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Supreme Court upholds water rights
On Monday, the Supreme Court issued several rulings, one of them
affecting the water rights of the Quechan Nation on the Fort
Yuma reservation in Arizona.
After decades of litigation between
the states of Arizona and California,
the Court ruled that the tribe should be allowed to prove
how much additional water on the Colorado River it needs
to irrigate 25,000 acres of land.
After the tribe makes their case, Special Master of the Court,
Frank McGarr, will make a recommendation to the Justices
on the tribe's needs. The Court will eventually decide the fate
of a very tiny amount, approximately 1 percent, of water
on the river.
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Court
set to rule on water rights (Enviro 6/19)
Court
upholds water rights (Enviro 6/20)
Auction sites display controversial items
At least two sellers were thwarted, at least for
now, when they
attempted to sell questionable items on
Internet auction sites, underscoring the problems many
in Indian Country face when trying to protect cultural
heritage.
Ernie LaPointe, great-great-grandson of Hunkpapa Chief
Sitting Bull, often encounters sellers who claim to have
items that once belonged to the leader. An eBay auction
was the latest in a series of questionable sales he
has encountered over the years.
Another auction showed the darker side of both the
Internet and the trade in cultural artifacts. Fortunately,
Yahoo! removed the item once brought to its attention by
quick acting and concerned users online.
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Culture
for Sale (The Talking Circle 6/20)
Yahoo!
removes auction (The Talking Circle 6/22)
Tribes, museum agree on meteorite
Forgoing a potentially lengthy and costly court repatriation
battle, the Confederated Tribes of the
Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the American Museum of
Natural History came to an agreement over
a 15 1/2-ton meteorite sacred to the tribes this week.
The New York museum will continue to own and house the
meteorite, granting special access to the tribes' so that they can carry on
traditions important to them. In the event the museum doesn't
properly display the meteorite, known as Tomanowos in the
Clackama language, the tribes will regain ownership of Sky
Person.
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Meteorite
agreement reached (The Talking Circle 6/23)
Alexie quits the movies
Because he's such an Einstein, author / poet / screenwriter /
comedian and all around Rennaissance Man Sherman Alexie
announced his intention to quit the movie business this week.
But he'll deliver one more screenplay to Miramax and
hopefully, we'll see Reservation Blues make it
to the big screen and our two favorite characters Victor
and Thomas reunite it what could be one of the best
Indian movies ever made.
Meanwhile, there's enough Sherman material out there to
last fans decades. Pick up The Toughet Indian in
The World and One Stick Song at your local
bookshop or Amazon.Com today.
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Sherman
leaving Hollywood (Arts and Entertainment 6/23)
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