In todays round up, stuff!
Thousands gather to welcome canoes on largest-ever Tribal Journey
from the Canadian Press:
The sound of 1,000 handcrafted paddles being beaten in rhythm in the bottoms of more than 100 canoes echoed across Cowichan Bay on Vancouver Island Monday evening as the boats were drawn to shore in the shadow of Mt. Tzouhalem, the sacred mountain of the Quw'utsum peoples
White Earth Tribal Council approves seat belt law
from the Bemidji Pioneer:
The law allows White Earth Police officers to stop and cite White Earth residents who are not wearing seat belts.
The law does not apply to nonresidents of the White Earth Indian Reservation.
Cherokees plan new health centers at hospital site
from the Tulsa World:
The 45 acres of weeds, rocks, tangled brush and post oaks adjacent to the W.W. Hastings Indian Hospital soon might be home to a beacon in Indian health care.
Nonprofit seeks donations to send aid to reservation
from the Pensacola News Journal:
Chief George B. Dodge, founder and president of First Nations Intertribal Association, has tons of donated items sitting on his lawn.
He needs help getting the goods to people who desperately need them in South Dakota.
Trooper used reasonable force in smoke shop raid
from the Providence Journal:
A jury yesterday ruled in favor of state Trooper Kenneth Jones, finding he used reasonable force when he applied a hold to a Narragansett Indian's ankle during a state police raid on a tribal smoke shop five years ago.
