Here.
We posted on the new regulations on Indian prisoners’ religious rights here.
News
News Article on “The Sustainable Chumash”
Here. Amazing article.
Thanks again to Patrick O’Donnell.
ICT Coverage of Senate Report on Carcieri
Here.
An excerpt:
The report says that the decision sent “shockwaves” through Indian country “in great part because the record on which the Supreme Court based its interpretation of section 19 of the IRA was noticeably incomplete.” It adds that the decision undermines the intent of the IRA, threatens public safety and law enforcement, and impedes economic development, while increasing costly tribal and federal litigation.
Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, said in an accompanying view issued within the report that he concurs with most of Akaka’s views regarding the effects of the decision of and the purposes of the IRA, although he said he recognizes there to be other “good faith” understandings of the Supreme Court’s rationale.
“For my part, I do not claim to know enough about the government’s internal deliberations and legal strategies in the Carcieri case to say that there were deliberate or even careless omissions from the record presented to the Supreme Court,” Barrasso says. “But whether that happened or not is ‘water under the bridge’ and therefore much less important than the consequences of the decision itself.”
GTB Announces Election Results
Here:
We congratulate JoAnne Gasco, a former tribal judge at GTB and LTBB, and a frequent guest speaker at ILPC events, and Tom Shomin, husband to our great friend-of-Turtle-Talk Mary Shomin.
John Borrows and Pam Palmater Interviewed by CBC on the Royals Visit to Canada
Nice piece–Both Borrows and Pamater have visited MSU to speak and it’s great to see them interviewed by the CBC along with Taiaiake Alfred and Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo about Prince Charles’s visit to Canada and his meetings with aboriginal leaders this week.
Borrows: Indigenous peoples are creative, engaged, problem-solving peoples.
They have the desire and ability to meet the most pressing challenges and questions faced by the world today. They have beautiful languages, exquisite art, wise elders, and strong leaders. They have an immensely deep and profound love for our lands and territories.
Through collective experience, indigenous peoples also know the most about Canada’s failings. They live the stories of Canada’s collapse when it comes to the effects of greed, misunderstanding and ignorance related to Canada’s land use.
They have the lowest rates of formal education and income. They have the highest rates of suicide, incarceration, unemployment and poverty.
Our greatest challenge is getting the world to see the relationship between Canada’s generally high standard of living and indigenous peoples’ troubling experiences throughout the country.
NYTs on “Scourge of Rape” in Indian Country
Here.
News Coverage on Cobell Decision
American Indian Skulls Repatriated from England to California
Here.
NYTs: Updating the Clovis Model Dating the First Americans
Science is finally catching up to Vine Deloria.
Here.
Skagit County GOP Makes Stealth Attack on Tribal Sovereignty
The Skagit County GOP (of Washington State) has again issued a platform calling for serious infringement of tribal sovereignty. This is a less obviously anti-Indian platform than the 2000 version that was eventually passed at the state level, but its effects–having the DOI guarantee representation of non-Indians in tribal governments–would be similar.
Here’s a well-researched bulletin on the subject from Borderlands Research and Education: Bulletin – 2012 Skagit GOP Plank
And the platform itself is located on page 3 of this document: Skagit GOP Platform 2012
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