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More News from Indian Country Pgge 9 Cherokee sign amended gambling pact R A L E IG H , N.C. (AP) - The Eastern Band o f Chero kee Indians and Gov. Beverly Perdue signed an updated edi tion to its new agreement to allow live-dealer poker and o th e r tab le gam es at th e trib e ’s casino, a m ove de signed to ease concerns o f more state lawmakers. Perdue and Eastern Band Principal Chief Mich ell Hicks signed the amended compact in Perdue’s office, nearly six m onths after they signed one to let the tribe offer games beyond the electronic and video games now available at its w estern N o rth Carolina casino. Ancient burial mounds looted, driven over ST. LOUIS (AP) - Ancient A m erican In d ia n b u rial m ounds in southern Illinois have been damaged and pos sibly looted, prom pting the state’s historical agency to call for the pubhc’s help in identi fying the culprits. Last m onth, someone dug holes in a portion o f Kincaid M ounds State H istoric Site, a town and religious center o f the Mississippian culture o f 1,000 years ago in what is now rural Massac and Pope coun ties, the Illinois Historic Pres ervation Agency said. The culprits were probably searching for “grave goods” that Native Americans buried with their dead, although it’s u nclear if any artifacts or hum an remains were taken, the agency said. More dam age was done to the site re- cendy when an all-terrain ve hicle or truck was driven on one o f the m ounds, w here “N o Trespassing” signs are posted and ATVs are prohib ited, the agency said. “The criminal disturbance o f these hum an burials in K incaid M ounds is un co n scionable,” said Amy Martin, th e agency’s director. “We hope to apprehend those who are responsible, w hich will serve as a deterrent to others who may be considering the d esecratio n o f o u r sta te ’s heritage.” The site, about 170 miles southeast o f St. Louis, has b e e n ta rg e te d b e fo re . In 2008, three holes several feet wide and deep appeared in the side o f o n e o f th e n in e m ounds,' w ith tw o o f the holes in spots looters had struck the previous year. T h e d istu rb an ce o f a r chaeological sites or skeletal remains on state-owned prop erty can be a m isdem eanor punishable by up to a year in jail, a $10,000 fine, repara tions and forfeiture o f any vehicles or equipment used in the m isdeed. U nsettling o f burial .sites on public land also may be a felony carrying a three-year prison term and $25,000 fine. Listed on the National Register o f Historic Places, K incaid M ounds is sig n ifican t as o n e o f tw o major political centers o f the M ississippian period in the lower O hio River Valley and was one o f the first areas in southern Illinois where inten sive, large-scale agriculture was developed. The agreement will create 400 new jobs, Perdue said. The state also will get a cut o f th e p ro ceed s fro m the new g am es, w h ich c o u ld reach as high as $90 million through the life o f the 30- year compact. The General Assembly will have to alter state gambling laws before the compact can be carried out. Legislative leaders and at torneys had raised questions about the N ovem ber com pact because it directed how the state’s share o f revenues would go to school districts fo r classro o m in stru ctio n . They said the state constitu- tion give the Legislature the p o w er to decide o v er th e compact’s life how the money is spent, not any compact. A bill to help im plement the law and approved by the Senate last w eek still ear marks the money for school district expenditures. T he up dated edition to the compact expresses “the hope o f both the governor and the Chero kee that the fund will continue to be used for education in the future,” Perdue’s office said in a news release. T his change and others were the result o f negotiations w ith le g isla to rs, P e rd u e spokesm an M ark Jo h n so n said. T he H ouse still m ust agree to the bill. “I look forward to w ork ing with the General Assem bly to. make sure this agree m en t 2s finalized,” Perdue said in a prepared statement. P erd u e’s office said the u p d a te d sig n ed c o m p a c t makes clear the kind o f live games that could be now be o ffe re d by th e H a r r a h ’s Cherokee Casino and Hotel, such as poker, roulette, craps and blackjack. The compact also limits the Eastern Band from one. day offering two additional casinos on tribal lan d s b ey o n d th e c u rre n t H arrah’s casino. Northwest Cycle hosted the Native Thunder Show and Shine Poker Run earlierthis month. Proceeds from the event, held at Indian Head Casino, help the Warm Springs Boys and Girls Club. Spilygy Tyruoo Mgy 30, 2012 17 indicted for drug offenses on Pine Ridge P IN E R ID G E , S.D. (AP) w A federal grand jury has in dicted 17 people for distrib uting drugs in and around the Pine Ridge Indian Reserva tion. T he individuals range in age from 23 to 60. All o f the individuals reside in South D ak o ta or N ebraska. T h e charges include conspiracy to distribute marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine. The investigation was con ducted by the Oglala Sioux tribe's D epartm ent o f Public Safety and several federal and state agencies. Comanche tribe makes Depp honorary member A LB U Q U ER Q U E, New Mexico (AP) —Johnny D epp has been made an honorary m em ber o f the C om anche tribe. D epp is in New Mexico, shooting the film adaptation o f “T he Lone Ranger.” H e plays “ R a n g e r” sidekick Tonto in the film. Com anche N ation tribal m em b er L a D o n n a H arris said that the tribal chairman presented D epp with a proc lamation at her Albuquerque home. She says