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Read the 9th Circuit Court Decision  http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2009/12/03/09-15230.pdf
By Lisa J. Wolf

SAN FRANCISCO, California, December 3, 2009 (ENS) – The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today ordered that a preliminary injunction be granted to tribal plaintiffs that halts the expansion of the Cortez gold mine in Nevada owned by Barrick Gold Corporation, a Canadian company based in Toronto.
The ruling [...]

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Press Release from Gay Kingman kingmanwapato@rushmore.com
December 3, 2009
(Ft. Thompson, S.D.) Former Crow Creek tribal council member and secretary Crystal St. John, who was elected in 2002, gave background information on the IRS claims. She said that “back in 2001, the Tribe got an IRS letter saying Tribe was delinquent in payroll taxes. The BIA Area [...]

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Peabody’s Black Mesa mine complex can continue to operate while public comments are taken. 
By FELICIA FONSECA
Associated Press Writer 
Friday, December 04, 2009 
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn a water discharge permit for a controversial coal mining operation in northern Arizona pending public hearings.
The EPA’s decision on the permit for Peabody Energy’s Black Mesa mine [...]

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From NIEA www.niea.org :
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), the nation’s oldest and largest children and families’ literacy nonprofit organization, has named Shoshone-Bannock Early Childhood Program in Idaho as one of its Programs of the Month award recipients for November, 2009.
“Shoshone-Bannock Early Childhood Program has done a fantastic job of inspiring young children to discover the joy [...]

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For Immediate Release:       
Contacts:       
Larson Bill, South Fork Western Shoshone,      775-397-6726, 775-744-2537
John Hadder, Great Basin Resource Watch, 775-722-4056
Julie Cavanaugh-Bill, Western Shoshone Defense Project, 775-397-1371
Roger Flynn, Western Mining Action Project, 303-823-5738
 
 
Western Shoshone Prevail at Ninth Circuit Court on Mt. Tenabo – Court Issues Ruling Enjoining Cortez Hills Open Pit Gold Mine
 
Court Agrees with Western Shoshone and [...]

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