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The Week in Review
ending May 13
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Pequot Chairman Kenneth Reels
Mi'kmaq fisherman sets lobster trap
South Dakota Governor Bill Janklow |
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Controversy over Connecticut tribes
Tribes in Connecticut are under increased public scrutiny these days.
The book Without Reservation is gaining more national
attention over its claims about the Mashantucket Pequot. Meanwhile,
the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot and the Eastern Pequot are facing a
battle from local town officials over their preliminary federal
recognition. Last week saw Mashantucket Chairman Kenneth Reels
address tribal members over the book and three towns threaten to
sue Bruce Babbitt over the other Pequots while they begin looking
for holes in the BIA's documents on the tribes. This week, the CBS program 60
Minutes II is due to present
a piece on Without Reservation on Tuesday, May 16.
Get the Mashantucket Story:
Pequots
unfazed by book (The Talking Circle 5/8)
Pequot
Chairman: 'We
Are A Proud People' (The Talking Circle 5/8)
The
Pequot Daily (Smoke Signals 5/8)
The
Pequot Daily (Smoke Signals 5/11)
Book
opens old wounds (Arts & Entertainment 5/12)
Get the federal recognition Story:
Towns
threaten suit (Tribal Law 5/8)
Towns
want more BIA files (Tribal Law 5/9)
Eastern
Pequot recognition likely, says backer (Money Matters 5/10)
BIA
documents arrive (Tribal Law 5/12)
Mi'kmaq assert treaty rights
The Mi'kmaq Nation of Burnt Church, New Brunswick began asserting their
hunting and fishing rights in the first lobster season since the historic
Marshall decision of 1999. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans wasn't
too pleased with the new fisheries program unveiled by the band, however.
The DFO has been confiscating lobster traps put out by fisherman that
don't meet the federal government's requirements. Mi'kmaq in Prince
Edward Island had a mixed situation; with one band returning its licences
over racist-tinged threats but another planning to go ahead despite them.
Get the Story:
Natives
defy government (First Nations 5/8)
Fisherman
set traps; Abegweit Mi'kmaq return lobster licences (First Nations Briefs 5/8)
Mi'kmaq
test limits of treaty rights (First Nations 5/10)
Fishermen
ignore threats (5/11)
Race Relations in South Dakota
Will Indian residents of the state of South Dakota every get their voices
heard fully? If Governor Bill Janklow has anything to do with it, perhaps
not. He finally got a chance to respond to a US Commission on Civil
Rights report on racism and the justice system this past week. Many
criticized his response and said he is avoiding the issue.
Get the Story:
Janklow
responds to racism report (The Talking Circle 5/10)
Racism
study wanted in SD (The Talking Circle 5/10)
Janklow
picks report apart (The Talking Circle 5/10)
more stories
Still more stories in the Weekly recap.
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