the C om anche adoption tradition means she now considers D epp her son. H arris Says D e p p seem ed humbled. His spokeswoman, Jayne N go, co n firm e d the actor participated in a cerem ony but declined to provide de tails. Harris sayS she had read interview s w ith D ep p that said the actor identified him se lf as b ein g p a rt N a tiv e American, so she thought it would be fun to adopt him. She ran the idea by her adult children, and they agreed. H arris says she reached out to the “D ark Shadows” star through a friend w ho is working as a cultural adviser on the “Lone Ranger” set. Feds reject tribe’s plan for casino near Richmond RICHM ON D, Calif. (AP) 3s- Federal officials have re jected a N ativ e A m erican tribe's plans to build a casino near the San Francisco Bay area city o f Richmond. T he U.S. D epartm ent o f Ojibw e Indian from Leech Lake. Reservation in M inne Interior said that the -Scotts sota, said there is a difference Valley Band o f Porno Indi between Indian identity and ans had n ot demonstrated a ancestry— y o u , can have one significant historical connec tion to the proposed casino w ithout the other. “A n In d ia n id e n tity is site. The tribe had its federal som eth in g som eone claims fo r o neself; it is a m atter recognition restored in 1991. o f ch o ice,” T reu er w ro te in a W ashington P o st essay title d , “E liz a b e th W arren D ULUTH , Minn. (AP) s a y s 's h e ’s N ativ e A m e ri — A district court judge has can. So she is.” T h ere are 566 federally rejected an attem pt by the city o f D uluth to block recognized Native American th e F o n d du Lac B and tribes, each with its own rules for membership, according to from using a dow ntow n the federal Bureau o f Indian hotel for its casino opera tions. Affairs, or BIA. S om e trib e s re q u ire a T h e L ake S u p e rio r “blood quantum ” m easure Chippewa band has asked m en t o f as m u ch as one- the U.S. Bureau o f Indian h alf o r one-q u arter Indian Affairs to place the Carter ancestry; o th ers req u ire a H o tel property in tribal c e rta in p lace o f b ir th o r trust. Sixth D istrict Court residence. Judge M ark M unger re W ho’s a n A m e ric a n Indian? Case stirs query W h at, exactly, m akes som eone American Indian? E v e n In d ia n s th em selv es don’t agree as they debate the case o f S e n a te .c a n d id a te Elizabeth Warren, whose dis puted claim o f Native Ameri can identity is shining a rare spotlight on th e malleable nature o f Indian heritage and the long history o f murky claims to such ancestry. W arren, a H arvard Law School professor and D em o crat who is running in Mas sachusetts against Republican incum bent Sen. Scott Brown, was listed as Native Ameri can in several law school di rectories, W arren has said th a t her “ family lo re” d e scribed Indian ancestors, and the N ew England Genealogy Association said it found in dications— b ut n o t proof— that Warren had a Cherokee g re a t-g re a t-g re a t g ra n d m other, which w ould make her 1/32 Indian. “I ’m p ro u d o f my heri tage,” W arren said. A sked how she knew it included N ative A m ericans, she re plied, “Because my m other told me so.” H er opponents question w hether W arren chose this heritage to gain advantages available to Indians and other underrepresented groups in academia. “W arren has zero evi- dence that she is at all Native American,” said Brown’s cam paign manager, Jim Barnett. The genealogy association ac knowledges that it found only se c o n d ary re fe re n c e s to C herokee family m em bers, not primary sources such as m arriage, b irth o r census records. Among Native Americans, the varying opinions demon- .strate that Indian identity is subjective even among Indi ans themselves. W h en D av id E u g en e Wilkins first saw Warren in terviewed during her nom i nation to a federal post, he was smitten by her intelligence and politics. B ut w hen he heard ab o u t h er claims o f Indian ancestry, “I shook my head and said, ‘O h no.’” “For us it was always about allegiance rather than biology or ancestry,” said Wilkins, an e n ro lle d m e m b e r o f th e Lumbee tribe and professor o f American Indian studies at the University o f Minne sota. “It’s where you place your political, cultural, emotional allegiance. She lived her en tire life and never had any association w hatsoever with any community. So something doesn’t wash for me,” Wilkins said. B u t D av id T re u e r, an aw ard-w inning w riter and Failure to register as a sex offender C h risto p h e r A llen Gemmell, 46, primary ad dress unknown, has failed to register as a convicted sex offender with the Warm Springs Sex Offender Reg istration office. Physical d e scrip tio n : 5 ’ 11" 160 pounds, blond hair blue eyes. Contact the sex of fender registry office with Inform a tion, 54 1-5 53- 2214. Although it is currently head q u a rte re d a b o u t 80 m iles away in Lake County, the site near Richm ond would have been its first reservation. Tribal officials had argued that their ancestral lands in cluded the R ichm ond site. But federal officials say they failed to demonstrate that. The D epartm ent o f Inte rior on Friday did approve the application o f the Ione Band o f Miwok Indians for a casino in A mador County. Attempt to block tribal hotel fails jected a tem porary injunc tion so u g h t by the city. M unger told the city it was prem ature in seeking an injunction. The Fond du Lac Band and the city have been at odds since 2009 when the band stopped sending a p o rtio n of its F ond-du- Luth Casino profits to the city. A federal court has upheld the band’s position. 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