Sentences with phrase «tribal members»

The native languages are being maintained by a diminishing number of tribal members who remain fluent.

Solar power reduces housing costs and can provide employment opportunities for tribal members on - and off the reservation.

He doesn't think the tribes got the best deal they possibly could, upsetting rank and file tribal members who benefit from the revenue of the Indian - run casinos.

However, she gives no thought to those who are not tribal members and do not want to be.

If you go back in time you'll find tribes that were essentially only concerned with their own tribal members.

Meeting the local tribal members and getting to know their pets was delightful; the animals are so sweet, and the community members truly appreciate all that we can do for them.

Further, wind energy brings new, sustainable jobs to 20 high - unemployment reservation communities with tens of thousands of tribal members.

But he says that the facility would bring money and jobs for tribal members and help build infrastructure.

Beinga tribal member with the Cherokee Nation with nearly Can you share with LM your experience in Native American law and what it entails?

There are approximately 15,000 tribal members living on and off the Reservation.

Leon Bear, the current chairman, signed a lease with PFS, but he won't disclose the financial details, even to other tribal members.

«For many tribal members who live in remote areas and rely heavily on public transportation, this funding will help ensure continued access to vital services they need.»

A site on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico was rejected by tribal members.

Ownership of the property will diversify the Tribe's economic base and insure Muckleshoot tribal members permanent access for hunting, gathering, and other traditional uses.

Richard Read / the Oregonian Climate justice activists and tribal members from Umatilla and Warm Springs meet the megaload in December.

When a thirteen - year - old tribal member on the training program alleged abuse by a non-Indian employee on the company's store on tribal land.

Baby Ingrid's parents, Justin Johnson and Rebecca Sanders, filed a lawsuit Friday against Miccosukee tribal members and Baptist Hospital in downtown Miami.

As for the well - known «medicine men and women» who travel with their groupies and for - profit organizations, Ramona Soto Rank, Klamath tribal member and director for the Affiliated Tribes of the Northwest, likes to remind seekers after authentic Native healers and spiritual teachers that these individuals seldom speak of themselves in such terms.

The purpose of AIANTA is to provide our constituents with the voice and tools needed to advance tourism while helping tribes, tribal organizations and tribal members create infrastructure and capacity through technical assistance, training and educational resources.

Fields and woodlands in which Parfait - Dardar and tribal members wandered as children now have to be crossed by boat.

Ms. Curry is writing as a kind of vicarious tribal member.

Preserving their language is an essential part in saving their culture, tribal members explain.

At the two Native American schools Education World visited in northern Maine, cultural heritage used to be maintained by a diminishing number of tribal members fluent in their native languages and knowledgeable about their traditions.

Tribal members walk the deceased to the cemetery with the older men leading the songs.

«Our biggest challenges are not academic, but whole child issues,» said Chelsea Craig, a 2nd grade teacher at Quil Ceda and Tulalip, and certified Tulalip Tribal Member.

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An eager crowd joined tribal members of the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians, along with local business leaders last week to witness the ribbon cutting ceremony and grand opening of the new Three Rivers Casino Coos...

Yurok tribal members who rallied outside the federal court hearing in San Francisco on April 11 explain what the Klamath River and its salmon mean to them.

Despite this, of the 300,000 enrolled Navajo tribal members, it is estimated that 18,000 of them don't have electricity.

Quinault tribal member Larry Ralston stands on the beach at the Quinault Indian Nation reservation.

Lummi tribal member Jewell James has likened the explosion of coal, oil and gas projects to a 21st century version of the «Trail of Tears.»

This week, Anishinaabe tribal members are riding 230 miles on horseback along the proposed route of a what could possibly become the largest tar sands pipeline in the United States.

Now, you can quickly and easily track applicants from casino - to - casino and share past employment history instantly with other contributing Tribal members.

Between single - couple therapy and multi-couple therapy, I have probably done more than 400 hours of Gottman Method Couples Therapy with White Mountain Apache tribal members.

Lack of information and misinformation among Tribal members has been the greatest threat to Self - Governance implementation.

Since 1994 I have been mediating for courts, businesses, workplace, divorce and family disputes I teach basic Mediation to the Native American Tribal members and locally within New Mexico.

Relocating is not an easy option, since ties to traditional ways of life are strong and hard to leave behind and relocation require financial resources that are beyond the reach of many tribal members.

Tribes also have police power authority to take actions that promote the health, safety, and welfare of their own tribal members.

Tribal members live 17 miles (27 kilometers) from the coast, but despite this the community has been losing land at an average of 1 % per year between 1974 and 1990, according to previous research.

Students» families and other tribal members will collaborate with JCSD to provide input into the creation of their community school located on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation.

«We had two parties after the blessing and ribbon - cutting ceremony: one for local press and chambers that featured some of our popular items from each restaurant venue, and a second event for tribal members,» she says.