1. Judge Marquez ordered a halt to logging on Indian lands. 2. The granting of Indian land rights triggered a wave of complaints from white settlers, who staged blockades of several forest roads in protest. 3. A Brazilian federal judge has ordered a halt to logging on Indian lands in south Para state. 4. Survival International is lobbying the newly-elected Guyanese government to recognise Indian land rights. 5. A Brazilian court, creating national legal history, has convicted a logger of operating illegally on Indian land. 6. Although casinos are illegal in New York, a federal law would permit gambling on sovereign Indian land. 7. An Indian-made product sold on Indian land is exempt from state taxes. 8. And in the years that followed, the European settlers seized Indian lands and tribes fell to disease. 9. At Canyon de Chelly National Monument, jeep tours continue to operate because they are run by Navajos on Indian land. 10. Before gambling, perhaps the most lucrative business in Indian lands was artwork. |