Pow Wow honors battle to save Yavapai lands

01-31-2000

Westerly, Suzanne
News From Indian Country

Pow Wow honors battle to save Yavapai lands

In the Sonoran Desert where majestic saguaro cactus stand is the Fort
McDowell Yavapai community. The Verde River, flowing through Yavapai lands,
is lined with lush trees, homes to bald eagles and blue herons. To the east
stand the tribe's sacred Four Peaks.

The 18th Annual November Pow Wow on Yavapai lands welcomed hundreds of
colorfully dressed dancers from all over North America who moved gracefully
around the ring to the steady drum beats from drum groups; Rio Grande
Singers, from Acoma Pueblo, NM; ...

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San Ildefonso vows to close Highway 4

01-12-2000
Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)

San Ildefonso vows to close Highway 4

By Suzanne Westerly
Today correspondent

SANTA FE, N.M. - The Pueblo of San Ildefonso planned to close a 2.5-mile
stretch of State Highway 4 at midnight Dec. 31, when ownership of the road
reverted to the tribe when negotiations over any extension or accommodation
failed.

Fifty years ago an easement (no one can find) was agreed upon with the
Department of Energy's predecessor, the Atomic Energy Commission, to
provide access to Los Alamos National Laboratories.

Pueblo Gov. Terry Aguilar said that for years, the state "has bullied or
pushed around the tribes. But tribes are coming into their own in ...

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