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Friday November 11th, 2011 8am to 5pm

I was reading Fox News today (usually check out all the news sources) and came across an article titled:

William Shatner disses ‘Star Wars,’ says ‘Star Trek’ is better: Who wins the intergalactic debate?

In this article, he goes on to say that George Lucas borrowed everything from Star Trek. He even says the new Star Trek movie by JJ Abrams has better special effects than Star Wars. He also says Star Trek has a better story line. He... - [Read more]

Amnesty International USA Press Statement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Thursday, July 14, 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA WELCOMES SENATE OVERSIGHT HEARING ON PROTECTING NATIVE AMERICAN AND ALASKA NATIVE WOMEN
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The U.S. Congress must prioritize ending sexual violence
against Native women, says Amnesty International

Contact: Wende Gozan Brown at 212-633-4247 , [email protected]

(Washington, D.C.) Today, in... - [Read more]

Dear Readers,

As you know I posted a note on the right side of this page, which I have now edited, because of some concerns about management problems with the shelter. In light of what has been happening, I felt I could not responsibly continue to ask you for monetary donations for the shelter (material donations are always fine). This is the response of a member of the SD Coalition who has been working with the shelter. I am glad my post caused the board to respond to my concerns.... - [Read more]

Nominations Invited for Mario Savio Young Activist Award

Housed at the Tides Foundation, the Mario Savio Memorial Lecture Fund and Young Activist Award is accepting nominations for the annual Mario Savio Young Activist Award. This award honors the late Mario Savio (1942-1996), who came to national prominence as a spokesperson for the Berkeley Free Speech Movement in 1964.

Nominees should be between the ages of 16 and 26; engaged in activism for social change related to... - [Read more]

Well, better late than never.

Here are a couple of things to be aware of.

Tuesday, April 19, Frontline will be airing their investigation into Catholic Church abuses of Native Alaskan children. From the press release:

FRONTLINE reveals a little-known chapter of the Catholic Church sex abuse story: decades of abuse of Native... - [Read more]

Heres a press release by Lonny Pennycord from White Bison Inc. on the Journey for Forgiveness. It introduces the video, which follows.

In May 2009, the White Bison Inc. did the Journey for Forgiveness starting at the Chemawa Indian Boarding School, which had just celebrated its 130 year history, going through the USA to 25 boarding schools doing ceremonies and giving elders who were survivors of these various schools a chance to speak up about what happened to them... - [Read more]

I heard this story on NPR as I was waking up this morning. Huge.

This is an excerpt from the New York Times:

SEATTLE — A Roman Catholic religious order in the Northwest has agreed to pay $166 million to more than 500 victims of sexual abuse, many of whom are American Indians and Alaska Natives who were abused decades ago at Indian boarding schools and in remote villages, lawyers for the plaintiffs said Friday.

The settlement, with the Oregon... - [Read more]

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