglas Kelley was fatally shot at about 6:30 p.m. Monday at the tribe's India |
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| County not sure Okla. tribe will make meeting |
| Posted: May 13, 2008 |
| Ponca Indian Tribe officials have been invited to attend Tuesday's Cowley County commission meeting to discuss the tribe's proposal to fund improvements to some county roads as part of a $60 million casino and hotel project. |
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| Bill Clinton to visit Pine Ridge Reservation Wednesday |
| Posted: May 13, 2008 |
| Former president Bill Clinton will return to South Dakota on Wednesday, May 14, to campaign for presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
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| Calif. Senate votes to limit negotiations of casino compacts |
| Posted: May 13, 2008 |
| The California Senate approved legislation Monday to prohibit Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger from negotiating gambling deals with Indian tribes that do not have federally recognized land on which the casinos would be located. |
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| Return to a hunting ground |
| Posted: May 12, 2008 |
| Bison have always been the source and center of spiritual life for the Plains Indian tribes. Sacred buffalo hunts were conducted for centuries around Jackson Hole and on the National Elk Refuge in northwest Wyoming by numerous tribes, including southeast |
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| Mothers and Native culture celebrated at 40th Pow-Wow |
| Posted: May 12, 2008 |
| "Homeland Security ... Fighting Terrorism since 1492." This was just one of the T-shirt slogans sold at a vending booth by Sidney Rogers at the 40th Annual Mother's Day Pow-Wow at the University. The saying was accompanied by a picture of four male Indian |
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| Drumbeat was sound of peace for Austin |
| Posted: May 12, 2008 |
| A solitary drum covered by a beaded Tlingit blanket and accompanied by an empty chair and single drumstick sat in the middle of the Wasilla High School gymnasium during a powwow on Saturday afternoon -- a silent tribute to Walter |
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| 101st casualty strived to be a hero |
| Posted: May 12, 2008 |
| Pfc. Ara Tyler Deysie is described by his friend as a loving, honest man who had a deep and loyal love for his family and friends. |
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| Station Casinos Announces First Quarter Results |
| Posted: May 12, 2008 |
| The Company's net revenues for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008 were approximately $352.3 million, a decrease of 5% compared to the prior year's first quarter. The Company reported EBITDA for the quarter of $136.2 million, a decrease of 11% compared |
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| Three Affiliated Tribes Taking Over Health Care from IHS |
| Posted: May 12, 2008 |
| The Three Affiliated Tribes is taking over health care delivery on the Fort Berthold Reservation from the Indian Health Service. A ceremony is scheduled later this morning at the tribal health center west of New Town to mark the change. |
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| South Berwick students hike through their town's history |
| Posted: May 12, 2008 |
| It is hard to imagine today. Cars and trucks rumble past the houses on Main Street, and the wastewater treatment plant is entrenched in the background on Liberty Street. |
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| Obama fails the first questions |
| Posted: May 12, 2008 |
| You would think the first so-called ''post-racial'' candidate for president of the United States claiming the ability to bridge racial, cultural and party divides to build a post-partisan America would first acknowledge that there are no unified races. N |
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| Duwamish tribe sues to reverse 'extinct' status |
| Posted: May 08, 2008 |
| The Duwamish -- the tribe of Chief Seattle -- is suing the federal government to reverse its determination that they are extinct as a people. |
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| A big financial boost for Point Defiance Zoo's red wolves |
| Posted: May 08, 2008 |
| The largest gift in the history of Tacoma's Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium will help highlight what the executive director of the zoo's fundraising organization calls ''a tremendous conservation story.'' |
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| Pascua Yaqui school's 'Shaq attack' delivers warning of Internet dangers |
| Posted: May 08, 2008 |
| Students at Hiaki High School got a surprise speaker Wednesday, and the Tempe Police Department got a major donation. All in a day's work for basketball's reigning Superman. |
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| $300 Million Pauma Indian Resort Downsizes |
