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Tantaquidgeon, oldest Mohegan dies at 106

Gladys Tantaquidgeon, the oldest member of the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut, died on Tuesday morning. She was 106.
Tantaquidgeon was a 10th generation descendant of Chief Uncas. She was known as a keeper of tribal culture who worked to founded one of the first Indian museums in the country and authored books on New England tribes.
Tantaquidgeon was born in 1899, after her tribe had been terminated by the state. She championed the tribe's successful federal recognition bid, which was aided by her research. The tribe went on to open a highly successful casino and has become one of the most prosperous in the United States.

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Louise Foussat, Luiseno advocate, dies at 97

Louise Munoa Foussat, an elder of the San Luis Rey Band of Luiseno Indians, died at her home in California on Tuesday. She was 97.
Foussat was known as a tireless advocate for the tribe. She was a leader in the city of Oceanside, which recently declared August 25, her birthday, as Louise Foussat Day.
Foussat led efforts to name a park in the city after the Luiseno tribe and a playground in the Luiseno Park will be called Louise Foussat Playground. In 2007, the Louise Foussat Elementary School will open. Foussat, because of her Indian heritage, wasn't allow to attend local schools.

 

U.S. Supreme Court hears religious freedom case

The U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments on Tuesday in a religious freedom case that could impact Native Americans.
The case involve the application of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The law was passed to protect members of the Native American Church who were prosecuted for using peyote and had lost their case before the high court.
O Centro Espírita Beneficiente União do Vegetal, a church based in New Mexico, is claiming the same sort of protection. The group, also known as UDV, uses a hallucinogenic tea that is brewed from a plant that grows in Brazil.
The Bush administration has tried to stop UDV from importing the plant but lost at the federal court and appellate court level. The Supreme Court refused to lift an injunction allowing the use of the tea.
According to news reports, several justices appeared to side with UDV. They said the government has not shown it has a "compelling interest" under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to interfere with the church's practices.
Some Native American Church advocates have criticized the comparison to their religion and their use of peyote. Depending on how the court rules, the decision may or may not have an impact on Native rights.
"The two situations seem to be alike, peyote and this," Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said, The New York Times reported. "The problem of preferring one religious group over another arises once there is an exception."

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Northern Cheyenne Tribe settles drilling lawsuit

The Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana has reached a settlement to its coalbed methane drilling lawsuit.
The tribe won an injunction to halt drilling near the reservation. Under a settlement with the Bureau of Land Management and an energy company, the injunction will be lifted in order to allow development by the company to proceed.
Under the settlement, the BLM will consult with the tribe on cultural issues. Fidelity Exploration and Production Co. will pay the tribe up to $10,000 to conduct an inventory of cultural properties. BLM will pay the tribe $47,000 for attorney's fees.

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Crow Tribe to take part in Lewis and Clark event

The Crow Tribe of Montana is the host tribe for a National Heritage Lewis and Clark Bicentennial event in July 2006.
The event takes place July 22-25 at Pompeys Pillar. Crow Chairman Carl Venne will be the keynote speaker on the July 25 Day of Honor.
To help raise money for the event, the tribe will host 10 guided bison hunts. The Montana Tribal Tourism Alliance also plans to take part.

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Oglala Sioux member wins national teaching award

Robert Cook, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, has won the National Educator Award from the Milken Family Foundation.
Cook, the only winner from South Dakota, receives a $25,000 in a cash and a trip to Washington, D.C. He said he was surprised to hear the news on Tuesday during an assembly at Central High School in Rapid City.
Cook teaches English and a section of Native American Heritage in the Lakolkiciyapi Room, a classroom for at-risk ninth-grade students. He coordinates the Back-to-School Pow Wow and organizes after-school activities and fundraisers.
About 17 percent of students at Central are Native American.

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Canadian First Nations leaders prepare for high-level meeting

The Assembly of First Nations is meeting in Regina, Saskatchewan, to prepare for high-level discussions with the prime minister of Canada and premiers of the provinces.
Native leaders have been invited to the First Ministers' Meeting for the first time. They want to ensure that issues like treaties and self-government are high on the agenda in addition to poverty, housing, and health care.
The meeting comes as the Canadian government is under fire for its failure to resolve water problems on a remote First Nation in Ontario. The entire Kashechewan Reserve is being evacuated because E. coli, a dangerous bacteria, is in the water supply and has been linked to high rates of skin conditions and diseases among residents.

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Utach senator Seeks delay in Goshute nuclear project

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) is asking the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to delay a license for the Skull Valley Goshute Tribe's proposed nuclear waste facility.
Hatch says the NRC can't issue a license until the Bureau of Land Management agrees to the project. He is accusing the NRC of trying to rush the process.
The tribe wants to store up to 44,000 tons of radioactive waste on the reservation. The NRC approved the license in September after eight years of review. The Goshute facility would be the first nuclear waste dump in Indian Country.

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Gila River Indian Community considers solar plant

The Gila River Indian Community of Arizona may build a solar power plant to help the tribe become more self-sufficient.
The tribe's utility agency is proposing to build a 4-megawatt solar plant. The 24-acre, $17.6 million plant would help generate electricity for the tribe's resort, a cowboy town and several proposed retail centers.
The tribe has been expanding its economy and businesses in recent years.

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Little Shell Tribe seeks support for recognition bid

The Little Shell Tribe of Montana is seeking support for its federal recognition bid.
The tribe was given a favorable preliminary determination in May 2000 and is waiting on a final answer from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. February 2007 is the target date.
But in hopes of obtaining justice sooner, the tribe is seeking recognition through an act of Congress. Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Montana) is expected to introduce a bill later this year, The Havre Daily News reported.
The tribe, whose members descend from Chippewa Chief Little Shell, is supported by other tribes in Montana and the state government. The Montana Supreme Court also said the tribe has sovereign status.

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