Results for keyword: Reservations And Economic Development
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Tribes find a future in the past
The Northern Plains Bison Education Network works to teach bison management to Native Americans at tribal colleges, in an attempt to pair economic development with traditional beliefs.
by David Cournoyer, Aug 02, 1999 -
Homegrown leaders: Lakota educators bridge two worlds
On the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, an innovative Dept. of Education is determined to break the cycle of poverty, poor school performance and lack of economic opportunity that afflicts the Lakota youth.
by Florence Williams, Jun 21, 1999 -
Tribe buys a ranch
Arizona's Pascua Yaqui Tribe buys a 5,300-acre cattle ranch, thus expanding the growing tribe's land base to 6,300 acres.
by Tony Davis, Apr 26, 1999 -
Indian money: Where is it?
Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt held in contempt of court for stonewalling a class-action lawsuit aimed at tracking down billions of dollars his department collected from grazing, oil, gas and timber on Indian reservations.
by Greg Hanscom, Mar 15, 1999 -
Who controls the Sandias?
Albuquerque residents are shocked when a federal judge rules that the Sandia Pueblo owns much of the western face of the Sandia Mountains at the very edge of the city.
by John Hill, Nov 09, 1998 -
A community seeks to feed its own
Tribal elder Laverne Brown donates seven acres to Wind River Indian Reservation to be used for a community garden.
by Debra Calling Thunder, Sep 14, 1998 -
Tribe wins a third of a lake
A federal court rules that Idaho's Coeur d'Alene tribe owns the southern third of Lake Coeur d'Alene, as well as 20 miles of the St. Joe River.
by Mark Matthews, Aug 17, 1998 -
A banker battles to hold the government accountable
Browning, Mont., banker Elouise Cobell uncovers a huge financial mess involving billions of dollars of tribal money somehow misplaced by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
by Greg Hanscom, Aug 03, 1998 -
Tribes reclaim stolen lands
Using legal and financial savvy and the latest computer technology, Indian tribes across the West are taking control of tribal lands that have been in the hands of the federal government and, often, non-Indian farmers for the last century.
by Greg Hanscom, Aug 03, 1998 -
Tribe seeks its key peak
Arizona's Tohono O'odham Indians are pushing for the repatriation of a sacred mountain - Baboquivari Peak - although climbers who want continued access and some environmentalists who worry about tribal overgrazing are questioning the idea.
by Mark Muro, Jun 22, 1998
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