| Posted: May 08, 2008 |
| The Pauma Indian band has scaled back plans for its $300 million resort hotel amid community concerns over traffic, noise, water and visual impact, it was reported Thursday. |
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| Firefighters gaining ground on Mescalero blaze |
| Posted: May 08, 2008 |
| Mild winds, higher humidity and the addition of hundreds of hand crews and fire engines have helped firefighters contain about 45 percent of the fire on the Mescalero Apache Reservation that has burned almost 4,000 acres of forest and wild land. |
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| Haskell education a family affair |
| Posted: May 08, 2008 |
| College student Ashley Aguilar was homesick. So, she lured her family from Warm Springs, Ore., to Lawrence where they could attend Haskell Indian Nations University with her. |
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| Federal judge rules in favor of OST police |
| Posted: May 08, 2008 |
| The judge in a federal civil trial has ruled that Oglala Sioux Tribe police officers were not negligent when they pursued Nathan Dreamer on Jan. 7, 2002, after police received a report that Dreamer had threatened someone with a knife. |
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| Brother of victims indicted in Cherry Creek fire |
| Posted: May 08, 2008 |
| Akeem Rooks probably won't be able to attend Saturday's funeral for his little sister and brother. Instead Rooks, 18, is in custody, indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that he intentionally set the fire that killed 4-year-old Keya Rooks and 2-yea |
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| Navajo water rights bill heads to U.S. Senate floor |
| Posted: May 08, 2008 |
| The bill that would settle the Navajo Nation's water rights claims in the San Juan River Basin has cleared its first hurdle with approval of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. |
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| Tribe downplays suit over former rail corridor status |
| Posted: May 08, 2008 |
| A new "Leelanau Trail" battle appears to be brewing - now involving the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians and property owners in northern Suttons Bay Township. |
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| Lakes Entertainment Announces Results for First Quarter 2008 |
| Posted: May 08, 2008 |
| Lakes Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: LACO) today announced results for the first quarter ended March 30, 2008. The consolidating summary results for the first quarter of 2008 compared to the consolidating summary results for the first quarter of 2007 ended |
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| Tribe clears another hurdle to building Sonoma County casino |
| Posted: May 08, 2008 |
| An Indian tribe is another step closer to building a Las Vegas-style casino in Sonoma County. The federal governments said Wednesday that it plans to take 254 acres of land near Highway 101 outside Rohnert Park into trust for the Federated Indians of the |
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| Ex-tribal official charged with fraud |
| Posted: May 07, 2008 |
| Federal agents have arrested a former executive for the Indian tribe that runs Foxwoods Resort Casino on allegations he defrauded investors out of more than $500,000 in a bogus real estate deal. |
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| Newberry College teams' nickname banned |
| Posted: May 07, 2008 |
| The Newberry Indians are no more. In order to comply with an NCAA mandate barring the use of nonapproved Native American nicknames, the Newberry College board of trustees voted last weekend to strike the nickname for all of its sports teams, but chose not |
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| Teen held in fatal reservation fire |
| Posted: May 07, 2008 |
| An 18-year-old man from Cherry Creek, in west-central South Dakota, is being held in connection with a house fire that killed two children under suspicious circumstances. Larry LeBeau, Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation tribal police chief, would not identi |
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| Mescalero fire being contained |
| Posted: May 07, 2008 |
| The South Tularosa fire, first reported Thursday four miles east of Mescalero, was 65 percent contained Tuesday and officials expect to downsize personnel working the fire this week. |
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| Manitoba girl, 14, rolled vehicle packed with younger kids: RCMP |
| Posted: May 07, 2008 |
| A 14-year-old girl is likely to face charges after she allegedly took five younger children for a joyride in a stolen car, the RCMP said Tuesday. Officials on the Long Plain First Nation, near Portage la Prairie, Man., say the girl stole the |
