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UPDATE DEC 31, 2000
THE STAFF OF NATIVE NEWS WOULD LIKE TO WISH YOU
AND YOURS A SUCCESSFUL NEW YEAR..MAY IT BRING BOTH PEACE AND JUSTICE
FOR ALL CREATION!
Mexican, Central American Indians struggle to reclaim
identity in `Hispanic' America
By Pauline Arrillaga,
Associated
Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) The sign on the door is in-your-face
blunt: ''Mexican! Not Hispanic. Not Latino. Stop the cultural castration.''
It welcomes you to the storefront office of the Mexica Movement in East
Los Angeles. READ
IT...
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Peltier: Utah Groups Seek Clemency for Activist Convicted
of Killing Agents
THE
SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
More than 25 sign-carrying protesters called for the
release of American Indian activist Leonard Peltier from prison Saturday
at the City-County Building in Salt Lake City.
Peltier, 56, was convicted of the June 26, 1975, shootings
of two Federal Bureau of Investigation agents on South Dakota's Pine Ridge
Indian Reservation. He is serving two consecutive life sentences in the
federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan.
The Industrial Workers of the World and Student Green
Party organized the Utah protest...READ
IT...
RELATED NEWS:
Stand up to the FBI; Fw: Peltier Poll on vote.com
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IT...
FAX
A CLEMENCY REQUEST HOSTED BY GLOBAL EXCHANGE
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Dutch TV Films Bio-War on Colombian Village
Herbicide Sprayed On Water Supply in Colombia
NARCO NEWS
On Saturday, December 30th, Holland's TV News Program
"Nova" Showed Video of US-Funded Herbicide Spraying in the town of Ponte,
Colombia.
The crop duster, however, was not spraying coca fields.
{To see the footage that disproves the claims of
Washington and Bogotá, go to the front page of Narco
News, click the Nova program link, and then click
"Zaterdag" (Saturday) in the section titled "Afgelopen
Week"}
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Black market sells tribal bones
By STEVE YOUNG
Argus Leader
In South Dakota, it seems, the dead don't always rest
in peace.
Not when tribal people believe that the skulls of
their ancestors have adorned the back windows of cars, their turn signals
blinking through empty eye sockets. ..READ
IT...
RELATED ARTICLES:
Did
federal officials keep promise to move graves?
Tribal
descendant wins fight to retrieve hair
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'Two Spirits' Respected in Indian Tradition Indians
Have Tradition of Respect for Gays
SALT
LAKE TRIBUNE
Tribal attitudes toward homosexuality were seldom
simply based on sexual orientation, but involved both physical and spiritual
attributes, according to Richley Crapo, a professor of anthropology at
Utah State University and student of Great Basin Native American culture...
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Radio On the Net:
Institutionalized
Racism, a Lecture by John Crisholm, Oneida
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TODAY IN HISTORY December
31
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{EXCERPTED FROMOn
This Date In North American Indian History
By Phil Konstantin}
1794: After agreeing to a peace with the United States
on November 7th, today the CHEROKEE and CHICKAMAUGA Indians, and the U.S.
will exchange prisoners, this will effectively end the CHICKAMAUGA War.
1954: Today, according to Federal Register Number 20fr00181,
certain tracts of Indian Reservation land are "withdrawn from all forms
of disposal under the public lands laws, including the mining and mineral
leasing laws.
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1890 Wounded Knee
1890 As the leader of the Miniconjou band massacred at
Wounded Knee Creek on December 29, 1890,
Big Foot
haunts the history of the American West, an image of
brutal death "drawn," as N. Scott Momaday has
written, "in ancient light."
...excerpted from HERE
"They turned their guns, Hotchkiss guns [breech-loading
cannons that
fired an explosive shell], etc.,
upon the women who were in the lodges
standing there under a flag of
truce, and of course as soon as they were fired upon they fled...There
was a woman with an infant in her arms who was killed as she almost touched
the flag of ...
EXCERPTED
FROM HERE...
PETITION
TO RESCIND THE MEDALS OF DISHONOR
"North
American Indian Regional Losses, 1850-1890"
 ARGUS
LEADER PHOTO GALLERY
Related News:
Big Foot Ride: Riders
remember, honor culture on trek's longest day
Big Foot Ride: Journey
returns history to family
Big Foot Ride: 'This
might be the last ride'
Big Foot Ride: Young
Lakota riders draw strength from history
Big Foot Ride : Warm
coffee on trail replaces glitter of Christmas
Big Foot Ride :
Big Foot ride's spiritual side wanes, some contend
Big Foot Ride : Trek
gathers momentum as riders near Wounded Knee
Big Foot Ride :
In Memorium - "Turning tragedy into strength"
Big Foot Ride : Big
Foot Ride ends with contrasts at Wounded Knee
Big Foot Ride : Experience
of ride both frightening and rewarding,
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PELTIER COVERAGE
a railroad job is a railroad job - once
the destination has been predetermined, the process becomes one of
simply laying down the tracks so that the train can get to the predetermined
place it was meant to go ..Interlochen..a Peltier supporter
FOXNEWS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS.
CLEMENCY FOR A COP KILLER?
.READ IT HERE
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A Time for Human Rights on Native Ground
By LOUISE ERDICH
NYTIMES
ARCHIVED
HERE...
RELATED OPINIONS:
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IT...
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Lynn E. Crooks letter: Frivolous assertion about
Peltier years out of date
Lynn
E. Crooks letter:
ARCHIVED
HERE...
