Monday, June 11, 2007

30-061107

Stories:
NAJA convenes in Denver - We Talk You Listen: A Tribute to Vine Deloria, Jr.

Vine Deloria remembered

Interview: Sena Harjo, Student Media Projects participant
Students get taste of professional media through TV and newspaper production at NAJA convention.

Monday, May 28, 2007

29-052807

Stories:

The Cherokee Nation council considers another vote to reject federal approval of tribal constitutional amendments

Canada's Assembly of First Nations calls for national day of action to raise awareness

Interview: Chook-Chook Hillman of the Karuk Tribe of California
Part 2 on the issue of aging Pacificorp dams on the Klamath River, and the effects on salmon habitat and the Karuk people


28-052107

Stories:
Court orders DOI to present full financial accounting by October 10 in Cobell suit

El Paso Natural Gas Co. sues government to get uranium dump site cleaned up on Navajo lands

Oklahoma Choctaw "Long Walk" commemorated in Tushka Homma

Interview: Regina Chichizola, Klamath Riverkeeper
California tribes and supporters rally at Berkshire Hathaway stockholders' meeting to get Klamath River dams shut down

Music:
Traditional Karuk songs

(audio no longer available)

Monday, May 14, 2007

27-051407

Stories:
Jamestown, 400 years later - Virginia tribes closer to federal recognition after House approval

Senate Indian Affairs Committee advances four bills - Indian Health Care Improvement Act, Hawaiian Native housing bill, Hawaiian Native self-governance, and formal U.S. apology to the Native Nations

Ousted Freedman descendents protest Cherokee vote, file suit in federal court

Columbus Day opponents chastise Colorado leadership for failure to repeal holiday this session

Commentary: Same Scene, Different Decade
All in all, the stories this week show a troubling trend in federal policy and the sovereignty of Native Nations. Limits on federal recognitioin and membership in tribes call into question our ability to define who American Indians are and how we shall live. Federal recognition is weighed in the balance with future financial gain. Civil rights of African Americans are leveraged against those of indigenous peoples. It is a sadly familiar situation in 400 years of North American history, but not one without hope. FNRN thanks those legislators who support apologies and reparations, but we hope to report on real progress in the coming months.
Yakoke.





Wednesday, May 2, 2007

26-043007

Stories:
Part 2 of interview with Chris Shuey on uranium mining's longterm effects on traditional families and culture.

Sand Creek Massacre Memorial site dedicated



Monday, April 23, 2007

25 - 042307

Stories:
Part 1 of interview with Chris Shuey of the Southwestern Research and Information Center on uranium mining and tribal communities. He talks about the issues of culture, environmental justice and the dangers of ISL - in situ leach uranium mining.