And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
"H-AMINDIAN's FYI: News Items of Interest" website:
<http://www.public.asu.edu/~wendel/fyi/>
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"Arizona Tribe Losing Its Diabetes Battle," The Deseret News (Salt Lake
City, UT), 2 November 1999, A10.
["GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, Ariz.: ... The spread of diabetes among the
11,500 Pima Indians on this reservation south of Phoenix has become so
severe some worry about annihilation -- and others charge government
researchers contributed to the problem ... Since 1965, the number of tribal
members over 55 with diabetes has skyrocketed to 80 percent from 45
percent, according to figures compiled by the National Institutes of
Health. Now, some Pimas are saying that same government agency didn't do
enough to attack what they call the "Pima Plague.'"]
http://www.desnews.com/
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Bonin, Gordon. "Supreme Court Ruling Favors Scholar's Kin, Researcher's
Daughters to Control Penobscot Work," Bangor Daily News, 2 November 1999.
["A researcher trying to help preserve the Penobscot language has lost the
final round in a legal fight with the daughters of a noted scholar of
American Indian languages who was completing a Penobscot dictionary when he
died last year ... The court's decision gives control over the most
extensive Penobscot dictionary ever compiled to Siebert's daughters rather
than to Richard Garrett and his wife, Martha Young, who had worked
extensively with Siebert during the last years of his life in Old Town ...
The decision settles the dispute over who had authority to decide who would
complete the task of editing the dictionary and other research and
preparing it for publication."]
http://www.bangornews.com/
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Brown, Gregg. "Native American Culture Is Not 'Cherished,' Valued," The
Pantagraph (Bloomington, IL.), 2 November 1999, A10.
["I would like to thank The Pantagraph for its fine editorial ... It's good
to see the local media stand up to the little Hitler wannabe in our midst.
But there was another recent editorial that displayed a shocking degree of
ignorance, self-deception or worse. It was published on Oct. 11 under the
heading "Columbus Day commemorates evolution of enlightenment." It includes
the quote: "The culture and heritage of the native Americans deserves to be
cherished and today's society has done that." ... In terms of the bigger
picture, hundreds of tribes have been completely eliminated off the face of
the Earth. Millions of people were killed. And native culture remains to
this day under the assault of corporate forces - businessmen, lawyers,
politicians, bureaucrats, missionaries and the police."]
http://www.pantagraph.com/
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Buttars, Lori. "Goshute Teens Turn Dream Into a Day; Youths Working to
Honor Their Past Inspire Indigenous People's Day in Utah," The Salt Lake
Tribune, 2 November 1999, B1.
["... As a member of the Goshute Indian tribe, Hooper is among a dozen or
so teen-agers from the Ibapah Indian Reservation whose work will be
featured in Pia Toya, or Big Mountain, a book to be published by the
University of Utah Press. The book tells the legend of how the Deep Creek
Mountains, in Utah's west desert near where the youngsters live in Tooele
County, were formed. The volume is just one way the teens are working to
honor their past. After studying such historical figures as Christopher
Columbus and Martin Luther King Jr. -- both of whom have special days
celebrated in their honor -- the students decided that a month should be
designated for learning about American Indian history. Their proposal made
it from the classroom to Utah's Tribal Council to Gov. Mike Leavitt, who
made it official: November is American Indian History Month and Nov. 22 is
Indigenous People's Day in Utah."]
http://www.sltrib.com/
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Cosdon, Christina K. "With Name Change, Business Joins Indian Motorcycle
Revival," St. Petersburg Times, 2 November 1999, 5.
["The Indian Chief is back. The Indian Chief motorcycle, that is. Indian
Motorcycle manufacturing company, which produced the first Indian
motorcycle in 1901 in Springfield, Mass., closed its doors in 1953. Now,
after more than 40 years and an $ 18-million buyout, the company is back in
production in Gilroy, Calif."]
http://www.sptimes.com/
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Davenport, Paul. "Compromise Would Name Highway After Both Actor, Indian
Vets," The Associated Press State & Local Wire, 2 November 1999.
