Open letter from Elouise Cobell on $3.4 billion trust settlement (0)
3/10/10 •
louise Cobell, the lead plaintiff in Cobell v. Salazar, has been posting letters on the Cobell settlement Web page. Here it is:
March 8, 2010
Dear Indian Country
This is the fourth letter in a series of open letters I’m sending to Indian Country to answer questions that you have asked me about settlement of the Cobell class [...]
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Elouise Cobell to meet with tribes in South Dakota today (1) Twitter It!
3/08/10 •
It will be interesting to see how many individuals decide to opt out of the Cobell settlement, a $3.4 billion agreement on which not everyone agrees. Elouise Cobell, the lead plaintiff in the Indian trust fund lawsuit, met with landowners on the Pine Ridge Reservation on Sunday. Today, she is scheduled to meet with folks on the Rosebud Sioux [...]
Native youth photos used in hate crime (0) Twitter It!
3/06/10 •
Here’s a press release from Longhouse Media. Read on:
SEATTLE — Longhouse Media Executive Director Tracy Rector today condemned the illegal use of a copyrighted photo of three teenagers from the Swinomish, Grand Ronde, and Lummi Tribes in Washington that was used in a hate crime against First Nations and Native American youth.
“We are appalled by [...]
Native doctors lecture series: Dr. Arne Vainio to give speech tonight at University of Montana (0) Twitter It!
3/02/10 •
Dr. Arne Vainio will be the guest lecturer tonight at 6:00 p.m., March 2, at the Skaggs Building on the University of Montana campus. Vainio is a physician at the Min-No-Aya-Win Human Services Clinic in Cloquet, Minnesota. His lecture tonight is titled, “Walking Into The Unknown: Native American Men’s Health Issues.”
Here’s an excerpt about his speech, which is [...]
Native college students in Nebraska: Quit using us as mascots (0) Twitter It!
2/25/10 •
American Indian students at the University of Nebraska have been speaking up on campus and in forums about being used as mascots. Here’s a story from the Omaha World Herald in Thursday’s paper, Feb. 25, 2010. Congratulations to the students for organizing and making sure they had a voice on campus. It’s not easy. And [...]
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3/10/10 •
Open letter from Elouise Cobell on $3.4 billion trust settlement3/08/10 •
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Native youth photos used in hate crime3/02/10 •
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