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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>Interviewees Sought for Climate Change Project on Flathead Reservation</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2012/01/29/interviewees-sought-for-climate-change-project-on-flathead-reservation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A pilot project by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Forestry Department, Rocky Mountain Research Station, and University of Leeds (UK) aims to develop understanding to support forest planning to address climate change uncertainty on the Flathead Indian Reservation. 
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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>Upcoming Report: Environmental Impacts of Oregon/Washington&#8217;s Planned Columbia River Crossing</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/03/27/upcoming-report-environmental-impacts-of-portlands-planned-columbia-river-crossing/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/03/27/upcoming-report-environmental-impacts-of-portlands-planned-columbia-river-crossing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 04:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cascadia Times, a magazine of investigative journalism in the Cascadia Bioregion and the 2005 recipient of the John B. Oakes Award for the nation’s most distinguished environmental journalism, is publishing its investigation of the environmental impacts of the Columbia River Crossing. Watch for it this Earth Day.
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		<title>Suquamish Teens Participate in Climate Change Summit</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/03/19/suquamish-teens-participate-in-climate-change-summit/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/03/19/suquamish-teens-participate-in-climate-change-summit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of Suquamish Tribe teenagers recently tackled a complicated issue that natural resources managers are just starting to consider – ocean acidification.]]></description>
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		<title>Quinault Nation Opposes Dams in Chehalis River Basin</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/02/26/25-quinault-nation-opposes-dams-in-chehalis-river-basin/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/02/26/25-quinault-nation-opposes-dams-in-chehalis-river-basin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 08:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Quinault Indian Nation opposes construction of two dams proposed for the Chehalis River basin, and has requested government-to-government consultation with the Corps of Engineers to discuss environmental impacts. ]]></description>
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		<title>More than 100 elders, parents, children uprooted after fire ravages homes on Yakama Indian Reservation</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/02/24/more-than-100-elders-parents-children-uprooted-after-fire-ravages-homes-on-yakama-indian-reservation/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/02/24/more-than-100-elders-parents-children-uprooted-after-fire-ravages-homes-on-yakama-indian-reservation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Community seeks support for daunting rebuild. One of the most pressing needs is for diapers, formula, bottles, baby food, clothing, bedding, and other baby supplies.]]></description>
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		<title>Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe completes Elwha River logjams</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/02/13/lower-elwha-klallam-tribe-completes-elwha-river-logjams/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/02/13/lower-elwha-klallam-tribe-completes-elwha-river-logjams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 05:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 11 years of intense labor, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe has 33 engineered logjams in the Elwha River, all in preparation for this year’s deconstruction of the river’s two fish-blocking dams.]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Point Julia back to health</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/02/09/08-nursing-point-julia-back-to-health/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/02/09/08-nursing-point-julia-back-to-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe is cleaning up Point Julia, where its ancestors used to live, cook and celebrate. It doesn't look the same as it did 100 years ago, and the tribe aims to restore that.]]></description>
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		<title>Tribes Increasing Salmon Production, Protection</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/02/06/02-tribes-increasing-salmon-production-protection/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/02/06/02-tribes-increasing-salmon-production-protection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 20:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Producing and protecting salmon go hand in hand for the treaty tribes in western Washington. State and federal funding for salmon is scarce yet tribes are increasing production of salmon for harvest and expanding the use of hatcheries in recovery programs for weak wild stocks.]]></description>
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		<title>Conservationists Seek Emergency Injunction To Prevent Slaughter of Yellowstone Bison</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/02/04/4-emergency-injunction-to-prevent-slaughter-of-yellowstone-bison/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/02/04/4-emergency-injunction-to-prevent-slaughter-of-yellowstone-bison/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harsh Winter Conditions May Lead to Repeat of 2008 Slaughter]]></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>EPA Approves Historic Salmon Restoration Plan for Klamath River</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/01/04/04-epa-approves-salmon-restoration-plan-for-klamath-river/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/01/04/04-epa-approves-salmon-restoration-plan-for-klamath-river/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Action culminates 13 years of state and federal efforts to develop pollution limits for 17 North Coast California water bodies.]]></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>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>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2010/08/04/yakama-temporarily-blocks-hawaiian-garbage-destined-for-ancestral-lands/#comments</comments>
		<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>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>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>
