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The Week in Review
ending June 24
The Colorado River
The Colorado River in Arizona.
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Supreme Court upholds water rights
On Monday, the Supreme Court issued several rulings, one of them affecting the water rights of the Quechan Nation on the Fort Yuma reservation in Arizona.

After decades of litigation between the states of Arizona and California, the Court ruled that the tribe should be allowed to prove how much additional water on the Colorado River it needs to irrigate 25,000 acres of land.

After the tribe makes their case, Special Master of the Court, Frank McGarr, will make a recommendation to the Justices on the tribe's needs. The Court will eventually decide the fate of a very tiny amount, approximately 1 percent, of water on the river.

Get the Story:
Court set to rule on water rights (Enviro 6/19)
Court upholds water rights (Enviro 6/20)

Auction sites display controversial items
At least two sellers were thwarted, at least for now, when they attempted to sell questionable items on Internet auction sites, underscoring the problems many in Indian Country face when trying to protect cultural heritage.

Ernie LaPointe, great-great-grandson of Hunkpapa Chief Sitting Bull, often encounters sellers who claim to have items that once belonged to the leader. An eBay auction was the latest in a series of questionable sales he has encountered over the years.

Another auction showed the darker side of both the Internet and the trade in cultural artifacts. Fortunately, Yahoo! removed the item once brought to its attention by quick acting and concerned users online.

Get the Story:
Culture for Sale (The Talking Circle 6/20)
Yahoo! removes auction (The Talking Circle 6/22)

Tribes, museum agree on meteorite
Forgoing a potentially lengthy and costly court repatriation battle, the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the American Museum of Natural History came to an agreement over a 15 1/2-ton meteorite sacred to the tribes this week.

The New York museum will continue to own and house the meteorite, granting special access to the tribes' so that they can carry on traditions important to them. In the event the museum doesn't properly display the meteorite, known as Tomanowos in the Clackama language, the tribes will regain ownership of Sky Person.

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Meteorite agreement reached (The Talking Circle 6/23)

Alexie quits the movies
Because he's such an Einstein, author / poet / screenwriter / comedian and all around Rennaissance Man Sherman Alexie announced his intention to quit the movie business this week.

But he'll deliver one more screenplay to Miramax and hopefully, we'll see Reservation Blues make it to the big screen and our two favorite characters Victor and Thomas reunite it what could be one of the best Indian movies ever made.

Meanwhile, there's enough Sherman material out there to last fans decades. Pick up The Toughet Indian in The World and One Stick Song at your local bookshop or Amazon.Com today.

Get the Story:
Sherman leaving Hollywood (Arts and Entertainment 6/23)

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