["PHOENIX: The heated debate over whether a highway that crosses two
reservations should be named after John Wayne has apparently been settled
with a compromise. The ruckus started in 1997 when some Indian leaders
objected to naming the highway after the late movie actor whose films
included portrayals of American Indians that some found offensive. The
compromise - naming half the highway John Wayne Parkway and the other half
American Indian Veterans Memorial Highway - was scheduled to be considered
by the State Board on Geographic and Historic Names at a hearing Wednesday
... Under the proposal the names board plans to consider Wednesday, the
northern 15 miles in the Gila River Indian Community would be named after
Indian vets and the southern 14 miles that abuts the Ak-Chin Indian
Community after Wayne."]
http://www.ap.org/
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Ellison, Quintin. "Alcohol Divisive in Cherokee; Cultural, Health Issues
Entwined in Vote on Sales," Asheville Citizen-Times (Asheville, NC), 2
November 1999, A1.
["CHEROKEE - For as long as anyone can remember alcoholic beverages haven't
been legally sold on the Cherokee Indian Reservation. But on Jan. 13, the
12,000 members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will vote on whether
the tribe should set up an alcoholic beverage distribution center ... The
referendum also contains an unusual enticement: Half of the money generated
by the sale of alcoholic beverages would support health, education and
justice programs; the remainder would go directly to tribe members in the
form of per capita payments ... In any mountain community the sale of
alcoholic beverages is a divisive issue, but perhaps nowhere is that more
true than on the Cherokee Indian Reservation. "It's a combination of the
Southern Baptist and Methodist influence and a recognition that alcohol has
taken a terrible toll on Indian lives," said John Finger, a professor at
the University of Tennessee and a noted historian on Cherokee culture ...
The referendum is not clear about what type of alcoholic beverages would be
sold if voters say yes, but most tribal leaders say they assume it would
include liquor, beer and wine. Approval would lead to a tribally operated
center that would control the wholesale distribution of alcoholic beverages
to retail outlets and food establishments."]
http://citizen-times.com/
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Ellison, Quintin. "Casino Has No Definite Alcohol Plan," Asheville
Citizen-Times (Asheville, NC), 2 November 1999, A8.
["CHEROKEE - When the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians opened its casino
almost two years ago, a lot of people were betting that it wouldn't be long
before alcoholic beverages were sold there. And with a Jan. 13 referendum
now scheduled on whether to permit their sale on the reservation, many
observers believe the vote is really a smoke screen for Harrah's Cherokee
Smoky Mountains Casino. But don't tell that to Eastern Band members or
Harrah's officials ... The Eastern Band's casino is the only one in the
Harrah's chain that doesn't offer its customers alcoholic beverages. It is
not, however, the only tribally owned casino that forbids them. Harrah's
Entertainment manages the casino for the 12,000-member tribe."]
http://citizen-times.com/
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"Forensic Expert Says Jawbone From Long-Dead Indian," The Associated Press
State & Local Wire, 2 November 1999.
["LEWISTON, Idaho: A human jawbone found by a fisherman in July along the
Snake River is most likely that of a long-dead Nez Perce Indian, a forensic
report states. "In my opinion, this bone is most likely historic or
prehistoric Native American remains and is not of forensic importance,"
wrote Madeline Hinkes of San Diego, a member of the American Board of
Forensic Anthropology ... If the tribe's cultural resources program
determines the bone is of a Nez Perce, it will be returned to the earth."]
http://www.ap.org/
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Glenn, Beth. "Burial Site Dig Stalls Construction; State Archaeologists
Want to Ensure that Work on a Storage Building Disturbs No American Indian
Remains," St. Petersburg Times, 2 November 1999, 3.
