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Just a swift round up today.  Got a few projects to do.

BIA tosses tribal court's order

A Seneca-Cayuga tribal court order that nearly caused what some tribal officials called a "hostile takeover" by the tribe's disputed chief last week is not valid, the Bureau of Indian Affairs says.

Todays round up is a doozy, chock full of information that any self-professed in-the-know ultra-hyphenated native american should know.

Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians set back in fee-to-trust case

from the Santa Ynez Valley Journal:

Another day, another round up.  Are people actually reading this?  I'd like to know.

Some 2,000 athletes expected for Piestewa Games 

-About 2,000 Native American amateur athletes will journey from all corners of the country to compete in the seventh annual Lori Piestewa National Native American Games this weekend in the Valley. 

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes have long been a source of inspiration and innovation for area Tribes.  Attempts to adopt their business model haven't always been successful, but I do hope that the latest CSKT action will catch on with the rest of the Montana Tribes.  America has always put upon its citizens, sovreign or otherwise, that it needs to be a ridiculously productive creature more willing to give up personal time in the pursuit of a paycheck.  That's one of the many factors that ended with America being the world's worst polluter. 

You should keep an eye on Dine Care, aka Citizens Against Ruining our Environment.  A non-profit org, Dine Care has been working on a number of projects, the most notable being their struggle against the Desert Rock Power Plant.

This particular struggle is of note, as it would put a environtmentally destructive coal burning factory in the Navajo Nation's backyard, pumping their air with 1- million tons of carbon dioxide per year.  

I came across this article during a native news sweep.  At first, it covers trod ground in the latest lost battle with the racist Redskins organization.  But then I came across Professor John Banzhaf in the article, and I realized that maybe this battle isn't going to be as long as I thought.   Banzhafs' background is a series of accomplishments for minorities, victories for common decency and triumphs for the downtrodden. 

I look forward to Banzhaf and his actions in the future.  They can only be good for Indian Country.

A Billings man is screaming to the heavens about how unfair it is that, as a non-Native man, his hunting rights are restricted on Reservations in Montana. 

We could go on for ages about how this doesn't matter due to things like Tribal Sovereignty, Indian being a legal matter and not a racial one in this case and a plethora of other inalienable factors that this stubborn man cannot seem to comprehend.  

It is also of note that he can get permission to hunt on Indian Land from a Native.  Why isn't he doing this?

A bit of a late round up, but I've always thought that more news showed up by then.  Here we go!

Tohono O'odham Nation Sacred Rites Restriced by Border Fence

from USA Today:

Calling it an affront to religious freedom, representatives of an Arizona Indian tribe have asked the federal government to halt construction of a border fence across the tribe's Arizona reservation. 

Operation Dakota Peace Keeper is one of those odd creatures that I'm surprised people think will work.  I could get on my soapbox and state that Americans are notoriously easily confused about how a swift application of power works in the long-term.  Say what you will about the Iraq War Surge, I don't think things would be very peaceful in Baghdad the day after the U.S. Military leaves.  Apply that thought process to the Standing Rock Sioux reservation.  How many miscreants are just waiting for the end of the 90 day reign of Operation Dakota Peace Keeper?

This is a notable Round Up today, readers.  There's a lot of stuff that should've been on the front page in terms of significance, but other stuff was more significant.  So, let's round up this stuff that didn't make it to Redlines and digest.

Billings Man Cites Hunting Discrimination

from KULR-8:

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is now hearing the case of a Billings man who claims he's being denied the right to hunt, based on his race.