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| Ex-councilman from Pine Ridge admits N.M. drug charge |
| Posted: May 07, 2008 |
| A former Pine Ridge tribal councilman arrested in New Mexico has pleaded guilty to a drug charge. Don Garnier and a co-defendant were arrested in September after officers found 21 pounds of marijuana in the trunk of their car. Garnier said he didn't know |
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| Hard Rock Opens Music Theme Park |
| Posted: May 07, 2008 |
| The Led Zeppelin classic "Whole Lotta Love" throbs from the 1,200-watt sound system as the slick silver and white roller coaster nears the top of its serpentine track. |
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| Mohegan Sun linked to corrupt Wisconsin developer |
| Posted: May 07, 2008 |
| Pennsylvania gaming regulators didn't know about Wilkes-Barre slots operator Mohegan Sun's relationship with a corrupt developer in Wisconsin. The board suspended the gaming license of Mount Airy owner Louis DeNaples when he was accused of hiding his conn |
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| 2010 census strives for better counting of Native Americans |
| Posted: May 07, 2008 |
| Members of the Native American Local Government Commission pointing out that a few thousand Cascade County Indians were not recorded in the 2000 census told U.S. Census Bureau officials Tuesday they could reduce the undercounting by hiring better coun |
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| Fire that killed two children on reservation 'suspicious' |
| Posted: May 06, 2008 |
| The FBI and other law enforcement officials are investigating a house fire that killed two children Friday night on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. Capt. Burton In The Woods of the tribal police department confirmed Monday that a 2-year-old boy and |
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| 'Black Hills not for sale,' Rosebud president says |
| Posted: May 06, 2008 |
| Attorneys are the only ones who have anything to gain if members of the Sioux Nation accept a cash settlement for the Black Hills, Rodney M. Bordeaux, president of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe said Monday. |
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| Election '08: Chelsea stumps for mom in region |
| Posted: May 06, 2008 |
| Chelsea Clinton took in her first American Indian powwow Sunday in the land of the Lumbee. The daughter of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York was no idle spectator. |
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| Commissioners: Can we kill casino? |
| Posted: May 06, 2008 |
| Clark County's commissioners expect to sign a letter today asking a federal agency whether they have the power to kill the Cowlitz Indian Tribe's casino proposal. Commissioner Marc Boldt said Monday that the answer will probably be a variation on ''maybe. |
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| Kansas Lottery Commission approves casino contract |
| Posted: May 06, 2008 |
| The Kansas Lottery Commission has approved its first contract with a developer for a casino in southeast Kansas, a major step toward getting four state-owned and operated gambling facilities operating. |
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| Three Tribes authorized to administer water quality standards program |
| Posted: May 06, 2008 |
| During the month of April, EPA approved the applications of three Indian Tribes for treatment in the same manner as a state (TAS), making them eligible to administer the water quality standards program on reservation |
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| Klamath River stakeholders 'step it up a notch' |
| Posted: May 06, 2008 |
| Around the time most people were going to sleep, Chook-Chook Hillman took his place as fifth in line among shareholders waiting to secure a spot last Saturday morning at billionaire Warren Buffett's annual meeting in Omaha, Neb. |
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| Powwow heading to Fowlerville Fairgrounds this month |
| Posted: May 06, 2008 |
| It takes one full year to make a "jingle dress," worn by American Indian women during a traditional dance. Each of the 365 bells attached once a day to the dress represents a prayer, which is celebrated during a dancing event. |
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| LI cigarette dealer convicted on gun charge |
| Posted: May 06, 2008 |
| The owner of an Indian reservation smoke shop found guilty last week of being a major supplier of black market cigarettes has been convicted of a weapons possession charge by the same federal jury. |
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| Judge calls Indian 'tribe' bogus, orders it to pay damages |
| Posted: May 06, 2008 |
| A federal judge from Oklahoma City is ordering four men who claim to be chiefs of an American Indian tribe in Utah to pay $63,000 to a county in Utah. |
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