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Only my over-wrought imagination forces me to think about Ottawa Chief Pontiac, Lord Jeffery Amherst and smallpox-laden blankets.

Friday, February 15th, 2008

FEMA trailers toxic, tests show
Facing Relocation
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Alex Brandon / Associated Press
Jim “Hawk” Herring, with his dog Koko, lives in a FEMA trailer in the Lakeview area of New Orleans. With recent government tests confirming high levels of formaldehyde in the temporary residences, U.S. health officials are urging that hurricane victims be relocated as soon as possible.
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Unhealthy […]

Posted in administration, Katrina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Nature, Health, FEMA, African-Americans, The Poor, Native Americans |

In the realm of Washington Post stories about Smithsonian sleaze over the past 18 months, White Eyes still lead 2 to 1. Remember the famous, “I don’t do Yellow Cabs.”

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Indian Museum Director Spent Lavishly on Travel
By James V. Grimaldi and Jacqueline Trescott
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, December 28, 2007; A01
The founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian spent more than $250,000 in institution funds over the past four years on first-class transportation and plush lodging in hotels around the world, including […]

Posted in Native Americans, Sleaze, Smithsonian |

On the surface this has the makings of a feel-good story–except for blowing the family’s savings part…

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Oregon cowboy rides horse across U.S.
Cowboy tours country to find good news
By CARL MANNING, Associated Press Writer Thu Nov 15, 6:48 AM ET
FREDONIA, Kan. - When rancher Bill Inman decided to show there’s more to America than the gloom-and-doom on the nightly news, he hopped on his horse and started riding.
And riding, and riding.
Some 1,700 […]

Posted in Nature, USA, Nancy Pelosi, Native Americans, Oregon |

Incredibly, this is the third slave story since last Sunday.

Sunday, March 4th, 2007

Because of the inhumanity of owning humans, one can reasonably assume that FOX is about to announce a made-for-tv remake of Spartacus.
Cherokees vote out slaves’ descendants
By MURRAY EVANS, Associated Press Writer 10 minutes ago
OKLAHOMA CITY - Cherokee Nation members voted Saturday to revoke the tribal citizenship of an estimated 2,800 descendants of the people […]

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