ColoradoPublic Smoking
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LETTER: Smoke-free Colorado casinos do just fine
(6/13/2013)
(Colorado) -- I am a new, year-round citizen just this year although I have had a home here since 2004. Consequently, I haven’t followed the local politics and I...
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Colorado’s Casinos Reach Five-Year Anniversary of Smoke-Free Air!
(12/29/2012)
(Colorado) -- New Year’s Day 2013 will mark the five-year anniversary of smoke-free air for patrons and employees of Colorado‘s 40 casinos located in the...
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Mining & Drilling
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Tribe seeks to expand shale-oil drilling
(6/7/2013)
(Colorado) -- The Southern Ute tribe plans to lease 12,000 acres of mineral rights to a tribal-owned production company, sparking a debate over drilling activities that...
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Tribe seeks to expand shale-oil drilling
(6/5/2013)
(Colorado) -- Texas-based Swift Energy isn’t the only company chasing the lure of the Mancos Shale in La Plata County. The Southern Ute Indian Tribe-owned Red...
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Uranium is no good for the Navajo
(4/23/2013)
(Colorado) -- A recent post on the High Country News website advocates the position that the Navajo Nation should eventually drop its 2005 uranium ban so that it can get...
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OP/ED: Uranium ban rethink?
(3/15/2013)
(Colorado) -- When I read that mining companies are pressuring the Navajo Nation to let them mine uranium on Diné land I thought: What gall. After all, the Navajos...
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The Navajo Nation Seeks to End a Mining Lawsuit
(1/13/2013)
(Colorado) -- The Navajo Nation, facing conflict over the expansion of a mine that supplies coal to the Four Corners Power Plant, unsuccessfully invoked sovereignty in...
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Federal government poisons America’s wells
(12/15/2012)
(Colorado) -- Federal officials have given energy and mining companies permission to pollute aquifers in more than 1,500 places across the country, releasing toxic...
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Native Voices
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FOXWORTH: New Food Regulations Should Not Proceed Without Tribal Consultation
(5/25/2013)
(Colorado) -- There is a thriving movement in Indian country focused on food sovereignty and increased control of local food systems. Like other assets in Indian country...
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Honesty and Crimes: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
(2/24/2013)
(Colorado) -- One of my favorite things to do each month – besides taking a shower – is to read the Crime Waves section of The Four Corners Free Press in...
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ROBERTS: Thanksgiving Takeaways
(11/24/2012)
(Colorado) -- For most Americans, Thanksgiving has been as a celebration of giving, a day of thanks—thankful to be surrounded by family and friends.
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Colorado Gaming
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Colorado Casino Tax Rate To Stay The Same
(5/20/2013)
(Colorado) -- Colorado’s tax rate of 20 percent for brick-and-mortar commercial casinos will not be changed, according to reporting from The Denver Post. There was...
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Cripple Creek looks to return of gamblers, tourists
(5/20/2013)
(Colorado) -- Someone screamed. Red lights flashed. And a crowd gathered around the man celebrating in front of the Wildwood Casino slot machines that chimed victory.
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Casinos — maybe a solution for Colorado Springs?
(10/12/2012)
(Colorado) -- There’s a substantial, financially strong industry that would happily move to Colorado Springs. If invited to come, it would employ thousands of...
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Colorado approves expansion of Galaxy gaming products in state casinos
(9/17/2012)
(Colorado) -- Galaxy Gaming Inc., a Las Vegas-based developer and manufacturer of casino tables games and enhanced casino systems, announced Monday that it has received...
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LETTER: Scott Bideau: Facts about the casino
(9/14/2012)
(Colorado) -- To the editor: The proposed casino debate has focused on predictions of economic impact. I'd prefer to focus on the facts. Fact One: This casino will...
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Kristopher L. Hammond: Build the casino for me
(9/9/2012)
(Colorado) -- It is ironic that a Steamboat Olympian who has trained hard for decades is the pitchman for a casino that promises instant, effortless wealth.
