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This is like a dream for the state's rights folks, isn't it? Obviously, states can't do this, because they were not created by treaty, but self-determination is the bedrock upon which state's rights are built, right?
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The move to form an independent nation will focus on property rights in a five-state area where the treaties in question were drawn up. The states include South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana ? areas that the group say have been illegally homesteaded for years despite knowledge of Lakota as the historic owners.
If the U.S. government does not immediately enter into diplomatic negotiations, the group said in a news release, liens will be filed on real-estate transactions across the region -- an action it says could cloud title issues over thousands of square miles of land and property.
The Federalist in me thinks that the Indian Wars just started up again.This is like a dream for the state's rights folks, isn't it? Obviously,... more
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A colorful bunch of balloons inflated to honor a beloved teacher who died of leukemia broke free and traveled more than 900 miles to a South Dakota cornfield.
"The balloons were still full of air," said Michael Beadle, who recently discovered them while deer hunting near Onaka, S.D.
This is actually pretty touching...the teacher's husband recalled how she always wanted to fly.
Did you ever attach a letter to a balloon and let it go, hoping to get a response as a kid? I sure did and actually got one from like 90 miles away or something. Had a pen pal for a while, as lame as that sounds now.A colorful bunch of balloons inflated to honor a beloved teacher who died of leukemia... more
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Shooting guns, throwing rope and checking cows is everyday business to ranch owner Gene Fortune but for city-boy Joe Hanson it's a little different. Joe tries to earn his spurs at the Fortune Ranch in South Dakota in this Joe Gets pod.Shooting guns, throwing rope and checking cows is everyday business to ranch owner... more
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Joe Hanson heads out to the City of Sturgis in South Dakota for the 67th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Can a few leather clad bikers turn Joe into a bona fide biker? Find out in this Joe Gets pod.Joe Hanson heads out to the City of Sturgis in South Dakota for the 67th annual... more
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Racism, poverty, teen suicide on reservations, the derogatory perversion of American Indian names on Minnesota rivers and other locations across the country, and learning respect for the environment from Earth-based cultures were among the topics discussed at a Native American Roundtable held in northern Michigan.
TIP volunteer media advisor Greg Peterson reports on the roundtable.
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Inaugural Grand Island Conference in northern Michigan addressed racism, poverty, teen suicide, derogatory location names, and other issues; Centering prayer, Celtic spiritual issues discussed during Turtle Island Project conference
(Munising, Michigan) - Racism, poverty, teen suicide on reservations, the derogatory perversion of American Indian names on Minnesota rivers and other locations across the country, and learning respect for the environment from Earth-based cultures were among the topics discussed at a Native American Roundtable held Sept 13-15, 2007 in northern Michigan.
Sponsored by the Turtle Island Project, a non-profit based in the Upper Peninsula, the conference was held at the Eden on the Bay Lutheran Church in Munising.
The reasons for a shocking increase in teen suicides at American Indian reservations was discussed including the 600 attempts and 15 deaths over the past two years at the Lakota Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. The discussion included whether media coverage of the suicides would be different if the victims were white teenagers.
The TIP will bring more details on this effort in the near future, however the Rosebud official said the U.S. government has been ignoring requests for addition counselors and the four current counselors badly need help because each has over 100 teen cases.
The TIP believes this is another example of low-income Native Americans being overlook, yet the situation would make national headlines if the deaths were affluent white teens.
"I think one of the main reasons for suicide is loss of identity and hope and with that comes deep despair," said Pat Cornish-Hall, a Munising resident who is just discovering her mother's Native American heritage. I do believe that poverty certainly has an effect on suicide.
Counselor Joni Peffers of Gwinn said the media should report on the trends of teen suicides in their area but not give the individual details of each attempt or death.
"Each suicide should not be publicized for many reasons," said Peffers, owner of Celtic Cove Counseling at K.I. Sawyer.
TIP co-founder Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard said wars across the globe have been started in the name of religion - but that is not the case with Native Americans who fought over the theft of land or hunting rights, never over differences in religious belief.
"Native Americans never started a war over religious ideology," said Rev. Hubbard, TIP director and pastor of Eden on the Bay Lutheran church.
The perversion of the original Native American name of Minnesota's Rum River and similar derogatory names was placed on the agenda at the request of Thomas Dahlheimer, director of the Rum River Name Change Organization Inc. in Wahkon, Minnesota.
Minnesota State Rep. Mike Joros, D-Duluth, recently introduced a bill that would change 14 derogatory geographic place names that are offensive to American Indians.
The Rum River in Minnesota was named by whites referring to alcohol "spirits" instead of the original American Indian name that meant "Great Spirit."
"Two of these derogatory names were changed from the sacred Ojibwe name for their Great Spirit (Manido) to Devil, as was the custom throughout our nation," said Dahlheimer. "Racial hatred was why many geographic site names were changed from Native peoples' names for the Great Spirit to Devil."
Hubbard said one of the goals of the TIP is to "give Native Americans a venue in which their voices can be heard and listened to."
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"Into the Wild" is a story based on the life and events of Christopher McCandless, a college graduate who gave all of his money to charity, packed a bag and went on a hiking and camping adventure in the wilderness.
Emile Hirsch talks about just how close the film is to the path actually taken by Chris.
"Into the Wild" is a story based on the life and events of Christopher... more
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Ryan Paulson responded to an anonymous postcard sent to PostSecret that wondered the need for a phone that never received any calls with similar sentiments and his own phone number which has since been receiving calls from all over the world.Ryan Paulson responded to an anonymous postcard sent to PostSecret that wondered the... more
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Recently, a bill was signed by South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds, banning most abortions. This bill could challenge the Supreme Court's ruling on Roe vs. Wade which in 1973 supported a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy. Here are two voices in the debate.Recently, a bill was signed by South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds, banning most... more
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Rough the wilderness and ride 3173 miles of America's Midwest on VC2 Producer Rob Walters' motorcycle.Rough the wilderness and ride 3173 miles of America's Midwest on VC2 Producer Rob... more
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South Dakota is ground zero in the battle for a women's right to choose. Here are a chorus of voices from the land of Mt. Rushmore.South Dakota is ground zero in the battle for a women's right to choose. Here are... more
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