Evil doctrine
On June 17, Indigenous Peoples Literature (IPL) posted an (online) article of mine titled “Proposals to heal the genocidal wounds of indigenous peoples.” In the article, I quoted a statement made by Louis Stanley Schoen in a Star Tribune article.
“What if a public commission were to begin to examine the American (and European) […]
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As part of my religion I am encouraged to work on and study my genealogy. I enjoy it but I have a big hole in my mother’s side of the family. I am part Cherokee but I don’t know how much as my mother says her Great Grandmother was a full blooded indian. Mother only […]
I was just sitting here thinking that I have never heard anyone say “I am part white… or a 1/4 black.
I thought of this after a friend of mine said “I am like 1/6 Native American.
Who is keeping track of all these records of who is how much? Is it Whites? is it Indians?
When i […]
Federal single audits show $113,841,024 awarded to Minnesota Indian tribes
by Bill Lawrence and Clara NiiSka
$113,841,024.
According to information provided by the General Accounting Office (GAO), the most recent audits of federal funds awarded to Indian tribal governments and reservation housing authorities in Minnesota detail federal grants and contracts in excess of $113 million annually.
How much […]
“Indian courts”: a brief history
by Clara NiiSka
In August 1881, Crow Dog, “belonging to” the Brule Sioux Band, killed Spotted Tail, who signed the treaty of 1868 as the principal Chief of the Brule Sioux. “The killing,” according to court records, “took place at their agency upon the Great Sioux Indian reservation, in the first […]
Casino money helps Indians emerge as new force in politics Gambling funds used to support Yucca Mountain
By Renee Ruble
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MILLE LACS LAKE, Minn. — Standing under portraits of chiefs one night a few weeks ago, state Rep. Sondra Erickson told the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe that she believes their reservation no longer exists.
Some members […]
Some tribal gaming taxable, high court says
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court erased a ruling in favor of an Indian tribe today, following up on its decision that some tribal gaming can be taxed.
An appeals court had said that the Internal Revenue Service was wrong to force the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux to pay $174,000 […]
but a few are cutting back
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal - March 3, 2006by Andrew TellijohnContributing writer
The economic recovery isn’t complete, but for the second consecutive year, employment news
in Minnesota is more good than bad.
Thirty-two of the state’s 51 biggest employers had stable or increased job growth in Minnesota over the past year,
according to research […]
Soggy, but home: Prairie Island gets its land back
by Sea Stachura, Minnesota Public Radio
June 15, 2006
PRAIRE ISLAND RETURN (AUDIO)
YOU MAY CLICK ANY PICTURE FOR A SLIDE SHOW
Prairie Island’s land now encompasses Sturgeon Lake and the islands that buffer the lake from the Mississippi River. None of the land has been disturbed since the U.S. Army […]
From Wakan
Solving The Alcohol Abuse Epidemic
By Thomas Ivan Dahlheimer
In a Minnesota country newspaper article, subtitled: “300 gather to note the toll by alcohol abuse”, Melvin Eagle, the hereditary Chief of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe is quoted as saying: “Alcoholism is not our traditional way. We need to try to pull together and away […]
Written by Wahkon
Regaining the Mdewakanton’s Mille Lacs ancestral homeland
On a Mille Lacs Kathio State Park interpretive sign, Leonard E. Wabasha is quoted as saying: “My people are the Mdewakanton Oyate. Mdewakanton means the People of Spirit Lake. Today that lake is known as Mille Lacs. This landscape is sacred to the Mdewakanton Oyate because one […]
NIGA HONORS SHAKOPEE CHAIRMAN CROOKS
The National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) has honored Shakopee Chairman Stanley Crooks, long-time leader of the Minnesota Indian Gaming Association, with the 2005 Wendell Chino Humanitarian Award for extraordinary leadership. The award was presented April 14th in San Diego at a banquet concluding NIGA’s 14th annual trade show and conference.
The award […]
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the following information comes from http://www.indiangaming.com/associations/
Minnesota Indian Gaming Association (MIGA)
Stanley Crooks, Chairman
John McCarthy, Executive Director
8925 Cove Drive NE
Bemidji, MN 56601
Phone: (218) 751-0560
Fax: (218) 751-2541
www.mnindiangaming.com
Region Covered: Minnesota
Year Founded: 1988
Member Tribes: 9
Joint Conference with GPIGA: 2006 Date TBA
Great Plains/Midwest Tradeshow & Conference
The Minnesota Indian Gaming Association represents nine of the eleven gaming tribes in Minnesota . Its […]
The Scott County Board voted not to challenge, but Shakopee’s City Council decided to fight on.
By David Peterson, Star Tribune
A closely divided Scott County Board will not appeal a federal decision granting the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community the right to pull hundreds of acres of land off the tax rolls.
Three hours after that call, however, […]
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Here is an interesting website. the
The No Parole Peltier Association
http://www.noparolepeltier.com/debate.html
An entire website devoted to refuting claims from Peltier advocates.
Letter from Leonard Peltier
25th Year Reunion of Incident At Oglala
June 26, 2000
Greetings Friends and Supporters,Twenty Five years has passed since the fatal shoot-out on the Jumping Bull Ranch occurred, and for twenty-five years I have been forced away from my people and my home, which I consider Oglala to be. I miss being with all […]
“My crime’s being an Indian. What’s yours?”
Leonard Peltier turned 63 years old on September 12, 2007, an international day demanding the immediate, unconditional freedom of this Native American artist, writer, and activist––one of the most widely recognized political prisoners in the world.
Leonard has spent more than 31 years in some of the cruelest prisons in […]
NYM press release March 2007
unceded Coast Salish Territory
nymchapter604(at)hotmail.com
March 30, 2007
Harriet Nahanee, a 73 year old Pacheedaht Grandmother, Elder, and Warrior passed away on February 24, 2007, in the manner that she lived her life. Standing strong defending Our Land and Our People. She died from pneumonia and undiagnosed lung cancer after serving 2 weeks in […]