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Redskins
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Native American Rights Fund Applauds Sponsors of Proposed Offensive 'Redskins' Trademark Legislation
(3/26/2013)
(Colorado) -- On March 21, H.R. 1278, was introduced in the House by Rep. Eni Faleomavaega (D-American Samoa) and nine co-sponsors in hopes to ban the trademarking of...
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NARF Applauds Sponsors of Proposed Legislation to Curtail Offensive "Redskin" Trademark
(3/23/2013)
(Colorado) -- The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) fully supports the introduction of H.R. 1278, a new landmark bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would...
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Idle No More
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Gary Farmer: Idle No More, 'Consumerization,' Mining Fallout and Indian Humor
(3/18/2013)
(Colorado) -- Film star and activist Gary Farmer wore an impish grin from time to time as he conducted an Idle No More (Idle) teach-in, but his core message defied humor...
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CRAZY BULL: Idle No More Brings Native Voices, Tribal Education to the Forefront
(3/16/2013)
(Colorado) -- Like many Natives and our allies across our Grandmother Earth, Unci Maka, I have joined the Idle No More movement, attending round dance gatherings,...
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OP/ED: Idle No More Brings Native Voices, Tribal Education to the Forefront
(2/3/2013)
(Colorado) -- Like many Natives and our allies across our Grandmother Earth, Unci Maka, I have joined the Idle No More movement, attending round dance gatherings,...
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Native Americans vow to Idle No More
(1/13/2013)
(Colorado) -- A group of students, community members and tribal leaders from across the region gathered in the biting-cold Friday afternoon to express support for First...
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BLOG: Broomfield Police play rough game of Cowboys & Indians with Idle No More Native Americans, literally
(1/6/2013)
(Colorado) -- Fellow Occupy members and I joined in a “round dance” flash mob at a local mall on Wednesday night, as part of the growing IDLE NO MORE actions...
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Denver Idle No More Calls Out the Canadian Prime Minister via Letter
(1/5/2013)
(Colorado) -- Despite drumming, Round Dancing and megaphoned speeches far below its lofty offices in Denver, the Consulate General of Canada remained silent December 31...
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We Are All Related, Round Dancers Insist at Idle No More Event in Colorado
(12/30/2012)
(Colorado) -- Drumbeats echoed through an upscale Denver mall as at least 300 Round-dancing and singing Indian people showed their support for the Idle No More movement...
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CHANATE: Isolated No More: Idle No More and the United States
(12/29/2012)
(Colorado) -- How different would life be for Native Peoples if more of our Nations had stood together in defense of our homelands in the past? That’s a question I...
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Cobell
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AIGC to administer $12M in Cobell Settlement money
(3/13/2013)
(Colorado) -- The American Indian Graduate Center in Albuquerque has been chosen to administer $12 million in education money from the $3.4 billion Cobell Settlement...
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Colorado fund to administer Indian scholarships
(3/12/2013)
(Colorado) -- Federal officials say the American Indian College Fund will administer a scholarship program that is part of a $3.4 billion government settlement with...
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Pinnacle Entertainment
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Ameristar Black Hawk parent company is bought
(12/22/2012)
(Colorado) -- Colorado’s largest casino is getting a new owner. Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: PNK) announced Friday that it’s agreed to buy Ameristar...
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Hayden Casino
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John Merrill: Where's the balance?
(12/11/2012)
(Colorado) -- The article “Casino group presses forward” in the Dec. 2 Steamboat Pilot & Today reads like a press release on behalf of Steve Hofman...
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Hayden casino proponents not backing down
(12/1/2012)
(Colorado) -- Gov. John Hickenlooper may not like the idea, but the Sleeping Giant Group is proceeding with its plans to build an off-reservation casino near Yampa...
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Two proposed casinos in northwest Colorado promise economic spark
(10/27/2012)
(Colorado) -- A pair of proposed American Indian casinos could spark the economies in the agricultural- and oil-and-gas-based communities of rural northwest Colorado.
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Energy, economy, casino spotlighted during state candidate forum
(9/22/2012)
(Colorado) -- Energy, the economy and the latest developments surrounding the proposed Hayden casino project were highlighted Thursday during the latest candidate forum...
