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Ceremony held for white buffalo at Pa. resort home |
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By The Associated Press
Wildlife officials monitoring wolves behavior
By The Associated Press
POLSON, Mont. (AP) -
Wildlife officials are keeping an eye on the gray wolves living on the
Flathead Indian Reservation.
The wolves are living
under a new management plan on the western Montana reservation. Wildlife
managers plan to leave the animals be as long as they aren't excessively
killing off livestock or big game living on the tribal lands.
The Confederated Salish
and Kootenai Tribal Council approved the management plan in June. Tribal
leaders want a balanced plan that gives the wolves a chance to prosper
and still keep any wolf-human potential conflicts to a minimum.
The management plan
went into effect Nov. 1.
On the Net:
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Oklahoma tribes get over $135M in stimulus money
By The Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -
Oklahoma's American Indian tribes have received more than $135 million
in federal stimulus dollars, which will go toward housing,
infrastructure and conservation projects, officials said.
The Cherokee Nation,
Oklahoma's largest tribe, was awarded the most, at nearly $37.7 million,
according to a federal government quarterly report released Oct. 30.
Additional stimulus grants have since pushed the total to about $43
million, said Vickie Hanvey, the Cherokee Nation's self-governance
administrator.
Hanvey said most of the
funding will be used for housing, water, roads, child care and energy
conservation projects.
"These water,
sanitation and road projects help everyone in the community, not just
Cherokee citizens,'' she said.
Jobs will be created
for both tribal and nontribal members, she said.
"To me as a taxpayer,
one of the things I'm most proud of is an infrastructure is being
created that will last far longer than two years when the money runs
out,'' Hanvey said.
Other tribes that
received more than $10 million are the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, which
was awarded $15.3 million; the Choctaw Nation, which received $15.2
million; and the Chickasaw Nation, which got $13.4 million.
Many tribes plan to use
stimulus funds for housing, Head Start programs, water projects, summer
youth employment and to upgrade health care buildings, The Oklahoman
reported Sunday.
Some tribes have
received little or no money during the initial stages of the stimulus
awards process, while others have received awards that amount to
thousands of dollars per tribal member.
For example, the Miami
Tribe received $26,626 -- or the equivalent of $17 per in-state tribal
member -- by the close of the most recent reporting period, while the
Tonkawa Tribe received more than $2.6 million, or the equivalent of
about $5,849 per in-state tribal member.
Don Patterson,
president of the Tonkawa Tribe, said small tribes often get shortchanged
when it comes to federal funding. The tribe's largest grant, about $1.9
million, will be used to refurbish about 130 homes, some of which are
more than 25 years old, he said.
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Information from: The
Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com
Ceremony held for white buffalo at Pa. resort home
By The Associated Press
FARMINGTON, Pa. (AP) -
Native American songs and dances welcomed a sacred white buffalo to his
new home at a sanctuary established at a southwestern Pennsylvania
resort following the closure of the zoo where he was born.
About 200 people took
part in Saturday's ceremony to thank owners of Nemacolin Woodlands
Resort in Farmington for buying the white buffalo and another black
buffalo born at the nearby Woodland Zoo in Farmington, which closed last
month. The animals are now on a 50-acre parcel on the wooded grounds of
the resort, about 40 miles south of Pittsburgh.
Mike "Hawk'' Goodfire,
appointed by the Lakota tribe as caretaker of the white buffalo, led the
program that featured talks from several elder members of the tribe.
Nagi White Owl, ambassador of the Sovereign Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma,
was among those who came from far away to attend.
"We need to open our
eyes, our ears and our hearts and come together to respect all,'' she
said. "The white buffalo born to white nations means fulfillment, a
coming together of all nations.
The white buffalo
"Lightning'' and the black buffalo "Thunder'' spent the ceremony resting
in a wooden sty overlooking the site, occasionally standing at the sound
of drums and voices or strolling around the area.
Joe Hardy, founder of
both the resort and 84 Lumber, was presented with a feather from a bald
eagle as well as Indian blankets.
"This is phenomenal''
Hardy said. "I am impressed. This is such a great day for all of us.''
The resort also plans
to establish an American Indian interpretive center.
In Lakota lore, White
Buffalo Woman was sent by the Creator to teach the people to communicate
with the deity through the prayer pipe. When she left, vowing to return,
she was transformed into a buffalo calf of different colors, and the
birth of the white buffalo is said to signal her return.
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Information from:
Herald-Standard,
http://www.heraldstandard.com/
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