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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
- 4 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 ...
Inmate Sues For Right To Pipe Ceremony
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Rights, Ethics, culture, society, religion, politics, freedoms )

Kat
- 3 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
So much anger and frustration. The volatile cocktail of emotions that was mixing in Melvin Martin had reached a boiling point. He felt like he was about to go crazy. Far from his home on the Navajo reservation and far from his people;s ancient ...
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
- 3 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..
Elderly Lakota Spiritual Leader, Subject of Documentary, Dies in Prison Before Molestation Case Can Be Resolved(VIDEO)   video
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, culture, society, death, ethics, sadness )

Kat
- 2 days ago - youtube.com
Convicted in 1993, White recently asked the court to vacate his conviction after the two men who accused him of molesting them as children recanted their testimony. The men were his grandsons. In October, White was reportedly gravely ill with lung ...
Clean and Sober Parents Welcome New Baby, Chance to Change Family History
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Addiction Recovery, culture, rights, GoodNews, ethics, family, interesting, health )

Kat
- 2 days ago - billingsgazette.com
His hands are enormous. When he leans in to brush something from the baby's cheek, his fingers eclipse the tiny face. He labors to tie the smallest of shoelaces with knuckles that are swollen from years of fighting. As he talks, he gazes into his...
'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
- 2 days 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...
The Catalan Parliament Is Debating a Law That Would Ban Bullfighting in the Spanish Region
Animals  (tags: abuse, abused, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, animals, animalwelfare, conservation, crime, cruelty, death, endangered, ethics, GoodNews, humans, investigation, killed, killing, law, protection, sadness, rescued )

Maria
- 11 days ago - prou.cat
The law proposal below in comments, letter in site-please send the letter to the Parliament of Catalonia to move towards abolishing bullfights altogether in that region
Help Save Endangered Species - Get Obama Back On Track Now!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: obama, PresidentBarackObama, u.s., petition, wildlife, animals, plants, politics, government, legislation, democrats, republicans, congress, BushAdministration, environment, endangered-species, ethics, lies )

SirRobert
- 7 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
Obama promised to change the siege against endangered species on plants and animals, that are still in peril today. After 1 year in office Obama has failed to keep this promise, and his track record is far worse than that of the Bush Administration!
Get Ready To Pay A Price For New Health Care Benefits
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: obama, PresidentBarackObama, healthcare, health, u.s., America, americans, news, HealthCareReform, legislation, socialism, society, money, business, finance, politics, government, medical, congress, ethics, medicine, democrats )

SirRobert
- 5 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
Analysis: Experts predict that you should have your checkbooks and credit cards ready to pay out for new health care security.
Meltdown: Helena Christensen's Climate Change Photo Gallery
Environment  (tags: climate-change, meltdown, glaciers, world, news, photos, gallery, cnn, environment, images, crisis, humans, suffering, water-crisis, society, health, nature, destruction, water, weather )

SirRobert
- 4 days ago - cnn.com
For many of us, climate change is a distant idea belonging in the future and with someone else to worry about it. However, for millions of people in developing countries, it is fast becoming a truly devastating reality in the here and now!
 
 
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