["HUDSON - Construction has come to a standstill at the Hudson site of the
Reedy American Indian burial mound while state archaeologists chart the
mound's expanded boundaries. Digging to beat the rain Monday, Melissa
Memory, an archaeologist with the state bureau of archaeological research,
said she located artifacts last week as far as 40 feet north of where the
mound originally was thought to end ... "It (construction) can't continue
until this gets resolved," she said. When construction trucks started to
roll about two months ago, American Indian Movement members urged state
archaeologists to take a second look and dig below the surface. That
prompted Miller, Bureau of Archaeological Research chief, to visit the site
... Miller said that resolution of the mound issue also hinges on the
presence of gopher tortoises thought to live in and around the mound. That
means state environmental officials will determine whether a large pile of
sand on the site can be layered over the mound without disturbing the
turtles' habitat."]
http://www.sptimes.com/
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Hall, Neal. "Survivors of Native Indian Residential Schools Suffered Soul
Murder, Court Told: The Outcome of This Case, Involving Former Students of
the Alberni School, Will Affect More than 1,000 Similar Lawsuits Across
Canada Involving Billions of Dollars," The Vancouver Sun, 2 November 1999, B3.
["For the first time in Canada, a B.C. courtroom is hearing evidence of how
survivors of the native Indian residential school system should be
financially compensated for the abuses they endured as children. The
outcome of the case will affect more than 1,000 similar lawsuits across
Canada, which may result in billions of dollars damages being paid by the
federal government and churches that ran the schools. Lawyer Peter Grant,
representing 22 of the 28 plaintiffs who were sexually and physically
abused in the 1950s and 1960s at the Alberni Residential School on
Vancouver Island, said the children were like ''captives'' in prison-like
conditions. ''The plaintiffs in many cases have suffered soul murder,'' he
told B.C. Supreme Court Justice Donald Brenner in a two-hour opening
statement at the Vancouver Law Courts. Grant said the plaintiffs need
extensive treatment because all have suffered lasting effects, including
post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, alcohol and drug abuse,
sexual dysfunction, obsessive and compulsive behaviour and suicide attempts
... Grant noted that Plint wasn't the only one who abused children at the
school. He said up to eight others, including the school principal, beat
children and called them ''dirty little Indians'' when they tried to report
being sexually abused by Plint."]
http://www.vancouversun.com/
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Inskip, Leonard. "American Indian Art Gets New Emphasis; Recent Events
Affirm that Indian Culture Not Only Survived, But That Its Place in a
Diverse Nation is Growing," Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), 2 November
1999, 11A.
["In 1863, a bounty-seeking Hutchinson settler shot and killed Little Crow
- not because the Indian led, however reluctantly, the big 1862 uprising,
but simply because he was an Indian picking raspberries. Similarly, for
most of the nation's history, mainstream America and its government tried
to kill Indian culture. Through official policy and broken treaties, but
also through demeaning stereotyping and denial ... Last week, after French
and American museum directors met in France, came an announcement of future
collaboration. An exhibit planned for three French museums will be called
"Sacred Symbols: Two Thousand Years of North American Indian Art." ... Such
acquisitions at an important U.S. museum are part of a changing environment
for Indian culture, including increased recognition of diversity inherent
in hundreds of tribes. The idea of a monolithic culture is as unrealistic
and outdated as the cigar-store Indian ... Even the Smithsonian Museum of
Natural History, until recent years, portrayed Indians by the way they
lived from the 16th century through the third quarter of the 19th century.
Today, that's changing, and will change even more when the new national
museum opens in 2002."]
http://www.startribune.com/
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Keeler, Jacqueline. "Alcatraz -They Held the Rock- and Gave Their Children
a Place to Stand," Pacific News Service, 2 November 1999.
["Thirty years ago, my parents' generation took a stand they ''''held the
Rock.'' That rock was a prison called Alcatraz. Al Capone never escaped nor
did the Birdman, but for 19 months a group of young American Indians
occupied the abandoned prison and declared it Indian land ... In response,
American Indians from all over the country converged on San Francisco. My
mother-in-law, a Mohawk, was six months pregnant at the time with my
husband and ready to drop everything to help. She never made it there, but
from his earliest memories he remembers her telling him about the takeover.
