UPDATE DEC 15, 2000
FBI Protest March
ABCNEWS
Hundreds to Oppose Clemency for Convicted Killer Leonard
Peltier
Dec. 15 — Hundreds of FBI agents will march in front
of the White House today to protest against the possibility of President
Clinton granting clemency to Leonard Peltier, who was convicted of killing
two federal agents.
“Leonard Peltier is the last person in this country
who is a worthy candidate for presidential clemency, ” FBI special agent
John Sennett said this morning on Good Morning America. “He has been remorseless.
He has refused to take accountability for his actions. We just feel he
should remain in prison for the rest of this life.”...
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RESPONSE
FROM LPDC
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Meeks says she's still waiting for study on race
relations
Rapid
City Journal
By The Associated Press
RAPID CITY — A little over a year ago, the U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights met in Rapid City and heard testimony about alleged racial
inequality in South Dakota's justice system.
Elsie Meeks of Interior, a member of the national
civil rights panel, said much progress has been made in race relations
over the last year but more needs to be done.
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Human Rights Commission
Report
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'He grabbed me around neck'
By LEE WILLIAMS
Argus Leader
LAKE ANDES -- A Lake Andes police officer choked a
12-year-old American Indian boy last summer because he was "lippy," the
Charles Mix County state's attorney told a jury Thursday...
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Headline:
Decision day a bust for Nipmuc Indians
By Sean P. Murphy, Globe Staff
fter 20 years of efforts, today was supposed to be
the day the Nipmuc Indians of Central Massachusetts found out if they would
be recognized as a sovereign tribe by the federal government.
For Walter Vickers, chief of the Hassanamisco Band
of the Nipmucs, recognition was something begun by his late father and
taken up by him as solemn duty.
But then reality - the kind you can take to the bank
- intruded...
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DEC 14, 2000
{ABBREVIATED}
Thursday, December 14, 2000
COMPLETE
ARTICLE HERE...
PETER WORTHINGTON
COLUMN
Peltier:
A Chronology from Indian Country Today
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GROUP TARGETING WHITE CLAY SALES:
Group targeting Whiteclay beer sales
BY JOE DUGGAN
Lincoln Journal Star
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related web sites and articles:
CAMP
JUSTICE
[NativeNews]
White
Clay Protestor Court Arguments Due Today, 30 Sep 2000
WHITE CLAY: Protests
fail to halt beer sales in village, 10 Aug 1999
Last
Call on Pine Ridge, 6 Aug 1999
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Cuba marks Human rights day with mass detentions and
sentences for dissidents
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THE RELEASE...
Past and current
Amnesty news services
INDIAN LAW
US v. QUINAULT INDIAN NATION, No 99-35104 (9th Cir.
December 13, 2000)
Under the Boldt decision, which dealt with fishing
rights of Washington
state Indian tribes, the off-reservation catch of
a non-treaty tribe
attributed to the State should apply to the on-reservation
catch of a
tribe whose reservation was created not by treaty
but by Executive
Order.
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LOWER ELWHA BAND OF S'KLALLAMS v. LUMMI INDIAN TRIBE,
No 98-35964 (9th
Cir. December 13, 2000)
The 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott did not give the
Lummi Indian Tribe fishing rights to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Admiralty
Inlet or the mouth of the Hood Canal.
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Canada satisfied Peltier extradited
on solid evidence despite new findings
STEPHEN THORNE
Vancouver
Sun
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Kansas City Star
Peltier pardon an affront to law officers
By LARRY J. McCORMICK - Special to The Star
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REPLY:Grant
Leonard Peltier Clemency
DISCUSSION ON THE INDIGENOUS RIGHTS WORKING GROUP GENEVA
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Native News
SEASON GIFTING...
It is that time of year again when we begin to think
of winter cold and those in need. Helping hands list...
HEATING FUND
Emergency heating funds....the weather has turned
sharply colder and it appears that it will be a much colder winter than
the last few we have experienced creating an incredible hardship for many.
Money orders sent to the Grass Roots Oglala Lakota
Oyate will be distributed (or paid on account) for those in need of heating
assistance. In effect we will be creating a "voucher" system.
Your donation may be of any amount and several put together to meet minimums
necessary for orders.
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