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Fighting in Sudan's Darfur region displaces 300,000: UN aid chief
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23.5.2013 |
Yahoo: Top Stories |
| By Ulf Laessing OUTSIDE EL FASHER, Sudan (Reuters) - About 300,000 people have fled their homes due to a surge in fighting in Sudan's Darfur region this year and are now living in terrible conditions and short of food, the United Nations aid chief said on Wednesday. The figure is higher than the combined number of displaced people for the past three years. Violence is down from a peak in 2004-2005 but fighting between the army, rebels and rival tribes has increased significantly since January. "Here in the hot sun in summer they've got almost nothing. They still have to walk for water," U.N. ... |
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The PKOLS reclamation: Saturating the land with our stories
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22.5.2013 |
rabble.ca - News for the rest of us |
| Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Building a strong, connected Indigenous Nationhood Movement rests on reclaiming the lands and sacred sites we have been removed from.
On May 22, members of the Tsawout (SȾÁUTW) nation, with support from the Songhees and the other local WSÁNEĆ nations, including Tsartlip (WJOȽEȽP), Pauquachin (BOḰEĆEN), Tseycum (WSIKEM), Malahat (MÁLEXEȽ) and allied supporters from the Greater Victoria community, will lead an action to reclaim the original name of PKOLS, now known as Mount Douglas, in what is now known as Victoria, in what is now known as British Columbia.
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Activist Communique: Power in the name -- the reclaiming of PKOLS (Mount Douglas)
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22.5.2013 |
rabble.ca - News for the rest of us |
| On May 22 at 5 p.m., a powerful renaming ceremony will take place in British Columbia. Name and Blood both hold important power of identity First Nations communities, as many seek to take back both language and landscape.
Indigenous activists and their allies have been working hard on a campaign to reclaim and reinstate the traditional name of the mountain known now as Mount Douglas, and along with it, reclaim the area where the Douglas Treaties were first signed in British Columbia, Canada.
May 22, 2013, at 5 p.m., Mount Douglas will be known as PKOLS.
PKOLS Mountain -- pronounced p'cawls -- according to Indigenous tongue -- is translated into "White Rock" or "White Head".
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PKOLS: First Nations plan Day of Action to reclaim original name of Mount Douglas in Victoria
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21.5.2013 |
rabble.ca - News for the rest of us |
| Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The Indigenous Nationhood Movement "aims to begin the process of decolonization through reoccupying, renaming and reclaiming traditional indigenous territories."
On Wednesday, an important event will take place in Victoria in support of the Indigenous Nationhood Movement, "which aims to begin the process of decolonization through reoccupying, renaming and reclaiming traditional indigenous territories." The following statement was issued by organizers of Wednesday's event to reclaim the original name of Mount Douglas.
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Chiefs Declare Keystone XL Consultation Meeting Invalid, Walk Out on State Department Officials
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20.5.2013 |
Organic Consumers Association News Headlines |
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Elders and chiefs of at least 10 sovereign nations walked out of a meeting with U.S. State Department officials in Rapid City, South Dakota, on Thursday May 16 in which the government was attempting to engage in tribal consultation over the Keystone XL pipeline. Click here to read this article |
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Amalric plays a Frenchman in America in 'Jimmy P'
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20.5.2013 |
Entertainment |
| CANNES, France (AP) — Playing a Freudian analyst helped Mathieu Amalric overcome his fear and loathing of psychotherapy. ... |
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A Native American tale with international pedigree
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18.5.2013 |
Yahoo: Top Stories |
| CANNES, France (AP) — It took an international production starring a Puerto Rican and a Frenchman to bring the Native American tale "Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian" to the big screen. ... |
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House passes Ute tribe land swap
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16.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| Published May 15, 2013 03:28PM MDT
Washington • A land swap between the Ute Indian Tribe and the State of Utah is quickly moving through Congress. The House approved the agreement sponsored by Rep. Rob Bishop on Wednesday and a Senate committee may take it up as soon as Thursday. The legislation would trade the mineral rights to about 20,000 acres within the Hill Creek Extension of the Ute tribe for about 20,000 acres in the oil- and gas-rich northern part of the reservation. “With this legislation we accomplish the goals of prot... ... |
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New secretary lays out agenda for Native Americans
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16.5.2013 |
Yahoo: Top Stories |
| WASHINGTON (AP) — The new Interior Department secretary, Sally Jewell, tells a panel of senators that, in her words, "Indian education is embarrassing." |
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Mass. panel examines revised tribal casino deal
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15.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Latest |
| Mass. panel examines revised tribal casino deal |
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Fed official to attend SD summit on tribal welfare
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15.5.2013 |
Yahoo: US National |
| SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — President Barack Obama's top official on tribal issues was expected to attend a summit this week in South Dakota aimed at sorting out allegations that the state regularly violates federal law by removing American Indian children from their homes and placing them in foster care with non-Indian families. |
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Manitoba First Nations challenge Canada's record at UN
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14.5.2013 |
rabble.ca - News for the rest of us |
| Two weeks ago a delegation from Manitoba traveled to Geneva, Switzerland to urge the United Nations to challenge Canada’s record on the human right to water. Michael Anderson is Research Director with the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak. Michael Anderson speaks with Redeye host Jane Williams.
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Ex-Philippine president leading in race for Manila
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14.5.2013 |
World |
| MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada was leading in the vote-count for mayor of Manila on Tuesday in what could be his first elected post since he was ousted in a 2001 revolt on corruption charges. ... |
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Catalina exhibit illuminates a dark episode in island's past
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13.5.2013 |
LA Times: Science |
'The Strange and Mysterious Case of Dr. Glidden' tells the story of a man who created public entertainment from native inhabitants' bones.
The Catalina Island Museum has opened a window into a dark period of life on the island with an exhibition devoted to a pseudoscientist who looted Native American graves for profit eight decades ago. |
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Will Disney's new Tonto be any better than past efforts?
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12.5.2013 |
Yahoo: Opinion/Editorial |
| The Hollywood image of Tonto once had the Lone Ranger's sidekick wearing a thin headband and lots of dangling fringes. The latest Disney version has a shirtless Johnny Depp adorned with feathers, a face painted white with black stripes, and a stuffed crow on his head. ... |
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This North Dakota Mom, 77, Reared 69 Kids
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11.5.2013 |
Wall St. Journal: Asia |
| Few mothers are likely to get more cards, flowers and phone calls this Sunday than Joyce Dumont. |
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The Powwow begins at Stanford
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11.5.2013 |
San Jose Mercury News: Peninsula |
| The Stanford American Indian Organization kicked off its weekend-long, 42nd annual Stanford Powwow at Stanford University's Eucalyptus Grove on Friday. |
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Eight Wasn't Nearly Enough For One Beloved North Dakota Mom
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11.5.2013 |
Wall St. Journal: Page One |
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This North Dakota Mom, 77, Reared 69 Kids
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11.5.2013 |
Wall St. Journal: Asia |
| Few mothers are likely to get more cards, flowers and phone calls this Sunday than Joyce Dumont. |
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Insight: In eastern Syria oil smugglers benefit from chaos
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10.5.2013 |
World |
| By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) - In Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zor, a network of tribes and smugglers has exploited the chaos of war to create an illicit oil trade that makes European hopes of buying crude from President Bashar al-Assad's opponents a distant prospect. Powerful Sunni Muslim tribes have deployed armed fighters around oil production facilities and pipelines that have fallen under their control and set up smuggling and trade deals, according to sources in the province including rebels, an oil company employee and people with ties to the tribes. ... ... |
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