Native American News Flash

• Letters to the Editor (Martha's Vineyard Times)

  Contrary to the discussion since the decision many years ago to close the Seaman's Bethel that served seafarers for over one hundred years, Seafarer's Friend (formerly Boston Seaman's Friend Society) is not leaving the Island.

• 'Apocalypto' actor surprised to be star (The Wichita Eagle)

  When Rudy Youngblood went to an open casting call in Los Angeles last year for Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto," he didn't know what to expect.

• Bills should build stadium closer to Rochester (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

  The NFL figures to put heat on Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson to build a new stadium. If that happens, the stadium should be east of Buffalo and closer to Rochester.

• Soldier killed in Iraq remembered (Salem Statesman Journal)

  The staff and community of Chemawa Indian School on Wednesday remembered Billy Farris, an alumnus who was killed in Iraq.

• UB student receives Udall Scholarship (UB Reporter)

  Peter Rizzo has become the first UB student to receive a prestigious Morris K. Udall Undergraduate Scholarship. Only 80 students in the United States received 2006 Udall Scholarships, which provide $5,000 scholarships to be used during the next academic year.

• County supervisor won't seek 6th 2-year term (The Oneida Daily Dispatch)

  ONEIDA - City of Oneida Supervisor Michel DeBottis, 47, has announced that he will not seek re-election in the 2007 election.

• Val Kilmer: No more Mr Bad Guy (Independent)

  "Please hire me again, Jerry Bruckheimer. Jerry, please." Val Kilmer is not entirely play-acting. Though spectacular in last year's hypnotic, noir-ish, crime thriller Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, he says the rush of admiration for his performance - and an electric double-act with Robert Downey Jr - has not translated to any perceptible career heat. He is thrilled, though, to be starring for Bruckheimer ...

• Northeast / Central weekly calendar (El Paso Times)

  All calendar items are in El Paso unless otherwise stated. Alcoholics Anonymous, call for details. 562-4081, (505) 589-1058, 757-3327, 595-9940, and 838-6264 (Spanish).

• Forrest Gerard speaks about early lobbying in Washington (Indian Country Today)

  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - In passing the body of law from the mid-1970s that codified tribal self-determination as federal policy, tribes and Native communities were always the main players - raising the issues, bringing them to Congress and advocating for their translation into policy.

• Native intelligence: Otakuye Conroy will become the first Lakota to earn a doctorate degree in environmental ... (Rapid City Journal)

  No one ever told Otakuye Conroy that Lakota girls aren’t good at math.

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