Results for keyword: Reservations And Economic Development
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Land or money?
After generations of struggle, the Western Shoshone decide in a divisive election to accept land settlement payments from the federal government in lieu of the tribe's ancestral lands, which one spanned the Great Basin.
by Michelle Nijhuis, Aug 05, 2002 -
Tribes blur the line between wild and hatchery fish
Indian tribes use hatchery reform methods to train hatchery fish to behave like wild salmon.
by Rebecca Clarren, Jun 10, 2002 -
Is a coal mine pumping the Hopi dry?
Hopi Indians fear that Peabody Western Coal is draining the aquifer that provides their water even as the company's royalties bring money to the reservation.
by Daniel Kraker, Mar 04, 2002 -
Seed in the ground
On South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation, some Oglala Lakota are defying the federal government to grow industrial hemp, hoping that it can help to revitalize both the tribe's economy and its government.
by Rebecca Clarren, Mar 04, 2002 -
Tribe's pines fetch clean air credits
London-based Sustainable Forestry Management will get carbon dioxide emissions credits for funding the Flathead Indian Reservation's work replanting ponderosa pines on 250 burned acres of the Montana reservation.
by Laurel Jones, Dec 17, 2001 -
Navajo-Hopi dispute persists
Hopi officials angered Navajos when they destroyed a Navajo Sun Dance site on Big Mountain, a part of the Hopi Reservation some Navajos lay claim to.
by Erika Trautman, Nov 05, 2001 -
Montana tribes drive the road to sovereignty
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes fight a plan to four-lane Highway 93 through Montana's Flathead Reservation, winning a new highway plan with tough protections for wildlife, safety and cultural resources.
by Mark Matthews, Aug 13, 2001 -
Tribe tussles over target range
The Assiniboine and Gros Ventre tribes on the Fort Belknap reservation in Montana are split on the Montana Air National Guard's proposal to drop dummy bombs on tribal trust land.
by Laurel Jones, Jun 18, 2001 -
Tribal Links
In New Mexico, some Indian reservations are jumping on a surprising new economic bandwagon, making use of their land and water rights to build golf courses and resorts to attract golf-playing tourists.
by Bruce Selcraig, Jun 04, 2001 -
Tribal leaders go to school
The newly established Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management and Policy will give tribal leaders practical, specialized instruction in the real-world challenges faced by tribes today.
by Mark Muro, May 21, 2001
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