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Obama To Native Americans: "You Will Not Be Forgotten"

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Native Americans Summit, American Indians, Cherokee Nation, Tribal Leaders, Domestic Policy Council, Native Americans, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Kimberly Teehee, Indian Health Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Reservations, Indians, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Obama Native Americans, National Congress of American Indians, Dr. Yevette Roubideaux, Barack Obama Campaign Promise, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama assured American Indians on Thursday that they have a place in his White House and on his agenda, telling tr...

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They Could Not Kill the Spirituality of the Lakota

Tim Giago | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Chief Little Wound, Lakota Religion, Native Americans, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indians, South Dakota, World News
Tim Giago

The spirituality of the Lakota nearly died after a summer night in 1939, pushed to a waiting grave by the Christian ministers urging the federal government to end the Sundance and other Lakota rituals.

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The Fraud of Honest-Services Fraud

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mortgage Brokers, Tribal Casinos, Salvatore DiMasi, Michael Scanlon, Lawyers, John McCain, Jack Abramoff, Referral Fee, Lobbying, Congressional Record, Quid Pro Quo, Antonin Scalia, Native Americans, Bribery, Suborning Perjury, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Plea Deal, Kickback Scheme, Orthopedic Surgeons, Public Relations, Tom Delay, Honest-Services Fraud, Title Insurance, Constitutional Law Professors, Defense Attorneys, Politics News
Gary S. Chafetz

Essentially, honest-services fraud makes prosecutors omnipotent, because they can charge anybody they want with a federal felony.

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Indigeous People Ask: "Where is the Outrage?"

Tim Giago | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elsie Boudreau, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Alaskans, Catholic Church, Jesuit Priests, Native Americans, Indian Affairs Committee Report, Diocese of San Diego, Alaska, Native American, Sexual Abuse, Indian Mission Boarding Schools, Jesuits, Oregon, Politics News
Tim Giago

When the victims of these heinous crimes were white, the horror was on every front page of every major newspaper and on the prime time news of every television station in America.

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