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How Leonard Peltier Could Leave Prison by August 18

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Native Americans, Leonard-Peltier, Federal Parole Commission, Justice, Prison System, Fbi, Politics News
Harvey Wasserman

For a formidable and growing global community of supporters, the prospect of Native American activist Leonard Peltier finally leaving prison inspires a longing that cuts to the depths of the soul.

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When Liberals and Conservatives Are Two Sides of the Same Oppressive Coin

Bruce E. Levine | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Conservatives, Liberals, Attention-Deficity-Hyperactivity-Disorder, Native Americans, Justice, Bigotry, Bruce E. Levine, Politics News
Bruce E. Levine

Conservative-liberal American society is sure of itself. It is sure of which cultures are backwards and which personalities need to be modified.

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Today We All Stand Before Leonard Peltier's Parole Board

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 08.28.2009 | Living

Read More: American Indian Movement, Native Americans, Leonard-Peltier, Barack Obama, Incident at Oglalla, Prison Sentence, My Life Is Sundance, In the Sprit of Crazy Horse, Robert Redford, Living News
Harvey Wasserman

Meditate, pray, march, dance, sing, shout, laugh, cry....do whatever you can to help move this man out of his jail cell and into the open air after 33 hellish years.

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Yoga Levels: Meat Eaters are More Spiritual than Vegetarians

Olivia Rosewood | Posted 08.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Religion, Dalai Lama, Vegetarian, Hunting, Physics, Native Americans, Eckhart Tolle, Meat, Spirituality, Trees, Living News
Olivia Rosewood

Our world is made of different vibrations of pure energy and nothing else. How can it be better to eat one type of vibrating energy than to eat another type of vibrating energy?

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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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Ask Maddisen: What Is a Vision Quest and Why Do One?

Maddisen K. Krown | Posted 07.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Rites of Passage, Vision Quest, Native Americans, Rite of Passage, Ritual, Spirituality, Living News
Maddisen K. Krown

Vision quests are seen as both personal and collective events that are guided and witnessed within the community, and often involve the "quester" spending time alone in nature in search of a personal vision that becomes a vision to support the entire community.

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It's Time for Native Americans to Start Thinking Independent

Tim Giago | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Native Americans, Indian Reservations, Independents, Democrats, Indians, 2010 Elections, Republicans, Indian, Politics News
Tim Giago

The advantages of becoming an Independent are many and the detractions few. It is something I encourage all Native American voters to look into, to thoroughly research, and to openly consider.

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Dick Cheney: The Quintessential Villain of the American West

Nathan Hegedus | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joan Didion, Big Oil, Railroads, Big Coal, Halliburton, George W. Bush, Westerns, Native Americans, Wyoming, Torture, Dick Cheney, Old West, Republicans, Gop, Politics News
Nathan Hegedus

Sadly, in both the Old West and the new West, the big boys in the smoke-filled rooms always need a Dick Cheney.

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Small Successes Come Hard in Battle Against Mascots

Tim Giago | Posted 06.17.2009 | Home

Read More: Indians as Mascots, Native Americans, American Indians, Native American Mascots, Home News
Tim Giago

Our motto has always been and will continue to be, "We are human beings and not mascots for America's fun and games."

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HuffPost Reviews: Bob Dylan - Together Through Life / Playing For Change - Songs Around The World

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Americana, Windham Hill, The Huffington Post, New York City Subway, Bono, Native Americans, Grateful Dead, Donny Herron, Sun Records, Higher Octave, Dublin Ireland, Mark Johnson, David Hildago, Blues Rock, The Buena Vista Social Club, George Recile, Oliver Dahan, Reggae, Six Flags, Carmine Street, Monks, Chess Records, Standing in the Shadows of Motown, The Knitting Factory, Willie Dixon, Playing for Change, Bob Dylan, Blues, Los Angeles, New York, Keb' Mo', Roger Ridley, Hulu, World Music, Jackson Browne, New Age, Robert Hunter, The Band, Mike Campbell, Tony Garnier, Soca, Narada, Himalayan, Bob Dylan Review, Huffpost Review, Music Review, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Together Through Life is a tonic whose pace is moderate, music is organic, lyrics are intelligent, and feel is refreshingly human.

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Open Letter From Native Americans to The American People

Lee Camp | Posted 05.10.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Native Americans, Tent Cities, Comedy News
Lee Camp

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Lift our Indian Reservations out of Poverty

Cheryl Saban | Posted 05.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Native Americans, Poverty, Living News
Cheryl Saban

No matter how we spin it, the "way the West was won," remains a wound in our history that for many, has never properly healed.

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Damn Yankees and Their Pricey New Stadium

Dave Astor | Posted 05.06.2009 | Comedy

Read More: New York Yankees, Frank Robinson, Marie Antoinette, Yankee Stadium, Sitting Bull, Native Americans, Elston Howard, The Sultan of Swat, Triple Crown, Working Class, A-Rod, Babe Ruth, Aig, Georgia on My Mind, Let Them Eat Cake, Unemployment, Mickey Mantle, Interlocking NY, Yankees, Pinstripes, Tomahawk Chop, Reggie Jackson, Bronx Bombers, Souvenir Cups, Taxpayer Subsidies, New York Mets, American League, Luxury Boxes, Ipod, Joe Six-Pack, Baltimore Orioles, The Iron Horse, Beer, Fannie Mae, Alex Rodriguez, Home Runs, Monument Park, Atlanta Braves, Freddie Mac, Ebbets Field, Hot Dogs, Joltin' Joe, Lou Gehrig, Major League Baseball, Mr. October, The Yankee Clipper, The House That Ruth Built, George Steinbrenner, Ray Charles, Brooklyn Dodgers, Joe DiMaggio, Sports, Comedy News
Dave Astor

What's not to like about a sickeningly posh edifice partly funded by massive subsidies from taxpayers who can't afford its ultra-expensive tickets and food?

