I picked up a number of handouts and have newspaper articles, etc.
which people may want to see. Most of what is below concerns the
process to federally recognize tribes, especially in Washington state
and in California. Send me email if you'd like to see any of the
specific articles below. I'll try to summrize this info later.
danny ammon
ammon@cs.stanford.edu
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July, 1976 <------- OLD NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
The Confederated Umatilla Journal, Vol 1, No 7, by Richard LaCourse
Pendleton, OR
Covert White House plan sees tribal termination
The Borgstrom memo - 'Problem Solving' and 'Incrementalism'
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May 28, 1992
Hearings in Washington DC on HR2144, "California Tribal Status Act of 1991"
Statement of Ron Eden, Director, Office of Tribal Services, BIA
before the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
BIA strongly opposes HR2144, and would recommend for Bush to veto it.
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June 8, 1992
Statement of Bud Shepard, Research Consultant to the Jena Band of
Choctaw Indians and Former Chief of the Branch of
Acknowledgement and Research
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June 11, 1992
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, by Paul Sluskovsky
Alzheimer's strikes Indians through judge
Decision: He was a different man after operation,
judge's son says
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June 12, 1992
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, by Paul Sluskovsky
Tribes plan action for official recognition
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June 12, 1992
By Dean A. Radford, Valley Daily News
Tribes question competence of Boldt's decision
Boldt: Five tribes hope for a new hearing
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June 12, 1992
By Helen Ellsberg, The News Tribune
5 'extinct' tribes seek ruling reversal
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June 13, 1992
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
(Comic depicting unrecognized tribes of Washington state alongside
unrecognized tribes of California and elsewhere)
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June 16, 1992
by Carl Nolte, San Franciso Chronicle
Bay Area Tribe Stakes Its Claim to the Presidio
Muwekma Ohlones say they were the original San Franciscans
Native American claim the Presidio
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June 20, 1992
by Miranda Ewell, San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, CA
Indians want to build Presidio culture center
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Summer, 1992
by Allogan Slagle, News from Native California
Groundhog Day (Slagle's quarterly column, mainly on federal tribal
recognition issues in California)
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July 1, 1992
Snohomish Tribe of Indians
1422 Rosario Road
Anacortes, WA 98221
Statement from the Snohomish Tribe of Indians
Presented to Roy Atwood, Aide to Senator Slade Gorton in Seattle, July 1
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July 1, 1992
Samish Indian Tribe of Washington
The Status of Greene
Presented by the Samish Indian Tribe
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July 2, 1992
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Tribes fear agency's new policy
Bureau given authority to make any Indian nation extinct
Indians: Government claim option to declare any tribal nation
extinct
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July 2, 1992
Small Tribes Organization of Western Washington
P.O. Box 578
Sumner, WA 98390-0578
206-593-2894
Press Release
Tribes Comment of New Federal Acknowledgement Process Policy
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July 9, 1992
by Mark Moreno, San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, CA
Ohlones to use Columbus Day celebrations as educational tool
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July 15, 1992
California Consultation on Legislation
San Jose, CA
California Tribal Recognition Resolution
Repatriation Resolution
California Indian Consultation Meeting Resolution
Hunters Point Shipyard Resolution
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July 15, 1992
by Jeanne Huber, San Jose Mercury News
Indian tribes seek piece of U.S. pie
But talks in S.J. yield few crumbs
Indian tribes frustrated in bid for recognition
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July 16, 1992
by Jeanne Huber, San Jose Mercury News
Indian tribes struggle for federal recognition
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July 18, 1992
by Karen Jeffries, Eureka Times-Standard, Eureka, CA
North Coast tribes given advice on Indian issues
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July 24, 1992
San Jose Mercury New editorial
Slow Death
Tribes' long wait for federal recognition is an insult
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July 27, 1992
Memorandum from Duane Sherman, Vice Chairman, Hoopa Valley Tribe
Status Act
Re: Meeting with Unacknowledged Tribes on Proposed Amendments
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July 28, 1992
by Jeanne Huber, San Jose Mercury News
California Indians fight to regain tribal status
California Indians fight for federal recognition, benefits
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