Hatchery salmon feed poor families 
Food banks distribute bountiful fish harvest
SPOKANE
Wild salmon have declined so much that many runs are protected under the Endangered Species Act. It's a federal offense to kill endangered wild salmon under most circumstances. By some counts, the region is spending $1 billion a year to save the fish.
But salmon that start life in hatcheries had a banner year. Biologists believe improved weather conditions and cooler ocean conditions helped.
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Pataki Fails to Address Land Claim State of State ignores Oneida suit
SYRACUSE
Local officials fighting the Oneida Indian land claim paid close attention, however, to the issues Pataki failed to address in his hour-long, televised speech.
"He once again didn't mention anything at all about the Indian land claim or the tax problem, and it's getting more serious every day," said 111th District Assemblyman Bill Magee, a Democrat from Nelson in Madison County. "That was a disappointment."...READ IT...

Fox Island is sold..trade proposed
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians and a group of hunters  oppose the trade, READ IT...

Barbaraians and Post Demographic Stress Disorder (PDSD)
COLUMN OF THE AMERICAS
Who we are -- or who we would like to be -- is something that human beings don't ask too often except in times of crises, trauma and near-death experiences. Fortunately, the end of the millennium (two years in a row) has given us, individually and collectively, a little extra time to ponder these great questions...READ IT...
 

NEW PELTIER PETITION..HERE...
Stone Mountain GA: Petition to protect Burial Grounds..READ IT...
AIM FLA: CONTACT CHASCO SPONSORS..READ IT...
TX: Burial Protection,  A Call for Support!!..READ IT...
PETITION: Ban on inmate broadcast interviews..READ IT...

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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 RALLIES FINAL  PETITION REPORT/ NEW PETITION..READ IT PELTIER PETITION NETS OVER 26,000  SIGNATURES..READ IT... Peltier Should Be Freed..READ IT... 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..
 
 

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Who scalped whom?
BOSTON GLOBE
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Chinook Wins Federal Recognition
WASHINGTON AP
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Fire Forces San Diego Evacuations..Viejas Indian Reservation
NYTIMES
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Creek Deaths Remain a Mystery
Rapid City Journal
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RELATED :
UNSOLVED MURDERS..CAMP JUSTICE
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Gainesville AIM SG reforming
From  AIM FLA
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