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Peru Natives once again resort to river barricades to protest

by Indian Country Today 01.14.2011

Peruvian Native groups have in the past three months retaken efforts in the Amazon to prevent the transit of ships as their means to push for several demands in the first intensification of such actions since similar blockades of rivers and roads in Ju…

Peru Natives once again resort to river barricades to protest

by Indian Country Today 01.14.2011

Peruvian Native groups have in the past three months retaken efforts in the Amazon to prevent the transit of ships as their means to push for several demands in the first intensification of such actions since similar blockades of rivers and roads in Ju…

Peru Natives once again resort to river barricades to protest

by Indian Country Today 01.13.2011

Peruvian Native groups have in the past three months retaken efforts in the Amazon to prevent the transit of ships as their means to push for several demands in the first intensification of such actions since similar blockades of rivers and roads in Ju…

Peru Natives once again resort to river barricades to protest

by Indian Country Today 01.12.2011

Peruvian Native groups have in the past three months retaken efforts in the Amazon to prevent the transit of ships as their means to push for several demands in the first intensification of such actions since similar blockades of rivers and roads in Ju…

Peru Natives once again resort to river barricades to protest

by Indian Country Today 01.10.2011

Peruvian Native groups have in the past three months retaken efforts in the Amazon to prevent the transit of ships as their means to push for several demands in the first intensification of such actions since similar blockades of rivers and roads in Ju…

Peru Natives once again resort to river barricades to protest

by Indian Country Today 01.10.2011

Peruvian Native groups have in the past three months retaken efforts in the Amazon to prevent the transit of ships as their means to push for several demands in the first intensification of such actions since similar blockades of rivers and roads in Ju…

Peru Natives once again resort to river barricades to protest

by Indian Country Today 01.08.2011

Peruvian Native groups have in the past three months retaken efforts in the Amazon to prevent the transit of ships as their means to push for several demands in the first intensification of such actions since similar blockades of rivers and roads in Ju…

Peru Natives once again resort to river barricades to protest

by Indian Country Today 01.08.2011

Peruvian Native groups have in the past three months retaken efforts in the Amazon to prevent the transit of ships as their means to push for several demands in the first intensification of such actions since similar blockades of rivers and roads in Ju…

Tiwanaku: Bolivia’s mysterious city finds new life

by Indian Country Today 01.06.2011

On the vast, dry Bolivian plains near the shore of Lake Titicaca stand the remains of a great civilization. The glaring sun beats down on red stone walls and statues that have withstood more than 1,000 years.

Palm oil in our everyday products pushing indigenous peoples off their land

by Indian Country Today 01.06.2011

It’s the usual morning rush. You put your makeup on, take a dry creamer in your morning cup of coffee, luxuries we don’t give a thought to in the U.S. What – luxuries?

Tribal leaders pushed Obama for proactive agenda

by Indian Country Today 01.05.2011

WASHINGTON – Sitting stoically, hoping to get the needle to inch forward on contemporary Indian issues, wasn’t the modus operandi for several tribal leaders who sought a proactive, activist agenda at this year’s White House Tribal Nations Confere…

Barriere Lake rallies for traditional governance and treaty rights

by Indian Country Today 01.04.2011

OTTAWA, Ontario – A small Algonquin First Nation community says it will continue its struggle for sovereignty and self-determination against the Canadian federal government’s efforts to control its land, resources and internal affairs.

New York moves Seneca-state exclusivity dispute toward arbitration

by Indian Country Today 01.03.2011

SALAMANCA, N.Y. – The Paterson administration has said negotiations with the Seneca Nation over a gaming compact dispute have broken down and the state will take the issue to an arbitration panel to resolve. Seneca Nation officials responded that the…

Federal appeals court retains cigarette tax injunction against NY

by Indian Country Today 01.02.2011

NEW YORK – Indian nations within the boundaries of New York have won a round in the ongoing cigarette tax fight with the state: The nations can continue to sell tax-free cigarettes to non-Indians in sovereign Indian country while the court decides wh…

Federal appeals court retains cigarette tax injunction against NY

by Indian Country Today 01.01.2011

NEW YORK – Indian nations within the boundaries of New York have won a round in the ongoing cigarette tax fight with the state: The nations can continue to sell tax-free cigarettes to non-Indians in sovereign Indian country while the court decides wh…