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The Week in Review
ending May 13
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Pequot Chairman Kenneth Reels
Mi'kmaq fisherman sets lobster trap
South Dakota Governor Bill Janklow
 
Missed our stories? All the headlines for the week can be found here.

Controversy over Connecticut tribes
Tribes in Connecticut are under increased public scrutiny these days. The book Without Reservation is gaining more national attention over its claims about the Mashantucket Pequot. Meanwhile, the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot and the Eastern Pequot are facing a battle from local town officials over their preliminary federal recognition. Last week saw Mashantucket Chairman Kenneth Reels address tribal members over the book and three towns threaten to sue Bruce Babbitt over the other Pequots while they begin looking for holes in the BIA's documents on the tribes. This week, the CBS program 60 Minutes II is due to present a piece on Without Reservation on Tuesday, May 16.

Get the Mashantucket Story:
Pequots unfazed by book (The Talking Circle 5/8)
Pequot Chairman: 'We Are A Proud People' (The Talking Circle 5/8)
The Pequot Daily (Smoke Signals 5/8)
The Pequot Daily (Smoke Signals 5/11)
Book opens old wounds (Arts & Entertainment 5/12)

Get the federal recognition Story:
Towns threaten suit (Tribal Law 5/8)
Towns want more BIA files (Tribal Law 5/9)
Eastern Pequot recognition likely, says backer (Money Matters 5/10)
BIA documents arrive (Tribal Law 5/12)

Mi'kmaq assert treaty rights
The Mi'kmaq Nation of Burnt Church, New Brunswick began asserting their hunting and fishing rights in the first lobster season since the historic Marshall decision of 1999. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans wasn't too pleased with the new fisheries program unveiled by the band, however. The DFO has been confiscating lobster traps put out by fisherman that don't meet the federal government's requirements. Mi'kmaq in Prince Edward Island had a mixed situation; with one band returning its licences over racist-tinged threats but another planning to go ahead despite them.

Get the Story:
Natives defy government (First Nations 5/8)
Fisherman set traps; Abegweit Mi'kmaq return lobster licences (First Nations Briefs 5/8)
Mi'kmaq test limits of treaty rights (First Nations 5/10)
Fishermen ignore threats (5/11)

Race Relations in South Dakota
Will Indian residents of the state of South Dakota every get their voices heard fully? If Governor Bill Janklow has anything to do with it, perhaps not. He finally got a chance to respond to a US Commission on Civil Rights report on racism and the justice system this past week. Many criticized his response and said he is avoiding the issue.

Get the Story:
Janklow responds to racism report (The Talking Circle 5/10)
Racism study wanted in SD (The Talking Circle 5/10)
Janklow picks report apart (The Talking Circle 5/10)

more stories
Still more stories in the Weekly recap.


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