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The Week in Review
ending April 22
Clinton speaks at the Navajo Nation
Clinton addresses the Navajo Nation
Shiprock, NM
April 17
Photo © The White House
 
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Clinton Speaks in Dine
Clinton took an entire day to travel to three regions of the country to speak about The Digital Divide, the so-called technology gap between the rich and the poor. One of his tour dates happened to be the Navajo Nation. On Monday, he spoke to thousands who gathered at Shiprock, NM where he made an announcement to provide $1-a-month phone service to 300,000 reservation homes. He also spoke with local Navajo school children throughout the Navajo Nation via video-conference set up by a Colorado technology firm, Native American Systems. In the end, bridging the Digital Divide will be the job of companies like NAS and Microsoft, who also donated $2.5M in software and funds to tribal colleges. Its just the Clinton wanted a chance to speak in Dine. Rumors that he consumed an entire pot of mutton stew and have been unconfirmed...

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Indian Country: Falling into the Digital Divide? (Tech 4/17)
President speaks at Navajo Nation (Tech 4/18)
Navajo Nation welcomes Clinton (Tech 4/18)

Tastes Like Whale Meat
Whale hunting season began again and the hunting families of the Makah Nation took to the seas for the first time since last year's historic hunt. So far, the Parker family hasn't captured a whale. The Coast Guard, on the other hand, has had a lot of luck capturing protesters who began arriving to Neah Bay even before a hunting permit had been issued. Coast Guard: 4 arrested, 3 water vehicles confiscated. Protesters: 2 injured, 0 minds changed...

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Makah Whale Hunt Update (The Talking Circle 4/17)
Makah whale hunt begins (The Talking Circle 4/18)
Makah hunters rest, Protesters fret (The Talking Circle 4/19)
Whale hunt update (The Talking Circle 4/20)
Injured whale hunt protester remains defiant (The Talking Circle 4/21)

Earth Week 2000
Indianz.Com was happy to bring you relevant news and resources about the environment during our Earth Week 2000. It all ended this past weekend, with an Earth Day celebration in the nation's capital. However, Mother Nature did not cooperate with our travel plans, shutting down flights to the region. Next year, we say, next year...

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Exclusive: Winona LaDuke Speaks (The Medicine Wheel 4/20)
Exclusive: Indigenous Rocks the Earth (Arts & Entertainment 4/21)
Ojibwe leaders discuss weather, spirituality (4/17)
Cree leader criticizes hydro (4/17)
Reservations see water problems (4/18)
Casino Omaha profits may disappear (4/18)
Mi'kmaq testifies in logging case (4/18)
Babbitt hopes to resolve water wars (4/18)
Gorton opposes dam breaching (4/18)
Fire burns on Pueblo land (4/19)
Pueblo golf course raises water-rights issues (4/19)
More Mi'kmaq loggers arrested (4/19)
Youth speaks of tribe's struggles (4/20)
Shinnecock protest development (4/20)
River fund would aid SD tribes (4/20)
Lummi Nation focuses on natural resources (4/21)

From The Talking Circle
Indian Country lost a warrior and great leader...A respected artist also passed on...Oklahoma officer won't face any charges over shooting of a Kiowa/Apache woman...FBI launches campaign against pardon of Peltier...

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Quinault leader dies (The Talking Circle 4/17)
Tribal leader wants to further success (The Talking Circle 4/20)
Services for Joe Burton De La Cruz (The Talking Circle 4/20)
Minnesota artist dies (The Talking Circle 4/18)
George Morrison: His art enriched our lives (The Talking Circle 4/19)
DA won't charge OK officer over shooting (The Talking Circle 4/19) FBI Promises to Prevent Peltier Pardon (The Talking Circle 4/21)
Peltier supporters respond (The Talking Circle 4/21)

In Tribal Law
Its Monday and Clara Nomee is still in power of the Crow tribe...Oneida Nation v. New York updates...Navajo-Hopi land dispute can only be a dispute when the Hopi Tribe is involved...Cherokee leader sentenced...

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Judges fight over Nomee case (4/19)
Nomee holds onto power (4/21)
Oneida Nation, New York updates (Tribal Law 4/17)
Counties end police agreement with Oneida (4/18)
Navajos can't sue Hopi Tribe (4/19)
Former Eastern Cherokee chief sentenced (4/20)

From First Nations
Mik'maq logging case heads to court...Government criticized over avalanche in Inuit community...Land claims disputes...

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Mi'kmaq logging case to be heard today (First Nations 4/17)
Mi'kmaq testifies in logging case (First Nations 4/18)
More Mi'kmaq loggers arrested (First Nations 4/19)
Avalanche could have been prevented (First Nations 4/18)
First Nations briefs (First Nations 4/20)

In Money Matters
Cherokee Nation wants to get into tags...Tribes form a new energy company...Omaha casino in financial straits...

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Cherokees to sell car tags (4/17)
Cherokee pledge to aid OK schools (4/20)
Tribes who sell tags in Oklahoma (4/20)
Tribes form energy firm (4/18)
Casino Omaha profits may disappear (4/18)
Omaha tribe appeals $6.4M judgement (4/19)

From Indian U.
Nebraska Indian Schools fight for more money...

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Indian school aid vetoed (4/17)
Indian Education at Risk (4/19)
Omaha, Winnebago may sue over school aid (4/21)


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