SENIOR STAFF WRITER..MARTHA TURE..YEAR IN REVIEW
A personal look see at the year just past...
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Six Nations year 2000 in review
TekaNews
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Shoshone Have Long Braved Heat, Called Death Valley Home
SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
    FURNACE CREEK, Calif. -- To grasp more completely the saga of the 
Shoshone here, one must go back in time. The Shoshone themselves say they've been here for all eternity. READ IT...
RELATED NEWS:
Tribe Gets Ownership of National Park Lands. READ IT...
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Army Ruined Kennewick Site, Suit Says
SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
PORTLAND, Ore. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers argues it was just trying to protect from looters the site where a 9,300-year-old skeleton was discovered in 1996 along the Columbia River. 
    But scientists contend the agency violated the National Historic 
Preservation Act when it covered 250 feet of shoreline with 500 tons of rocks and soil and then planted trees and shrubs there. READ IT...
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Peabody case to test Navajo preference
Jim Maniaci
WINDOW ROCK — In a case considered to be an important test of the Navajo  preference act, the Navajo Labor Relations Commission may get to the main point  of a complaint by the Office of Navajo Labor Relations against Peabody Western  Coal Co. later this month. READ IT...
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Tribe misled people about seeking land 
Paucatucks not trying to take land, they stress
SUN SENTINEL
North Stonington — The Paucatuck Eastern Pequot tribe misled residents in local towns when it promised recently not to make land claims unless it wins federal recognition, town leaders said Tuesday. The tribe years ago staked a legal claim to two properties here, but the tribe did not mention those legal actions in the Christmas card it sent local residents last month....READ IT...
RELATED ARTICLE:
American Indian tribe sends town residents holiday promise not to take land..READ IT..
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NEVADA: Ousted Paiutes vow fight
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Debra Faria remembers when the Las
Vegas Paiutes' worldly possessions consisted of their names, their
bloodline and their cultural heritage.....Since then, things have changed for the Las Vegas Paiutes.....The tribe now has hefty sources of revenue,...But the Paiutes are not a happy family..READ IT...
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Click on picture for the link to the Boston Globe Article
The KIOWA Need Help
BY CARLA..
the following series of posts outline some of the housing problems on the Kiowa Reservation.  An attorney is actively involved in this matter.  Please contact Carla at the following e-mail address for a copy of further documentation on this situation...READ IT...
Contact: CARLA
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AIM FLA SUPPORT GROUP REORGANIZING:Gainesville area
From AIM-FLA
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: New governor promises to resolve relations with U.S..READ IT..
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US DOT: Federal Highway Administration names first Native American program coord...READ IT...
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-=<+>=- HEALTH BRIEFS -=<+>=- . * "Help for diabetes to start with test"  READ IT... * UM-related project helps Indians with disabilities...READ IT... * CINE-Centre for Indigenous Nutrition and Environment..READ IT... WEB SITE: CINE   CUMULATIVE DECEMBER HERE

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 RALLIES NPPA SITE ACCUSES IMDIVERSITY WRITER OF "LIBEL" AND RESPONSE READ IT... Peltier: Utah Groups Seek Clemency for Activist Convicted of Killing Agents  THE SALT LAKE  TRIBUNE .READ IT... RELATED NEWS: Stand up to the FBI; Fw: Peltier Poll on vote.com READ IT... FAX A CLEMENCY REQUEST HOSTED BY GLOBAL EXCHANGE     CUMULATIVE DECEMBER...HERE LPDC Web site updates SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS  PREVIOUS ARTICLES

LOS ANGELES RALLY DEC 31, 2000 {click on pic for link to story} READ SACBEE COVERAGE HERE WATCH FOR NEWS FROM THE LEONARD PELTIER RALLIES!! WHITE HOUSE PRAYER VIGIL DEC 19...mike mc,Scott Tippets PRAGUE COVERAGE...DEC 17 Bushka PERSONAL OBSERVATION DEC 15 ... antoinette

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Indigenous Knowledge Conference..READ IT...

U.S. Signs Treaty for World Court to Try Atrocities
NYTIMES {requires registration}
READ AN EXCERPT HERE..
ALSO: HERE.. 

Optional Protocol to the Women's Convention: a landmark for women's human rights..Amnesty International  READ IT..
 

FRONT PAGE FEATURES JANUARY 2, 2001

Leonard Peltier Petition for Clemency Nets Over 25,000 signatures and rising
by Ishgooda 
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RELATED WEB SITES:
Freedom for Leonard Peltier..(hosted by Wild Horse) 
http://www.petitiononline.com/Clemency/petition.html
LPDC

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