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MailBag Archive: When did native americans get the right to vote and drink alcohol?
Posted on Wednesday, July 02 @ 05:25:26 PDT (425 reads)

QUESTION:
When did it become legal in Arizona for Native Americans to buy alcohol and to vote?
~Submitted by Mel H.

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Law->Misc.: Alcohol Prohibition timeline
Posted on Wednesday, July 02 @ 04:42:46 PDT (88 reads)

The 1933 appeal of prohibition did not apply to native americans. They continued under prohibition laws until 1953, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower Indian prohibition was repealed country-wide. Indian reservations, however, remained dry unless they opted to permit the possession and sale of alcohol on the reservation.

Many reservations remain "dry" today. However, most frequently, tribal police do not enforce the alcohol law in areas where Anglo federal employees reside, or unless the drinker is causing a disturbance or has committed other crimes.

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Editorials: Proposals to help heal the genocidal wounds of indigenous peoples
Posted on Tuesday, July 01 @ 12:12:02 PDT (97 reads)

Wahkon writes In an article published in the Star Tribune, Minnesota's best-selling state-wide daily newspaper, Jeffrey Kolnick proposed that Minnesota "take a leadership role in the nation in dealing with the legacy of the genocide of indigenous peoples in the Americas".

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TNB->Colville Tribes: Sinixt Lake indians fact sheet
Posted on Tuesday, July 01 @ 12:09:14 PDT (78 reads)

Today the Sinixt, or Lake Indians, as they are also known, live primarily on the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington State, where they form part of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, which is recognized by the United States government as an American Indian Tribe. A few Sinixt live in their traditional West Kootenay territory, particularly the Slocan Valley. They are no longer legally recognized by the Canadian government.

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Educ->Funding/Grants: Oregon tribes, university partner to mentor prospective Native teachers
Posted on Tuesday, July 01 @ 06:37:03 PDT (107 reads)

In order to encourage more Native students to enter the teaching field, the University of Oregon and the nine federally recognized tribes of Oregon partnered to create a master's degree program.

Once students are accepted into the program, their tuition is paid and they receive a monthly living stipend of $1,775, a book allowance of $250 per term and $1,500 for a laptop. Altogether, the program runs into the $50,000 range.

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Humor->FunnyPicture: The indians were here first
Posted on Sunday, June 22 @ 23:46:57 PDT (872 reads)

In case you don't know who was here first...

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TNB->Nez Perce: Human skull found near Snake River may be ancient Nez Perce
Posted on Thursday, June 12 @ 19:19:13 PDT (656 reads)

A partial human skull and bone fragments found near a site known for its American Indian petroglyphs, pictographs and ancient graves may be the remains of a Nez Perce ancestor.

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TNB->Pequot Indians: Gambling success brings controversy for Mashantucket Pequot tribe
Posted on Tuesday, June 10 @ 21:17:58 PDT (285 reads)

AUTHOR: Claudia Parsons

Most of the past 400 years have been miserable for the Mashantucket Pequot. Almost annihilated by English settlers and the smallpox, the survivors were enslaved and scattered. Reduced to just a few dozen members by the 1970s, they grew lettuce and tapped maple syrup, living in poverty in trailers on a scrap of Connecticut woods.

Gambling has changed all that.

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Law->Misc.: BIA finally back online after six years
Posted on Tuesday, June 10 @ 20:53:55 PDT (246 reads)

Internet access is being restored to the Office of the Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) via the BIA’s network following a recent court order. This means that Indian Affairs, BIA and BIE employees will soon be able to communicate by email with tribes, other federal offices and the general public to provide services and conduct business.

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TNB->Pueblo Indians: Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo prepares for the Feast of St. Anthony
Posted on Tuesday, June 10 @ 20:32:46 PDT (226 reads)

AUTHOR: Darren Meritz / El Paso Times

The Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo, or Tigua Indians, are preparing for one of their most important holidays this weekend, the feast day of their patron, St. Anthony.

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Television: Film crew documents drama of Cherokee tears
Posted on Friday, June 06 @ 15:30:22 PDT (344 reads)

AUTHOR: Pam Sohn

A new PBS series will feature a segment on the Cherokee Trail of Tears.

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Issues->Racism: Healing the painful wounds of a genocide in Minnesota
Posted on Wednesday, June 04 @ 01:58:00 PDT (414 reads)

Wahkon writes The Minnesota Sesquicentennial Commissioners have acknowledged that Minnesota committed ethnocide and genocide against Native Americans during its early history.

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Museums->Montana: Sitting Bull exhibit to open at Little Big Horn Museum in June
Posted on Wednesday, May 28 @ 13:30:29 PDT (470 reads)

AUTHOR: Lorna Thackeray

Sitting Bull didn’t come to Montana to fight at the Little Bighorn, says his great-grandson, Ernie LaPointe. The great Sioux spiritual leader and former war hero came to dance.

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Law->Misc.: 'Obamamania' hits the Crow Nation
Posted on Saturday, May 24 @ 21:32:33 PDT (480 reads)

AUTHOR: Adrian Jawort

If elected, Obama promises to host an annual summit at the White House with tribal leaders to come up with an agenda for tribal communities while making sure treaty obligations are met while honoring the tribal and federal government relationship.

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Humor->Indin Jokes: Top 10 Things Native Americans Can Say To A White Person
Posted on Friday, May 23 @ 20:33:02 PDT (751 reads)

Here are the top 10 things american indian people say to white folks.

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