Native American news and events that occurred in Indian Country in 2006.
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AUTHOR: Erica Werner Federal figures announced Monday, compiled from 387 tribal facilities in 28 states, show Indian gambling revenue has nearly doubled in five years.Continue to Indian gambling revenue in 2006 outpaced Nevada casinos →
September 23rd, 2006, while visiting Palm Springs, California from Pine Ridge, South Dakota to take part in a powwow, a young girl, by the name of Delmarina One Feather was robbed of a piece of her heritage by an uncaring thief.
Delmarina’s dancing regalia was stolen from a white cab pickup outside Motel 6 in Palm Springs. The regalia was inside a red suitcase within the pickup.
Continue to Regalia Stolen, reward offered for their return →
This is a BENEFIT POW-WOW When: Saturday, December 2, 2006 Where: First United Methodist Church 507 Pacific Avenue, Long Beach, Ca Special Notice: Help in defraying medical expenses for MICHAEL D. BOHAY, JR 5 yr old Michael Bohay has been diagnosed with tumors in his tongue, the floor of his mouth, chin and throat. He has had 6 surgeries to date and as a result does not have much of his tongue left. A specialist in Colorado, Dr. Yates has…
Twelve years later, nearly to the day, another extraordinary miracle has occurred on the Heider family farm. During or shortly after a severe lightning storm, another white buffalo calf, this time a male, was born in the early morning hours to the Heider herd. Like Miracle, he is not an albino.Continue to Another white buffalo calf born on the Heider farm →
WINDOW ROCK -- Since 1958, the Navajo and Hopi tribes have been involved in litigation over various aspects of the Navajo-Hopi land dispute. A proposed intergovernmental compact would settle a lawsuit authorized by Congress in 1974.
Continue to Navajo – Hopi land dispute: settlement in site →
AUTHOR: S.E. Ruckman, Tulsa World Staff Writer Cherokee Nation councilors vote to back the tribe’s regaining its federal status. TAHLEQUAH — The Delaware Tribe of Indians moved one step closer to reclaiming its federal status after Cherokee Nation councilors voted Monday to support the tribe’s recognition. The Bartlesville-based tribe lost its federal recognition in 2005 after losing a 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision to the Cherokee Nation over treaty provisions. With the Cherokee tribal resolution’s approval, a memorandum…