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2005 Culture and Traditions News Stories

• • Forum, 12-10: Meade County ignores Indian traditions (Rapid City Journal) 12/10/05

• • No feather in their caps (Washington Times) 11/22/05

• • Supreme Court weighs use of hallucinogen in worship (AP) 11/2/05

• • Federal legislation being considered to clear way for Makah to hunt whales (Peninsula Daily News) 10/21/05

• • Whale-hunt options aired (Seattle Times) 10/19/05

• • House Resources Committee to take up Makah bill (Indianz.com) 10/18/05

• • Second whaling hearing brings Makah, activists face to face (Peninsula Daily News) 10/7/05

• • Second whaling hearing brings Makah, activists face to face (Peninsula Daily News) 10/7/05

• • DSS hearing turns into racial debate (Rapid City Journal) 10/4/05

• • Lawyers call for native on top court [Canada] (Globe and Mail) 10/4/05

• • Makah to continue whaling (Indian Country Today) 10/3/05

• • Tribal members making Sonora pilgrimage (Arizona Daily Star) 9/29/05

• • Minority women face cultural barriers (Green Bay Press-Gazette) 9/28/05

• • MINNESOTA: Program seeks volunteers to monitor court cases involving
American Indians (Grand Forks Herald) 9/27/05

• • Governor: Study Indian justice (Billings Gazette) 9/23/05

• • Oneida honored for cultural revitalization (Appleton Post-Crescent) 9/22/05

• • In Petition to Government, Tribe Hopes for Return to Whaling Past (New York Times) 9/19/05

• • Wild rice sales are booming; threat of contamination looms
(Minnesota Public Radion) 9/19/05

• • American Indian Cultural Center receives grant (Oklahoman) 9/14/05

• • Powwow a celebration of heritage (Delaware News Journal) 9/11/05

• • Uncovering the past (St. Petersburgh Times) 9/9/05

• • Walrus hunt won't suffer from prying eyes (Anchorage Daily News) 9/8/05

• • Revered keeper of Piegen tongue, cultural icon dies (Great Falls Tribune) 8/30/05

• • Sam Hurst, 8-28: Create advanced placement academy for Indians (Rapid City Journal) 8/28/05

• • Native American Rights Fund celebrates 35 years (Indian Country Today) 8/26/05

• • Official in Racial Profiling Study Demoted (Washington Post) 8/25/05

• • Native American Rights Fund celebrates 35 years (Indian Country Today) 8/19/05

• • Native American Rights Fund celebrates 35 years (Indian Country Today) 8/19/05

• • NORAD drops terms (Indian Country Today) 8/19/05

• • Sam Hurst, 8-14: Indian women still feel genocide (Rapid City Journal) 8/14/05

• • Modern-day warrior society (Indian Country Today) 8/12/05

• • FSU blasts NCAA playoff Indian mascot ban (espn.com) 8/5/05

Environment & Energy

• • Radiation Limits for Waste Site Proposed (Washington Post) 8/10/05

• • Rider against Oklahoma tribes blamed on Inhofe (Indianz.com) 8/9/05

• • Alaskan people tell of climate change (BBC News) 8/7/05

• • Native American Indians Take Measures to Hold Onto Their Culture (Voice of America) 8/3/05

• • Navajo Nation president signs peyote bill into law (Farmington Daily Times) 8/1/05

• • Appeals court keeps 'Redskins' lawsuit alive (Indianz.com) 7/18/05

• • Mesa family preserves Apache culture (Arizona Republic) 7/18/05

• • Annual gathering draws Native American tribes to Montana (The Advocate) 7/10/05

• • Sweat lodge in the pen (The News and Observer) 7/1/05

• • Celebration, setbacks for gay indigenous people (S.F. Chronicle) 6/28/05

• • Peyote advocate charged with illegal possession, distribution (Salt Lake Tribune) 6/24/05

• • Corps of Discovery II is here (The Havre Daily News) 6/17/05

• • Snowmaking approved at Snowbowl, tribes head to court (Arizona Republic) 6/10/05

• • Cultural Tie Gets in the Way Of Graduation (Washington Post) 6/10/05

• • We should not be denied our right to harvest whales (The Seatle Times) 6/2/05

• • Supreme Court Rules in Ohio Prison Case (New York Times) 6/1/05

• • Indians sue, cite abuse at Catholic elementary (Argus Leader) 5/20/05

• • NCAA ponders future of Indian nicknames (USA Today) 5/16/05

• • Medicine man may still face battle to get peyote back (Daily Herald) 5/6/05

• • Miami tribe begins reclamation of its language with dictionary (The Columbus Dispatch) 5/04/05

• • Church founder sues for the return of peyote seized in Utah County (Salt Lake Tribune) 4/28/05

• • Olympic emblem not a winner with First Nations (CBC British Columbia) 4/26/05

• • American Indian taking 25-dollar ticket to state's highest court (NBC 3 WSTM) 4/27/05

• • High Court Asked to End Religious Teatime (Legal Times) 4/14/05

• • Culture alive (The Press Enterprise) 4/12/05

• • Appeals court to hear dispute over 'Redskins' names (Indianz.com) 4/4/05

• • Appeals court to hear dispute over 'Redskins' names (Indianz.com) 4/4/05

• • Dictionary reveals tribe's lost language (The Oklahoman) 3/6/05

• • Tribe settles suit against artist (Union Democrat) 3/9/05

• • Catawba tribe strives to save its tradition of making pottery (The Sun News) 2/17/05

• • Last few Whulshootseed speakers spread the word (The Seattle Times) 2/8/05

• • Fry bread could get state designation (Capital Journal) 2/7/05

• • Spiritual program funding is axed (Gallup Independant) 1/24/05

• • Smithsonian joins [Utah] to log tribal languages (Desert News) 1/17/05

• • Keeping their words (The Press-Enterprise) 1/17/05

• • Tribal voices rise again (The Daily Advertiser) 1/14/05

• • Details negotiated in deal with Indian inmates (Omaha World-Herald) 1/5/05