World-News

By Valerie Taliman

A groundbreaking report examining the roots of Christian domination over indigenous peoples and their lands was released this week at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25378.htm
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http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/6302810/
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MSNBC

12/27/09

Native American tribes tired of waiting for the U.S. government to honor centuries-old treaties are buying back land where their ancestors lived and putting it in federal trust. Native Americans say the purchases will help protect their culture and way of life by preserving burial grounds and areas where sacred rituals are held. They also provide land for farming, timber and other efforts to make the tribes self-sustaining...

http://tinyurl.com/yh7bsuc


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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http://exopoliticsnews.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/first-nations-praises-barack-obama-commitment-to-mental-discipline/
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Indigenous Activists March on U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen Urging Obama to "Stop the U.S. Energy Industry's War on Native Peoples and Lands".

http://www.commondreams.org/video/2009/12/10-1
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