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  Indian Country Today Media Network

  This Journalist Determined to Get Native Stories in Mainstream Media
  
  http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/08/karuk-journalist-determined-to-get-native-stories-in-mainstream-media/

   

  

  Karuk Journalist Determined to Get Native Stories in Mainstream Media - Indian Country Today Media N

   

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  Story about Chiara Sottile, a young Native American journalist whose goal is to get Native American news into the mainstream.

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  IMRU Radio and NPR shared a link.

  

  Immerse Yourself In An Innocent, Ill-Fated Love

   

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  In his novel Dream Boy, Jim Grimsley explores the beauty and violence of growing up gay in the rural South. Author Justin Torres offers this devastatingly beautiful novel to anyone who has ever been the target of a bully.

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  PRI Public Radio International

  Higher tuition and less financial aid could result in today's college-age Americans becoming the first generation less educated than their parents. Is it more valuable to be skilled or educated? Is there a difference between the two? If so, what is it?

  

  Current generation could be less educated than parents | PRI.ORG

   

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  Higher tuition and less financial aid could result in today's college-age Americans becoming the first generation less educated than their parents.

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  State of the Re:UNION

  With all that's recently transpired, SOTRU Contributor Rich Harwood of the Harwood Institute endows some sage advice on what humanity needs. We'll give you a hint ... it's not politics. ;)

  

  It’s About Humanity, Not “Politics” | State of the Re:Union

   

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  The nation is reeling from hurricanes, earthquakes, the Great Recession, two wars, and severe public sector budget cuts, among other challenges.

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  National Museum of the American Indian

  Protests continue outside the White House against a proposed pipeline across the U.S. & Canada. The Indigenous Environmental Network is organizing the effort to bring indigenous people to the U.S. capital.

  

  First Nations leaders join Keystone pipeline protest - North - CBC News

   

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  Indigenous people from across North America are joining the White House protest against TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry crude oil from northern Alberta to Gulf Coast refineries in Texas.

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  Gallup Solar

  Biden calls for new clean energy policy for US: http://bit.ly/o5Ftrh

   

  #gallupsolar #biden #cleaneenergy

  

  Biden calls for new clean energy policy for US | ajc.com

   

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  LAS VEGAS — The United States can't lead the world in the 21st century with its current energy policy, Vice President Joe Biden told alternative technology supporters Tuesday at a clean energy summit in Las Vegas.

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  Indian Country Today Media Network

  November is now Recognized as Native American Heritage Month.
  
  http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/08/state-assembly-recognizes-november-as-native-american-heritage-month/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=state-assembly-recognizes-november-as-native-american-heritage-month

   

  State Assembly Recognizes November as Native American Heritage Month - Indian Country Today Media Ne

   

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  California State Assembly passed ACR 72: California Native American Heritage Month which will recognize November as Native American Heritage Month and honor James Ramos, Mark Macarro, Nancy Ayala, and Mary Ann Andreas for their leadership in Indian country.

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  Gallup Solar

  Meet The Next Round of #Alternative #Energy Innovators: http://bit.ly/pssu14

   

  #gallupsolar

  

  Meet The Next Round of Alternative Energy Innovators

   

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  UK Business News, UK Financial News, Share Prices, Market News, Company news, Economy News, Global Markets, UK Politics, Business Education

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  invisiblepeople.tv

  Metro - Online voice for the homeless http://ow.ly/6hdkj

   

  Online voice for the homeless

   

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  Mark Horvath struggled with drug and alcohol addiction in the mid-1990s, which left him homeless on Hollywood Boulevard and then living in a church...

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  KOAT

  We want to know this morning-- do you think colleges should be allowed to ask students if they're gay?

  

  Illinois college becomes first to ask undergrads if they're gay

   

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  Elmhurst College, a private liberal arts school in suburban Chicago affiliated with the United Church of Christ, has become the first college in the country to ask an optional question

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  PRI Public Radio International

  Political wrangling and budget problems could hurt the Federal Emergency Management Agency's ability to help victims of disasters like Hurricane Irene. Why do you think we politicize everything? If diasaster aid can't be agreed upon, is there anything be held as universal?

  
  

  FEMA aid to victims of Hurricane Irene could be limited | PRI.ORG
  

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  Political wrangling and budget problems could hurt the Federal Emergency Management Agency's ability to help victims of disasters like Hurricane Irene.

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  Indian Country Today Media Network

  On Friday, Cheyenne River Youth Project had its final event. 73 teens came to the Cokata Wiconi Teen Center to take part in a 5 on 5, double elimination tournament.
  
  Check it out
  
  http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/08/cheyenne-river-youth-projects-ends-their-midnight-basketball-season/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=cheyenne-river-youth-projects-ends-their-midnight-basketball-season

  
  

  Native American Basketball Tournament - Indian Country Today Media Network.com
  

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  On Friday, August 19, the Cheyenne River Youth Project (CRYP) in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, had its final event of their summer season. Seventy-three teenagers came to the Cokata Wiconi Teen Center to take part in a five-on-five, double elimination tournament.

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  State of the Re:UNION

  O'Hare's Int'l Airport collaborates on helping a Chicago community find a second chance through learning the art of beekeeping. (Beeline is the "Buzz" word for the day.)

  
  

  Chicago’s Airport: Bee-coming a Community | State of the Re:Union
  

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  The role of community often takes on different meanings for occupants of our vast nation.