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By JOHN DOUGHERTY
Published: December 29, 2009
As would-be rescuers struggled to drag three unconscious victims from an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony in October, the leader of the event, James A. Ray, sat outside in the shade, according to newly released police reports.
(click on the link below to review the court documents)
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In 2008, the Bureau of Indian Affairs recommended that 13,004 acres of land be placed into federal trust for the Oneida Indian Nation.
The decision, rendered in May of that year by the U.S. Department of Interior, came after more than three years of review, public hearings and meetings. Of the 13,004 acres, 8,800 are located [...]

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The Navajo Nation, the second largest Native American tribe in the US, is going forward with a two-phase, 235-megawatt wind development. It would be the nation’s first green energy project and potentially the largest to be owned by a Native American tribe.
The Navajo Nation Council – the legislative body for the tribe, which has a [...]

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Indian tribes buy back thousands of acres of land
By TIMBERLY ROSS | Associated Press |
Native American tribes tired of waiting for the U.S. government to honor centuries-old treaties are buying back land where their ancestors lived and putting it in federal trust.
Native Americans say the purchases will help protect their culture and way of life [...]

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CROW CREEK INTERVIEW

The Diversity Foundation interviewed Chairman Brandon Sazue, of Crow Creek Sioux Tribe the week of December 14th. This is an incredible, heartfelt interview about the land seizure and the conditions and ongoing issues of Crow Creek Sioux Tribe.    
http://www.diversityfoundation.org/indexbrandon.html 
This is a MUST Watch! 
“Their Skin color might be brown, but they bleed red, just like [...]

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For Immediate Release
December 9th, 2009
Trickster Gallery
190 S. Roselle Rd.
Schaumburg, IL 60193
847-301-2090
trickstergallery@aic-chicago.org
　
NATIVE AMERICAN ART GALLERY RINGS IN THE NEW YEAR WITH THOUGHT PROVOKING ART
January 2nd, 2010-Trickster Gallery will be opening its newest exhibit, “Amerind Continuum: Past, Perseverance, and Possibilities”, a group show featuring Amber Gunn Gauthier, her father Anthony Gauthier, and stepfather, Jerry Ingram. Their art [...]

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WASHINGTON — Chevron Corp. will pay $45.5 million to resolve claims that it underpaid natural gas royalties to the government and Native Americans, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
Most of the settlement money will be distributed to federal, state and American Indian accounts affected by the underpayments. More than $12.3 million of the amount will [...]

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LEDYARD KING • Argus Leader Washington Bureau • December 20, 2009
WASHINGTON – Congress can’t decide what to do about health care or global warming, but luckily for a bevy of South Dakota interests, it still knows how to spend money. 
The state’s Native American tribes, universities and local governments are some beneficiaries of appropriations bills that [...]

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The Barack Obama administration has helped create an awareness of problems in Indian Country, said U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, and that new attitude may help push along legislation designed to help residents of reservations in South Dakota.
By: Korrie Wenzel, The Daily Republic 
Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., on Thursday said she is noticing a “renewed commitment” from [...]

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