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Our View: Time to fold on Hayden casino proposal
(9/22/2012)
(Colorado) -- With tepid community response and hard-line opposition from the governor, it’s time for the development group proposing an Indian casino for Hayden...
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Casino group anticipates moving forward with Hayden project
(9/20/2012)
(Colorado) -- With the message now clear that Gov. John Hickenlooper does not support off-reservation casinos in Colorado, Sleeping Giant Group partners plan to meet...
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Governor refuses to back western Colo. casino
(9/19/2012)
(Colorado) -- The administration of Gov. John Hickenlooper is refusing to back a proposed new casino in western Colorado. The Sleeping Giant Group has proposed building...
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Routt County officials welcome continued casino conversation
(9/19/2012)
(Colorado) -- Despite opposition from the governor, some local officials say casino proponents should push forward if they think a casino would be beneficial to the...
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Hayden casino lacks support of current Colorado governor
(9/18/2012)
(Colorado) -- The local group proposing a casino near Yampa Valley Regional Airport was dealt a significant blow during a meeting with Gov. John Hickenlooper’s...
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Sheldon Adelson
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The free-enterprise mirage of Sheldon Adelson
(11/1/2012)
(Colorado) -- According to the self-aggrandizing mythology of America’s right-wing rich, Sheldon Adelson is one of society’s “producers,” not one...
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Russell Means
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CHANATE: The Russell Means I Knew
(10/27/2012)
(Colorado) -- Russell Means was not only a visionary, he was also keeper of memories. Russell was both an orator and a man of action. Inspired by a legacy of strength,...
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Native Vote
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Native Voting in Colorado Offers Clout
(10/25/2012)
(Colorado) -- Until 2010, Colorado hadn’t had both a Democratic governor and a majority in both houses for 50 years. The current election offers the possibility of...
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BLOG: Will John Suthers Drag Down Romney's Presidential Hopes?
(9/24/2012)
(Colorado) -- Among the many reasons Colorado Attorney General John Suthers could drag down Mitt Romney's presidential hopes -- Suthers covets a position running...
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Dinosaur Casino
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Indian tribe wants to open Colorado casino
(9/26/2012)
(Colorado) -- The Ute Indian Tribe is working toward opening a casino in the tiny northern Colorado town of Dinosaur, the Vernal Express reports.
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Small Colorado town eyes big development
(9/25/2012)
(Colorado) -- The small town of Dinosaur, Colo., population 320, give or take a few, has been working with the Ute Tribe to establish a casino on the southeast side of...
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Utah tribe, Colorado town will gamble on new casino
(9/21/2012)
(Colorado) -- Officials with the Ute Indian Tribe are moving ahead with plans to build a major development just outside of this small town that would include a casino, a...
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Ute tribe plans casino for Colorado border town
(9/21/2012)
(Colorado) -- Native American tribes around the country have raked in millions of dollars through the operation of casinos. Now a tribe in Utah is looking to get in on...
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Editorial: New casinos in Colorado not worth gamble
(9/15/2012)
(Colorado) -- As two groups push for new casinos in northwest Colorado it's worth remembering that such projects are seldom winners.
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Payday Loans
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BLOG: Will John Suthers Drag Down Romney's Presidential Hopes?
(9/20/2012)
(Colorado) -- Among the many reasons Colorado Attorney General John Suthers could drag down Mitt Romney's presidential hopes -- Suthers covets a position running...
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Off-Reservation Casinos
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Bill Cousins: Get re-educated
(9/16/2012)
(Colorado) -- To criticize Kristopher Hammond (“Steve Hofman: Get educated,” Wednesday’s Steamboat Today) patently is ironic. Hammond is an experienced...
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Other News
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Another white buffalo born at Royal Gorge park
(6/17/2013)
(Colorado) -- All of the animals at Royal Gorge Bridge and Park are well despite the recent fire that burned 3,218 acres, park officials said. The Royal Gorge fire...
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Denny Haskew: From ski instructor to artist
(6/12/2013)
(Colorado) -- Denny Haskew is one of Loveland's best known artists with his sculptures installed throughout the United States including Alaska, California, Arizona,...
