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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.

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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,

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