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The Week in Review
ending May 27
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A protester
is led out of cloud of tear gas.
Lima, Peru.
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BIA tunes in
In a move that surprised Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell
and many others, BIA headman Kevin Gover endorsed the
Senator's bill that would rid the BIA of the duty of
recognizing tribes. Gover's submitted testimony
indicated the Bureau would not support the bill, but
he changed his mind and told the Senate Committee on
Indian Affairs this week that he's done all he can
to make the recognition process more manageable.
If passed, the new
bill would create a special commission whose
sole purpose is to finish in 12 years what the BIA
officially started
back in 1978. Can they do it? Will there be the same type
of litigation and problems the BIA has seen? We'll all have to
wait and see...
Get the Story:
BIA
eases recognition process (Tribal Law 5/22)
Gover
wants BIA out of nastiness (Tribal Law 5/25)
Key
provisions of recognition bill (Tribal Law 5/25)
Quinault
oppose Cowlitz recognition (Tribal Law 5/22)
Towns turn on
Speaking of problems with the BIA, people in Connecticut definitely
have some. Everyone from towns folk to town leaders to state officials are getting involved.
Local town leaders want help from the BIA but only AG Richard
Blumental is likely to get a real meeting with the Bureau. 60 Minutes
aired an update on the situation that was less an update and more
of a reminder of how little the mainstream media knows about Indian
issues. That didn't stop one town leader from continuing to criticize
Kevin Gover, nor the Mashantucket Pequot from meeting with famed
lawyer Johnnie Cochran over a possible lawsuit regarding the book
Without Reservation.
Can't we all just get along?
Get the Story:
The
Pequot Letters (The Talking Circle 5/22)
Lawmakers
to discuss Pequots (Tribal Law 5/22)
State
seeks BIA meeting (Tribal Law 5/23)
BIA:
No assistance to states (Tribal Law 5/24)
60
Minutes provides little insight (The Talking Circle 5/24)
Towns
watch 60 Minutes (The Talking Circle 5/24)
Town:
Gover a 'mockery' (The Talking Circle 5/25)
If
the tribe does not fit, you must acquit (Tribal Law 5/25)
Toledo and Fijians turns out
Alejandro Toledo, former candidate for President of Peru, officially dropped out
of the race this week, guaranteeing incumbent Alberto Fujimori a victory in
the May 28th run-off election.
Everyone except his administration has questioned the validity of
the electoral proces and the election software but the show went on,
despite international objection as well as local protest. Protesters
gathered all throughout the country with violence occuring in Lima. Someone
will be elected, will anyone recognize him?
The rebel coup sponsored by indigenous Fiji businessman George Speight
and brought to you by various web sites continued to heat up this week
as the highly respected tribal chiefs tried to call for a peace to
the situation. Speight rejected their advances and the fight continued
on well into the weekend.
And no, the BIA isn't going to get involved in any of these situations...
Get the Story:
Toledo
withdraws from election (Global 5/23)
Toledo
pressures government (Global 5/24)
Peruvians
protest election (Global 5/26)
Chiefs
support President (Global 5/24)
Rebels
reject chiefs' plan (Global 5/26)
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