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Uranium Mining Begins Near Grand Canyon
Thousands of Claims Threaten Public Health & Sacred Lands
By Klee Benally – Indigenous Action Media (www.indigenousaction.org)
Grand Canyon, AZ — In defiance of legal challenges and a U.S. Government moratorium, Canadian company Denison Mines has started mining uranium on the north rim of the Grand Canyon. According to the Arizona Daily Sun [...]

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For immediate release
February 4, 2010
Eastern Band of Cherokee Tribal Council to Formally Oppose Duke Energy Substation
CHEROKEE, NC- Today the Tribal Council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee approved formal action to oppose a Duke Energy Substation in Swain County, North Carolina. The tribe voiced opposition to the substation for two reasons. First, the impact of [...]

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February 8, 2010 
By Scott  
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. 
ONE FEATHER STAFF

The Mound at the Kituwah Site (Photo by Scott McKie B.P./One Feather staff)  
Kituwah, the Mother Town of the Cherokee, is in danger according to many tribal members who are opposing the construction of a Duke Energy Substation near the site.  Tribal Council passed a resolution during their [...]

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Thousands of Native American artifacts were stolen then sold for profit. An Illinois man has been convicted of not only stealing those artifacts, but causing devastating damage to the Cypress Creek Wildlife Refuge where he found them.

The Southern Illinois refuge, two hours from St. Louis, is protected or it was supposed to be. But authorities [...]

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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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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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December 2, 2009 
Written by: Tamra Brennan
Founder/Director Protect Sacred Sites   
There is no greater atrocity than the continual violation of our religious freedom and inherent right to partake in sacred ceremonies without being spiritually violated, or suffering from the destruction and blatant disregard of our sacred lands. 
These Sacred lands are the bloodline and life way of our [...]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, September 21, 2009
CONTACT
media@savethepeaks.org
Rudy Preston — (928) 466-4274
Howard Shanker — (928) 699-3637
 
U.S. Government Ignores Public Health Dangers of Sewer Water Snowmaking
Concerned Citizens File New Lawsuit to Force Government to Study and Disclose Effects of Ingesting Snow Made from Treated Sewage Effluent
 Flagstaff, AZ — A group of concerned citizens will not let the potential [...]

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— On Thu, 7/30/09, Maggie <margaretnumkena@verizon.net> wrote:
Here are the pictures of the baskets that were stolen from my home – few are Hopi but mostly they are from the Karuk tribe woven by Florence Harry. I am so very thankful that you are helping with this – I can’t begin to describe who upset I [...]

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For more info please contact Shawn Mulford at shawn@obtpd.org
 
June 15, 2009
 
Everyone that honors the Earth,
Thank-you for your previous support to protect the San Francisco Peaks from contamination with treated sewage effluent (reclaimed wastewater).  Your action along with thousands of others was felt by the US Forest Service.  We would like to ask the indigenous people, [...]

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