Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Man Indicted for Assault and Witness Tampering on Indian Reservation (U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan)
Travis Jay Kendall, 24, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Bay City, Mich., for assault causing serious bodily injury and witness tampering. The indictment charges that Kendall assaulted his girlfriend on the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Reservation in Isabella County, Mich. The indictment also charges that Kendall attempted to intimidate, threaten, or corruptly persuade the victim with the intent to influence her testimony at a grand jury proceeding.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/mie/news/2011/2011_8_10_tkendall.html
Aldin Ray Two Moons, Sr. Sentenced in U.S. District Court (U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana)
Aldin Ray Two Moons, Sr., 37, a resident of Lame Deer, Mont., was sentenced in Billings, Mont., in connection with his guilty plea to domestic assault by a habitual offender. On Aug. 28, 2010, a female individual reported to law enforcement that she had been physically assaulted by her common law husband, Two Moons. Two Moons has had ten tribal arrests for domestic abuse, with four of those resulting in convictions.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/mt/
Navajo Man Sentenced to Nine Years for Federal Manslaughter Conviction (U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico)
Lolando Nez, 33, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation and a resident of Vanderwagen, N.M., was sentenced to a 109-month term of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release for his voluntary manslaughter conviction. Nez also was ordered to pay $11,937.74 in restitution to cover the costs of the victim's funeral and medical expenses. U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales said that Nez was charged with killing Ethan Wemytewa, an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Zuni, during a physical altercation on the Navajo Indian Reservation on May 2, 2010.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/nm/pr/index.html
August 9, 2011
Informational: Federal Court Arraignment (U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana)
Charles Spotted Elk-Booth, a resident of Lame Deer, Mont., was arrested on a charge of attempted aggravated sexual abuse. If convicted, Spotted Elk-Booth faces possible penalties of life in prison, a $250,000 fine and lifetime supervision.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/mt/
Duane Dale Big Eagle Found Guilty in U.S. Federal Court (U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana)
Duane Dale Big Eagle, 61, Crow Creek Sioux Tribal Chairman and a resident of Fort Thompson, S.D., was found guilty of conspiracy to commit bribery of a tribal official and bribery involving an agent of an Indian tribal organization. Evidence showed that Big Eagle was part of a conspiracy to accept bribes in return for awarding tribal no bid contracts to Kutz Construction to build a new dorm and kitchen facility and other work at the Tribal School following a fire in April 2005. Big Eagle received approximately $16,000 from Kutz Construction, via Scott Raue, Superintendent of the Tribal School, with the intent to be influenced to grant work and approve payments.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/mt/
Couple Plead Guilty to Federal Charges (U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota)
U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that Carl and Barbara Walking Eagle, of Fort Totten, N.D., changed their pleas before U.S. District Court Judge Ralph R. Erickson on charges of theft from an Indian Tribal organization. Carl Walking Eagle, 69, a former officer of the Spirt Lake Tribe, pleaded guilty to the charges of embezzlement and theft from an Indian tribal organization. Walking Eagle's spouse, Barbara Walking Eagle, 64, a former librarian at the community college in Fort Totten, N.D., pleaded nolo contendre to charges of embezzlement and theft from an Indian tribal organization and false statements. The Walking Eagles admitted to giving false information to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation, in order to receive fuel assistance by failing to disclose their actual household income.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/nd/pressreleases/2011/08-09-2011-Fort%20Totten%20Couple%20Plead.pdf
Eugene Eckert Sentenced in U.S. District Court (U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana)
Eugene Eckert, 48, and a resident of Polson, Mont., was sentenced in Great Falls, Mont., before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon in connection with his guilty plea to abusive sexual contact of a child. In 2005, 9-year-old girl disclosed to a psychologist that she had been sexually molested by Eckert on numerous occasions from approximately the ages of four to eight-years-old while living on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/mt/pressreleases/last20.html
August 5, 2011
Timber Lake Man Sentenced for False Statements to a Federal Agency Timberlake Man Sentenced for False Statements to a Federal Agency (FBI / U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota)
U.S. Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Roy Veit, 22, was sentenced to one month in custody, one year of supervised release, $16,844 in restitution, and a $100 special assessment to the Victim Assistance Fund in relation to his guilty plea to false statements to a federal agency on May 9, 2011. Veit and others allegedly unlawfully conspired to obtain grazing privileges from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe to pasture non-Indian-owned cattle on tribally owned range units by falsely claiming that the Veit family owned the cattle and livestock as Cheyenne River Sioux tribal members. This scheme allowed the co-conspirators to defraud the Tribe of approximately $50,532.
