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by Dennis Wagner – Oct. 27, 2009 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic 
Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. was placed on administrative leave Monday by the Tribal Council, escalating a power struggle on America’s largest Native American reservation.
Shirley, who has promoted a December ballot measure that would dramatically reduce the number of council members, said he has [...]

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492 Children Safely Recovered Since Program Began
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The sixth annual AMBER Alert Symposium, sponsored by the Justice Department, Office of Justice Programs (OJP) opened today in Tampa, Fla. The symposium includes federal, state, tribal and local representatives from the United States as well as international partners from Canada, Mexico and the [...]

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By the Associated Press | Posted: Sunday, October 25, 2009 1:25 pm
BILLINGS – Two mobile breath alcohol testing vehicles intended to help reduce the number of alcohol-related fatalities on tribal lands are headed for Montana.
Officials say the BAT-mobiles that cost $300,000 each will be delivered to the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Justice Services [...]

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By FELICIA FONSECA, Associated Press Writer Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press Writer
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.
Texas resident Beverley Bunn is the first participant in the tragic incident to speak out publicly about the events that led up to the deaths. The 43-year-old tells the AP that by the time the sweat lodge ceremony began, the participants had undergone days [...]

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Buffalo Field Campaign
Yellowstone Bison
Update from the Field
October 22, 2009
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In this issue:
* Update from the Field – TAKE ACTION!
* Help Buffalo Field Campaign Help Buffalo
* Last Words
* Kill Tally
* Important Links
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* Update from the Field – TAKE ACTION!
While there is currently little activity in the field, volunteers are beginning to return to BFC headquarters, preparing for [...]

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USDA Census Reveals Non-Native Producers Dominate on Most Native American Reservations
Recently released 2007 Agricultural data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for Native American Reservations reveal that non-native agricultural producers dominate on most Native American Reservations in the United States.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRLog (Press Release) – Oct 23, 2009 – Recently released 2007 Agricultural [...]

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By PHIL TAYLOR of Greenwire

Marcus Levings can see gas flares across the western horizon from his front porch on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota, where energy companies are drilling into the rich Bakken shale formation, one of the largest domestic oil and gas discoveries in the last 30 years.
But the night sky remains [...]

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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release                                                    October 22, 2009
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key administration posts:

Betty E. King, Representative of the United States to the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, [...]

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Sweat lodge deaths investigated as homicides 
CNN) — An investigation into the deaths of two people who spent up to two hours inside a “sweat lodge” at an Arizona retreat last week has been elevated from an accidental death investigation to a homicide inquiry, Yavapai County Sheriff Steve Waugh told reporters Thursday.
Authorities said James Shore, 40, [...]

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As Keeper of our Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe Bundle, I am concerned for the 2 deaths and illnesses of the many people that participated in a sweat lodge in Sedona, Arizona that brought our sacred rite under fire in the news.  I would like to clarify that this lodge and many others, are not [...]

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