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Nuclear Waste on Native American Reservations
By Earthtalk
Feb 20, 2010 – 12:38:55 PM

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Native tribes across the American West have been and continue to be subjected to significant amounts of radioactive and otherwise hazardous waste as a result of living near nuclear test sites, uranium mines, power plants and toxic waste dumps.
And in some cases [...]

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DENVER, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ –The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has announced a grant for $450,000 to continue the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Faculty Career Enhancement Fellowship Program at the American Indian College Fund (the Fund). The program was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and launched by the Fund in 2004 to increase the [...]

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From NIEA Newsletter:
US Senate on Indian Affairs Listening Session
Date: March 3, 2010
Time: 2:00-5:00 pm
Location: Dirksen Office Building, Room 628
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is conducting a listening session to discuss Indian Country’s priorities and recommendations for Indian education, particularly as it relates to the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and its [...]

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