Dear Editor,
If you have been following the national debate on the torture of prisoners then you know one side says it is OK to protect American lives while the other side says that it is above our ethical standards.
What you may not know is that US Dept of Justice lawyer John Yoo, based his argument for the legality of torture in no small part on the treatment of American Indian prisoners during the Indian wars of the 19th century.
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Produced by Paul DeMain
Indianapolis, Indiana (NFICTV)
New From Indian Country meets up with Louis Gray the former publisher of the Native American Times of Oklahoma in Indianapolis, Indian during the 3rd annual American Indian Education Conference at the University of Indiana....11-16-2008, 05:05 PM -
Native American or American Indian?
A reader's question from Japan
Posted: August 13, 2004 - 12:40pm EST
Dear Indian Country Today,
I’d be much obliged if you would answer my question about a practical usage of the word "Indian."
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By Russ Bynum
Savannah, Georgia (AP)
Researchers have found what they suspect is a rare example of cremation among the early native inhabitants of the southeastern U.S.
Exposed by erosion at the edge of a crumbling bluff, the pit discovered beneath 2 feet (60 centimeters)...12-29-2008, 12:25 PM -
I know I'm Indian, but I don't know what.
How many times have you read this or heard some one say it?
If you don't know which nation you are, then how do you know you're Indian? Can you just feel it? How does that feel? Is it tingly? Can feel it in your bones?
...02-22-2004, 11:19 AM