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	<description>Mother Earth Journal &#124; Environmental journalism &#124; Terri Hansen reporting: Environment &#124; Science &#38;  Traditional Knowledge &#124; Climate, Sustainability &#38; Adaptation &#124; Environmental Health. For complete environmental coverage read This Week From Indian Country or visit Indian Country Today Media Network</description>
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		<title>TREATY RIGHTS RECOGNIZED BY THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2012/04/22/treaty-rights-recognized-by-the-organization-of-american-states/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 20th, a historic consensus decision adopting strong language on Treaty Rights was taken by the States attending the 14th session of negotiations for the proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Washington DC.  The proposed Declaration has been under negotiation by Indigenous Peoples and the 35 member States of the Organization of American States since 1995.]]></description>
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		<title>Heed Ecological Insights of Tribal Peoples in Global Decisions at the COP17</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/11/29/heed-ecological-knowledge-and-insights-of-tribal-peoples-in-global-decisions-at-un-cop17-climate-summit/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/11/29/heed-ecological-knowledge-and-insights-of-tribal-peoples-in-global-decisions-at-un-cop17-climate-summit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the United Nation’s Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP17) conference begins in Durban, South Africa, Indigenous advocacy group Survival International is calling for global decisions concerning climate change heed traditional ecological knowledge and insights of tribal peoples.]]></description>
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		<title>After Paddle to Swinomish, Squaxin Island Prepares to Welcome 2012 Canoes</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/08/15/after-paddle-to-swinomish-squaxin-island-prepares-to-welcome-2012-canoes/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/08/15/after-paddle-to-swinomish-squaxin-island-prepares-to-welcome-2012-canoes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Paddle to Swinomish concluded July 31 with songs from the Swinomish host tribe, and Squaxin Island, next year's host tribe. ]]></description>
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		<title>Drug Traffickers Overrun Guard Post Set Up to Protect Uncontacted Amazon Indians</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/08/15/drug-traffickers-overrun-guard-post-set-up-to-protect-uncontacted-amazon-indians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 04:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Brazilian guard post protecting Indians who have never had any contact with others and who were filmed for the first time from the air earlier this year has been over-run, and ransacked by heavily-armed suspected drug-traffickers.]]></description>
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		<title>Native American Journalists Association Honor Excellence in Journalism at Florida Conference</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/07/17/native-american-journalists-association-honor-excellence-in-journalism-in-florida/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/07/17/native-american-journalists-association-honor-excellence-in-journalism-in-florida/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 23:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAJA honored journalists with their Excellence in Native Media Awards July 16, in Miami. And this year, two individuals were selected for their highest honors.]]></description>
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		<title>Tour operators oppose human safaris</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/07/12/tour-operators-oppose-human-safaris/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/07/12/tour-operators-oppose-human-safaris/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Association of Tour Operators in India’s Andaman islands has come out in support of Survival’s call for tourists to stop using the illegal road that cuts through the forests of the recently contacted Jarawa tribe.]]></description>
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		<title>Protecting Mother Earth Gathering in North Dakota July 28-31</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/07/08/protecting-mother-earth-gathering-in-north-dakota-july-28-31/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/07/08/protecting-mother-earth-gathering-in-north-dakota-july-28-31/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Water, Energy, Climate, and the Importance of Health &#038; and Culture” theme fits the situation of Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation community hosts. An oil boom has created social, economic, environmental, and cultural changes for which they were unprepared. ]]></description>
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		<title>Elwha Dams Power Off, Making Way to Restore Legendary Salmon Runs</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/06/02/elwha-dams-power-off-making-way-to-restore-legendary-salmon-runs/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/06/02/elwha-dams-power-off-making-way-to-restore-legendary-salmon-runs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 22:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a decades-long effort to restore a healthy, free-flowing Elwha River, the hydropower generators at the river's two dams, were turned off Wednesday in preparation for dam removal this September. The dams supplied hydroelectric power for nearly a century.]]></description>
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		<title>Who Merits Wikipedia? Twice Deleted Native American Journalists Association Wants to Know</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/04/19/what-merits-inclusion-in-wikipedia-twice-deleted-native-american-journalists-association-wants-to-know/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/04/19/what-merits-inclusion-in-wikipedia-twice-deleted-native-american-journalists-association-wants-to-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wikipedia celebrated its tenth anniversary in January. That same month, Wikipedia administrators deleted the entry for the Native American Journalists Association. For the second time.]]></description>
