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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FYI: News Items of Interest, November 3, 2009 (5 items) Compiled by Chelsea M. Mead Additional information about sources available at the end of the message. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [1] "Domestic Violence Money Goes to Idaho Tribes,” The Associated Press. November 2, 2009. © Copyright 2009 The Associated Press.. All rights reserved. Full text available at: http://www.reznetnews.org/article/domestic-violence-money-goes-idaho-tribes-40790 ** “The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes have been awarded a federal grant to support victims of domestic violence on the Fort Hall Reservation. The U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women is providing $500,000 to the tribes. The Idaho State Journal reports the money will be used to fund a women's shelter and to provide transitional assistance to victims of domestic violence…” [2] "Lenape: Ellis Island’s First Inhabitants,” Peter Milosheff, The Bronx Times. November 3, 2009. © Copyright 2009 The Bronx Times. All rights reserved. Full text available at: http://www.bronx.com/news/culture/602.html ** “On November 2, New York First Lady Michelle Paige Paterson will present a proclamation from Governor David A. Paterson to honor the native people of New York during the opening ceremony of Lenape: Ellis Island’s First Inhabitants at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. The opening, sponsored by the New York State Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial (HFCQ) and hosted by acclaimed Lenape scholar David M. Oestreicher, curator of the exhibition, includes six galleries housing a stunning collection of prehistoric artifacts, traditional crafts, ceremonial objects, antique books, maps, archival photographs, dioramas, and sculptures. This collection is brought to life with the oral histories of Lenape tribal members, both past and present. The exhibit tells the story of the ancient life ways and history of the people who greeted Henry Hudson 400 years ago from their earliest beginnings until the 21st century..." [3] "NCAI President Jefferson Keel Statement on Native American Heritage Month," National Congress of American Indians. November 2, 2009. © Copyright 2009 National Congress of American Indians. All rights reserved. Full text available at: http://www.ncai.org/News-View.19.0.html?&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=688&tx_ttnews[backPid]=9&cHash=8b1e1774aa<http://www.ncai.org/News-View.19.0.html?&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=688&tx_ttnews%5bbackPid%5d=9&cHash=8b1e1774aa> ‘“This year the celebration of Native American Heritage Month comes at an historic time for Indian Country as the Obama Administration holds its first annual Tribal Nations Conference and the Embassy of Tribal Nations opens its doors in Washington, D.C. Just as Indian delegations have been coming to Washington for well over a century, modern tribal leaders will descend on the nation’s capitol to ensure consultation regarding federal policy implementation that will benefit generations of American Indians and Alaska Natives…”’ [4] “SBHE Members Differ on Nickname: Standing Rock Chairman Rejects Deadline in Letter,” Tu-Uyen Tran, Grand Forks Herald. November 2, 2009. Copyright © 2009 Grand Forks Herald. All rights reserved. Full Text Available at: http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/139533/ “Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman Charlie Murphy has written a letter rejecting any deadline on UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname, but there are differences of opinion among State Board of Higher Education members about what that actually means. Board Chairman Richie Smith said it’s pretty clear to him that the tribe won’t work under a deadline. If that’s the case, ‘I wouldn’t personally extend the deadline,’ he said Monday. ‘This issue is more or less holding UND back from going on about its business,’ he said. Without a deadline extension, the board likely would ask UND to begin retiring the 79-year-old nickname, which some have decried as racist…” [5] “Schumer Expects News Soon on Indian Gaming Policy,” Victor Whitman, Times Herald-Record. November 2, 2009. Copyright © 2008 Times Herald-Record. All Rights Reserved. Full Text Available at: http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091102/NEWS/911029977 “Sen. Chuck Schumer says the Obama administration will make a critical decision on off-reservation gaming policy ‘in the coming weeks.’ Schumer says he recently spoke with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who is reviewing what is essentially a blanket ban on off-reservation casinos of the type that have been proposed in Sullivan County. Schumer has been lobbying Interior to review each casino proposal on the merits, a change in policy that could open the door for up to three casinos in the county…” - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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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