Death Investigation on Zia Pueblo (FBI / U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico)
Death Investigation on Zia Pueblo
- filed under: Press Release
The FBI, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Sandoval County Sheriff's Office are investigating the death of a man whose body was found off Highway 550 on the Zia Pueblo on Friday morning. The body was found in an arroyo near Mile Marker 38. More information will be released as it becomes available.
http://www.fbi.gov/albuquerque/press-releases/2011/death-investigation-on-zia-pueblo
Man Pleads Guilty for Possession of Weapon (U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma)
Christopher Don Clemons, 37, of Muskogee, Okla., pleaded guilty to Felon in Possession of a Firearm, in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Section 922(g)(1) and Possession of Unregistered Firearm, in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Sections 5845, 5861(d) and 5871. The indictment alleges that Clemons, having been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, knowingly possessed a weapon not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/oke/press0811.html
St. Francis Man Sentenced for Possession and Distribution of Meth St. Francis Man Sentenced for Possession and Distribution of Meth St. Francis Man Sentenced for Possession and Distribution of Meth (U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota)St. Francis Man Sentenced for Possession and Distribution of Meth
- filed under: Press Release
U.S. Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Dale Haukaas, age 30, of St. Francis, S.D., was charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance. Haukaas served as a middle man for two individuals from Nebraska who were transporting methamphetamine to the Rosebud Reservation for resale. The drug quantity attributable to Haukaas based on his role in the conspiracy is between 50 and 200 grams of methamphetamine.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/sd/pressreleases/Pierre-2011-08-04-Haukaas.html
Man Charged with Theft (U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma)
Steven Wayne Ferguson, 32, of Tulsa, Okla., is accused of stealing a trailer and lawn mowing equipment from tribal land on May 25, 2011, in excess of $1,000.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/okn/press/August2011.pdf
Man Charged with Assault in Indian Country (U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma)
Ronnie Dean Blossom, 42, from Locust Grove, Okla., is accused of assaulting and causing
serious bodily injury to another Indian in Indian Country on July 15, 2011.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/okn/press/August2011.pdf
August 4, 2011
Man Sentenced in U.S. Federal Court (U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana)
Roger Dean Snake, 59, and a resident of Lame Deer, Mont., was sentenced in Billings, Mont., in connection with his guilty plea to two counts of abusive sexual contact. On March 19, 2010, a child disclosed to a school counselor that she was touched in a sexual manner by her step-grandfather, Snake, at Snake's home within the exterior boundaries of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/mt/index.html
Northern Arapaho Man Sentenced for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury (U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming)
U.S. Attorney Christopher A. Crofts announced today that Mervin Black, an enrolled Northern Arapaho Tribal member of the Wind River Reservation, was sentenced in federal court after having pled guilty to one count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury. The defendant assaulted a man using brass knuckles, causing serious bodily injury to the victim. He was sentenced to 60 months of imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $14,023.98 in restitution for the victim's medical bills.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/wy/news/news.html#aug2010
Northern Arapaho Man Sentenced for Sexual Abuse (U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming)
U.S. Attorney Christopher A. Crofts announced that on July 29, 2011, 25-year-old Garnett Rapheal Addison of the Wind River Indian Reservation appeared in Federal District Court for sentencing on a single count of sexual abuse for an April 2009 sexual act involving a minor on the Wind River Indian Reservation. Addison received 87 months of imprisonment, fifteen years of supervised release and was ordered to pay a $500.00 fine.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/wy/news/news.html#aug2010
Zuni Pueblo Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Child Sex Assault Offense (U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico)
