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There is a disease plaguing Native communities and it’s becoming more prevalent as young people begin having children. Although diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease afflict our people, it’s none of these that make it hard for some parents just to make it to the next day. The affliction is the deadbeat parent syndrome.

The gaming tribes of California and the Catholic Church have worked out a compromise in their conflict over gaming. No word yet on if the Catholic Church is going to apologize for years of boarding school abuse and cultural assimilation.

On Monday, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation filed a lawsuit against Harrah's Entertainment, alleging the casino company violated a noncompete clause with the tribe by pursuing a Sumner County casino. Harrah's is competing to build and manage a casino near Mulvane, thumbing their nose in the face of a signed noncompete agreement that began on Jan. 13, 2008, stating that Harrah's wouldn't pursue any gaming that wasn't being conducted by the Potwatomi Nation.

The behemoth Mni Wiconi water project is now prepared to bring water from the Missouri River to the inhabitants of the Pine Ridge reservation, and it only took twenty years.

If anybody was thirsty for those two decades waiting for the project to finish, it wasn't mentioned.

In todays collection of news that didn't make it to the front page, the Ponca Tribe might find opposition for their casino, the Colville Tribe irks guys who only fish for fun and the Mashpee Wampanoags' casino plan proves to be divisve.

Pottawattamie County considers casino action

from the Chicago Tribune:

IN this late round up, Arnold Schwarzenegger considers going toe to toe with the Soboba Band, Osages set the gambling record straight, Public Law 280 is debated, some missionary stuff and Natives in Space!

First Native American in space inspires

from Peninsula Daily News:

In our red round up today, enginers without borders show up on the Red Cliff Reservation, the Soboba Rez will get occasionally heavier because of parole officers, potential hurdles for the Ponca Tribe, the Senecas show solid third quarter earnings and another bill on Native Cigarettes comes out.

New bill on Native American cigarette sales

From the Times Union:

I try hard not to criticize tribal governments or fellow natives
unduly.  There are some situations in which the only sane response is a
less then pleasant commentary.  I'm sorely tempted to criticize the
Oglala Sioux Tribal Council for allowing the situation with its police
force to escalate to the point to where more then 30 officers found
something better to do.

When you're aiming for 47,000,000,000 but you get 455,000,000, most people would say to just cut your losses and accept the figure.

But when what you're aiming for is more then just a dollar amount, but a sum that must be met for things to be right, then you don't just take what you're given. You fight for what you're owed.

In todays collection of Native American news, the Soboba Reservation doesn't have to get five parolees lighter, the Winneman Wintu may be recognizable once more, fires threaten a Yurok place of prayer, a native cigarettes guilty plea, Indian Gaming weathers the Bush Economy and the fall of the "Kaweah Indian Nation."

Jury finds self-proclaimed Indian chief guilty

from the AP:

In today's Red Round Up, donations get questioned, deadlines pass, volunteers are sought, writers retreat and Native America meets a Beatle.

Deadline Passes for Casino Measure

from Petaluma360:

In todays news that didn't make it to Redlines, the Mashpee Wampanoag deal with a snail pace Governer, Nooksack River Casino avoids a problem, a jail in Pine Ridge gets shut down by the BIA and the United Tribes Technical College of Bismarck gets some new classes.

United Tribes Adds Law Enforcement Classes

from KFYR-TV:

The president of Bismarck`s United Tribes Technical College says the college will be adding classes in criminal justice and law enforcement.

Tule River Tribe partners with Porterville,  Soboba Rez gets five parolees lighter & Catholicism goes toe to toe with Indian Gaming in today's Red Round Up.

Tule River Tribe to partner with Porterville

from the Visalia Times-Delta:

The Assembly cleared the way Thursday for the Tule River Indian Tribe and Porterville to become business partners.

We are 56 days away from welcoming our newest addition to the world and to our family. I'm very excited and can't wait to meet the little man who's been living in my stomach for the past nearly eight months.

National Alaska Natives and Native Americans Agenda & the New President

This country America was founded on Christian principles, morals and values yet by its words, actions or deeds toward America’s minority population it gets ruined by prejudices, wrongful acts, and gross injustices toward all minorities of America.

As adults we all have a choice in what we bring into our new relationships. Whether those are relationships with friends or new love interests, people carry around an awful lot of baggage. Some choose to check that baggage at the door and never think about it again, while others try but still hang onto just the 'small bags' and a few who who't leave anything behind. They carry it ALL into new relationships.

When I first became a mother more than six years ago, I dreamed of what kind of mom I wanted to be. I wanted to be like my parents -- cool, yet firm and able to talk to their kids. But I wanted to be that and more. I was thrilled when I found out Jake and I were having twins, and doubly thrilled when I found out one of them was a girl. I couldn't wait to dress her up, fix her hair and paint her fingernails. But now I realize that was a 19-year-old mother's way of thinking. Now, at nearly 27 years-old, I realize that that phase of her life passed fairly quickly.