Waiting
for an old acquaintance, DEC25
LIST
OF 62 GRANTED CLEMENCY
Peltier not among pardons
http://web.northscape.com/
AP
WASHINGTON -- President Clinton was making decisions
on Friday about granting clemency to some of the scores of convicted Americans
seeking presidential pardons or lighter punishment, but did not mention
American Indian activist Leonard Peltier, convicted 25 years ago in North
Dakota for killing two FBI agents. ...
...A spokesman said the president was expected to
make more clemency announcements before Jan. 20.
READ THE ARTICLE...
Clinton
To Act on Clemency Requests,
Peltier
backers wait, hope for presidential pardon
PA
Attorney General Fisher Urges President Clinton to Deny ClemencyTo Convicted
LPDC Web site updates
LPDC Web Site Update..Dec 22
http://www.freepeltier.org/
The following audio clips recorded from the "NYC Leonard
Peltier Walk and Rally for Freedom" are available from the main page of
the LPDC web site:
Jennifer Harbury, Peltier Attorney and Human Rights
Activist [6:32]
http://www.freepeltier.org/jenniferharbury.mp3
Ramsey Clark, Former U.S. Attorney General [5:55]
http://www.freepeltier.org/ramseyclark.mp3
Dec 19
Current and Past Supporters of Clemency for Leonard
Peltier
Click here for complete listing in PDF
format
{translated for the PDF challenged here}
Letter from Congressman Don Edwards, Former FBI Agent
PDF
Format
Letter from NCAI
PDF
Format
Letter signed by World Renowned Human Rights Leaders
PDF
format
{translated for the PDF challenged here}
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Support Statements
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Clemency for Peltier Likely to Fail..Dec 21
By ERIC LICHTBLAU,
Times Staff Writer
Pleas: Clinton is leaning toward rejecting
a pardon for the killer of two FBI agents, officials say. Case underscores
the rift between the president and Freeh. READ
THE STORY...
URGENT
NOTICE: FROM THE LPDC
Letter
to the Editor/Peltier..Catherine Davids Dec 20
Ottawa
Sun - Editorial - Clemency Dec 19
FBI
marching same as Uniformed Soldiers protesting Reconciliation with
Viet Nam...Interlochen Dec 18
The FBI [active and retired] in truth marched in opposition
to the
War on American Indians coming to an end with the
release of one the POW's, Leonard. Since when do the "soldiers" dictate
to
the "leaders"? READ
THE ARTICLE...
Clemency:
Letter.....urgent..Bonnie Winona Dec 18
Extradition
based on false evidence, Peltier inquiry says
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NAGPRA: DOI
National Park Service Notice of Inventory Completion
EPA:Public
Water Supply Supervision
Fed Judge Puts Off Decision on U. Michigan Admissions
Rule
College
To Defend Admissions Policy [findlaw.com]
UCE
can challenge Oneidas in state court,
web site:
{Upstate
Citizens for Equality}
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Religious organizations are exempt from landmark preservation
laws and can raze and replace historic church buildings, the California
Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The court, voting 4-3, upheld the
constitutionality of a 1994 state law which, it said,
neither endorsed
religion nor provided improper state assistance.
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IT...
Read the decision (East Bay Asian Local Dev. Corp.
v. California)
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Commerce,
Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act
Alaska
Natives sue to block Phillips oil project
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of Indian Affairs signs agreement with tribal nations
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Optional Protocol to the Women's Convention: a landmark
for women's human rights..Amnesty International READ
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FRONT PAGE DEC 30, 2000
Identity, Far and Away
by Steve Russell,
NAV
Contributing Editor
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IT...
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CRAZY HORSE PROTEST
SLTRIBUNE
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IT...
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Cape Cod: Developer to search for relics
BOSTON
GLOBE
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IT...
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Betting on sure thing: Tribe's backing of parade
sets new precedent
ARIZONA
REPUBLIC
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Guatemalan Peace Vows Unfulfilled
GUATEMALA CITY:
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IT...
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Tribes discuss cooperation with legislators
(WYOMING)
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IT...
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SF Gate: North Bay Indian Tribe Regains Federal
Status/Clinton signs bill recognizing Coastal Miwoks...READ
IT...
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Paiutes lose round in bid to claim ground water
(LAS
VEGAS) --
..READ
IT...
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Settlement
pending in water rights case
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Indian Site Survives Time, Bulldozers Knoll in Poway destined
to be interpretive center
(CALIFORNIA)
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Tribes discuss cooperation with legislators
(WYOMING)
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Tribal candidate says jail stay might affect
him in election
(NEVADA)
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IT...
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Neal
St. Anthony/On Business: East Lake Street area
picking up business pace This just in from the indefatigable Theresa
Carr, executive director of the American Indian Business Development
Corp.
A GUIDE TO
NONPROFITS IN MINNESOTA
American
Indian Business Development Corp.
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President Clinton Offers Home Heating Assistance..READ
IT...
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Gale Norton Resume and profile...READ
IT...
Interior
pick sets off 'alert'
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BOOKS : By, about Native Americans,
review by Paula
Giese
Native News BOOK CORNER
Voices
of Wounded Knee
Art
of War - Indian Pictographs Tell Other Side
The
Iroquois Book 2000
The
Scapel and the Silver Bear"
The
American Misadventure of Race
Reservation
dreams and realities
Walking
on the Land by Farley Mowat
''The
Meadowlands''
.Blue
Jacket, Warrior of the Shawnees
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HEATING FUND
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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
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