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UNITED NATIONS OFFICIAL TO VISIT PINE RIDGE RESERVATION TO INVESTIGATE HOUSING CONDITIONS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Bill Means
International Indian Treaty Council
Cell: 612‐386‐4030
Email: Bill.Means@state.mn.us
UNITED NATIONS OFFICIAL TO VISIT PINE RIDGE RESERVATION TO
INVESTIGATE HOUSING CONDITIONS
San Francisco, CA, October 11, 2009 – The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Raquel Rolnik, will visit the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota on November 1st during her official [...]

A darker side of Columbus emerges in US classrooms

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO (AP) – 23 hours ago 
TAMPA, Fla. — Jeffrey Kolowith’s kindergarten students read a poem about Christopher Columbus, take a journey to the New World on three paper ships and place the explorer’s picture on a timeline through history.
Kolowith’s students learn about the explorer’s significance — though they also come away with a [...]