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The Week in Review
ending April 22
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Clinton addresses the Navajo Nation
Shiprock, NM
April 17
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Clinton Speaks in Dine
Clinton took an entire day to travel to three regions of the country to speak about The Digital Divide,
the so-called technology gap between the rich and the poor. One of his tour dates happened to
be the Navajo Nation. On Monday, he spoke to thousands who gathered at Shiprock, NM where he
made an announcement to provide $1-a-month phone service to 300,000 reservation homes. He
also spoke with local Navajo school children throughout the Navajo Nation via video-conference set up by a Colorado
technology firm, Native American Systems.
In the end, bridging the Digital Divide will be the job of companies like NAS and Microsoft, who
also donated $2.5M in software and funds to tribal colleges. Its just the Clinton wanted a chance
to speak in Dine. Rumors that he consumed an entire pot of mutton stew and have been unconfirmed...
Get the Story:
Indian Country:
Falling into the Digital Divide? (Tech 4/17)
President
speaks at Navajo Nation (Tech 4/18)
Navajo
Nation welcomes Clinton (Tech 4/18)
Tastes Like Whale Meat
Whale hunting season began again and the hunting families of the Makah Nation took to
the seas for the first time since last year's historic hunt. So far, the Parker family
hasn't captured a whale. The Coast Guard, on the other hand, has had a lot of luck
capturing protesters who began arriving to Neah Bay even before a hunting permit had been
issued. Coast Guard: 4 arrested, 3 water vehicles confiscated. Protesters: 2 injured,
0 minds changed...
Get the Story:
Makah Whale Hunt
Update (The Talking Circle 4/17)
Makah whale hunt
begins (The Talking Circle 4/18)
Makah hunters
rest, Protesters fret (The Talking Circle 4/19)
Whale hunt
update (The Talking Circle 4/20)
Injured whale
hunt protester remains defiant (The Talking Circle 4/21)
Earth Week 2000
Indianz.Com was happy to bring you relevant news and resources about the environment during
our Earth Week 2000. It all ended this past weekend, with an Earth Day celebration in
the nation's capital. However, Mother Nature did not cooperate with our travel plans,
shutting down flights to the region. Next year, we say, next year...
Get the Story:
Exclusive: Winona LaDuke Speaks (The Medicine Wheel 4/20)
Exclusive: Indigenous Rocks the
Earth (Arts & Entertainment 4/21)
Ojibwe
leaders discuss weather, spirituality (4/17)
Cree
leader criticizes hydro (4/17)
Reservations see
water problems (4/18)
Casino Omaha
profits may disappear (4/18)
Mi'kmaq
testifies in logging case (4/18)
Babbitt
hopes to resolve water wars (4/18)
Gorton
opposes dam breaching (4/18)
Fire burns on
Pueblo land (4/19)
Pueblo golf
course raises water-rights issues (4/19)
More Mi'kmaq
loggers arrested (4/19)
Youth speaks of
tribe's struggles (4/20)
Shinnecock
protest development (4/20)
River fund
would aid SD tribes (4/20)
Lummi Nation
focuses on natural resources (4/21)
From The Talking Circle
Indian Country lost a warrior and great leader...A respected artist also passed on...Oklahoma officer won't face
any charges over shooting of a Kiowa/Apache woman...FBI launches campaign against
pardon of Peltier...
Get the Story:
Quinault leader
dies (The Talking Circle 4/17)
Tribal leader
wants to further success (The Talking Circle 4/20)
Services for Joe
Burton De La Cruz (The Talking Circle 4/20)
Minnesota artist
dies (The Talking Circle 4/18)
George
Morrison: His art enriched our lives (The Talking Circle 4/19)
DA won't charge
OK officer over shooting (The Talking Circle 4/19)
FBI Promises to
Prevent Peltier Pardon (The Talking Circle 4/21)
Peltier
supporters respond (The Talking Circle 4/21)
In Tribal Law
Its Monday and Clara Nomee is still in power of the Crow tribe...Oneida Nation
v. New York updates...Navajo-Hopi land dispute can only be a dispute when
the Hopi Tribe is involved...Cherokee leader sentenced...
Get the Story:
Judges fight
over Nomee case (4/19)
Nomee holds onto
power (4/21)
Oneida Nation,
New York updates (Tribal Law 4/17)
Counties end
police agreement with Oneida (4/18)
Navajos can't
sue Hopi Tribe (4/19)
Former Eastern
Cherokee chief sentenced (4/20)
From First Nations
Mik'maq logging case heads to court...Government criticized over avalanche in
Inuit community...Land claims disputes...
Get the Story:
Mi'kmaq logging
case to be heard today (First Nations 4/17)
Mi'kmaq testifies
in logging case (First Nations 4/18)
More Mi'kmaq
loggers arrested (First Nations 4/19)
Avalanche could
have been prevented (First Nations 4/18)
First Nations
briefs (First Nations 4/20)
In Money Matters
Cherokee Nation wants to get into tags...Tribes form a new energy company...Omaha
casino in financial straits...
Get the Story:
Cherokees to sell
car tags (4/17)
Cherokee pledge
to aid OK schools (4/20)
Tribes who sell
tags in Oklahoma (4/20)
Tribes form
energy firm (4/18)
Casino Omaha
profits may disappear (4/18)
Omaha tribe
appeals $6.4M judgement (4/19)
From Indian U.
Nebraska Indian Schools fight for more money...
Get the Story:
Indian school
aid vetoed (4/17)
Indian Education
at Risk (4/19)
Omaha, Winnebago
may sue over school aid (4/21)
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