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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 The Elders' Circle
The Coeur d'Alene tribe of Idaho held a special powwow this past Saturday to honor their oldest member. When asked the secret to her success, Ann Samuels, age 100, offered this advice: "Watch your diet! No fat stuff! Exercise! I have a punching bag. I think I can still do that." Words to live by...
Powwow to honor tribe's oldest member (Spokesman Review 4/15)

From the Medicine Wheel
We all recall the story of Patty White Bull (Cochiti) who recovered from a 16 year old coma last fall. Now, up in Alaska, a man whom authorities have presumed dead after going missing in December has been seen by residents in Bethel. According to Yup'ik tradition, Richard Pavilla is in in cillem quellra, rougly translated as "made cold by the universe." The quest continues...
Man 'made cold by the universe' walks Delta (Anchorage Daily News 4/15)

In Arts & Entertainment
The Taos Talking Pictures film festival drew an international and Indian audience this past weekend, with films like Oneida comedian Charlie Hill's "On and Off the Reservation." Hill is up for the Taos Land Grant award, which awards a filmmaker five, yes count em, five acres of land in Taos. As of press time, we don't know the winner yet, but we'll find the story for you once it breaks...
Indian Films Cover Broad Spectrum (The Albuquerque Journal 4/15)
Huston Screens 1st Film (The Albuquerque Journal 4/16)

In Tribal Law
Ousted Crow chairwoman Clara Nomee shows no signs of obeying a court order which removes her from her office, prohibitsher from doing business for the tribe, and prevents her from running for re-election next month. Her laywer has filed a motion to stop the court order, alleging procedural violations...
Defiant Nomee claims tribal court was misused (The Billings Gazette 4/15)

In Global
A group of Mapuche in Chile seized the European Union offices in Santiago on Saturday. Protesting police detention of fellow farmers, the group held control of the offices for about six hours. Unrest among the Mapuche, who number about 1.2 million, is growing, as they begin the battle to recover ancestral territory.
Mapuche Indians Seize EU Office (AP 4/15)