By Bill Manson | Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008
San Diego River? “There is no San Diego River,” says Pete Cuthbert. “What you’re dangling your toes in is the Colorado River, the Sacramento River, the Feather River - but not the San Diego River.”
“Not the San Diego River…?”

Posted on October 22nd, 2008 by hunwut
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By Bruce Cole
May 29, 2008
Most of us think of human languages primarily as a means of conveying information. But dig a little deeper and you discover that a language also contains important cultural ideas and practices: the traditions, customs, stories, history and beliefs of a people.
A way of speaking is deeply tied to a [...]

Posted on May 29th, 2008 by hunwut
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“In the 21st .Century, who would have thought that the Indian Wars would begin anew?
This is not the war of racist whites who wanted to move west no matter who was hurt. This time, it’s greedy Indians who want more money, no matter which tribal members they hurt. The 21st century Indian War is now [...]

Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by hunwut
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by: Steven Newcomb / Indigenous Law Institute
May 02, 2008
In October 2007, a letter appeared in The Wall Street Journal titled, “Tribal ‘Nations’ Within U.S. Aren’t Justified.” The letter exemplifies an anti-Indian nationhood sentiment still prevalent in the United States.

Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by hunwut
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By Roy Cook, redactor
President Bush meets the Pope. Pope Benedict XVI landed at Andrews Air Force Base Tuesday afternoon, welcomed by the president and his family. The Catholic cardinals and bishops on hand kissed the pope’s ring. The pope will head to the White House on Wednesday to meet with President George W. Bush. He’ll [...]

Posted on April 16th, 2008 by hunwut
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I struggle to find some truth in Marcia Spurgeon’s letter about March 10, 2007, and what happened in Jamul.
To begin with, Walter Rosales, Karen Toggery and her son Ayul were legally evicted. As a real estate person, I am sure that Spurgeon understands evictions. They happen every day. On Indian lands, the local enforcement agency, [...]

Posted on April 5th, 2008 by hunwut
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Charity games no threat to Indian casinos
UNION-TRIBUNE EDITORIAL
March 30, 2008
The days of hearing the call “G-22,” marking your paper card and gleefully shouting “bingo” may be waning as electronic machines capable of linking players in multiple locations proliferate.

Posted on March 30th, 2008 by hunwut
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Local Letters: East Edition
March 22, 2008
We won’t forget. Brutally forced from their homes, their civil rights violated, authorities failing to enforce laws to protect them, due process ignored – another Third World country in the news?
No! This is what happened right here in Jamul, San Diego’s back yard. Shocking but true.

Posted on March 22nd, 2008 by hunwut
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49er Staff
3/20/2008
What do Huntington Beach and Native Americans have in common?
The answer is not much, at least not on an apparent surface level. But the two have been receiving unusually high amounts of attention this month by the Daily Forty-Niner news department, and for good reason.

Posted on March 20th, 2008 by hunwut
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by: Steven Newcomb/ Indigenous Law Institute
February 8, 2008
In February 1830, a United States congressional committee issued a report in which it drew a direct connection between the doctrine of discovery and the Old Testament of the Bible. (21st Congress, 1st session, H.R. Rep. No. 227, Feb. 24, 1830)The report was published seven years to the [...]

Posted on February 8th, 2008 by hunwut
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