U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales announced that Epfreim Louis, 20, an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Zuni, pled guilty to an information charging him with aggravated sexual abuse under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Louis will be sentenced to a ten-year term of imprisonment to be followed by at least five years of supervised release. Louis also will be required to register as a sex offender when he completes his prison sentence. Louis has been in federal custody since his arrest on July 21, 2010, and will remain detained pending his sentencing hearing, which has yet to be scheduled.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/nm/pr/2011/2011-08-04_louis_pr.pdf
August 3, 2011
Navajo Man Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison for Federal Assault Conviction (U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico)
On Aug. 2, 2011, in Albuquerque federal court, Sterling Silversmith, 25, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced to a 21-month term of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release for his federal assault conviction. Silversmith also was ordered to pay a total of $3,442 in restitution to the victims of his assault and to healthcare providers who treated the victims. U.S. Kenneth J. Gonzales said that Silversmith was charged in a four-count indictment alleging two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and two counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Silversmith allegedly assaulted Donavan Roe Bitsilly and Jay Bowers Levier, both members of the Navajo Nation, in the vicinity of Whiskey Lake, N.M.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/nm/pr/2011/2011-08-03_silversmith_pr.pdf
Northern Ariz. Man Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Armed Robbery of Trading Post (U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona)
Jercelo Evan "Slim" Jim, 19, of Round Rock, Ariz., and a member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced on Aug. 2, 2011, by U.S. District Judge Paul G. Rosenblatt to 51 months in federal prison for holding up the Round Rock Trading Post in July 2010. Jim pleaded guilty to Armed Robbery after he and two co-defendants entered the Round Rock Trading Post wielding a rifle.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/az/PR_08032011_Jim.html
August 1, 2011
Little Eagle Man Indicted for Four Counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child and Two Counts of Abusive Sexual Contact (U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota)
U.S. Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Little Eagle man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for four counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child and two counts of Abusive Sexual Contact of a Child with three different children. Burton Little Dog, 43, was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 11, 2011, for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child and Abusive Sexual Contact with a Child.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/sd/pressreleases/Pierre-2011-08-01-Little%20Dog.html
Gila River Man Convicted of Crimes of Domestic Violence (U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona)
Jarvis Juan, 26, of Sacaton, Ariz., and a member of the Gila River Indian tribe, was found guilty by a federal jury of one felony count of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and one misdemeanor count of Assault by Striking, Beating or Wounding. In March 2010, Juan intentionally ran over the victim, his spouse, with a vehicle that he was driving with the intent to cause her bodily harm.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/az/PR_08012011_Juan.html
South Dakota Woman Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements (U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota)
U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Aug. 1, 2011, Victoria Bobtail Bear, 46, of McLaughlin, S.D., pleaded guilty to a charge of false statements in U.S. District Court. On Nov. 30, 2010, Bobtail Bear was arrested by a Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) police office on a charge of disorderly conduct. Bobtail Bear was placed in the BIA officer's patrol vehicle and was transported to the detention facility in Fort Yates. Bobtail Bear later reported to a BIA criminal investigator that she had been sexually assaulted by the BIA police officer en route to the detention center. The accused officer had recorded the entire event, from arrest to transport to the detention facility, on his lapel camera, which indicated that at no time did the officer carry on with any type of inappropriate conduct with Bobtail Bear.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/nd/pressreleases/2011/08-01-2011-BobtailBearPlea.pdf
July 29, 2011
Attorney General Holder, U.S. Attorney John W. Vaudreuil and Others Hold Listening Conference with Tribal Leaders (U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin)
U.S. Attorney John W. Vaudreuil joined Attorney General Eric Holder and other administration officials as they met with tribal leaders and advocates in the fields of tribal safety and domestic violence in Rapid City, S.D., and Pine Ridge Reservation, S.D. The tribal listening conference coincided with the one year anniversary of President Obama's signing of the Tribal Law and Order Act into law.
