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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Self-help guru James Arthur Ray, charged with manslaughter for the Sedona sweat lodge deaths of three people, is taking his motivational messages to the Internet.

In a video posted online this week, Ray said he’s unable to produce live events but still has a deep desire and passion to make a difference [...]

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Autopsy reports released in AZ sweat lodge deaths
CAMP VERDE, Ariz. — Two people who were overcome in an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony last year were unconscious when emergency crews arrived, and an autopsy concluded they died of heat stroke upon arrival at a hospital.
Autopsy reports released Tuesday show multi-system organ failure was the cause of [...]

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By FELICIA FONSECA
The Associated Press
Wednesday, February 3, 2010; 7:58 PM

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Motivational speaker James Arthur Ray was arrested Wednesday afternoon on three counts of manslaughter for deaths that happened after a sweat lodge ceremony he led in northern Arizona last year. Ray was taken into custody on an indictment at his attorney’s office in [...]

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FELICIA FONSECA, Associated Press Writers, JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated Press

PHOENIX – An Arizona lawmaker wants to regulate the use of traditional Native American practices after three people died last year in a northern-Arizona sweat lodge ceremony.
Sen. Albert Hale, D-St. Michaels, announced on Tuesday that he plans to introduce [...]

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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Attorneys for self-help expert James Arthur Ray say the deaths of three people in a sweat lodge ceremony he led were not the result of criminal negligence.
Authorities have focused a homicide investigation on Ray, but no charges have been filed.
The lawyers outlined their defense in letters to prosecutors that were publicly [...]

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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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FILED*  LODGED RECEIVED COPY*
NOV 02, 2009
CLERK US DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 
UNITED STATED DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA  
OGLALA LOKOTA DELEGATION OF THE BLACK  HILLS SIOUX NATION TREATY COUNCIL et al;     )         
Case No. :  CV-09-8196-PCT-FSM
JUDICIAL REVIEW OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW DELEGATE FLOYD HAND, IVAN H. LEWIS  )     
UPHOLD THE LAW OF THE UNITED STATES  OF AMERICA AND THE TREATY [...]

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By Nina Rehfeld
SEDONA, AZ (November 12, 2009) – In the aftermath of the tragedy at Angel Valley Retreat Center, where an incompetently conducted “sweat lodge” held by Californian self-help guru James Arthur Ray killed three participants, political steps are being taken by several native people across the United States. While local Indians from Arizona are [...]

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By FELICIA FONSECA, Associated Press Writer Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press Writer
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.
Texas resident Beverley Bunn is the first participant in the tragic incident to speak out publicly about the events that led up to the deaths. The 43-year-old tells the AP that by the time the sweat lodge ceremony began, the participants had undergone days [...]

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Sweat lodge deaths investigated as homicides 
CNN) — An investigation into the deaths of two people who spent up to two hours inside a “sweat lodge” at an Arizona retreat last week has been elevated from an accidental death investigation to a homicide inquiry, Yavapai County Sheriff Steve Waugh told reporters Thursday.
Authorities said James Shore, 40, [...]

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