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Just like Saturday Night Live, but better! Indianz.Com's update of noteworthy stories that came across the wires past weekend.

From Indian U.
We all know what its like to be the only Indian student in a classroom. Charlene Teters (Spokane), Marcus Amerman (Choctaw), and Norman Akers (Osage), know all too well and their experiences as college students on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana over a decade ago hopefully speak of a better climate for students nowadays. Read aboout their encounters with mascot Chief Illiniwek...Also, students throughout New Mexico gathered at the Santa Fe Indian School to hold performances in their own languages. Cherokee actor Wes Studi was on hand to emcee the ceremonies for the Institute for the Preservation of the Original Languages of the Americas, who honored him and San Juan Pueblo educator Ko?o P'oe Tsawa (Blue Water) last year for their education and preservation efforts...
She fights for dignity -- America's, not hers (Spokesman Review 4/9)
Children Find Forum to Perform in Their Native Language (Albuquerque Journal 4/9)

In The Talking Circle
Despite a flurry of 11th hour appeals, the State of California denied prisoner Darrell Rich access to a sweat lodge before his execution on March 15th. Now, four federal appeals court judges from the 9th Circuit have published dissents to the decision...In an effort to bridge gaps between the Native and scientific communities, a symposium on repatriation and Kennewick Man was held in Spokane. Archaeologists and anthropologists met with local tribal representatives...
Denial of last rites panned by 4 judges (SignOn San Diego 4/8)
Scientists talk with NW tribes (Spokesman Review 4/8)

In Tribal Law
We know we talked about it on our Week in Review but on Saturday, another newsworthy event occured in the ongoing saga of the Oneida Nation v New York. Officials from the Oneida and Madison counties held a news conference, hoping to draw tribal representative (and Harvard Law graduate) Ray Halbritter back into settlement talks...
Source: Counties ask Oneidas to re-enter negotiations over land claim. The Associated Press. 4/9.