Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The federal government on Monday gave Royal Dutch Shell the final permit it needs to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska's northwest coast for the first time in more than two decades. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement announced that it approved the permit to drill below the ocean floor after the oil giant brought in a required piece of equipment to stop a possible well blowout. The agency previously allowed Shell to begin drilling only the top sections of two wells in the Chukchi Sea because the k...
JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Faced with escalating aggression from Russia and China, the Pentagon is planning to increase its use of drones by about 50 percent over the next several years, using the Army and civilian contractors to put more of the unmanned aircraft in the air. The decision to add Army and civilian-operated missions to the mix was triggered because the Air Force — which had been running about 65 combat air patrol missions a day — asked to decrease that number to 60 because of stress on the force. But 60 patrols don't come...
Minnesota's walk-in access (WIA) program, which had been on shaky financial ground, will continue. A $1.67 million, three-year federal grant that funds the program has been awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, officials announced Monday. The grant means hunters in western and south-central Minnesota will continue to have access to more than 22,000 acres of existing WIA hunting land, and will get at least 8,000 additional acres over the next three years. Here's the rest of the DNR news release: http://www.startribun...
About 2,000 people gathered in the gymnasium at Sequoyah High School Friday morning to attend the swearing-in of one re-elected and seven newly elected tribal councilors. Supreme Court Justice John Garrett administered the oath of office simultaneously to candidates who prevailed in the 2015 elections: Rex Jordan in District 1, David Walkingstick in District 3, Bryan Warner in District 6, Shawn Crittenden in District 8, Dick Lay in District 12, Buel Anglen in District 13, Keith Austin in District 14 and Wanda Claphan Hatfield at-large. The...
More than a dozen First Nations chiefs in British Columbia made more than $100,000 in compensation in the most recent fiscal year, according to reports filed under federal transparency rules that are now in their second year. That puts those leaders at the high end of a compensation scale that ranges from less than $15,000 a year – the reported compensation for the chief of the Bridge River Indian Band near Lillooet – to more than $200,000 for the chief of the Gwawaenuk Tribe near Port McNeill on Vancouver Island. http://www...
The Gwawaenuk paid its chief more than $200,000 in the 2014-15 fiscal year, the second exorbitant compensation to be revealed in the past week for a chief of a tiny B.C. First Nation. A review by The Vancouver Sun of financial disclosures — which must be filed to the federal government by 184 First Nations in B.C. — shows Charlie Williams was the second-highest paid chief in the province. More than 15 other chiefs and councillors had pay in the $100,000-range. The Gwawaenuk First Nation, which has only 39 members according to the federal gov...
Native American tribes are opting not to legalize marijuana, though at least two are poised to try it – just six months after a Justice Department memo indicated federal authorities likely would not interfere with growing marijuana on tribal lands if other federal crimes were not committed. Many tribes exploring their options said that as U.S. citizens and sovereign nations, they deserve the right to choose to legalize as states have done. However, tribes continue to balk at the vague language of the Justice Department’s so-called “Cole Memor...
SHIPROCK, N.M. — Roy Etcitty walked from his dead crops to the nearby banks of the San Juan River, where he stood in the mud and cried. After more than a week without irrigating his field with the San Juan or using its waters to keep his horses hydrated, Etcitty, his long black hair waving in the evening breeze, pondered the river's meaning and was overcome. "It's everything for us," he said. "It's a part of our life, they say. It's our livelihood." http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_28656860/navajo-farmers-suffer-after-color...
Republican U.S. Senator John McCain did not exactly receive a warm welcome when he visited the Navajo Nation this weekend to commemorate the Navajo Code Talkers. Throughout the day, he was confronted by activists chanting: “Water is life!” in the Navajo language and waving banners painted with messages stating: “McCain = Indian Killer” and “McCain’s not welcome here.” Though McCain’s visit to the capital city of Window Rock ostensibly had nothing to do with environmental politics, he was met repeatedly by young activists concerned about...
AKWESASNE -- St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Police now have authority in the so-called “Hogansburg Triangle” or “Bombay Triangle,” the northern section of the Town of Bombay that the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe are trying to re-acquire through land claim negotiations. New York State Police Superintendent Joseph D’Amico signed a certificate of expanded jurisdiction on Thursday, making the law official, according to the tribe. In June, the state Assembly and Senate voted in favor of their respective versions of the bill that extends tribal PD’s jurisdictio...
The family of 24-year-old Sarah Lee Circle Bear questioned an autopsy report saying she died from overdosing on methamphetamines, Red Power Media reported. “How did she get that much meth?” asked her father, Terrence Circle Bear. As the Associated Press reported, state Attorney General Marty Jackley said that there was “acute methamphetamine and amphetamine toxicity” in Circle Bear’s blood. The results are not available to the public, he said, but he is investigating where the the substance came from. https://www.rawstory.co...
New Mexico's chief of police is threatening to withdraw law enforcement commissions to Jemez Pueblo after learning that the tribe has been ticketing non-Indians for traffic citations. The commissions allow police department on the reservation to cite non-Indian motorists in tribal court. The traffic tickets generated about $500,000 in the past year, The Albuquerque Journal reported. At the same time, the paper said the tribe received $6,000 in state funds as part of a program that does not allow citations of non-Indians. New Mexico State...
A new study has found that encouraging First Nations, Inuit and Métis mothers to breastfeed would be a simple way to significantly cut down the high rates of common infection — and even deaths — seen in aboriginal babies in Canada. Dr. Kathryn McIsaac, with the Centre for Research on Inner City Health of St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, says even she was surprised by the results. "I think this really gives policy makers and government officials what we need to be putting emphasis into breastfeeding programs," she says. http...
If you hate the pungent odor of most mosquito repellents, there might be a very sweet-smelling alternative. Researchers have identified two mosquito-repelling chemicals naturally found in sweetgrass, an aromatic herb that some Native American peoples have traditionally used to ward off the pesky insects. In one test, distilled sweetgrass oil even matched the repellent potency of DEET, the current gold standard for anti-mosquito effectiveness. Stopping mosquito bites is about more than enjoying a barbecue in peace. It's a serious human health...
WARM SPRINGS RESERVATION — Ambrose Meanus watched a helicopter drop another load of water onto the smoldering hillside just 200 yards from his front porch. Firefighters had been working to extinguish it since Friday, the same day Meanus and his family were told to evacuate. Three days later they were back home, but smoke still filled the neighborhood. "A lot of people are praying for us," said Meanus, 24. http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/08/warm_springs_blaze_destroys_55.html...