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Salazar's Comments "An Insult To Indian People": Indian Plaintiff

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ken Salazar, Salazar, Ken Salazar and Interior Department, Salazar Indians, Native Americans, Native American, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The lead plaintiff in a 12-year-old Indian trust case against the U.S. government says she is already frustrated with the Obama adm...

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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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Stimulus: American Indians Could Reap $3 Billion

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stimulus, Stimulus Native Americans, Stimulus American Indians, Native Americans, American Indians, Obama Stimulus, Obama Stimulus Plan, Stimulus Vote, Stimulus Bill, Politics News

WASHINGTON — American Indians stand to gain almost $3 billion as part of the economic stimulus moving through Congress, money that could help so...

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President Obama Must Free Leonard Peltier

Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prison Industry, Native Americans, Leonard Peltier, Obama, Justice, Prison Inmates, Imprisonment, Crime, Prisoners, Fbi, Amnesty International, Criminal Justice, Unfair Sentencing, Criminal Justice System, Political Prisoners, Jail, Prisons, 1970s, Politics News
Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

Imprisoned in the late 1970s for allegedly murdering two FBI agents, Leonard Peltier has never been given a fair trial.

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An Open Letter to George W. Bush

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Mccain Abramoff, George Bush, Pardons, John McCain, Jack Abramoff, American Indians, Criminal Activity, Crime, Native Americans, Mccain Jack Abramoff, McCain Abramoff, Pulitzer Prize, Abramoff, Presidential Pardons, Abramoff Scandal, Jack Abramoff Scandal, Bush Pardons, George Bush Pardons, Politics News
Gary S. Chafetz

After conducting an investigation, I concluded that Jack Abramoff did not defraud his tribal clients, did not bribe any elected or appointed federal officials, and did not corrupt the political process.

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A Journey to Heal and Forgive

Tim Giago | Posted 02.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Indian Boarding Schools, Catholics, Catholic Church, Exposes, Kevin Gover, American Indians, Catholicism, Books, Secretary of the Interior, Native Americans, Catholic, Indian Mission Boarding Schools, Religion, Living News
Tim Giago

I urge every Native American that has ever felt the repercussions of the boarding school experience to go to info@whitebison.org and find out about the CD, The Road to Wellbriety.

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Native America and Green Jobs: Spring Wind Rising from Sand Creek

Jeff Biggers | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Dirty Coal, Environment, Green Jobs, Winona LaDuke, Indian Reservations, Wind, Department of Interior, Native Americans, Fossil Fuels, Solar, Department of Energy, Green Recovery, Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Recognizing that poverty rates on reservations are twice the national average, Native groups called for support to "operate a new crop of renewable electricity generating infrastructure."

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Why Raul Grijalva Matters at Interior: Black Mesa Nightmare Redux

Jeff Biggers | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dirty Coal, Dine, Obama Cabinet, Coal, Raul Grijalva, Department of the Interior, Hopi, Environment, Environmental Protection, Big Coal, Native Americans, Navajo, Green, Strip Mining, Arizona, Barack Obama Transition, Politics News
Jeff Biggers

For the sake of a balanced approached to mining, indigenous rights, and environmental concerns, let's hope U.S. Representative Raul Grijalva takes the reins at the Department of the Interior.

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Chief Illiniwek Rally Planned

AP | Posted 11.30.2008 | Chicago

Read More: University of Illinois, Native Americans, Chief Illiniwek University of Illinois Rally, Chief Illiniwek, U of I Chief Illiniwek Rally, Chicago News

A University of Illinois student group plans to hold a Chief Illiniwek rally at the Assembly Hall on campus next month. Students for Chief Illiniwek ...

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Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

Tim Giago | Posted 11.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Native Americans, Tim Johnson, Native Americans Unemployment, Unemployment, South Dakota, Unemployment Rate, South Dakota Unemployment, Benjamin Disraeli, Politics News
Tim Giago

The Bureau of Labor Statistics sent out a press release touting South Dakota as having the lowest unemployment rates in the Nation. This statement qualifies as a lie -- a damned lie.

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Forming a Native American Party

Tim Giago | Posted 11.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Native Americans, 2008 Election, Voting, Living News
Tim Giago

Most Native Americans join the party they believe can bring them the basic services they have earned through treaties, but are too often forced to hold out their hats for the few goodies that come to them.

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A Governor is a Governor Isn't a Governor: Palin's 2006 Campaign From the Ground

Eliot Schrefer | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Native Americans, John McCain, Alaska, 2008 Election, Eyewitness, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Eliot Schrefer

Over 40% of Alaskans live in Anchorage. You win the state by winning a city, and not even a large one (it's got one Barnes & Noble -- one of the state's two).

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