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The Good Red Road
Society & Culture  (tags: healthcare, sucicide, Native American, children )

Lone
- 42 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
My name is Ron His Horse is Thunder and I am the great-great grandson of One Bull, the nephew and adopted son of Sitting Bull, our Hunkpapa Lakota Nation Chief. All of my life, I have tried to
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Sign Petition: Join The UFW in Standing Up For Homecare Workers
Society & Culture  (tags: homecare, workers, california, ufw, society, culture, rights, humans, government, americans, money, politics, economy, healthcare, elderly, disabled, federal, funds, critical, services, jobs, pay children )

Tom
- 178 days ago - ufwaction.org
Stand up for California's homecare workers by emailing legislators and Gov. Schwarzenegger. Homecare workers provide critical services to the elderly and disabled in this state. Home care workers work long and hard taking care of our most fragile citizens
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Schwarzenegger Plans $2.8 Billion More in State Cuts
Society & Culture  (tags: homecare, workers, california, ufw, society, culture, rights, humans, government, americans, money, politics, economy, healthcare, elderly, disabled, federal, funds, critical, services, jobs, pay children )

Tom
- 178 days ago - latimes.com
Schools would be hit by $680 million in new cuts, while the state's social safety net would lose $1 billion more in funding for the poor, disabled and aged. A 5% salary reduction for state employees would save the state $470 million.
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Early Retirement Claims Increase Dramatically
Society & Culture  (tags: society, culture, government, retirement, social, security, claims, medicare, healthcare, americans, money, politics, economy, business, americans, investments, consumers )

Tom
- 183 days ago - latimes.com
Instead of seeing older workers staying on the job longer as the economy has worsened, the Social Security system is reporting a major surge in early retirement claims that could have implications for the financial security of millions of baby boomers.
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Obama Administration Keeps Promise to Native Americans
Society & Culture  (tags: Indians, American Indians, Native Americans, Health Care, Obama, culture, society, politics, ethics, GoodNews, government, humans, interesting, safety, rights, news, ethics, government, health, healthcare )

Kat
- 233 days ago - nowpublic.com
President Obama's administration is keeping a decades-old promise to Native Americans. His spending bill includes $17 million for a new health care facility on the Fort Berthold Reservation...
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SCIA Highlights Youth Suicide
Society & Culture  (tags: Indians, Native Americans, American Indians, SCIA, constitution, ethics, government, lies, healthcare, news, politics, propaganda, usa, interesting, illness, humans, Body-Mind-Spirit, prevention, protection, healthcare, children, culture, society, death )

Kat
- 252 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
WASHINGTON - The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs heard testimony Feb. 26 that indicates youth suicide in Indian country continues to be an urgent and pressing crisis, despite new prevention initiatives. Health experts said that more resources and...
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There Is No Place on Earth I Would Rather Be
Society & Culture  (tags: Indians, Native Americans, American Indians, Sweat Lodges, Religion, Spirituality, culture, society, humans, interesting, news, GoodNews, Body-Mind-Spirit, prevention, medicine, protection, interesting, healthcare, health, treatment, safety )

Kat
- 254 days ago - indiancountrynews.net
Note: I asked Wesley and Jay if it was OK for me to write about this. They not only told me it was, but that it's important for me do this as many of our people are getting further away from our traditions... 22 stones glowing in the darkness of the...
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Native American Death Rates Soar as Most People Are Living Longer
Society & Culture  (tags: Indians, Native Americans, American Indians, culture, society, americans, death, humans, interesting, news, health, healthcare, illness, medicine, nutrition )

Kat
- 258 days ago - seattlepi.nwsource.com
On the Okanogan plains in northeast Washington, the Colville tribes recently buried a man who died after facing a bleak decision: spend his money on trips into town for dialysis, or buy food for his family...
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NATIVE CHILDREN'S SURVIVAL - R U 2 Cool 2 Care
Society & Culture  (tags: Indians, Native Americans, American Indians, Robby Romero, Robby Romero & Red Thunder, americans, ethics, freedoms, GoodNews, news, children, food, family, healthcare, interesting, prevention, protection, nutrition, humans, health, culture, society, right )

Kat
- 261 days ago - eaglethunder.com
Dago Te, ("Hello" in Apache language) "We have peoples power, were going to stand united with one voice." - Sarah James Winds of drastic and potentially catastrophic change are blowing. America's dependence on oil is placing the world's...
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Swayze, Who Has Pancreatic Cancer, Checked Himself Into Hospital for Pneumonia
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, celebrity, health, media, sadness, illness, healthcare, disease, treatment )

Suzybell
- 318 days ago - webmd.com
Actor Patrick Swayze, who has stage IV pancreatic cancer, has checked himself into a hospital for observation because he has pneumonia.Swayze, 56, was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer, which had already spread to his liver, in March 2008. Swayze
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Bob Busch Care2 Member Needs Assistance
Society & Culture  (tags: disabled vet, service dog, therapy dog, illness, healthcare, fundraiser, Body-Mind-Spirit, AlternativeMed, dogs, pets, AnimalWelfare, rescued dogsamericans, safety )

Christine
- 436 days ago - palswithpawz.chipin.com
Bob B. is a Care2 member has been trying to get a Service Dog. There is a fundraising campaign for him to get one through PALS with Pawz. Please if you can, note this and cross post. PALs with Pawz set up a fundraiser thru Paypal or www.PALSwithPawz.org
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Pediatricians Convinces ABC to Cancel Show About Mercury and Autism
Society & Culture  (tags: environment, protection, research, activists, children, culture, ethics, law, media, politics, death, disease, drugs, health, healthcare, medicine, risks, prevention, treatment, warning, study, modified, science, scientists, research )

Susan
- 666 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
On Mon ABC will release the letter from the group about the premiere of a new legal drama series , Eli Stone, because it features a family attorney who successfully argues in court that mercury-containing flu vaccine caused autism in one child .
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4.4 Million Disabled - Too Many to Be Ignored
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, disabled, chronically ill, government pirorities, stats can, harper, society, healthcare, environment, prevention, eithics, priorities, human rights, government, freedoms, society, supportive care housing, housing, care helprights )

Cheryl Su
- 688 days ago - thestar.com
One of the most significant signposts for 2008 got little notice when it appeared this month. But Statistics Canada's latest national survey on the growing number of adults and children with disabilities should send a clear message to politicians in what
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Congress OKs Expanded Childrens' Health Care
Society & Culture  (tags: healthcare, children, health, humans, SCHIP, congress, healthcare, child )


- 789 days ago - news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON - Congress approved legislation Thursday that would potentially add 4 million children to a popular health care program, setting up a veto fight that President Bush probably will win but handing Democrats a campaign issue for next year's
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Cancer-Stricken Man Commits Murder of Dependant Mother and Then Suicide
Society & Culture  (tags: supportive care services, healthcare, eldercare, cander, consented suicide o, r murder, suiide, percy and sarah grupstienfamily )

Cheryl Su
- 795 days ago - thestar.com
Percy Grupstein wrote a letter thanking his mother for "the great life she gave to me," set it on a dresser in the 2-bedroom apartment they shared.His mother's full-time caregiver in his 60s dying from stomach cancer, didn't want to leave her alone
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