Red Ink is a student-run publication at the University of Arizona under the auspices of the American Indian Studies Program. Red Ink has published the works of writers and artists representing Native Nations from across the United States and the North American hemisphere including the Apache, Cherokee, Lakota, Navajo, Havasupai, Hopi, Micmac, Mohican, Maya, Oneida, Seneca, Chemehuevi, Paiute, Walpole Island Ojibway, Choctaw, Creek, Nez Perce, Northern Arapaho, Acoma Pueblo, Tohono O'odham, Yaqui, Menominee, and many others.
Red Ink's primary mission to highlight Native American intellectual and creative expression through the media of poetry, short stories, creative non-fiction, scholarly articles, original artwork and photography, and book, music and film reviews. Red Ink promotes an ongoing discourse with all persons and organizations who are interested in Native American issues and topics. Interdisciplinary in focus, visionary in content, and intergenerational in participation, Red Ink Magazine provides a vital forum for both students and non-students to engage in an open dialogue with other Native American researchers and writers in their respective fields.
Red Ink is designed to promote both scholarly and grassroots publishing by and for Native and non-Native members of--as well as advocates for--indigenous communities. Our goal is to provide a journal that is accessible to non-academics, while also providing a forum for serious scholars. By showcasing a variety of topics as well as literary, scholarly and artistic genres, we hope to appeal to a broad spectrum of people with diverse interests. Red Ink has published several special theme issues, including ones dedicated to Indian gaming, Native children, Native language revitalization and development, and tribal governance and economic development. In addition to scholarly works, Red Ink also publishes an altogether unique mix of poetry, photographs, artwork, short stories, first-person essays, political and social commentaries, cartoons, and reviews of recent books, films and music. And no one could ever forget Red Ink sage Watt Scraper, the 166-year-old Cherokee author of the popular "Unegadihi Speaks."
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Friday, September 14, 2007
Court: Navajo Nation owed money for bungled lease
The Interior Department breached its trust to the Navajo Nation and must pay damages for mishandling a coal mining lease, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday.
In a unanimous decision, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals said the "undisputed facts" prove Interior breached its fiduciary duties to the largest tribe in the country. Swayed by a lobbyist, the Reagan administration approved a coal mining lease for a less than a "reasonable" royalty rate, the three-judge panel concluded.
That action violated common trust law, as well as a "network" of federal laws and regulations aimed at protecting the tribe's coal resources and keeping the tribe informed about its assets, the court said.
"Accordingly, this court holds that the nation has a cognizable money-mandating claim against the United States for the alleged breaches of trust and that the government breached its trust duties," Judge Arthur J. Gajarsa, a Reagan nominee, wrote in the 39-page ruling.
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In a unanimous decision, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals said the "undisputed facts" prove Interior breached its fiduciary duties to the largest tribe in the country. Swayed by a lobbyist, the Reagan administration approved a coal mining lease for a less than a "reasonable" royalty rate, the three-judge panel concluded.
That action violated common trust law, as well as a "network" of federal laws and regulations aimed at protecting the tribe's coal resources and keeping the tribe informed about its assets, the court said.
"Accordingly, this court holds that the nation has a cognizable money-mandating claim against the United States for the alleged breaches of trust and that the government breached its trust duties," Judge Arthur J. Gajarsa, a Reagan nominee, wrote in the 39-page ruling.
Want to know more? Click here: http://www.indianz.com/News/2007/004906.asp
Stay on the path, Navajo leader urges UA students
By: Eric Swedlund
In a message emphasizing the resiliency of the Navajo people, tribal President Joe Shirley spoke to about 200 UA students Thursday, urging them to move on with determination to succeed in their studies and become leaders for the tribe.
Shirley spoke eight days after Mia Henderson was fatally stabbed in her dorm room and her roommate, Galareka Harrison, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder. Both were 18-year-old freshmen from the Navajo Nation.
"We cannot continue to dwell on it. We have to move on," Shirley said. "This is a great teaching from our elders, from our medicine people. What happened has happened and it is unfortunate. It hurts, it makes us cry, it makes us think about a lot of things. But to the best of our ability, spiritually speaking, we must move on."
Without mentioning either woman by name or specifically talking about the homicide and arrest, Shirley talked about how the Navajo people approach the hurt and sorrow of losing loved ones and how to honor them by moving on with life's work.
There's more here: http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/201177
In a message emphasizing the resiliency of the Navajo people, tribal President Joe Shirley spoke to about 200 UA students Thursday, urging them to move on with determination to succeed in their studies and become leaders for the tribe.
Shirley spoke eight days after Mia Henderson was fatally stabbed in her dorm room and her roommate, Galareka Harrison, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder. Both were 18-year-old freshmen from the Navajo Nation.
"We cannot continue to dwell on it. We have to move on," Shirley said. "This is a great teaching from our elders, from our medicine people. What happened has happened and it is unfortunate. It hurts, it makes us cry, it makes us think about a lot of things. But to the best of our ability, spiritually speaking, we must move on."
Without mentioning either woman by name or specifically talking about the homicide and arrest, Shirley talked about how the Navajo people approach the hurt and sorrow of losing loved ones and how to honor them by moving on with life's work.
There's more here: http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/201177
United Nations moves to adopt indigenous declaration
By: Valerie Taliman
NEW YORK - After three decades of drafts, deliberations and delays, the United Nations General Assembly voted Sept. 13 to adopt the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The majority, 143 countries, voted in favor. As expected, the only countries opposing the adoption were the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. The main objections of these countries centered on indigenous peoples' control over land and resources, their right to self-determination, and that the declaration might give indigenous peoples veto authority over development on their lands and territories.
Its adoption marks the first time in history that indigenous peoples' collective rights to self-determination and control over their lands and natural resources will formally be recognized by the United Nations.
''The international community is finally recognizing that indigenous peoples have a permanent right to exist as distinct peoples, and that we have a right to be self-governing,'' said Robert Tim Coulter, one of the original authors of the declaration who worked with chiefs from the Iroquois Confederacy to draft the first 10 points in 1976.
''The world is taking a formal stand that indigenous peoples have the right to be free from all forms of discrimination and to maintain our cultures, societies, languages and spiritual practices,'' said Coulter, executive director of the Indian Law Resource Center in Helena, Mont., and Washington, D.C.
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NEW YORK - After three decades of drafts, deliberations and delays, the United Nations General Assembly voted Sept. 13 to adopt the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The majority, 143 countries, voted in favor. As expected, the only countries opposing the adoption were the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. The main objections of these countries centered on indigenous peoples' control over land and resources, their right to self-determination, and that the declaration might give indigenous peoples veto authority over development on their lands and territories.
Its adoption marks the first time in history that indigenous peoples' collective rights to self-determination and control over their lands and natural resources will formally be recognized by the United Nations.
''The international community is finally recognizing that indigenous peoples have a permanent right to exist as distinct peoples, and that we have a right to be self-governing,'' said Robert Tim Coulter, one of the original authors of the declaration who worked with chiefs from the Iroquois Confederacy to draft the first 10 points in 1976.
''The world is taking a formal stand that indigenous peoples have the right to be free from all forms of discrimination and to maintain our cultures, societies, languages and spiritual practices,'' said Coulter, executive director of the Indian Law Resource Center in Helena, Mont., and Washington, D.C.
Want the whole story? Click here: http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096415761
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