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People indigenous to an area before modern colonisation.
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Tribal trial angers animal advocates
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Tribal trial angers animal advocates Print This Email This From the PDN: Photo Gallery This week's Hot Properties By Jim Casey Peninsula Daily News WASHINGTON, D.C. — It's not just the one whale that died off Neah Bay on Sept. 8. It's not even the maximum five whales the Makah propose to kill annually if they receive a waiver from the federal Marine Mammal... more »
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Tribal trial ties whalers to federal sentence terms
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Tribal trial ties whalers to federal sentence terms Print This Email This From the PDN: Photo Gallery This week's Hot Properties By Jim Casey, Peninsula Daily News NEAH BAY — Five men who killed a gray whale on Sept. 8 received deferred prosecution Wednesday from the Makah Tribal Court. All five must abide for a year by conditions that will be set June 30... more »
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may 15, 2008 autumn leaves in cybersapce
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It is raining. I assume the baby ducks are happy, drifting along with the rain drops. So far, I have seen no baby geese. At first, I thought they were late hatching. Now, I wonder if the mommies chose to nest elsewhere this year. We have a heron on our lake. I have seen no baby heron, but I have seen it diving more than normally for... more »
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Dominica rejects legislating intermarriage to save Indigenous identity
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The leader of the last remaining pre-Columbian tribe in the eastern Caribbean says outlawing marriage to outsiders can save Dominica’s dwindling indigenous population, but legislators are balking at deciding who can marry whom. Chief Charles Williams has asked legislators to pass a law requiring that ethnic Kalinagos marry only each other for self-preservation. He... more »
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Smoking ban could hit Detroit’s casinos
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If smoking is banned in Detroit bars, restaurants and workplaces, Betty Gilbert says it will hurt the city’s casinos. Gilbert, who was smoking a cigarette May 9 with members of her bowling team on a sidewalk near Greektown Casino downtown, should know. The 69- year-old from Cape May County, N.J. – who said she usually gambles... more »
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Search resumes for 3 Yakama tribesmen on Columbia
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Local and federal agencies are resuming the search for three missing tribal fishermen missing since their boat capsized in the Columbia River recently. The search had been suspended on May 8 due to bad weather. Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fisheries Enforcement is coordinating the search, which involves four agencies, including the Coast Guard.... more »
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Vandalized statue removed from Spokane park
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A concrete statue of historic Spokane leader Chief Garry in a park that bears his name was so severely damaged by vandals that it crumbled as workers removed it. Spokane art director Karen Mobley says the statue will be replaced by an American Indian-themed sculpture by Northwest artist David Govedare.... more »
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Macy woman sentenced for stabbing on reservation
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A 31-year-old Macy woman has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for second-degree murder in the stabbing death of her boyfriend. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Omaha says Janice Grant acknowledged stabbing 24-year-old Erasmo Porter last July in the chest with a kitchen knife. She had testified that he came toward her in a menacing... more »
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Fort Johnson dig yields historical treasures from many eras
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Archaeologists hadn’t even begun the most recent dig at Fort Johnson near an early 1800s powder magazine when the real find was made out on the beach. Wildlife biologist Daryl Stubbs noticed a large stone chip sticking out of the sand. Then he saw the telltale notches it was man-made, carved by a Native American hunter or fisherman to tie off as a... more »
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to want it, to taste it...
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have you ever wanted something so bad you could taste it... it is just right there and the thought of it..... wanting it... holding it... and the merest thought... just a thought.... lifts you on eagles wings... up so high... way way up there..... just floating on the breeze.... letting the sun hit your face...... more »
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