Attorney General Holder, U.S. Attorney Donald A. Davis and Others Hold Listening Conference with Tribal Leaders (U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan)
U.S. Attorney Donald A. Davis joined Attorney General Eric Holder and other administration officials as they met with tribal leaders and advocates in the fields of tribal safety and domestic violence in Rapid City, S.D., and Pine Ridge Reservation, S.D. The tribal listening conference coincided with the one year anniversary of President Obama's signing of the Tribal Law and Order Act into law.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/miw/press/2011_0729_TribalConference.html
July 28, 2011
Attorney General Holder, Justice Department Officials Hold Listening Conference with Tribal Leaders (Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs)
Attorney General Eric Holder and other administration officials met this week with tribal leaders and advocates to discuss issues of tribal safety and domestic violence in Rapid City, S.D., and Pine Ridge Reservation, S.D. The tribal listening conference coincided with the one year anniversary of President Obama's signing of the Tribal Law and Order Act into law. Attorney General Holder, Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli, Assistant Attorney General Ignacia Moreno of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Secretary Larry Echo Hawk, and 30 U.S. Attorneys engaged in various conversations, on topics including combating violence against women, protecting tribal lands, honoring traditional Native American values, and training tribal prosecutors and police forces.
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/July/11-ag-982.html
Federal Grants to Provide Assistance for Washington State Crime Victims (U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington)
The Department of Justice announced the award of more than $6 million in grants this week to enhance services for victims of crime and to help protect children in the Western District of Washington. The grants were awarded to the Washington State Crime Victims Fund, the Nooksack Indian Tribe in Deming, Wash., and the Seattle Police Department. The grant to the Seattle Police Department will help fund the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/waw/press/2011/jul/grants.html
Attorney General Holder, U.S. Attorney Christopher A. Crofts, Other Officials Hold Listening Conference with Tribal Leaders (U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming)
U.S. Attorney Christopher A. Crofts joined Attorney General Eric Holder and other administration officials as they met with tribal leaders and advocates in the fields of tribal safety and domestic violence in Rapid City, S.D., and Pine Ridge Reservation, S.D. The tribal listening conference coincided with the one year anniversary of President Obama's signing of the Tribal Law and Order Act into law.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/wy/news/news.html
Attorney General Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney B. Todd Jones and Others Hold Listening Conference with Tribal Leaders (U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota)
U.S. Attorney B. Todd Jones joined Attorney General Eric Holder and other administration officials as they met with tribal leaders and advocates in the fields of tribal safety and domestic violence in Rapid City, S.D., and Pine Ridge Reservation, S.D. The tribal listening conference coincided with the one year anniversary of President Obama's signing of the Tribal Law and Order Act into law.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/mn/news.html
Attorney General Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney Anne M. Tompkins, and Others Hold Listening Conference with Tribal Leaders (U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina)
U.S. Attorney Anne M. Tompkins joined Attorney General Eric Holder and other administration officials as they met with tribal leaders and advocates in the fields of tribal safety and domestic violence in Rapid City, S.D., and Pine Ridge Reservation, S.D. The tribal listening conference coincided with the one year anniversary of President Obama's signing of the Tribal Law and Order Act into law.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/ncw/press/tribal.html
Attorney General Holder, U.S. Attorney Dwight C. Holton, and Others Hold Listening Conference with Tribal Leaders (U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon)
U.S. Attorney Dwight C. Holton and Criminal Chief Bill Williams joined Attorney General Eric Holder and other administration officials as they met with tribal leaders and advocates in the fields of tribal safety and domestic violence in Rapid City, S.D., and Pine Ridge Reservation, S.D. The tribal listening conference coincided with the one year anniversary of President Obama's signing of the Tribal Law and Order Act into law.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/or/PressReleases/2011/20110728_Listening.html
