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Society & Culture News tagged with Rights

Feds Acknowledge Withholding Permits for Arizona Resort
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, US Forest Service, US Government, Arizona, safety, culture, society, politics, ethics, rights )

Kat
- 1 hour ago - indiancountrytoday.com
The U.S. Forest Service said Nov. 25 it was withholding snowmaking permits for a northern Arizona ski resort as a way to promote settlement talks in a long-running dispute between American Indian tribes and the resort's owners. The permits were ...
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Man Faces Jail for Giving Immigrants Water
Society & Culture  (tags: society, rights, culture, ethics, humans, interesting, government, usa )

Cal
- 3 hours ago - cbsnews.com
A judge has threatened to sentence a Tucson man to 25 days in prison for leaving jugs of water in the desert for illegal immigrants. A federal jury in June convicted Walt Staton of littering in the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge.
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**URGENT**Please Help Crow Creek Sioux Tribe‏
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, culture, society, IRS, activists, ethics, government, rights )

Kat
- 5 hours ago - nativespirits.ning.com
**URGENT**Please Help Crow Creek Sioux Tribe. . We are setting up Tipi's and Having Han Blece'Yapi on the land. http://www.argusleader.com/article/2009 1203/NEWS/912030311/1003/bus... The Internal Revenue Service plans to auction land on one of ...
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Are Indian Mascots Ethical? The Indian Mascot Code of Ethics.
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Sports, Mascots, Prejudice, culture, society, rights, freedoms, ethics, interesting )

Kat
- 1 day ago - uwec.edu
Preamble The organization, institution, or association wishing to use an American Indian image or personality as a representation recognizes the supreme importance of maintaining a respectful, accurate representation of American Indian culture, people
7 comments
IRS Plans to Auction Land From S.D. Indian Reservation
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Crow Creek Indians, IRS, culture, society, politics, rights, government, ethics )

Kat
- 2 days ago - usatoday.com
The Internal Revenue Service plans to auction land on one of America's poorest Indian reservations, according to a newly filed federal lawsuit which seeks to block the sale. The auction is set for 10 a.m. Thursday, and the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe is ...
67 comments
Update: Kidnapped Boy Luke Finch Rescued From the Gulf of Mexico (Video)
Society & Culture  (tags: Luke Finch, Paul Martikainen, abduction, kidnapped, found, crime, family, rights, coast guard, Gulf of Mexico )

Kelli
- 3 days ago - news-press.com
Kidnapped boy Luke Finch rescued from the Gulf of Mexico Tampa Bay residents joined their prayers with Christa Finch's knowing that the Gulf of Mexico was no place for kidnapped boy Luke Finch.
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Americans United Urges Appeals Court To Give Prison-Chaplaincy Applicant His Day In Court
Society & Culture  (tags: religion, society, government, freedoms, news, rights, politics )

Tierney
- 3 days ago - au.org
Wiccan Clergyman Should Have the Right To Challenge Government-Imposed Religious Discrimination, Says Watchdog Group
7 comments
The Post-Roe Generation
Society & Culture  (tags: women, society, politics, rights, health, freedoms, culture, activists )

Tierney
- 3 days ago - womensrights.change.org
An article in New York Times Magazine calls attention (once again) to the generational divide in the reproductive rights movement -- in this instance, the difficulty of finding millennials willing to fight for access to abortion
2 comments
Tax-Free Guns With a Side of Barbecue
Society & Culture  (tags: guns, violence, freedoms, abuse, rights, society, culture, humans, government )

Cal
- 3 days ago - politicsdaily.com
Good Times in Gun Country
7 comments
The Global Domestic Violence Epidemic
Society & Culture  (tags: women, violence, police, rights, safety, freedoms, crime )

Tierney
- 4 days ago - womensrights.change.org
Since we're in the middle of the 16 Days Campaign Against Gender Violence, I thought today I'd take a look at domestic violence. It's certainly not something to be proud of that a quarter of American women are victims of domestic abuse, or that only half
10 comments
Wovoka: The Paiute Messiah
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, The SunDance, Genocide, culture, society, religion, rights, interesting, humans )

Kat
- 4 days ago - viewzone.com
"When the Sun died, I went up to Heaven and saw God and all the people who had died a long time ago. God told me to come back and tell my people they must be good and love one another, and not fight, or steal or lie. He gave me this dance to give to my...
7 comments
The SunDance
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, The Sun Dance, culture, society, ethics, religion, rights )

Kat
- 4 days ago - crystalinks.com
The Sun Dance is a ceremony practiced differently by several North American Indian Nations, but many of the ceremonies have features in common, including dancing, singing and drumming, the experience of visions, fasting, and, in some cases, self-torture.
9 comments
A Law Requiring Gang Rapes to Be Charged as Hate Crimes With More Severe Penalties
Society & Culture  (tags: women, violence, rights, gang rape, crime, culture )

Tierney
- 4 days ago - womensrights.change.org
The young woman that was gang raped in California was a victim of people who have a clear hatred of women.Therefore,these young men should be charged with a hate crime.Rapists psychologically hate women. I urge you to enact laws with more severe penalti
4 comments
The Massacre at Wounded Knee
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, The Wounded Knee Massacre, Genocide, culture, society, rights, ethics, murder, sadness, government, politics, religion, violence )

Kat
- 4 days ago - hanksville.org
After Sitting Bull's death, Big Foot feared for the safety of his band, which consisted in large part of widows of the Plains wars and their children. Big Foot himself had been placed on the list of "fomenters of disturbances," and his arrest had been ...
28 comments
Eliminate the Silent Murdering of Female Infanticide and Feticide- Take Action-
Society & Culture  (tags: women, violence, society, world, rights, news, interesting, government, education, crime, culture, death, children, ethics )

Daphna
- 4 days ago - change.org
Approximately 45 countries on all continents in the past five years have enabled some form of gendercide. "Female infanticide is the intentional killing of baby girls due to the preference for male babies and from the low value associated with the birth o
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