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07/30/2003 Archived Entry: "What's happening in Indian Country?"

What's happening in the Indian Nations? ... quite a lot, according to Indian Country:

Report recounts last hours of Pfc. [1, 12] Indian country continues to commemorate Piestewa the first female tribal member known to die in combat in an overseas U.S. war as a heros welcome greeted her friend and roommate Jessica Lynch on her release from Walter Reed Army Medical Center July 22. [1, 16] Circuit Court of Appeals ruled July 21 that members of the Oneida Nation of New York do not have to pay taxes on their ancestral land in the city of Sherrill. [1, 17] According to an Associated Press report in a 2-1 vote the court ruled in the case that highlights the issue of Indians being forced to pay taxes on ancestral properties that are in an area that includes non-Native properties. [1, 22] Hayworth was a founder of the Congressional Native American caucus and is currently a member of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee and the House Resources Committee which has jurisdiction over Indian affairs. [1, 26] Charles Grims testimony. more Former chairwoman announces bid for legislature Posted: July 18 2003 - 12:36pm EST PALM SPRINGS Calif. - Former Morongo chairwoman and current council member Mary Ann Andreas is now seeking a larger council seat one in the California State Assembly. [1, 30] That just-closed 44-day phase of a much larger trial aims to establish only a method of settling accounts before the court process moves on to debating the amounts due to IIM accountholders. [1, 31] At stake ultimately are millions of dollars according to the governments figures or billions according to the plaintiff class. more Rhode Island invasion images leave lasting impression Posted: July 18 2003 - 11:34am EST CHARLESTOWN R.I. - July 14 brought conflict to the Narragansett Indian reservation in Charlestown. [1, 34] A group of State Police officers descended on the smoke shop and when the conflict ended eight people had been hospitalized and seven tribal members arrested including Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas. more Special Report: Narragansett legal analysis Posted: July 17 2003 - 5:14pm EST CHARLESTON R. [1, 35] I. - To justify the raid on the Narragansett smoke shop state officials cite Section 1708 a of the Rhode Island Indian Claims Act of 1978 25 United State Code Sections 1702 -1712. [1, 38] I. -- After a violent state police raid that shocked Indian country and much of New England the issue of the Narragansett Tribes new smoke shop is now in federal District Court where tribal leader Matthew Thomas said it belonged in the first place. [1, 45] Troopers armed with police dogs and many equipped with guns entered the reservation early in the afternoon and the incident quickly turned violent with many troopers pushing and throwing tribal bystanders. [using the MEAD Summarizer]