U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom Joins Listening Conference with Native American Issues Subcommittee (U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas)
U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom joined Attorney General Eric Holder and other administration officials as they met with tribal leaders and advocates in the fields of tribal safety and domestic violence in Rapid City, S.D., and Pine Ridge Reservation, S.D. The tribal listening conference coincided with the one-year anniversary of President Obama's signing of the Tribal Law and Order Act into law.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/ks/PressReleases/2011/jul/July28b.html
Attorney General Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney Sanford C. Coats, and Others Hold Listening Conference with Tribal Leaders (U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma)
U.S. Attorney Sanford C. Coats joined Attorney General Eric Holder and other administration officials as they met with tribal leaders and advocates in the fields of tribal safety and domestic violence in Rapid City, S.D., and Pine Ridge Reservation, S.D. The tribal listening conference coincided with the one year anniversary of President Obama's signing of the Tribal Law and Order Act into law.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/okw/news/2011/2011_07_28.html
Attorney General Holder, U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon and Others Hold Listening Conference with Tribal Leaders (U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota)
U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon joined Attorney General Eric Holder and other administration officials as they met with tribal leaders and advocates in the fields of tribal safety and domestic violence in Rapid City, S.D., and Pine Ridge Reservation, S.D. The tribal listening conference coincided with the one-year anniversary of President Obama's signing of the Tribal Law and Order Act into law.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/nd/pressreleases/2011/07-28-2011-TribalListeningConf.pdf
Attorney General Holder, U.S. Attorney Michael W. Cotter, Other Officials Hold Listening Conference with Tribal Leaders (U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana)
U.S. Attorney Michael W. Cotter joined Attorney General Eric Holder and other administration officials as they met with tribal leaders and advocates in the fields of tribal safety and domestic violence in Rapid City, S.D., and Pine Ridge Reservation, S.D. The tribal listening conference coincided with the one-year anniversary of President Obama's signing of the Tribal Law and Order Act into law.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/mt/
East Grand Forks Man Sentenced for Selling Meth (U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota)
U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on July 28, 2011, Mark Fassett of East Grand Forks, Minn., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Ralph R. Erickson on a charge of distribution of a controlled substance. Fassett, 42, pleaded guilty on May 18, 2011, to selling three bags of methamphetamine (total weight .08 grams) to another person on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation on Jan. 26, 2010.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/nd/pressreleases/2011/07-28-2011-Fassett%20Sentenced.pdf
Informational: Federal Court Arraignment (U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana)
Allan C. Lawson, 40, and a resident of Browning, Mont., appeared before a court on charges of assault resulting in serious bodily injury and assault with a dangerous weapon on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Great Falls, Mont. If convicted of these charges, Lawson faces possible penalties of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and 3 years supervised release. Assistant U.S. Attorney Laura B. Weiss is the prosecutor for the United States.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/mt/pressreleases/20110728140634.html
July 27, 2011
Federal Agencies Teach Leadership Skills, Hear from Students at 2011 Intertribal Youth Summit (Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs)
One hundred and seventy five young men and women from nearly 50 tribal communities across the country convened at the week-long 2011 National Intertribal Youth Summit in Santa Fe, N.M., which ran from July 24 to 28, 2011. The summit featured administration officials from the White House and the Departments of Justice, Interior, Health and Human Services and Education, and it coincides with the one-year anniversary of President Obama's signing of the Tribal Law and Order Act into law. The summit is a youth leadership conference for tribal youth participants to meet other American Indian and Alaska Native youth through special sessions targeting leadership development and critical youth issues.
