[nativestudies-l] NEWS: VT American Indian Commission, Hurricane Gustav hits Chitimachas

[Alyssa Mt. Pleasant]

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FYI: News Items of Interest, September 3, 2008 ( 5 Items)
Compiled by Chelsea Mead
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"Native American Panel Loses Chairman," Wilson Ring,
The Associated Press, September 3, 2008. Copyright
2008 Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
Full Text available at:
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080903/NEWS02/809030313/1009/NEWS01

"The chairman of Vermont's Commission on Native American Affairs
 announced his resignation Tuesday because he said he was frustrated
 by the Legislature's refusal to pass a law that would recognize the state's
 American Indian populations…Last winter the Legislature did not pass a
 bill that would have corrected the original legislation by recognizing three
 bands of Abenaki. The bill passed the Senate, but was not considered by
 the House."


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"Gustav Hits Louisiana Tribes," Terri Hansen,
Indian Country Today, September 2, 2008. Copyright 2008
Full Text available at: http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096418108

"The eye of Hurricane Gustav slammed into Morgan City on
 the Louisiana Gulf coast about 30 miles southeast from Chitimacha Tribe
 of Louisiana just after noon yesterday, causing heavy damage…
The Chitimacha tribe is in the bayous on the Gulf Coast in South Louisiana,
100 miles southeast of New Orleans. "

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