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Lawsuit Renews Mystery Of Geronimo’s SkullBy JOSH KOVNER | The Hartford Courant February 19, 2009
Harlyn Geronimo, on the 100th anniversary of his great-grandfather’s death, has stirred up questions about whether the great Indian warrior’s skull resides at the Tomb — the New Haven headquarters of Yale’s most secret of societies, Skull and Bones.
Harlyn Geronimo, [...]

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Cherokee Chief Michell Hicks responds to Macon County airport project Thursday, 19 February 2009
Chief Michell HicksBy Marla Dalrymple Staff Writer
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Principal Chief Michell Hicks announced this week that the tribe has rejected a proposed Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) meant to coordinate a runway expansion at the [...]

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Snoqualmie banishment case ripping apart tribeNine former members of the Snoqualmie tribe fought in federal court this week to overturn what they say was an illegal banishment from their tribe last spring without due process.
By Lynda V. MapesSeattle Times staff reporter
Snoqualmie members fight for control of government, casino (April 2008) Former members of the Snoqualmie [...]

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Hall: Remembering Chairman Carl VenneBy Tex G. Hall
Story Published: Feb 20, 2009
This week, my friend and brother, Carl Venne, left this world for a better one. Over the years, the times we spent together were special because he was a good man. He was, of course, more than that. He was a great man. [...]

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New Porcupine school christened as natural learning houseBy Mary Garrigan, Journal staff | Friday, February 20, 2009
PORCUPINE — Architect Tammy Eagle Bull wanted to build a school that belonged in its community. On Friday, during the grand opening of the $15 million elementary school she designed, Eagle Bull told the 182 students of the new [...]

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Diné hope to include private land in Mount Taylor pact
Copyright © 2009Gallup IndependentBy Kathy HelmsDiné Bureau
WINDOW ROCK — The Resources Committee has approved an amended cooperative agreement among the Navajo Nation and the pueblos of Acoma, Laguna and Zuni to pursue an application for the permanent classification of Mount Taylor as a Traditional Cultural Property.
A [...]

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Historical Society welcomes scholar on Lumbee Indian TribeFebruary 18, 2009 – 11:13 AMRenee Becker
The February luncheon of The Topsail Island Historical Society featured guest speaker Dr. Stanley Knick, Director of The Native American Center at the University of North Carolina-Pembroke. Dr. Knick presented a broad overview of the Lumbee Indian Tribe, which indeed was [...]

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Tribe waives sales tax for some veteransBy TEDDYE SNELL Press Staff Writer
TAHLEQUAH DAILY PRESS — Cherokee Nation tribal councilors passed a legislative act Monday night that prohibits the collection of sales tax from 100 percent permanently disabled veterans.
The act will provide for a sales tax exemption for qualifying veterans making purchases at Cherokee Nation [...]

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Floodwaters threaten Native American ruinsLevee design to be studied for $5.7MBy Ryan Reinhold · February 18, 2009
WINSLOW – A flood control levee that protects 2,700 residential and business parcels in northern Arizona from the Little Colorado River has diverted water in such a way that it is threatening 700-year-old ruins built by Native Americans, [...]

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Obama considering Kendall-Miller for Native advisor Alaska Dispatch Feb 20, 2009
Heather Kendall-Miller, an Anchorage attorney with the Native American Rights Fund, is being vetted for the position of Native American affairs senior advisor in the Obama administration, Indian Country Today reports Friday.
Kendall-Miller, a Dena’ina Athabascan tribal member of the Native Village of Dillingham, has [...]

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