The Three Affiliated Tribes in North Dakota is taking a gamble on some controversial land on the Las Vegas strip…MGM Resorts has finalized the sale of the land across from The Luxor hotel in Las Vegas known as the Village property – which was the site of the Route 91 Harvest Festival where a deadly mass shooting occurred on October 1st, 2017. This sale does not involve the land committed to housing the official permanent 1 October memorial. MGM Resorts CEO & President Bill Hornbuckle released a letter to its employees this past Friday. Some tribal members feel the money for the purchase could have been spent a little closer to home, on needs such as housing.
A new agreement between UCLA and members of the Gabrielino Tongva tribe will ensure that traditional ways of planting, harvesting and gathering are part of campus landscaping and caretaking practices. The memorandum of understanding also establishes guidelines that provide access to the descendants of the original inhabitants of the land that UCLA has occupied for nearly 100 years for ceremonial events, workshops and community educational opportunities. “It is with our deepest gratitude that we, the Gabrielino/Tongva San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians, enter into a partnership with UCLA,” said Anthony Morales, tribal chairman. “There are those that speak words and those that follow up with action. When action is taken, healing can begin. This is the first step of many that are needed to ensure our tribal members and ancestral home lands have a shared space where gathering can occur. We look forward to future endeavors and continued partnership with UCLA.
. .. ….Those are your headlines at this hour……I’m Colette Keith in the KIPI Newscenter…
