Re: White House: 1996-10-15 President at Endorsement by N.A. Leaders
Darren English (denglish@sfo.com)
Wed, 16 Oct 1996 09:04:59 -0700 (PDT)
> The President's National Performance Review (NPR), meant to
> reduce federal bureaucracy, was widely and vehemently criticized
> by tribal governments and the National Congress of American
> Indians for severe cutbacks in the Indian Health Service and
> Tribal self-government funds.
>
> Clinton recently signed the controversial Navajo-Hopi
> Settlement Act of 1996. Through Clinton's Secretary of the
> Interior, Bruce Babbitt, this administration has consistently
> fought any and all Western Shoshone sovereignty claims. In
> my travels in Indian Country, I've encountered consistent
> frustration and disappointment among Natives who hoped that
> Mr. Clinton would support indigenous peoples.
We mustn't forget... it is Sect. Bruce Babbitt and President Bill Clinton
who approved a casino at the Huron Indian Cemetery in Kansas City Kansas
DESPITE the protests of the Wyandot Nation of Kansas, the Kickapoo, the
Potawatomie, the Sac and Fox, and Iowa tribes in Kansas, the Governor,
concerned natives and private citizens. Lawsuit against the Bureau of
Indian Affairs is pending.
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Darren Z. English / Chihoatenhwa
denglish@sfo.com
http://www.sfo.com/~denglish
Huron Indian Cemetery Preservation Site
"CURSED BE THE VILLIAN THAT MOLEST THEIR GRAVES"
http://www.sfo.com/~denglish/huroncemetery
Wyandot Nation of Kansas
http://www.sfo.com/~denglish/wynaks/wyandot2.html
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