Rare artifact almost went out with trash BILLING GAZETTE TOWNSEND – The painted bison robe  was found in a pile of refuse that had been set about for garbage collection about 10 years ago.. READ IT.

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Sacred land under siege - Zuni Salt Lake
By BEN NEARY/The New Mexican - 1/7/2001
ZUNI PUEBLO -- Gray dust spews in a torrent from under the wheels of a
pickup as the two game wardens drive toward Zuni Salt Lake. The lake
itself, when it comes into view, offers a sad and surprising view.
Despite being land sacred to a half-dozen Southwestern tribes, much of
Zuni Salt Lake looks like a transplanted segment of crumbling New Jersey industrial shoreline...READ IT...

Choctaws help community during "Deep Freeze"
OKIT
The Choctaw Nation proved their willingness to provide community assistance in the recent "deep freeze" of Oklahoma. The unprecedented ice storm that downed power lines across southeastern Oklahoma created tremendous household problems for thousands of Choctaw people and their neighbors. Cities, even cities as large as McAlester, were without electricity, and city Mayor Dale Covington was especially thankful the Choctaw Nation located an emergency generator to be brought in from Kentucky to run the McAlester water treatment plant...READ IT...

James Warren Mooney faces charges for giving hallucinogen to non-Indians
SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN
BENJAMIN, Utah - James Warren "Flaming Eagle" Mooney says he has seen the mystical power of the tiny peyote cactus free people from drug addiction and mental illness.
Now the medicine that he administers to his followers could cost Mooney his own freedom.
On Oct. 10, sheriff's deputies raided Mooney's home and his adjoining church, seizing a ceremonial pipe, a computer and 33 pounds of peyote. Mooney was charged with a dozen counts of drug trafficking and one count of racketeering.
If convicted, he could be sentenced to life in prison.
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Cradleboards/Project shows new Mothers Traditional Use 
LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR
Sirila's use of the cradleboard, a Native baby carrier used for centuries, 
inspired the Medical Center's Cradleboard Project. Developed about three months ago, the project educates expecting mothers about child care.
It also shows that age-old child-rearing traditions are still valid, said 
JoAnne Scott, a registered nurse at the center. Today, 32 Native and 
non-Native women participate in the program. Each gets introduced to 
cradleboard use during various stages of their pregnancies.READ IT...

ALERT !! MNR imposing  buying ban on native catches..READ IT...
DEMONSTRATIONS IN NH, BOSTON AND LANSING, INFO..HERE..
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 Pardons being weighed as Clinton term ends..READ IT... VIEWPOINT: With lack of evidence, court today could not convict Leonard Peltier, READ IT... Activist's release sought before Bush takes office READ IT... Peltier: A Tug-o-War for Freedom, READ IT... Carol Mattern: Judge, others revise views of Peltier's case...READ  IT PELTIER:  Put a Close to This Sad Chapter.READ IT... 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!! RALLIES  NH,BOSTON, LANSING JAN WHITE HOUSE PRAYER VIGIL DEC 19...mike mc,Scott Tippets PRAGUE COVERAGE...DEC 17 Bushka PERSONAL OBSERVATION DEC 15 ... antoinette

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2001 -- UN's Year of the Volunteer...READ IT...
Indigenous Knowledge Conference..READ IT...

U.S. Signs Treaty for World Court to Try Atrocities
NYTIMES {requires registration}
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-13 KILLED IN SECOND MASSACRE IN COLOMBIA
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Treaty of Canadaigua 1794:200 Years of Treaty..,VG. PETER JEMISON
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The Scapel and the Silver Bear"
The American Misadventure of Race
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