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Cherokee Nation Summit Focuses on Community and Economy
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, education, economy, interesting )

Lone
- 7 days ago - cherokeephoenix.org
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. - Hundreds of northeast Oklahoma leaders and residents converged Nov. 3-4 on the Northeastern State University campus to strategize and share ideas about building the local communities and economy
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Fox's Glenn Beck Uses Fort Hood Shootings to Push Theory That Obama Backs Reparations for Native Americans
Society & Culture  (tags: Native Americans, owed, apology, culture, wrong )

Lone
- 7 days ago - buffalopost.net
It takes some real contortions to make this link, but somehow Fox News' Glenn Beck managed to get from the tragic shootings at Fort Hood to the President's address at the White House Tribal Nations Conference to the possibility of reparations for tribes
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Press Release: Public Invited to Participate at AIM 40 Year Anniversary
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, AIM, culture, society, politics, rights, news, ethics, freedoms, americans )

Kat
- 5 days ago - aimovement.org
Press Release AIM-WEST, a non-profit organization based in San Francisco cordially invites you to attend The 40 Year Anniversary and Reunion of the American Indian Movement. This event will take place November 24-28, 2008 in San Francisco. Please...
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Brief, Productive Love Affair With 'Big Dog'
Society & Culture  (tags: fascinating story, interesting, Native Americans, horses )

Lone
- 5 days ago - nytimes.com
When Christopher Columbus first came to America, there were no natives on horseback to greet him. That is not only because he landed on an island in the Bahamas. It's also because there were no horses
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RCMP Sgt. Michael Harvey Criminalizes All Indians That Don't Pay Taxes.
Society & Culture  (tags: taxes, society, government, rights, culture, interesting )

Lone
- 5 days ago - akwesasnewomensfire.com
Because the RCMP violently attacks Indians that refuse to become tax-paying citizens of Canada, Indians are forced to operate on their waters and lands with no lights at night. The St. Lawrence River is a water highway within Akwesasne
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40th Anniversary of the Occupation of Alcatraz Program
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, AIM, Society, Culture, Politics, Governmentfreedoms, ethics, interesting, rights )

Kat
- 5 days ago - bsnorrell.blogspot.com
On Friday, November 20th 2009, Richie Richards the Native American Education Specialist for the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UC Berkeley proudly hosts the 40th Anniversary of the Occupation of Alcatraz Program. The event will honor and...
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Evangelist Sentenced to 175 Years for Sex Crimes
Society & Culture  (tags: child molester, life in prison, GoodNews, women, violence, crime )

Lone
- 7 days ago - missoulian.com
Evangelist Tony Alamo was sentenced Friday to 175 years in prison for taking underage girls across state lines for sex, effectively punishing him for the rest of his life for molesting children he took as "brides" in his ministry.
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Woman, 61, Missing as a Child, Finds Her Family After 55 Years
Society & Culture  (tags: family, kidnapped, 55 years, crime, GoodNews, happiness )

Lone
- 4 days ago - abcnews.go.com
Dollie Ann Henson has been seeking her family for more than half a century, ever since she was kidnapped by a neighbor as a child, she said. Now, she's finally found them.
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UTC Students Learn By Practicing "Law And Order: Native American"
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, culture, society, education, ethics, humans, interesting, news )

Kat
- 7 days ago - chattanoogan.com
Students at UTC will participate in a "Turtle People Talking Circle," demonstration in which they will replicate the methods many First Nations of Canada and Native Americans of the U.S. use to deal with criminal matters and community disputes, instead...
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Onset Of Cold Weather Means Story Time In Native American Households
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, culture, society, interesting, family )

Kat
- 1 day ago - publicbroadcasting.net
You're probably making preparations for Thanksgiving and looking forward to gathering with friends and family. In Northwest Indian Country, cold weather signals a time to gather too. It's a time to nestle indoors and tell stories. Native stories help...
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Native Celebration
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, Pow Wow, celebration, drums, crafts )

Lone
- 3 days ago - srpressgazette.com
Floridatown Park will come alive this weekend with the drums of Native Americans
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2009 Leonard Peltier Holiday Gift Drive
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Leonard Peltier, Charity, Holidays, culture, society, children, ethics, GoodNews )

Kat
- 2 days ago - freepeltiernow.blogspot.com
Leonard Peltier is organizing a holiday gift drive for the children of Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and the Turtle Mountain Reservation in Belcourt, North Dakota. Leonard grew up on the Turtle Mountain Reservation and many of his family ...
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Peniska Sentenced to 110 Years in Prison for Rape, Child Abuse
Society & Culture  (tags: GoodNews, interesting, prison, crime, free soap )

Lone
- 2 days ago - rapidcityjournal.com
A once well-known advocate for Native American children has been sentenced to 110 years in prison. Kevin Peniska pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree rape and one count of aggravated child abuse in August, but he claimed he was mentally ill.
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Tribe Challenges Tejon Ranch Corporation Development
Society & Culture  (tags: Native Americans, Sacred Sites, bulldoze, reservation )

Lone
- 2 days ago - reznetnews.org
The Kawaiisu Tribe says Tejon Ranch Corporation is making plans to bulldoze their Reservation and Sacred Sites and they are sharing a history lesson to prove their point
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Police Arrest Sixth Member of Family Accused of Child Sex Abuse
Society & Culture  (tags: family, child sexual exploitation, Child slavery, sicko )

Lone
- 6 days ago - cnn.com
STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: Darrel Mohler, another relative, charged with two counts of rape Friday Five relatives were arrested Tuesday after six people accused them of abuse
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