In our Red Round-Up today, we have a pro-Fighting Sioux group that's actually from a Rez, a preliminary green light for a Crow coal plant, Homeland Security getting all Lone Ranger to Tribes' Tonto, Navajo youngsters getting a nice little nest egg from the bailout, Okie tribes setting their sights on similar bailout stuff and more.
Sioux nickname group says it has enough signatures for public vote
from the Grand Forks Herald:
Spirit Lake supporters of UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname say they have gathered enough signatures needed to put the issue on the ballot during the tribe’s general election in May.
Feds give initial approval to Crow coal plant
from KXNet:
A Crow official says the federal government has given preliminary approval to the American Indian tribe's plan to build one of the first coal-to-liquid fuel plants in the nation.
Homeland Security chief promises consultation
from Indian Country Today:
“For tribes that are on the borders of Mexico and Canada, we need to work together in a special way because we have tribes and families on both sides of the borders,” Napolitano said in a speech. “As we tighten up requirements to show lawful presence and immigration status and the like, we need to take into account how tribes will be a little bit different. We need to build that into the consultation policy from the outset.”
Navajo youths to receive $4 million from stimulus package
from the Daily Times:
The Navajo Nation will receive nearly $4 million from the U.S. Department of Labor to enhance education and workforce training for Navajo youth.
Oklahoma tribes set sights on funds
from Indian Country Today:
With $2.8 billion earmarked for Indian country through the Obama administration’s recent stimulus package, several Oklahoma tribes are hoping to see some of the funds spent in their jurisdictions. Accessing those funds is important, but Oklahoma’s 37 tribes are just one portion of Indian country, the state’s tribal leaders said.
Appeal planned in Dakota trust mismanagement case
from the Prior Lake American :
The court determined that self-described “lineal descendants” of the “Loyal Mdewakanton” Dakota are not owed money for land promised to their ancestors in the late 1800s. The lawsuit, Wolfchild vs. U.S., originally was filed in 2003 by the Minnesota Mdewakanton Dakota Oyate (MMDO), included land on the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux reservation. The suit is named for Lower Sioux tribal chairman Sheldon Peters Wolfchild, the main plaintiff in the lawsuit.
Murkowski says she’ll keep Indian affairs a priority
from Indian Country Today:
Indian Country Today recently interviewed the senator regarding her decision to leave the leadership of SCIA and its implications.
Indian Issues: All Aboard the Federal Train
from the Daily Yonder:
The federal roller coaster ride continues for Indian Country. Good news is that in this administration American Indians are on the roller coaster, but it's still a scary ride, with no one sure which direction it's heading.