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'Our Spirits Don't Speak English: Indian Boarding School' (VIDEO)   video
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Genocide, Prejudice, Indian Boarding Schools, children, culture, society, rights, ethics, freedoms, politics, government, sadness, violence, death, crime, education )

Kat
- 20 hours ago - youtube.com
Imagine someone being stripped of their culture, heritage and language and beaten for committing the "crime" of using their native tongue. That is what happened to more than 100,000 American Indian children who attended roughly 500 boarding schools by...
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Action Alert: Petiton-We Must Educate Our School Children About the Africa Holocaust Year Round!
Society & Culture  (tags: constitution, cover-up, dishonesty, economy, ethics, freedoms, government, healthcare, housing, lies, media, news, obama, politics, propaganda, republicans, democrats, elections, military, socialsecurity, SupremeCourt, terrorism, usa, war, corruption, ame )

Cynthia
- 1 day ago - thepetitionsite.com
School children need to be taught about the African Holocaust and about the African existence in America year round and not just during the month of February to understand why their communities are in the states they are in and be prepared for life.
13 comments
Indians V. The US Department of the Interior, Or, The Horse Who Couldn't Read
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Native Americans. American Indian rights, government, dishonesty, ethics, propaganda, culture, society, ethics, rights, freedoms, politics, sadness )

Kat
- 2 days ago - religiondispatches.org
This week brought a proposed $3.4 billion settlement to a little known class action suit against the US Department of the Interior on behalf of over 300,000 Indians. Our writer tells how his family history dovetails with the tragic story behind this law..
28 comments
Missing More Than a Meal
Society & Culture  (tags: HUNGER IN THE USA, children, family, humans, government )

Lone
- 2 days ago - washingtonpost.com
PHILADELPHIA -- Three weeks before he was elected president, Barack Obama set an audacious goal: end hunger among children in the United States by 2015
14 comments
Tax Amnesty for Crow Creek: PETITION!
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, IRS, Crow Creek Reservation, Government, culture, society, rights, ethics, law, politics )

Kat
- 2 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
We, the undersigned, while recognizing that the economic downturn has meant a decline in tax revenues, cannot countenance the sale of Crow Creek land for the purpose of recovering back taxes. These taxes became delinquent due to the understanding ...
43 comments
Bishops' Opposition to Health Reform Over Abortion Shows Transformation Into 'Single-Issue Constituency,' Opinion Piece Says
Society & Culture  (tags: religion, politics, freedoms, government, law, rights, women )

Tierney
- 3 days ago - nationalpartnership.org
December 10, 2009 -- It appears "increasingly likely" that health care reform "will be made hostage" to the debate over abortion coverage and that "America's Catholic bishops, who have supported some form of government health insurance as a fundamental ri
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Looking for More Plaintiffs
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Blackfeet Indians, culture, society, rights, ethics, government, money )

Kat
- 3 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
In the United States District Court for the District of Columbia filed Nov. 17, 1982, Civil Action No. 82-2725, Covelo Indian Community v. Watt, in which plaintiffs seek declaratory and mandatory injunctive relief to secure rights and duties they claim...
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U.S. Will Settle Indian Lawsuit for $3.4 Billion
Society & Culture  (tags: GoodNews, native american rights, rights, usa, culture, government, law, interesting, society, politics )

Cal
- 4 days ago - nytimes.com
The federal government announced on Tuesday that it intends to pay $3.4 billion to settle claims that it has mismanaged the revenue in American Indian trust funds, potentially ending one of the largest and most complicated class-action lawsuits ever broug
2 comments
YouTube - Dispatches: Return to Africa's Witch Children (3 of 5)   video
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, children, corruption, crime, culture, death, education, ethics, family, environment, freedoms, government, law, murder, sadness, safety, society, violence, HumanRights, chuld rights, 'Stepping Stones Nigeria', Child's Right and Rehabilitation )

Kelli
- 5 days ago - youtube.com
A year ago, Dispatches told the story of how children in Africa's Niger Delta were being denounced by Christian pastors as witches and wizards, and then killed, tortured or abandoned by their own families. Following the introduction of the Child Rights
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YouTube - Dispatches: Return to Africa's Witch Children (2 of 5)   video
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, children, corruption, crime, culture, death, education, ethics, family, environment, freedoms, government, law, murder, sadness, safety, society, violence, HumanRights, chuld rights, 'Stepping Stones Nigeria', Child's Right and Rehabilitation )

Kelli
- 5 days ago - youtube.com
A year ago, Dispatches told the story of how children in Africa's Niger Delta were being denounced by Christian pastors as witches and wizards, and then killed, tortured or abandoned by their own families. Following the introduction of the Child Rights
1 comment
Stoking Fire: Why Is the Federal Government Supporting Evangelism?
Society & Culture  (tags: rights, women, religion, politics, government, freedoms, education )

Tierney
- 5 days ago - rhrealitycheck.org
When progressive pro-choicers think about enemies of reproductive justice, Blue Dog Democrats and the Republican Party come to mind. Of course, these forces merit our constant scrutiny on both the state and federal levels. At the same time, we're missing
4 comments
Catholic Church Threatens to End Social Services in DC If Gay Marriage Is Approved
Society & Culture  (tags: religion, government, americans, gay rights, freedoms, politics )

Tierney
- 5 days ago - rhrealitycheck.org
Washington, DC has joined several other states in its quest for same-sex marriage. The DC Council voted 11 to 2 in favor of same-sex marriage on December 1st. According to DC Law, they must vote a second time on December 15th and then the bill goes to Ca
28 comments
Attorney General Holder, Secretary Salazar Announce Settlement of Cobell Lawsuit on Indian Trust Management
Society & Culture  (tags: government, lawsuit, Native Americans, billion )

Lone
- 6 days ago - sunherald.com
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced a settlement of the long-running and highly contentious Cobell class-action lawsuit regarding the U.S. government's trust
1 comment
Crow Creek Reservation: Contact Information For Donations
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, culture, IRS, society, ethics, rights, politics, government, activists )

Kat
- 7 days ago - care2.com
Recently, we were granted a trial for a judge to decide whether or not we should be allowed to keep this property, which they already sold to a non-Indian. This allows us 120 days to raise 4 million dollars to purchase our land back and clear up the ...
13 comments
Prayer Ceremony at Crow Creek Sioux Land
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Genocide, Prejudice, Hemblaca, society, culture, religion, rights, ethics, government, freedoms, crime )

Kat
- 7 days ago - bsnorrell.blogspot.com
By now, you have read that IRS auctioned off 7100 acres of land owned by the Crow Creek Farm, a Corporation under the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe. IRS sold the land to pay for employment taxes unpaid by the Tribe after the Tribe was informed by a BIA ...
17 comments
 
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