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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FYI: News Items of Interest, November 2, 2009 (5 items) Compiled by Chelsea M. Mead Additional information about sources available at the end of the message. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [1] "As Hosts of the Vancouver Olympics, First Nations are Ready to Welcome the World,” Remy Scalza, The Washington Post. November 1, 2009. © Copyright 2009 The Washington Post.. All rights reserved. Full text available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/28/AR2009102801479.html “It's an Olympic first that has drawn few headlines. When the 2010 Winter Games open in Vancouver, B.C., in February, four Canadian Indian nations will be on hand -- not as window dressing but as full-fledged hosts. ‘This isn't just get out the drums and feathers for the Opening Ceremonies,’ says Alex Rose, communications director for the Four Host First Nations, the society representing the four groups of Canada's indigenous people who will host the Games. ‘Those days are gone…’" [2] "Chairman accused of taking bribes,” Brian Hallenbeck, The Day. November 2, 2009. © Copyright 2009 The Day Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Full text available at: http://www.theday.com/article/20091102/NWS01/311029923/1019&town= “Rodney A. Butler, treasurer of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council, was elected chairman Sunday after winning a third three-year term on the council, the tribe announced in a statement. Steven Thomas and Crystal Whipple also won seats on the seven-member council in balloting among tribal members. Charlene Jones, the council's secretary, lost her bid for a fourth term. The council governs the tribe and oversees its gaming enterprise, which includes Foxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand at Foxwoods. The Mashantuckets, dealing with the recession's crippling effect on casino revenues, are seeking to restructure a debt load of more than $2 billion. Butler's term as chairman will begin Jan. 1, with the new council's inauguration expected to take place Jan. 4, the first business day of 2010. The chairmanship is currently vacant, the result of the council's recent expulsion of former Chairman Michael Thomas, whom the council condemned in August for pledging to put funding for tribal government and ‘incentive’ payments to tribal members ahead of the tribe's financial obligations..." [3] "Osage Casino Helps Staff in College: It Makes Them Better Employees, Casino Says," Sara Plummer, Tulsa World. November 2, 2009. © Copyright 2009 Tulsa World. All rights reserved. Full text available at: http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20091102_11_A13_TrishK51126 “Earning a bachelor's degree was something Pam Shaw started years ago, but being a working mother put that goal on hold. Shaw, director of guest service assurance at Osage Million Dollar Elm Casino, has also worked as a casino general manager at another Osage property. She now has a bachelor's degree in business management with help from her employer and has her sights on a master's degree. ‘With the company offering the classes, how could you not take advantage?’ she said. Osage Million Dollar Elm Casino offers employees the chance to earn certifications from Tulsa Community College in hospitality, restaurant management and gaming operations/protection. To earn the certificates, students must complete 18 hours of classes that are offered at the Osage executive offices. The casino will pay for college classes as long as the employee has been working for at least a year and is in good standing…" [4] “Black American Indians Reach for Untold Story: Afro-Aboriginals Reclaiming Rich Multi-ethnic Roots,” Judy Masterson, Lake County News-Sun. November 2, 2009. Copyright © 2009 News Sun. All rights reserved. Full Text Available at: http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/news/1859419,5_1_WA02_AFROABS_S1-091102.article “A group of black Americans interested in exploring their American Indian roots has formed a group called the Northern Illinois Afro-Aboriginals. ‘The African Native American is a story that's not told,’ said Ali Albakri, a founding member and managing editor of Lake County Arts magazine, who heard from a cousin that his family tree includes members of the Blackfoot tribe. The idea for the group came from Joe Russell, 54, of Waukegan, a substitute teacher. Russell's birth mother, Tienna Evans, was a full-blooded Arapaho, he said, and his birth father was black. Russell, who was adopted, has struggled to learn the facts of his heritage, and he has struggled for acceptance as a bi-racial, multi-ethnic person in a culture that is just beginning to embrace multiculturalism…” [5] “Charges Dropped Against Marshall Protest Fisherman,” Alex DeMarban, The Arctic Sounder. October 29, 2009. Copyright © 2008 The Arctic Sounder. All Rights Reserved. Full Text Available at: http://thearcticsounder.com/article/0944charges_dropped_against_marshall_protest_fisherman “The lone Yukon River protestor ticketed for fishing illegally this summer in an act of civil disobedience won't have to pay a thing. The citation issued against Jason Isaac will be dismissed, according to a letter from U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler to Jason Isaac. ‘This is to confirm the phone conversation we had today that the United States will be dismissing this violation notice ... when it comes up for arraignment before the court,’ reads the Oct. 21 letter. The Ohogamuit Traditional Council in the village issued a written statement on Thursday, Oct. 29, announcing the dismissal. A federal wildlife protection officer gave Isaac a $275 citation in late September for fishing during a closed period. The tribal government had passed a resolution supporting the protest and worked with attorneys to have the ticket dismissed. Isaac, a police officer in Marshall, a Western Alaska village of 400, was one of more than a dozen fishermen involved in the June 26 protest. Several protestors told journalists that more than a dozen people in six boats caught 100 king salmon during a closed period. They said they were protesting strict limits on subsistence fishing…” - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FYI: News Items of Interest is a daily resource compiled by the H-AMINDIAN staff. It features a sampling of news stories concerning Native issues primarily in Canada, the United States and Mexico. In order to comply with Academic Fair Use and copyright laws, only an excerpt of the news articles is offered here. We will not reproduce articles in whole. Links are provided for articles located online without subscription to an academic search database. Your college, university, or public library may provide access to online data bases and services (such as Lexis-Nexis, ProQuest, or Dialog) with full-text versions of these and other stories. H-AMINDIAN is part of the H-NET family and is housed in the Department of History, Arizona State University. Visit our website at http://history.clas.asu.edu/h-amindian
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