He'd say, ''''But mom, why would they want a prison?''
Why would they choose a prison? In a statement issued from the island
during the takeover they said, ''''We hold the Rock. Our anger at the many
injustices forced upon us since the first white man landed on these sacred
shores has been transformed into a hope that we be allowed the long
suppressed right of all men to plan and to live their own lives.'' The
generation that started the American Indian Movement and the National
Indian Youth Council broke down old institutions meant to break us apart.
They made it possible for us, the children, to have a beachhead on this
land we call America. As one Alcatraz veteran said at last week's 30-year
celebration on the island, ''''we smashed Plymouth Rock.'' In exchange,
they gave us our own rock to stand on, Alcatraz."]
http://www.pacificnews.org/
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Lindgren, April. "1970's Extradition of Indian Activist a 'Disgrace to
Justice': Federal Review 'Flawed,' Says Former MP," The Ottawa Citizen, 2
November 1999, A5.
["TORONTO: A recently released federal report justifying the extradition
of a high-profile American Indian activist to the United States in the
mid-1970s is deeply flawed, says the president of the International Centre
for Human Rights and Democratic Development. ''This is a travesty of
justice, this is a disgrace to the Canadian justice system,'' Warren
Allmand, president of the Montreal-based centre created by Parliament, said
yesterday in his latest comments on the extradition case of Leonard
Peltier. ''I put it in the same situation as the Donald Marshall case, the
Milgaard case, the Morin case, where people said these people were guilty
... and they were found to be set up.''" ... Mr. Allmand and other members
of the Leonard Peltier Defence Committee (Canada) attending a Toronto news
conference yesterday called for an independent investigation into Mr.
Peltier's extradition. They also urged Canada to add its voice to those
asking U.S. President Bill Clinton to grant him executive clemency."]
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/
SEE ALSO:
Lindgren, April. "Canada's Extradition of American Indian a 'Disgrace to
Justice': Federal Review 'Flawed,' Says Former MP," The Ottawa Citizen, 2
November 1999, A5.
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/
Lindgren, April. "Peltier Report Flawed: Ex-MP," The Gazette (Montreal), 2
November 1999, A11.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/
Worthington, Peter. "Peltier Extradition Riles Ex-Grit Boss," The Toronto
Sun, 2 November 1999, 12.
http://www.canoe.ca/TorontoSun/home.html
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"Manitoba Government Province and Manitoba Chiefs Sign Apprenticeship and
Training Agreement: Goal is to Increase Number of Aboriginal People
Qualifying In Apprenticeship and Training Programs," M2 PRESSWIRE, 2
November 1999.
["The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs will receive $102,200 from the provincial
government to promote and increase aboriginal participation and employment
opportunities in apprenticeship and trades training throughout Manitoba,
Education and Training Minister Drew Caldwell announced today. "This
agreement between the province and the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
represents a shared commitment to increasing aboriginal participation in
apprenticeship and trades qualification," said Caldwell. "The goal is to
significantly increase the number of aboriginal people in apprenticeship,
build a skills base and provide wider economic opportunities for the
province's aboriginal community." ... "We must break down the barriers that
stand between aboriginal people and the training and education they need,"
said Caldwell. "This agreement will give aboriginal people the opportunity
to more fully participate in our economy and control their own destinies.'"]
http://www.m2.com/
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"N.S. Pushes for Pipeline Despite Mi'kmaq Objections," CBC Newsworld
Online, 2 November 1999.
["HALIFAX - The government of Nova Scotia wants the National Energy Board
to allow the Sable Gas Pipeline to go ahead while the pipeline partners
work out a deal with the Union of Nova Scotia Indians. Last week, a court
ruled that the Mi'kmaq were not properly consulted about the project by
Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline or by the energy board. The board is now
waiting for submissions from all sides to determine what should happen."]
http://newsworld.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/go.pl?1999/11/02/pipeline991102
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Perea, Mary. "Second Annual Music Awards to be Held in Albuquerque," The
Associated Press State & Local Wire, 2 November 1999.
["ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.: American Indian entertainers will gather in New Mexico
Saturday to honor the best in a rapidly growing musical genre. The producer
of the 2nd annual Native American Music Awards, Ellen Bello, said she
realized there was a need for this kind of award ceremony in the early
'90s, when she was studying musical trends and noticed substantial growth
in the number of American Indian artists. But, she said, such performers
were not receiving proper recognition on other awards shows ... The
American Indian music industry has grown tremendously over the last year,
and Bello said the awards played a part ... Nominees were selected by the
Native American Music Awards 50-member advisory board, who include
professionals in marketing, reviewing, promoting and distributing music.
Winners in 16 categories were determined by a vote of the general public,
while winners in the other categories were decided by the advisory board."]
http://www.ap.org/
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"Prohibition Vote Fails in Fort Peck Tribal Elections," The Associated
Press State & Local Wire, 2 November 1999.
["POPLAR, Mont.:Voters on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation have defeated a
proposal that would have banned alcohol sales on the reservation. Voters
had three choices Saturday, one to make no changes in liquor laws, one to
support more regulation of alcohol and one to prohibit alcohol on the
reservation. No change received 46 percent of the vote, while 26 percent
supported more regulation and 28 percent supported prohibition."]
http://www.ap.org/
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Richard, Meg. "Experts Say Miami's Mysterious Circle Dates to 125 AD," The
Associated Press State & Local Wire, 2 November 1999.
["MIAMI: Archaeologists say science confirms their suspicions about the
mysterious circle uncovered at a construction site on the Miami River, and
radio carbon dating tests prove it is a nearly 2000-year-old trading post.
"The circle would certainly appear to be ancient, and it also seems to be
the product of native American hands," archeologist Ryan Wheeler of the
state Bureau of Archeological Research said at the site Tuesday. But
preservationists and government officials warn that unless another $8.7
million is raised to buy the 2.2-acre site, the circle could be destroyed
and replaced with condominiums in spite of its historic significance ...
The property is situated in downtown Miami amid highrises and near a
drawbridge. It is on land that was once part of the Brickell family estate.
Until recently, lowrise apartment buildings from the 1940s stood there."]
http://www.ap.org/
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Ruiz, Alejandro. "Bishop at Heart of Chiapas Conflict Retires After 40
Years," The Associated Press, 2 November 1999.
["SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico: To some, he is the champion of
Mexico's poorest, a bishop who walked for days into the jungles of southern
Mexico to fight for the rights of Indian peasants. To others, he is a
heretic who used Roman Catholicism to fire up a rebel movement set on
toppling rich landowners and the government. President Ernesto Zedillo
accused him of espousing a "theology of violence." Either way, Samuel Ruiz
will be remembered as one of the most influential religious figures in
Mexican history. He retires Wednesday on his 75th birthday after four
decades as bishop of San Cristobal de las Casas ... After stepping down,
Ruiz plans to move to the central state of Queretaro. In the meantime, he
has been traveling to hundreds of communities over the past year to say
goodbye to the Indians he has become so close to. During all of his visits,
villages have received him like a king."]
http://www.ap.org/
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Seper, Jerry. "Hollywood Seeks Clemency for Indian Who Killed Agents," The
Washington Times, 2 November 1999, A4.
["The Clinton administration is under pressure from Hollywood to grant
clemency to Leonard Peltier, an American Indian Movement leader convicted
in the 1977 execution-style murder of two FBI agents. The Leonard Peltier
Defense Committee has drawn noticeable support from Hollywood celebrities
who contend the FBI withheld or planted evidence and coerced witnesses to
win Peltier's conviction. The committee has asked President Clinton to sign
a clemency order this month as a part of "Freedom Month for Leonard
Peltier." The clemency effort is being led by such celebrities as Willie
Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Robin Williams and Robert Redford."]
http://www.washtimes.com/
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"Taos Deputy Charged with 1997 Casino Robbery," The Associated Press State
& Local Wire, 2 November 1999.
