Peltier could be victim of FBI frame
TORONTO SUN
By Peter Worthington -- Sun Media Newspapers
In a gesture unprecedented in its 79-year history, the FBI authorized several hundred agents to march around the White House 10 days before Christmas to protest possible clemency by President Bill Clinton for Leonard Peltier.
To some, this unusual act indicates how close Clinton may be to granting executive clemency early in the new year -- something he has promised to consider.
The FBI is almost pathologically determined that Peltier never be freed and its protest underlines both the oddity of this case and the intensity of feelings.
A Sioux-Ojibwa Indian, Peltier was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for the deaths of two FBI agents during violence on South Dakota's Pine Ridge reserve.
Peltier has never denied joining the firefight that erupted June 26, 1975, but denies killing agents Ron Williams and Jack Coler at point blank range.
I've fretted about the case ever since it turned out Peltier was extradited from Canada on the basis of perjured affidavits by Myrtle Poor Bear, claiming she was Peltier's girlfriend and had witnessed him kill the agents.
In fact, she didn't know Peltier, had seen nothing and had never been to the area. Three contradictory affidavits were composed by the FBI and dictated to Poor Bear under threats of vengeance.
The deeper one probes into the case, the more it seems the FBI framed Peltier and withheld evidence....READ THE ARTICLE...
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Modern `wisdom' catches up to age-old  Indian teaching
DULUTH NEWS
     I read in the newspaper a few days ago that religious leaders are worried because the world is being choked off by pollution, acid rain, depletion of our natural resources, etc., and they have gotten together to make sure that something is done about it before it is too late....
     ...Kudos to those religious leaders who have taken the initiative to go so far as to bring this up. Finally someone is listening!
     Indian spiritual men -- our religious leaders -- have been talking about this for centuries, but no one has listened to their pleas. Indians have warned of the destruction of the world through prophecies, visions, presentations, etc. Some of our spiritual leaders, elders and medicine men have testified to the United Nations that our world's natural resources that provide food, water and oxygen to the world's people are being severely damaged by the pollution of and destruction of the rain forests and water supplies...READ THE ARTICLE...

Reservation rule: Tulalip tribes get ready to take over their jurisdiction,
HERALD
TULALIP -- Within a year, tribal police on the Tulalip Indian Reservation will wield twice the power they do now.
A recently approved agreement allows the tribal police to more than double in size and start handling criminal calls, beginning in November.
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Tribes, county disagree on caliber of protection

Charity Scams Making Big Business Out of Native American Poverty
COLORLINES
As Christmas season approaches, charities are gearing up for a holiday
push in fundraising and American households will soon be bombarded withdirect mail and telephone solicitations asking them to donate dollars tovarious causes. But donors should be wary of a growing number of
charities that purport to alleviate poverty in Native American
communities but that instead use donated funds to stuff their own
stockings.  READ THE ARTICLE...

Related web sites:
American Institute of Philanthropy
National Charities Information Bureau
Philanthropic Research Inc.

Deposits of ore, danger: Tribe seeks redress of illnesses tied to 'uranium homes'
BOSTON GLOBE
AK SPRINGS, Ariz. - On sandstone-layered hills overlooking this Navajo community in northeast Arizona, chunks of blown-apart rock cover the ground and shelter the small lizards hiding from hawks in the desert sky.
     Below the hills are Navajo homes made of the same rocks, but all the homes are abandoned. The Navajo call these structures ''uranium homes,'' because they are made of uranium-ore waste rock blasted from the hills....READ THE ARTICLE...

Where the Buffalo Roam, a Controversy Over  Meat
TIMES
 While many ranchers pen bison in feedlots before slaughter, free-range 
advocates hope to create market for steaks with sass....READ THE ARTICLE... 

New Century, Same as the Old Century: The Ten Worst Corporations of 2000
CORP FOCUS
Self-regulation is all the rage in Washington, D.C. these days.
Responsible corporations, perhaps working in conjunction with government, can band together to devise standards of ethical conduct that will protect people and the planet, without unnecessary costs -- that's the line among a wide array of beltway players. And with Christine Todd Whitman anointed to head up the Environmental Protection Agency, it's going to become even more faddish.
There's one problem with the self-regulation theory: it doesn't work....
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Election time is correction time
ICT
The U.S. Supreme Court fell back on one of its oldest Indian tricks when it ruled that the Florida election results were flawed and unreliable - but too bad, the damage has been done and no time to fix it now, not if the timetable for the Electoral College is going to be met.
In other words, legally we would like to count your vote, but politically we just do not have the time.
In Indian Country, we know all about court-acknowledged wrongs without a remedy. The Black Hills were found in court to have been taken from us in violation of every national law or treaty ever drafted, but they couldn¹t be given back because too much time has passed. Numerous
tribes have been deprived of lawfully protected water rights, only to find in court that it would be too complex and costly to determine any compensation for lost resources....READ THE ARTICLE...

Chiapas:The Acteal Massacre, Three years  later
CPTNet
Scars take time to heal...READ THE ARTICLE...