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Lottery winners debate between annuity or cash option
(6/7/2013)
(Colorado) -- The Florida winner became the latest lottery player to select the cash option instead of the 30-year payout of the annuity. You might think the only reason...
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Ken Salazar to work for int'l law firm in Denver
(6/6/2013)
(Colorado) -- Former U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will start work next week as a partner in an international law firm that will allow him to remain in his home...
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Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara attorney receives alumni award
(6/4/2013)
(Colorado) -- Attorney Thomas Fredericks, a member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, has received the University of Colorado’s most prestigious alumni award.
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Colo. mob attacks man falsely thought to be child molester
(5/21/2013)
(Colorado) -- Residents took matters into their own hands and chased down a man they thought was a child molester, pelting him with rocks and leaving him with a bloody...
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Umatilla Shoni Schimmel Going to Russia as Part of Team USA Women's Basketball
(5/21/2013)
(Colorado) -- "Shoni was selected to the USA World University Games team!" this was the short text message that I received from the father of Shoni Schimmel...
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Ute Farm & Ranch Wins $92,000 USDA Grant
(5/18/2013)
(Colorado) -- The bright green alfalfa fields appear like a surreal oasis tucked into the rolling hills of desert shrubbery that extend south as far as the eye can see.
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Century Casinos posts biggest quarterly profit in nearly four years
(5/15/2013)
(Colorado) -- Century Casinos on Wedneday reported its biggest quarterly profit in nearly four years despite nearly flat revenue.
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Letters: Billboard carries valid message
(5/12/2013)
(Colorado) -- The Pueblo Chieftain on April 30 had a picture and article about billboards in Greeley. The article that followed was somewhat surprising to me.
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Controversial Pro-Gun Billboards Depicting Native Americans are No More
(5/9/2013)
(Colorado) -- The two billboards that appeared along highways in Greeley, Colorado in April depicting three American Indians with a pro-gun message of “Turn in your arms...
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Indian Youth, Feds Celebrate Two Years of Let's Move! in Indian Country
(5/9/2013)
(Colorado) -- On May 1, about 50 Southern Ute Indian students from Montessori Academy hiked steep incline trails to the ancestral Puebloan ruins on the recently...
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Billboards removed in Greeley that used Native-Americans to promote gun rights
(5/8/2013)
(Colorado) -- The anonymous residents behind two Greeley billboards that drew criticism and support for their depiction of Native Americans and a pro-gun rights message...
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Rosen: Is billboard control next?
(5/8/2013)
(Colorado) -- Some anonymous gun-rights activists commissioned a couple of roadside billboards in Greeley to make a dramatic point about the current epidemic of gun...
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NPR: Defunct Relocation Policy Still Impacts American Indians
(5/6/2013)
(Colorado) -- The Voluntary Relocation act of 1952 was designed to decrease government spending on reservation services by transitioning Native people to urban living in...
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Controversial Greeley billboards replaced with blank space
(5/6/2013)
(Colorado) -- Two controversial Greeley billboards on which images of American Indians were used to make a pro-gun rights statement are gone, and the space on one of the...
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Inaugural Rodeo All-Star Event Welcomes INFR
(5/4/2013)
(Colorado) -- It was another day in the saddle for INFR World Champions invited to compete in the inaugural Rodeo All-Star event at the National Western Events Center in...
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Billboards Attacked for Using Native Americans to Argue Gun Rights
(5/2/2013)
(Colorado) -- A pair of black-and-white, pro-gun billboards in Greeley, Colo., are amping up the anger in a state that recently passed gun control legislation that has...
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Suzy Chaffee: ‘Snow Gratitude’ Ceremonies Key to Reenergizing Mother Earth
(5/2/2013)
(Colorado) -- Last year, ICTMN presented a series of stories, including The Southern Utes Snow Dance Works Wonders on Weather, concerning the use of Native wisdom and...
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British gambler sentenced for wife's murder 20 years ago
(5/1/2013)
(Colorado) -- Professional gambler Marcus Bebb-Jones was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for murdering his wife two decades ago while the couple was living in...
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