By Heather Clark
Albuquerque, New Mexico (AP)
A state committee has approved a proposal from five American Indian tribes to give central New Mexico’s Mount Taylor temporary protection as a cultural property at a contentious meeting attended by hundreds of people.
The state Cultural Properties Review Committee voted 4-2 June 14 in Grants for an emergency listing of more than 422,000 acres (660 square miles) surrounding the mountain’s summit on the state Register of Cultural Properties.
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By Heather Clark
Albuquerque, New Mexico (AP)
Five American Indian tribes hope to convince a state committee that Mount Taylor’s cultural resources are worth preserving, but opponents fear protection for the mountaintop will interfere with private property rights and economic...05-21-2009, 11:45 AM -
Tahlequah, Oklahoma (AP)
New Northeastern State University President Don Betz has been inaugurated in a ceremony during which he looked forward to the school’s second century as a university.
The flags of 12 tribes and 28 foreign countries were paraded into NSU’s Jack...05-09-2009, 02:36 PM -
By Anne Sutton
Juneau, Alaska (AP)
Dozens of state jobs – what amounts to almost two a week – have been transferred away from the state capital over the past 18 months, according to figures compiled by the state personnel division at the request of Juneau’s state senator....01-19-2008, 09:29 PM -
Carson City, Nevada (AP)
The administrator of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, based in Owyhee on the Nevada-Idaho border, is taking steps to get a gambling compact with the state of Nevada.
Herman Atkins, the tribal administrator, wasn’t immediately...01-15-2009, 03:09 PM -
Utica, New York (AP)
A bill intended to enforce collection of excise taxes on cigarettes sold at Indian-owned stores was signed into law Dec. 15 by Gov. David Paterson.
The new law will prohibit manufacturers from selling tobacco products without a state tax stamp to any...12-20-2008, 12:00 PM