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Today at the White House Tribal Nations Conference, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu highlighted the Department of Energy’s continued commitment to partnering with Native Americans to support the development of clean energy projects on tribal lands that will help reduce energy use, limit carbon pollution, and create new jobs for tribal communities across the country. [...]
JEMEZ PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) – Jemez Pueblo is ready to study the geothermal energy potential locked thousands of feet beneath its rural reservation in northern New Mexico, but the federal government has yet to deliver the stimulus funds needed to start the work. The tribe was among more than 120 recipients in dozens of states [...]
MASHANTUCKET, Conn. (AP) – The Indian tribes that run casinos in southeastern Connecticut say revenue from slot machines dropped again in November. The Mashantucket Pequot tribe, which runs Foxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand at Foxwoods, reported Tuesday that slot revenue for November totaled $53.7 million. That was down 1.4 percent from November 2008 and [...]
By John D. McKinnon Buried in the billions of dollars of spending on new weapons and other items in the 2010 defense appropriations bill is a little-noticed expression of regret over how the U.S. had in the past used its power. The bill contains an “apology to Native Peoples of the United States.” The multi-year [...]
By Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk When Native Americans allied with the British during the War of 1812, Nawquageezhig of the Potawatomi people fought alongside the great Shawnee Chief Tecumseh. Years later, Nawquageezhgig led his people to live among the Grand River Ottawa peoples. When traders and settlers began arriving in Grand Rapids, the American Indian leader was [...]
In Jacob’s Quileute Words = Easter Egg, we noted that Jacob’s line to Bella in New Moon was a hidden “treasure.” Soon there was a lot of Speculating About What Jacob Said. Now reader Kat has sent me a possible answer about Jacob’s words: I laughed when I just saw this: ‘New Moon’ Exclusive: Chris [...]
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