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		<title>Wisdom of the Elders&#8217; Fourth Series to Focus on Climate Change in the Northwest</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/04/08/wisdom-of-the-elders-fourth-series-to-focus-on-climate-change-in-the-northwest/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/04/08/wisdom-of-the-elders-fourth-series-to-focus-on-climate-change-in-the-northwest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 03:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wisdom of the Elders' latest oral history, cultural arts and environmental science series will feature Northwest tribes strengthening sustainable ecosystems in the midst of unprecedented environmental degradation and climate change.]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon Tribe Losing Fish, Vital to Diet and Culture to Dam Construction</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/03/29/amazon-tribe-losing-fish-vital-to-diet-and-culture-to-dam-construction/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/03/29/amazon-tribe-losing-fish-vital-to-diet-and-culture-to-dam-construction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dam construction in Brazil's Jurena river basin is decimating fish populations the fish eating Enawene Nawe tribe need for life. Last year's plunging fish populations forced a dam construction company to buy farmed fish to keep tribal members from starving.]]></description>
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		<title>Aerial Footage of Threatened Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Released</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/02/06/3-aerial-footage-of-threatened-uncontacted-amazon-tribe-released/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/02/06/3-aerial-footage-of-threatened-uncontacted-amazon-tribe-released/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New film footage shows uncontacted Indians on the Brazil-Peru border in the first-ever aerial footage of an uncontacted community."I hope they can be left alone," said narrator Gillian Anderson. "But that will only happen if the loggers are stopped."]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Country Conservancy to Restore Native Lands in Oregon</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/12/28/28-indian-country-conservancy-restores-native-lands/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/12/28/28-indian-country-conservancy-restores-native-lands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indian Country Conservancy reacquires conservation and cultural lands to help rebuild Native nations and make Indian country whole again, and is negotiating return of extraordinary lands to tribes in Oregon.]]></description>
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		<title>Pacific Island Nation Kiribati to Close 150,000 Square Miles to Fishing</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/09/17/17-pacific-island-nation-of-kiribati-to-close-150000-sq-miles-to-fishing/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/09/17/17-pacific-island-nation-of-kiribati-to-close-150000-sq-miles-to-fishing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Threatened by rising sea levels, Kiribati is closing 150,000 square miles of their territory to fishing. By doing so they're sending a message to the world: We need to make sacrifices to provide a future for our children and grandchildren.]]></description>
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		<title>Bushmen denied water, launch appeal</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/09/13/01-bushmen-denied-water-launch-appeal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Africa's High Court denies Bushmen their right to a well on their lands inside the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, while Botswana's president describes their way of life as 'an archaic fantasy.']]></description>
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		<title>Native American scientist discovers ancient stress hormone that may help save the Pacific lamprey</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/08/17/16-native-american-scientist-discovers-ancient-stress-hormone-that-may-help-save-the-pacific-lamprey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The identification of the stress hormone in this pre-historic fish also provides insight to evolutionary science about the development of stress hormones.]]></description>
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		<title>NAJA’s 2010 Media Awards – Indian Country Today wins six</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/08/11/najas-2010-media-awards-indian-country-today-winner-of-six/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Native American Journalists Association honors the year's best journalism with their 2010 Media Awards. ]]></description>
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		<title>Athabascan, other groups appeal DNR’s approval of coal exploration in Alaska’s Wishbone Hills</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/08/07/06-athabascan-appeal-dnr%e2%80%99s-approval-of-coal-exploration-alaska/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/08/07/06-athabascan-appeal-dnr%e2%80%99s-approval-of-coal-exploration-alaska/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Athabaskan Tribe filed an appeal against the Alaska DNR's approval of coal exploration on lands and salmon habitat they and USFWS have invested $1,000,000 and thousands of man hours in restoring after destruction from previous coal mining, among other charges.]]></description>
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		<title>Canoe Journey&#8217;s successful end celebrated among Northwest Coast tribes</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/08/03/canoe-journeys-successful-end-celebrated-among-northwest-coast-tribes/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/08/03/canoe-journeys-successful-end-celebrated-among-northwest-coast-tribes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of Native paddlers arrive in Neah Bay, Wash., and are welcomed by the Makah after ocean voyages of weeks for those from Alaska and Canada. ]]></description>
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		<title>Iroquois Nationals salute FIL World Lacrosse Championships</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/07/22/iroquois-nationals-salute-fil-world-lacrosse-championships/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/07/22/iroquois-nationals-salute-fil-world-lacrosse-championships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse team salutes the Federation of International Lacrosse, their leadership, the coaches, staff and support groups, and the players, who carry on the honor of their nations and the spirit of this game.]]></description>
