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Cherokees make their case against US legislation linked to slavery…
International Herald Tribune – Jun 5, 2008
federal lawmakers who say the tribe should be denied benefits unless it recognizes descendants of its former black slaves. The campaign includes two Web sites discussing a 2007 referendum in which Cherokees decided to remove about 2800 freedmen descendants and other non-Indians from tribal rolls said Mike Miller spokesman for the nation. The sites also address what is at stake if the congressional lawmakers have their way: denial of US$300 million (€194 million) in federal money to the country's second-largest American Indian tribe. The money pays for health clinics education programs elderly care and housing assistance. Tribal leaders say that if funding is cut off more than 6000 nation employees could lose their jobs touching off a ripple effect that would devastate the economy of northeastern klahoma. “People need a place where they can go for calm rational facts on the issue without hyperbole and without a political slant” Miller said Wednesday. “What we've tried to put on here are some very straightforward things we've proven time and time again as facts.
Along the San Juan River
New York Times – Jun 5, 2008
Wild River Expeditions led a rafting group along the river last month. nly a few rafters each year take the journey down river offering a break from the hundreds of thousands of camera-clicking tourists who cram into Monument Valley each year. Photo: Brian Nicholson for The New York TimesrelatedArticle:.
Books of The Times – Jim Sheeler’s ‘Final Salute’ Bears Witness to…
New York Times – Jun 5, 2008
Sheeler chronicles the many quiet tasks involved in burying military personnel (“it’s like the names are just floating out there waiting” says a man who carves those names into headstones) he does a fine dignified job of conveying the range of responses to such loss. There is the anger of Lieutenant Cathey’s mother when anyone tells her she needs closure. (“I politely tell them ‘How about if I chop off your finger and see if it grows back?’ ”) There is the American Indian ritual that celebrates Cpl. Brett Lee Lundstrom of the Marines as a fallen warrior. There is the Remembering the Brave ceremony at which the marines who watched Lance Cpl. Burns die in Fallujah Iraq on Veterans Day 2004 keep alive the no-frills story of his heroism.
CHANDLER: Santa Fe’s the SITE for emerging artists
Rocky Mountain News – Jun 5, 2008
Information: 505-476-1189; folkartmarket. org* EVERYTHING ELSE: It’s impossible to touch on every gallery or museum exhibition on tap this summer but there are highlights. The Institute of American Indian Arts Museum in Santa Fe shows “An Intimate Look” work by Fritz Scholder July 18 through Feb. 15 (505-983-1666; iaia. New Mexico Museum of Art exhibitions this summer include “Flux: Reflections on Contemporary Glass” today through Sept. 21 and the materials-based “Tuff Stuff” June 20 through Sept.
Racism and the threat of assassination haunt Barack’s historic…
Daily Mail – Jun 5, 2008
‘ If bama fell was the implication she would be there to pick up the nomination. However tasteless Clinton’s calculation Americans agree with her about the risk to bama. Recent polls show that 59 per cent of the American public feared an attempt on bama’s life if he became the Democrats’ presidential nominee. Then there are stealthier forms of prejudice. During the Democratic primary elections 14 per cent of white voters said that race was important to them in choosing their candidate and 6 per cent said they would not vote for him against Republican John McCain because he is black – and that is only those who would admit to such prejudice… A poll taken in March showed that 13 per cent of American voters believe bama is Muslim a misconception fostered by his opponents’ frequent referrals to him by his full name: Barack Hussein bama. To the greatest extent possible bama has tried to skirt the issue of race by taking the ‘Tiger Woods approach’. The world’s number one golfer has always refused to be defined as a black athlete preferring to create a term he felt more properly reflected his mixed racial origins: ‘Cablinasian’ – Caucasian black American- Indian and Asian. bama has similarly sought to emphasise the post-racial dimension to his candidacy. In a country where so many people are of mixed race he suggests it is absurd to label people as black white Hispanic or Asian. He is the son of a white American mother and a black Kenyan father. He is not descended from the Africans brought to America as slaves yet he grew up a black in an America deeply conscious of what that implied.
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