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/July/11-asg-976.html
Federal Indictment Returned Charging Warm Springs Man with Murder in Second Degree (U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon)
Ted L. Barney, Jr., 23, of Warm Springs, Ore., appeared before U.S. Magistrate Janice M. Stewart on a two count indictment charging him with second degree murder and use of a firearm during a crime of violence. Warm Springs Police Department responded to a report of gunshot fire at a residence on the Warm Springs Reservation. An investigation revealed that Delmer S. Davis had allegedly been shot by Ted L. Barney, Jr. Both Davis and Barney are enrolled members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/or/PressReleases/2011/20110727_Barney.html
Two Seneca Nation of Indians Students Selected to Attend National Intertribal Youth Summit (U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York)
U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced that two students from the Seneca Nation of Indians in the Western District of New York are taking part, along with 150 young men and women from across the country, in a week-long 2011 National Intertribal Youth Summit in Santa Fe, N.M., featuring administration officials from the White House and the Departments of Justice, Interior, Health and Human Services, and Education.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/nyw/press/press_releases/IndianYouthSummit.pdf
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, White Mountain Apache Tribe Students Picked to Attend National Intertribal Youth Summit (U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona)
U.S. Attorney Dennis K. Burke announced that six students from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and White Mountain Apache Tribe have been selected to join 150 young men and women from across the country for the week-long 2011 National Intertribal Youth Summit in Sante Fe, N.M., from July 24 to 28, 2011, featuring administration officials from the White House and the Departments of Justice, Interior, Health and Human Services and Education.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/az/PR_07272011_Intertribal_Youth_Summit.html
July 26, 2011
St. Michael Man Pleads Guilty to Burglary (U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota)
U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on July 26, 2011, Kalum Joshua Yankton, of St. Michael, N.D., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Ralph R. Erickson to charges of burglary of a post office and conspiracy to convert stolen money orders. Yankton, 30, pleaded guilty to breaking into the St. Michael Post Office and stealing money orders with intent to convert them for his own personal use. The incident occurred in May of 2010 on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/nd/pressreleases/2011/07-26-2011-Yankton%20Sentenced.pdf
Three Affiliated Tribes and Standing Rock Sioux Students Picked to Attend
National Intertribal Youth Summit (U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota)
Four students from the Three Affiliated Tribes and four students from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe have been selected to join 150 young men and women from across the country for the week-long 2011 National Intertribal Youth Summit in Santa Fe, N.M., from July 24 to 28, 2011, featuring administration officials from the White House and the Departments of Justice, Interior, Health and Human Services and Education. During the leadership conference, the students will have the opportunity to engage with other American Indian and Alaska Native youth through special sessions targeting leadership development and critical youth issues.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/nd/pressreleases/2011/07-26-2011-Tribal%20Youth%20Summit.pdf
July 25, 2011
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians Students Picked to Attend National Intertribal Youth Summit (U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon)
Four students from the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians have been selected to join 150 young men and women from across the country for the week-long 2011 National Intertribal Youth Summit in Sante Fe, N.M., from July 24 to 28, 2011, featuring administration officials from the White House and the Departments of Justice, Interior, Health and Human Services and Education.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/or/PressReleases/2011/20110725_Siletz.html
Quechan Woman Pleads Guilty to Assault Injuring Passenger in 2009 Yuma Crash (U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona)
Sophia R. Perez, 25, of Yuma, Ariz., and a member of the Quechan Indian Tribe on the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, pleaded guilty on July 22, 2011, in federal court to Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury. Perez was speeding and failed to navigate a curve in an SUV, driving off the road and plummeting more than 25 yards down to train tracks beneath the Ocean-to-Ocean bridge, injuring her four passengers. Perez's blood alcohol concentration at the time was .203 and her Arizona driver's license had been suspended.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/az/PR_07252011_Perez.html
Bottineau Man Sentenced for Assault on a Federal Officer (U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota)
U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on July 25, 2011, Christopher A. Faulk, Jr., 30, of Bottineau, N.D., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of assaulting and resisting a federal officer. Faulk must also pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victim's Fund. On Nov. 18, 2010, a law enforcement officer responded to a dispute involving Faulk on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation. While the officer arrested and placed Faulk in the back of a patrol vehicle, Faulk resisted and kicked the officer in the leg.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/nd/pressreleases/2011/07-25-2011-Faulk%20Sentenced.pdf
Dunseith Man Sentenced for Larceny (U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota)
U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on July 25, 2011, Jordan A. Decoteau, 24, of Dunseith, N.D., was sentenced on a charge of larceny in U.S. District Court. Decoteau was also ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victim's Fund. On April 29, 2010, Decoteau stole a 1998 Polaris Explorer ATV from the front yard of a Belcourt residence. Decoteau then traded the ATV to another person for a motor vehicle.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/nd/pressreleases/2011/07-25-2011-Jordan%20Decoteau%20Sentenced.pdf
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