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Victory for Black Mesa – Judge Pulls Peabody Coal Permit

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 8, 2010 Department of Interior Judge Withdraws Peabody’s Coal-Mining Permit on Black Mesa Reverses 11th Hour Bush Administration Decision Black Mesa, AZ – A Department of Interior Administrative Law Judge withdrew Peabody Coal Company’s Life of Mine permit for operations on Black Mesa, AZ, handing... [Read more of this review]

Dear Jewish Journal

In response to David A. Lehrer’s December 16th piece titled “A Vile Character Performs at the Taper”, I ask those of you who are seeking truths and balance to please visit the Republic of Lakotah website,  which documents the vile past and present genocidal policies of the United States of America. I also encourage those same readers and visitors... [Read more of this review]

The United States Continues to Steal Land from Indians

BILL MEANS With all due respect to Elouise Cobell, lead plaintiff in a recently settled lawsuit over American Indian trust funds (“U.S. to pay Indians $3.4B,” Dec. 9), I think the United States is continuing a policy of “Indians are not humans.” During the course of this long-running, class-action litigation, it has been documented... [Read more of this review]

Cooking the History Books: The Thanksgiving Massacre

Is All That Turkey and Stuffing a Celebration of Genocide? By Laura Elliff, Vice President, Native American Student Association Thanksgiving is a holiday where families gather to share stories, football games are watched on television and a big feast is served. It is also the time of the month when people talk about Native Americans. But does one... [Read more of this review]

Indigenous Rights Leader shot, 2 family members killed in Yukpa territory, Venezuela

On Tuesday, the day after the national government granted more than 40,000 hectares of land to Yukpa indigenous communities in northwestern Venezuela, assassins attacked the community of Yukpa chief and indigenous rights activist Sabino Romero, killing two and injuring at least four. Romero’s son in law, Ever Garcia, and a young,... [Read more of this review]

Police State Won’t Help

In response to the opinion of Senator John Thune (R-Senator SD) dated 10/12/09,  http://www.indianz.com/News/2009/016956.asp … I applaud his recognition of what the governments’ call Native American day and what he believes to truly honor the legacy of the Lakota,  Dakota, and Nakota traditions.  The Senator’s opinion to solving... [Read more of this review]

Blood on the Maple Leaf – Recent killings linked to Canadian Nickel Mine in Guatemala

RECENT KILLINGS LINKED TO CANADIAN-OWNED NICKEL MINE IN GUATEMALA Written by Dawn Paley Thursday, 01 October 2009 Source: The Dominion Two Qeqchi leaders were shot and killed and over a dozen wounded this week near the site of a shuttered nickel mine in Guatemala. The first shooting took place on Sunday, September 27 on land claimed... [Read more of this review]

Violence in the Amazon – 1 dead, dozens injured in Indigenous Protests

Ecuador Support Indigenous Protesters; Stop Government Repression Oct. 2, 2009 Ecuadorian police have attacked peaceful Shuar Indigenous protesters near the town of Macas in the southern Ecuadorian Amazon, leaving at least one Shuar teacher dead. Please join Cultural Survival in condemning this state violence and urge Ecuador’s President Rafael... [Read more of this review]

“Breathing Poison” – Carbon Monoxide in H.U.D. Homes

Public Notice: first reported in November, 2008 In February of this year, a family 140 miles from me contacted me with a deathly ill infant. The doctors and clinic in their community did not identify the actual cause and the family knew I had experience and success in pediatric forensics and pathology. Within three days (as they were referred to a local... [Read more of this review]

Afghanistan: Where Empires Go to Die – by Dahr Jamail

The Median Empire (Cyxares), The Persians (Cyrus the Great), Alexander the Great, the Seleucids (Nicator), the Indo-Greeks (Menand), the Ottomans (Constantine XI), the Mongols (Ghangis Khan), the British & the Soviet Union all met the end of their ambitions in Afghanistan. by: Dahr Jamail, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis On September 7 the Swedish... [Read more of this review]

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