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	<title>Mother Earth Journal &#187; sovereignty</title>
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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>Hatcheries Are Necessary Tools</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2012/05/09/hatcheries-are-necessary-tools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 17:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salmon hatcheries are under attack by people with very short memories. They have forgotten why many hatcheries were built in the first place. Billy Frank, Jr.]]></description>
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		<title>Yakama Won&#8217;t Let Willamette&#8217;s Toxic Mess Get Swept Under Columbia River Rug</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2012/04/29/yakama-wont-let-willamettes-toxic-mess-get-swept-under-columbia-river-rug/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 01:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Portland Harbor Superfund Site feasibility study by the Lower Willamette Group proposes a range of clean-up options by the parties responsible for the contamination in the Willamette River. The Yakama Nation says it doesn’t go far enough.. ]]></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>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2012/04/22/treaty-rights-recognized-by-the-organization-of-american-states/#comments</comments>
		<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>Squaxin Island Tribe and Cities Strike Deal on Deschutes River Habitat Restoration</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/11/25/squaxin-island-tribe-and-cities-strike-deal-on-deschutes-river-habitat-restoration/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/11/25/squaxin-island-tribe-and-cities-strike-deal-on-deschutes-river-habitat-restoration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Squaxin Island Tribe and the cities of Olympia, Lacey and Yelm in Washington State are establishing the Deschutes Watershed Environmental Stewardship Coalition to focus on on-the-ground habitat restoration projects to jumpstart salmon productivity in the Deschutes River watershed.

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		<title>Shoreline Modifications Contribute to Salmon Loss and Decline in Western Washington</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/10/15/shoreline-modifications-contribute-significantly-to-salmon-loss-and-decline-in-western-washington/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/10/15/shoreline-modifications-contribute-significantly-to-salmon-loss-and-decline-in-western-washington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 17:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Piling on Puget Sound, a three-part series by the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission looks at how shoreline modifications – seawalls, bulkheads, docks, boat ramps and the like that eat up another mile of Puget Sound shoreline every year contribute significantly to the loss and decline of salmon and their habitat.
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		<title>Oil Giant ConocoPhillips Pulls Out of Controversial Amazon Project</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/05/14/oil-giant-conocophillips-pulls-out-of-controversial-amazon-project/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/05/14/oil-giant-conocophillips-pulls-out-of-controversial-amazon-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 15:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global outrage over the risk oil companies pose to the lives of two uncontacted tribes in the northern Peruvian Amazon prompted the U.S. ConocoPhillips to pull out of the controversial oil block.]]></description>
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		<title>Indigenous Peoples of Africa the Focus of Second Congressional Human Rights Meeting</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/05/10/indigenous-peoples-of-africa-the-focus-of-second-congressional-human-rights-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/05/10/indigenous-peoples-of-africa-the-focus-of-second-congressional-human-rights-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 20:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second in a series of unprecedented meetings hosted by the U.S. Congressional Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission will focus solely on the rights of Indigenous Peoples of Africa, just as they emerge into the social consensus of several African states after their very existence was denied for decades. ]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon Indians Protest in London, Judge Blocks Brazil Dam</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/03/02/02-amazon-indians-protest-in-london-judge-blocks-brazil-dam/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/03/02/02-amazon-indians-protest-in-london-judge-blocks-brazil-dam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon protested in London Mar. 2, calling for an end to dams and dam construction that threatens to destroy the lands and lives of thousands of tribal peoples.]]></description>
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		<title>Salmon Defense Creates Billy Frank Endowment Fund for Salmon</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/02/17/salmon-defense-creates-billy-frank-endowment-fund-for-salmon/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/02/17/salmon-defense-creates-billy-frank-endowment-fund-for-salmon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of Billy Frank Jr.’s 80th birthday, Salmon Defense has created the BILLY FRANK ENDOWMENT FOR SALMON. The mission of the trust will be to honor and create permanence and action to the vision and work of Billy Frank Jr.]]></description>
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		<title>Quechan Tribe v. U.S. Department of the Interior</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/01/30/29-enlightening-quechan-v-blm/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/01/30/29-enlightening-quechan-v-blm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 02:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attorney Ryan D. Dreveskracht addresses the storm of inaccurate and misplaced media criticism aimed at the Quechan Tribe for not “supporting” the DOI's approval of a 709-megawatt solar farm, slated for over 6,000 acres of public land in California's Imperial Valley.]]></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>Biopiracy Agreement A Surprise Success</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/11/07/biopiracy-agreement-a-surprise-success/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/11/07/biopiracy-agreement-a-surprise-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 04:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the Nagoya Protocol at COP10, formalizing rules for achieving the fair sharing of benefits from genetic resources. It's considered one of the most important measures ever taken against biopiracy by delegates and NGOs.]]></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>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/09/13/01-bushmen-denied-water-launch-appeal/#comments</comments>
		<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>UN: Thirty-four Colombian tribes face extinction</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/09/10/un-report-thirty-four-colombian-tribes-face-extinction/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/09/10/un-report-thirty-four-colombian-tribes-face-extinction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report from the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees warns at least 34 Colombian tribes face extinction.]]></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>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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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>Yakama blocks Hawaiian garbage destined for ancestral lands</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/08/04/yakama-temporarily-blocks-hawaiian-garbage-destined-for-ancestral-lands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge blocked Hawaii's bid to ship their household garbage to a landfill amid the Yakama Nation's ancestral lands in south central Washington State.]]></description>
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		<title>Is California trampling on tribal rights?</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/07/23/is-california-trampling-tribal-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/07/23/is-california-trampling-tribal-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tribes in California are fighting back against what they call the state's restrictive Marine Life Protection Act, and vow never to stop gathering in their homeland.]]></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>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>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/05/20/2558/#comments</comments>
		<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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		<title>Bolivia: THE PEOPLES AGREEMENT</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/04/24/bolivia-the-peoples-agreement/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/04/24/bolivia-the-peoples-agreement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Peoples Agreement, crafted at the Global People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, April 22 in Cochabamba, Bolivia.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. critical of Botswana’s mistreatment of Bushmen</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/04/08/us-critical-of-botswana-treatment-of-bushmen/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/04/08/us-critical-of-botswana-treatment-of-bushmen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. State Department critical of Botswana for their narrow interpretation of a 2006 High Court ruling that grants Bushmen the right to return to their land and for their banning Bushmen access to their water borehole, needed for survival. Yet Botswana allows Wilderness Safaris to run a tourist lodge with swimming pool in the reserve.]]></description>
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		<title>Opening new water facilities a milestone in journey to Elwha River restoration</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/04/05/elwha-river-restoration-01/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/04/05/elwha-river-restoration-01/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Elwha River restoration and dam removal project on target with the opening of two new water facilities.]]></description>
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		<title>Historic agreements aim to mend Klamath waters divide</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/02/23/historic-agreements-klamath/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A century of water wars and loss of salmon led to an uncommon unity Feb. 18, as 50 stakeholders in the Oregon-California Klamath Basin signed the world's largest river restoration and dam removal agreements. Not all were happy, though.]]></description>
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