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		<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>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>
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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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		<title>First Peoples Worldwide: National Parks, America&#8217;s Best Idea?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ken Burns revealed both the good and bad sides behind the history of America’s Parks in his latest series, The National Parks: America's Best Idea. But...]]></description>
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		<title>Legislation to protect Colorado River starts journey through Congress</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2009/09/16/colorado-river-legislation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If passed, a bill to protect the Lower Colorado River will put the EPA in charge of the river's water quality.]]></description>
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		<title>Schoolyard to wildlife habitat aids environmental education</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2009/07/28/school-wildlife-habitat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Schoolyard Habitat programs transform tribal schoolyards into wildlife sanctuaries]]></description>
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		<title>Pacific Northwest coastal tribes facing climate change disruptions</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2009/02/10/climate-change-pacific-northwest-coastal-tribe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pacific NW coastal tribes are at increasing risk of climate changes and rising seas. The solution is the return of but a fraction of their traditional homelands. But to get it, the Olympic National Park has to give it back.]]></description>
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		<title>Klamath Tribes set to regain 90,000 acres of homeland</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2008/12/27/klamath-tribes-set-to-regain-90000-acres-of-homeland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Klamath Tribe in Oregon has developed a forest restoration and management plan for the Mazama Forest that will be a cornerstone for their economic development. Improving the health of the forest is a priority.]]></description>
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		<title>Sovereign immunity on trial</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2008/07/16/sovereign-immunity-on-trial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Circuit Court ruled that the Blackfeet Tribe ruled that the tribe waived its sovereign immunity by adopting HUD's boilerplate language in its housing regulations. ]]></description>
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		<title>Yakama Nation buys Lyle Point, ending decades-long struggle over fishing rights</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2007/06/11/yakama-nation-buys-lyle-point-ending-decades-long-struggle-over-fishing-rights-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Terri C. Hansen High Country News LYLE, WASHINGTON On maps it is called Lyle Point, but to tribal fishing people it has always been Nanainmi Waki Uulktt, “the place where the wind blows from two directions.” The rocky promontory overlooks the confluence of the Klickitat and Columbia rivers, providing spectacular views of the Columbia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Successful appeal to keep hiking trail off burial ground disregarded by port district</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2007/06/04/successful-appeal-to-keep-hiking-trail-off-burial-ground-disregarded-by-port-district/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Terri C. Hansen Environment Writer News from Indian Country Cathlamet, Wash.&#8211;Thirty years ago, the eternal resting place of the Chinook Chief Skamokawa was plundered. Skamokawa was unearthed for the peace medal he received from Lewis and Clark. Other artifacts were stolen along with the medal. Skamokawa&#8217;s body, too, was stolen. Circa 1805 Wahkiakum Indians [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celilo Falls Legacy Blog Launched</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2007/03/01/celilo-falls-legacy-blog-launched/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Launch Celilo Legacy Blog March, 2007 Portland, Ore.—The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) unveiled a new online blog as part of its Celilo Legacy project. The blog will serve as a clearinghouse for public discourse, information, events, activities, and memorials in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the inundation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skull Valley Goshute Indian Reservation targeted for high-level atomic waste dump</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2001/02/13/skull-valley-goshute-indian-reservation-targeted-for-high-level-atomic-waste/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2001 00:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Native Americans have borne the brunt of the nuclear fuel cycle. Now, the tiny Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians Reservation in Utah is targeted for a very big nuclear waste dump.]]></description>
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		<title>766 and counting: Yellowstone buffalo dying to be free</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/1997/11/01/766-and-counting-yellowstone-buffalo-dying-to-be-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 1997 17:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Terri Crawford HansenNews from Indian CountryBureau Chief/Pacific Northwest Bureau Yellowstone National Park, Montana—Severe winter conditions at Yellowstone National Park have caused starvation among this countries last free-ranging buffalo. Unable to forage, hundreds are following snowmobile tracks to lower elevations in search of food. For those who make it to the park&#8217;s boundary, it&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deregulation report threat to thirteen Columbia River Basin tribes, wildlife and salmon</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/1997/07/15/deregulation-report-threat-to-thirteen-columbia-river-basin-tribes-wildlife-and-salmon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 1997 17:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Terri Crawford HansenNews from Indian CountryWASHINGTON, D.C.&#8211;&#8221;Seriously flawed.&#8221; Mincing no words Wendell Hannigan, vice-chair of Columbia River Inter-tribal Fish Commission, described to a House Subcommittee a Comprehensive Review report that endorsed changes in the Northwest energy system as defective. According to CRITFC, the Comprehensive Review report — released in early June which touts disregulation [...]]]></description>
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