Author: Owen Herne

Yurok Tribe to use federal tax credits for low-income housing construction

Joseph James, chairman of the Yurok Tribe, said the reservation’s extremely rural area has a high need for housing opportunities, (Yurok Tribe contribution) The Yurok Tribe will turn nearly $7 million in federal tax credits into new and remodeled homes, part of the tribe’s effort to address what officials describe as a desperate situation for[...]

February 13, 2020

Leaked Documents Reveal Counterterrorism Tactics Used at Standing Rock to “Defeat Pipeline Insurgencies”

A t a casino in the small coastal town of North Bend, Oregon, dozens of law enforcement officers and corporate security personnel gathered for a two-day training on how to wage propaganda battles against protesters. The November 2018 event was organized by the National Sheriffs’ Association, one of the country’s largest law enforcement organizations, and[...]

February 13, 2020

Reconsideration of parts of Maine’s Indian Claims Settlement can benefit tribes and the state

Maine Gov. Janet Mills speaks at the signing ceremony to establish Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Friday, April 26, 2019, at the State House in Augusta, Maine. By The Editorial Board. The BDN Opinion Section operates independently and does not set newsroom policies, or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com.[...]

February 13, 2020

$250M Palm Springs Arena: Groundbreaking Ceremony Halted

The groundbreaking was scheduled for Feb. 18. (Shutterstock) PALM SPRINGS, CA — A groundbreaking ceremony planned for next week to start construction of a 10,000-seat arena on tribal land in downtown Palm Springs has been postponed due to unspecified “extenuating circumstances,” the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians announced Wednesday. The tribe did not indicate[...]

February 13, 2020

FCC Chairman Pai tours Wyoming reservation broadband project

ETHETE, Wyo. (AP) – A top federal official toured Wyoming’s Wind River Reservation to look at efforts to improve internet access for tribal members. The Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes share the reservation. The Federal Communications Commission in 2019 announced a $4.1 million grant to boost broadband service to the reservation in central Wyoming.[...]

February 13, 2020

Dan Haar: Tribes say they’d build two casinos including Bridgeport

They will build a casino in East Windsor. And if permitted, they would build a casino in Bridgeport. That was the message Tuesday from leaders of the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes as they pitched lawmakers that they’re the rightful expanders of gaming in Connecticut — including commercial casinos and sports betting. “Nobody wants to[...]

February 13, 2020

FCC chairman visits reservation to see progress on high-speed internet project, discuss access

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai (left) tours the Wind River Reservation on Tuesday. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai (center) tours the Wind River Reservation on Tuesday. ETHETE — As more homes on tribal lands are poised to gain access to high-speed internet, a top federal official visited the Wind River Reservation on Tuesday[...]

February 12, 2020

Oyster farm gets county OK for first phase only

Clallam County Hearing Examiner Andrew Reeves has approved the first phase of Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s planned oyster farm south of the Dungeness Spit. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group) SEQUIM — The first portion of a three-phase oyster farm planned by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe within the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge has received approval from the[...]

February 12, 2020

Navajo Nation views BIA funds for public safety, courts upkeep

Delegate Eugenia Charles-Newton, left, who represents Shiprock Chapter, speaks to U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., about the condition of the Shiprock Police Department during a tour on March 22, 2019. (Photo: Daily Times file photo) WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Officials from the Navajo Nation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs talked about a process[...]

February 12, 2020

NWIC students, community show off Native American artwork on quilts in Tulalip

TULALIP – Styles of Native American artwork from across the country are on display on quilts at Tulalip through Thursday. A couple-dozen quilts done by community members and students from Northwest Indian College are on display. The show is free and goes from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Tulalip Administration Building, 6406 Marine[...]

February 12, 2020

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