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| The World's Top 10 Endangered Languages
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| posted on Saturday, August 30, 2008
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There are more than 6,900 languages used around the world today,
ranging in size from those with hundreds of millions of speakers to
those with only one or two. Language experts now estimate that as many
as half of the existing languages are endangered, and by the year 2050
they will be extinct. The major reason for this language loss is that
communities are switching to larger politically and economically more
powerful languages, like English, Spanish, Hindi or Swahili.
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| Australians & Canadians Apologize To Their Native Peoples
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| posted on Thursday, July 17, 2008
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has apologised to Aboriginal Australia for past injustices carried out by Australian Parliaments. In a moving and emotional speech, the Prime Minister firstly delivered
the official apology before launching into personal accounts and
detailed argument for why an apology is necessary... In a historic speech, Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized to
Canada’s native peoples for the longtime government policy of forcing
their children to attend state-funded schools aimed at assimilating
them.
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| One Man's Obsessive Pursuit Of The Lost Tribes Of America
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| posted on Monday, June 23, 2008
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During those 30 years (twice the time he had originally planned for the
project), Curtis visited more than 80 tribes, from the Apache to the
Zuñi, and earned the personal support of the president, Theodore
Roosevelt. He worked 15-hour days for months at a time, spent more than
$1.5 million of his benefactor JP Morgan's money, was shot at four
times, disowned by his brother, divorced by his wife, and went
bankrupt. On returning from one prolonged trip into Eskimo territory he
was thrown into jail for failure to make alimony payments...
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| Chief Big Foot Riders Return To Wounded Knee
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| posted on Sunday, December 30, 2007
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Thirteen days and 287 miles ago, 44 people mounted horses and began the
Memorial Chief Big Foot Ride in honor of Si Tanka (Chief Big Foot) and
his unarmed band of Mniconjou and Hunkpapa refuges who were slaughtered
by U.S. Calvary in 1890 at Wounded Knee.
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| More On Lakota Withdrawing From U.S.
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| posted on Saturday, December 29, 2007
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What began as sparsely attended press conference announcing Lakota
sovereignty has grown into an international roar of freedom inspiring
people on every continent and sparking excitement and discussion in
homes, tribal councils, schools, and on Internet blogs and message
boards.
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| Lakota Indians Break Away From U.S.
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| posted on Friday, December 21, 2007
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The Lakota Indians, who gave the world legendary warriors Sitting Bull
and Crazy Horse, have withdrawn from treaties with the United States,
leaders said Wednesday.
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| Top 10 Abusers Of Tribal Peoples' Rights
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| posted on Friday, December 07, 2007
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To mark UN Human Rights Day (10 December) Survival has named the
‘terrible ten’: the key abusers of tribal peoples’ rights in 2007.
Indonesia, Australia, Canada, the USA, New Zealand, Botswana, Brazil,
Peru, Paraguay and Malaysia are all highlighted.
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| American Indian Eloquence
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| posted on Friday, November 23, 2007
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America's Thanksgiving holiday originated when the Pilgrims gave thanks
to God for sending them an Indian friend named Squanto. This much you
already knew. What you didn't know is that long before the Pilgrims
landed at Plymouth Rock, this same Squanto had been captured by two
English sea captains, George Weymouth and John Hunt, and abused as a
slave for fourteen years. Squanto had been free less than five years
when Capt. John Bradford's Pilgrims arrived on the good ship Mayflower.
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