TODAY IN HISTORY December 28  . {EXCERPTED FROMOn This Date In North American Indian History By Phil Konstantin} . 1835: 2nd SEMINOLE War: Wiley Thompson, SEMINOLE Agent, Lt.Constantine Smyth, and Erastus Rogers, are killed by anti-removal SEMINOLEs at Fort King, near present day Ocala in the northcentral part of Florida. Major Francis L.Dade's company of troops are marching from Fort Brooke on Tampa Bay, to Fort King. Near the Little Withlacoochee River, near present day Bushnell. They will be attacked by 180 SEMINOLEs. Of a total of 112 soldiers, only 3 will survive. Chief Micanopy is credited by many as firing the first shot which killed Major Dade. Chief Jumper killed Dade's adjutant. Only 3 SEMINOLEs will be killed. Osceola led the SEMINOLEs on several skirmishes this day. Today will be considered the start of the Second SEMINOLE War by the U.S. Army.  . 1874: Captain A.S.B.Keyes, and troop I, Tenth Cavalry, have been following a group of Southern Cheyenne for 80 miles. Today, on the Canadian River, in Texas, the entire group of 52 Indians, and 70 horses, surrenders, according to Army records.  . .1890 As the leader of the Miniconjou band massacred at             Wounded Knee Creek on December 29, 1890, Big Foot             haunts the history of the American West, an image of             brutal death "drawn," as N. Scott Momaday has             written, "in ancient light."             Big Foot and his people lived on the Cheyenne River   Reservation in present-day South Dakota and were             among the most enthusiastic believers in the Ghost             Dance ceremony when it arrived among the Lakota in             the spring of 1890. The hunger and misery that had             followed the final break-up of their great reservation in             1889 made the Lakota keenly receptive to the Ghost             Dance message of messianic renewal, and the             movement swept rapidly through their encampments,             causing local Indian Agents to react with alarm. Some             effectively suppressed the dancers, others called for            troops to restore order.             At the Standing Rock reservation, where Sitting Bull             was suspected of encouraging the Ghost Dance in order             to provoke an uprising, the crisis led to bloodshed when             Indian police sent to arrest the aging holy man killed             him in a confrontation with his followers. Fearful of             reprisals, many from Sitting Bull's band fled south,             where they found a haven with Big Foot.             Big Foot decided to lead his people away from the             possibility of further violence at neighboring Standing             Rock and headed farther south toward the reservation             at Pine Ridge, hoping to find safety there. Increasingly             ill with pneumonia, he had no intention of fighting and             was flying a white flag when soldiers patrolling for             roving bands caught up with him on December 28,             1890. That night Big Foot and his people camped near           Wounded Knee Creek, surrounded on all sides by             soldiers...excerpted from HERE "North American Indian Regional Losses, 1850-1890" . 1890 ARGUS LEADER PHOTO GALLERY Related News:  Big Foot Ride: Riders remember, honor culture on trek's longest day Big Foot Ride: Journey returns history to family  Big Foot Ride: 'This might be the last ride' Big Foot Ride: Young Lakota riders draw strength from history Big Foot Ride : Warm coffee on trail replaces glitter of Christmas Big Foot Ride : Big Foot ride's spiritual side wanes, some contend Big Foot Ride : Trek gathers momentum as riders near Wounded Knee THIS WEEK'S COMPLETE LISTING HERE...

PELTIER COVERAGE a railroad job is a railroad job -  once the destination has been predetermined, the process becomes one  of simply laying down the tracks so that the train can get to the  predetermined place it was meant to go ..Interlochen..a Peltier supporter Waiting for an old acquaintance, DEC25 LIST OF 62 GRANTED CLEMENCY Peltier not among pardons   http://web.northscape.com/ AP  WASHINGTON -- President Clinton was making decisions on Friday about granting clemency to some of the scores of convicted Americans seeking presidential pardons or lighter punishment, but did not mention American Indian activist Leonard Peltier, convicted 25 years ago in North Dakota for killing two FBI agents. ... ...A spokesman said the president was expected to make more clemency announcements before Jan. 20.   READ THE ARTICLE...   Clinton To Act on Clemency Requests, Peltier backers wait, hope for presidential pardon PA Attorney General Fisher Urges President Clinton to Deny ClemencyTo Convicted LPDC Web site updates LPDC Web Site Update..Dec 22 http://www.freepeltier.org/ The following audio clips recorded from the "NYC Leonard Peltier Walk and Rally for Freedom" are available from the main page of the LPDC web site: Jennifer Harbury, Peltier Attorney and Human Rights Activist [6:32] http://www.freepeltier.org/jenniferharbury.mp3 Ramsey Clark, Former U.S. Attorney General [5:55] http://www.freepeltier.org/ramseyclark.mp3   Dec 19 Current and Past Supporters of Clemency for Leonard Peltier Click here for complete listing in PDF format {translated for the PDF challenged here} Letter from Congressman Don Edwards, Former FBI Agent PDF Format Letter from NCAI PDF Format Letter signed by World Renowned Human Rights Leaders PDF format {translated for the PDF challenged here} Go to More Support Statements SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS -=<+>=-ARTICLES-=<+>=- Clemency for Peltier Likely to Fail..Dec 21  By ERIC LICHTBLAU,  Times Staff Writer   Pleas: Clinton is leaning toward rejecting a pardon for the killer of two FBI agents, officials say. Case underscores the rift between the president and Freeh. READ THE STORY... URGENT NOTICE: FROM THE LPDC Letter to the Editor/Peltier..Catherine Davids Dec 20 Ottawa Sun - Editorial - Clemency Dec 19 FBI marching same as Uniformed Soldiers protesting  Reconciliation with Viet Nam...Interlochen  Dec 18 The FBI [active and retired] in truth marched in opposition to the  War on American Indians coming to an end with the release of one the POW's, Leonard. Since when do the "soldiers" dictate to  the "leaders"? READ THE ARTICLE... Clemency: Letter.....urgent..Bonnie Winona Dec 18 Extradition based on false evidence, Peltier inquiry says  PREVIOUS ARTICLES

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PRESS RELEASE: Oneida Indian Territory Residents Oppose Evictions
TRIBAL COURT DATE SET
DECEMBER 28/2000 @3:00 pm
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