From Soo Evening News (H/T Indianz):
Sault Tribal Board considers resolution to remove Chairman from office
SAULT STE. MARIE – Tribal Chairman Aaron Payment issued a press release early this morning announcing the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Board of Directors is considering a resolution to remove him from office. Payment also indicated that this action would render him ineligible to seek re-election later this year.
From the Mt. Pleasant Morning Sun:
Tribe banishes four
The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe has begun using a very old method of dealing with problems in a new way: invoking the ancient tribal practice of banishing troublemakers from tribal lands.
From the Journal Newspapers:
A delegation of city officials hope elected officials will be swayed by testimony they plan to give regarding the impact a casino would have in Wayne County before the Legislature early in 2008.
From the Battle Creek Enquirer:
ATHENS TOWNSHIP — The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi is awaiting a Michigan Tax Tribunal decision on whether the tribe is liable for township taxes on its Pine Creek Reservation.
Here’s the commentary from the activists. And here are some materials on the mine from the Great Lakes Natural Resource Center in Ann Arbor. Here’s our previous post on the subject.
We’ll post the complaint when we get it.
From the Morning Sun:
By MARK RANZENBERGER
Sun Online Editor
It doesn’t seem likely that the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe will meet its self-imposed deadline of opening the Saganing Eagle’s Landing Casino by year’s end.
From the International Herald Tribune:
Across the United States, casino operators point to consumer worries, along with higher gas prices, as factors explaining a drop-off in revenues.
From Soo Today:
Friday, December 21, 2007
NEWS RELEASE
SAULT STE. MARIE
TRIBE OF
CHIPPEWA INDIANS
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Tribal walleye stocking program going strong into 10th year
21 percent of walleye sampled were stocked fish; no sign of VHS in stocks
SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – Tom Gorenflo, Inter-Tribal Fisheries and Assessment Program (ITFAP) director, reported walleye fishing in the St. Marys river received another boost in 2007 as the ITFAP raised and stocked 337,000 two-inch walleye summer fingerlings at various locations in the river.
From the Midland Daily News:
Honoring their parents and contributing to the education of students, the children of Central Michigan University alumni Rollie and Olga Denison established a $500,000 endowment to support Native American studies.
From Indianz:
Housekeeping staff at the casino owned by the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan voted down a union by a 2-1 margin on Thursday. Nearly all the full- and part-time housekeeping staff at the Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort participated in the election. They voted against joining the Teamsters union by 192 to 88. The National Labor Relations Board oversaw the election, the second of its kind at a tribal casino. Dealers at the Foxwoods Resort Casino, owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut, voted overwhelmingly last month to join the United Auto Workers.
Get the Story:
Teamsters turned down by casino workers (The Mt. Pleasant Morning Sun 12/21)
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