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		<title>England says &#8220;no&#8221; to Iroquois Nationals on travel waiver</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/07/17/england-says-no-to-iroquois-nationals-on-travel-waiver/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/07/17/england-says-no-to-iroquois-nationals-on-travel-waiver/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oren R. Lyons, honorary chairman of the Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse team expresses disappointment that their talented team could not travel to compete in the world championships on their Haudenosaunee passports - essential, like the game of lacrosse invented by their ancestors, to their identity as a sovereign people making their way in the world community. ]]></description>
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		<title>Iroquois Nationals have not withdrawn from championships</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/07/17/iroquois-nationals-have-not-withdrawn-from-championships/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/07/17/iroquois-nationals-have-not-withdrawn-from-championships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse Team has not withdrawn from the 2010 Federation of Lacrosse World Championships. The team is ready to depart once the United Kingdom issues their clearance to travel.]]></description>
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		<title>Klamath Restoration Begins</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/07/15/klamath-restoration-begins-2/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/07/15/klamath-restoration-begins-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal agencies initiate environmental review of plan to restore rivers, farms, and communities of the Klamath Basin. By Craig Tucker.]]></description>
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		<title>Iroquois Nationals still waiting for British officals to review applications for entry</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/07/14/16iroquois-nationals-still-waiting-for-british-officals-to-review-applications/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/07/14/16iroquois-nationals-still-waiting-for-british-officals-to-review-applications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team continues to work through diplomatic channels to try to resolve issues with the British Consulate to allow the team to travel and compete for the 2010 World Lacrosse Championships. By Valerie Taliman.]]></description>
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		<title>Passport fiasco creates critical delay for Iroquois lacrosse team bound for World Games</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/07/12/iroquois-lacross-team-delay-for-world-games/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/07/12/iroquois-lacross-team-delay-for-world-games/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Iroquois team is competing in the World Lacrosse Championships in England - the “Olympics” of lacrosse. But after 20 years traveling on Iroquois Confederacy passports, the State Department and Dept. of Homeland Security suddenly want to approve their clearance through U.S. Immigration, causing the team considerable worry that any delay will cost them the win. By Valerie Taliman.]]></description>
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		<title>California’s Marine Life Protected Areas process scapegoating native cultures, tribal members say</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/06/30/californias-marine-life-protected-areas-process-scapegoating-native-cultures/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/06/30/californias-marine-life-protected-areas-process-scapegoating-native-cultures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tribal members and the Coastal Justice Coalition say Marine Life Protected Act Initiative would allow for deep water drilling but ban tribal gathering. They want tribal rights and uses deemed outside the scope of the state's authority and the initiative process.]]></description>
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		<title>Founder of Turtle Lodge to open G8 World Religions Summit</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/06/19/founder-of-turtle-lodge-to-open-g8/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/06/19/founder-of-turtle-lodge-to-open-g8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anishnabe elder and spiritual leader Dave Courchene calls on citizens to honor water and Mother Earth.]]></description>
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		<title>Alaska welcomes home Native art for exhibition from Smithsonian museums</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/05/26/alaska-welcomes-home-native-art-for-exhibition-from-smithsonian-museums/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/05/26/alaska-welcomes-home-native-art-for-exhibition-from-smithsonian-museums/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 18:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 600 objects, including art and clothing made by Alaskan indigenous people more than 100 years ago, go on display at the Anchorage Museum.]]></description>
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		<title>Karuk Tribe, conservation groups sue Six Rivers National Forest to protect sacred sites</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/05/23/karuk-tribe-conservation-groups-sue-six-rivers-national-forest-to-protect-sacred-sites/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/05/23/karuk-tribe-conservation-groups-sue-six-rivers-national-forest-to-protect-sacred-sites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 13:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Groups charge that Forest Supervisor Tyrone Kelley ignored community and federal laws, and his own proposed plan in directing his crews to log with heavy equipment areas sacred to the Karuk.]]></description>
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		<title>International Funders for Indigenous Peoples celebrates 10 years of growing philanthropy</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/05/20/2558/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 18:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 9th IFIP conference opened with traditional indigenous blessings by local elder and councilor Levi Martin, on breathtaking Tin Wis Beach, the ancestral homelands of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation.]]></description>
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