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Slideshow: Cherokee Nation Citizen Opens Historic Watts Hotel
Society & Culture  (tags: women, restoration, interesting, news, GoodNews )

Lone
- 3 hours ago - cherokeephoenix.org
WATTS, Okla. - The Howard Hotel, a historic hotel in this Adair County town, is slated to re-open on Nov. 21 as a bed and breakfast in restored fashion
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...
Japan's Whaling Fleet Sets Sail Under Pressure
Animals  (tags: wildlife, whales, protection, endangered, animalwelfare, animals, humans )

Cal
- 3 hours ago - theage.com.au
JAPANESE whalers have set out for waters off the Australian Antarctic Territory - the third season since the Rudd Government came to power hoping to end Southern Ocean whaling.
Measuring the Daily Destruction of the World's Rainforests
Environment  (tags: trees, forests, Habitat Destruction, rainforest destruction )

Chris
- 19 hours ago - scientificamerican.com
Most experts agree that we are losing upwards of 80,000 acres of tropical rainforest daily ... Along with this loss and degradation, we are losing some 135 plant, animal and insect species every day--or some 50,000 species a year--as the forests fall.
Tinley Park Woman Charged With Hate Crime for Tugging on Woman's Head Scarf
Society & Culture  (tags: hate crime, culture, police, religion, rights, women, humans, crime, law )

Lone
- 16 hours ago - chicagotribune.com
A suburban Chicago woman has been charged with a hate crime for allegedly yanking the head scarf of a Muslim woman in Tinley Park two days after the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas.
Senate Democrats Unveil Health Bill With Public Option - NYTimes.Com
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: healthcare, healthcare, government )

Paul
- 1 day ago - nytimes.com
2074 pages and something called an "abortion compromise", whatever that is. Haven't read the bill yet, here's the NY Times report.
Rising CO2 Could Cause Catastrophic Sea Level Rise Finds Antarctic Study
Environment  (tags: CO2emissions, climatechange, climate, globalwarming, environment, protection, greenhousegases, pollution, water, world, ecosystems, climate-change )

Cal
- 1 day ago - telegraph.co.uk
Sea levels could rise by up to six metres if the world fails to get pollution under control, according to the latest study in the Antarctic.
Dream Catcher Workshop Educates Through Crafts
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Dreamcatchers, culture, society, education, children )

Kat
- 2 days ago - technicianonline.com
Dream catchers are a popular symbol that represents Native-Americans, originally created to keep children from having nightmares. A dream catcher generally consists of a hoop with a web woven in it. Hanging from the hoop are fringes with feathers...
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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