["TAOS, N.M.: A Taos County Sheriff's deputy was one of three heavily armed
men who robbed a casino on the Taos Pueblo in 1997, according to the FBI
and Bureau of Indian Affairs. Keith L. Bender, 28, was arrested Monday by
FBI and BIA agents at his mobile home without incident. The other two
suspects are unidentified and remain at large, the FBI said ... Bender was
employed as a corrections officer at the Penitentiary of New Mexico in
Santa Fe at the time of the robbery."]
http://www.ap.org/
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Tibbetts, Janice. "Feds, Marshall Ask Top Court Not to Reopen Fishing
Rights," The Gazette (Montreal), 2 November 1999, A11.
["OTTAWA: The federal government and lawyers for Donald Marshall asked the
Supreme Court yesterday to reject a bid for a second look at a ruling that
effectively declared open season on aboriginal fishing. The two sides,
which are trying to negotiate a solution to problems that have plagued the
East Coast fishery since the Sept. 17 decision, both argue that the West
Nova Fisherman's Coalition has no legal right to request a rehearing
because it was merely an intervenor in the original case."]
http://www.montrealgazette.com/
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"Tribe Bars Outside Media from November Forums," The Associated Press State
& Local Wire, 2 November 1999.
["DURANGO, Colo.: Independent media have been barred from covering Southern
Ute Indian Tribe candidate forums prior to the tribal elections. Edna
Frost, the tribe's information service director, said Chairman Clement
Frost had informally polled the Tribal Council and found the general
sentiment opposed allowing news coverage of the forums."]
http://www.ap.org/
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"Upland Man Elected Chairman of Tribal Council," The Associated Press State
& Local Wire, 2 November 1999.
["UPLAND, Calif.: A Claremont-McKenna College student has been elected
tribal council chairman of the San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians.
Daron Marquez of Upland was elected to fill the term of Henry Duro, who
resigned in September. Duro's brother, Faustino, will be vice chairman, a
post that became vacant when Ken Ramirez resigned Oct. 1."]
http://www.ap.org/
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"The Ute Tribe and County Agree on Road Access," The Associated Press State
& Local Wire, 2 November 1999.
["DUCHESNE, Utah: The Ute Tribe and Duchesne County have reached an
agreement concerning who has access to roads in the county and overlapping
Uintah-Ouray Ute Indian Reservation. The agreement details rights of way,
shows where limited easements have been granted and which roads are out of
bounds. Both the tribe and county are pleased with the agreement that has
been passed on to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for formal approval, said
Duchesne Deputy County Attorney, Roland Uresk. ... For years neither side
knew for certain where they stood when it came to rights-of-way and
easements."]
http://www.ap.org/
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Wigod, Rebecca. "Health Board to Spend $471,000 for Native Care," The
Vancouver Sun, 2 November 1999, B1.
["The Vancouver/Richmond health board has voted to spend nearly half a
million dollars this year on improving the health and social status of the
region's native Indians. Board chairman David Levi said a report compiled
by Rhea Joseph shocked him and other board members by highlighting
''staggering'' disparities between the well-being of the 30,000 natives in
Vancouver-Richmond and that of other residents. ''The health problems that
plague the (native) community are enormous,'' said Levi. ''We wanted to get
under way, as quickly as possible, with those things we have the capacity
and direct responsibility (to do).'' ... Social goals include trying to
boost the proportion of native youth graduating from high school -- right
now it's below 30 per cent -- by starting two five-year pilot projects to
foster aboriginal students' success ... The society has worked for 10 years
to improve aboriginal health status, primarily in the city's Downtown
Eastside."]
http://www.vancouversun.com/
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