10/31/08 - Oneidas: Business OK despite layoffs

October 31, 2008
As many as 100 Oneida Indian Nation employees have been laid off, despite the fact that business continues to grow, officials said Thursday... Read more

‘March Point’ to air on PBS

Correspondent: Richard Walker
October 31, 2008
SWINOMISH, Wash. – The Coast Salish people have a saying: “When the tide is out, the table is set,” a reference to the rich resources of the Salish Sea... Read more

Invented nations serve collective, not cultural, interests

Editors report
October 31, 2008
The current postmodern and social science academic literature suggests that nations are social inventions designed to serve the interests of ethnic or social groups... Read more

Oneida Nation names David Rebich CFO

Staff reports
October 31, 2008
VERONA, NY — David Rebich, an accounting and finance executive with more than 20 years of experience, has been named chief financial officer for the Oneida Indian Nation... Read more

Vasques: Promises made – or promises kept?

Victoria Vasques
October 31, 2008
For centuries, Indian people have heard many promises from countless politicians – and for us, Election Day was always the day the promises ended and the excuses began... Read more

Kempthorne carries through on water rights promise

Jerry Reynolds
October 31, 2008
Part two WASHINGTON – The Arizona Water Rights Settlement Acts of 2004 reached the Gila River Indian Community and Tohono O’odham Nation in 2007, with Interior Department Secretary... Read more

United for better health care

Letter to the Editor
October 31, 2008
Indian country always has been, and always will be, united in working to ensure Native Americans are provided the health care services they were promised by the U.S. government... Read more

White: Economic peace, power and righteousness

Kevin J. White
October 31, 2008
The core concepts of the Great Law of the Haudenosaunee are peace, power and righteousness. Many have pondered what they meant, mean and will mean in the coming generations... Read more

Tribes say NAGPRA grant money could be better spent

Rob Capriccioso
October 31, 2008
WASHINGTON – Each year, the office responsible for administrating the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act offers grant money to tribes to help them work to get b... Read more

10/31/08 - Foxwoods, Union To Work Together For Contract

October 31, 2008
Foxwoods and the union representing about 2,600 table game dealers have suspended an aggressive legal battle in favor of trying to form a labor contract under local Indian law rath... Read more

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