NYC sues Indian reservation over tax-free cigarettes

New York City has decided to crack down -on smuggling, and sue smoke shops on an Indian reservation in Mastic.  Eight shops are accused of selling tax-free cigarettes to bootleggers.  Only 279 people...

Eat It Up... Summerlicious in Toronto

Hungry for culinary adventure? Yeah, of course you are... Toronto's annual Summerlicious is underway, in which participating restaurants open their doors to a wider public with special prix-fixe menus. For many,...

Blind woman thrown out of govt bus

A  blind  woman has been thrown out of the government bus in eastern India. Physically challenged women was allegedly thrown out of her seat when she refused to buy a ticket, although she had a pass that entitles her to travel without paying any fare....

Old tractor driver causes crash on UK highway

"Late last week a man described as a blind pensioner driving a tractor was involved in a crash on the A9 in the UK. The 77-year-old struck problems when he parked his tractor and trailer and trailer across the central reservation and fast lane of the dual carriageway. The...

Wowaditaka: First Sioux Awarded Medal of Honor

Wowaditaka, "to not be afraid of anything," is how the fellow soldiers of the North Dakota 164th Infantry Regiment who fought alongside Master Sgt. Woodrow Wilson Keeble remember him during the battles of...

Pine Ridge, South Dakota: Porcupine Clinic Out of Heat

" Welcome to Infoshop News Saturday, December 15 2007 @ 08:40 PM PST Pine Ridge, South Dakota: Porcupine Clinic Out of Heat Saturday, November 10 2007 @ 12:27 PM PST Contributed by: nolalove Views: 182 IndigenousPorcupine Clinic, located in the small community of...

WHITECLAY ACTIVISTS PROTEST AT DISTRIBUTORSHIP

This issue is another of a long line of maladies that harm Aboriginal peoples worldwide.  The Sami people of Scandinavia seem to have found ways of addressing alcohol abuse as have the Incas via traditional...

In the Hamptons this week-end, get that elusive restaurant reservation with T...

Imagine having found that perfect place to spend the week-end at and then darn you cannot get your food inside the door of Ze Restaurant of the moment, what a downer.  If you visit New York or live there or fly or drive to The Hamptons for the week-end (like Friday to...

Gujjur May have Taken Lesson From Andra Pradesh

5 % RESERVATION FOR MINORITIES IN EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT FROM In ANDRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh Minister for Energy & Minority Affairs Shri Mohammed Ali Shabbir said on 30/05/2007 that the State Government was committed to provide five per cent reservation for...

How meth took hold on Indian reservation

Side effects of Illegal Immigration and Drugs like Meth on one of the most vulnerable and neglected groups in our country."the story of how meth came to this remote reservation is really quite remarkable. Like a...

450-pound bear caught after hanging out in neighborhood for a year (With VIDEO)

FORT WALTON BEACH — Their neighborhood will be quiet. Folks can walk their dogs and their babies without peering out the door first.

"Shadow Wolves" - Native American trackers to hunt bin Laden

"An elite group of Native American trackers is joining the hunt for terrorists crossing Afghanistan's borders. The unit, the Shadow Wolves, was recruited from several tribes, including the Navajo, Sioux, Lakota and Apache. It is being sent to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to pass...

Prof: Poverty pushes Indians away

"The rural Wind River Indian Reservation's rampant poverty tends to depress its residents from participating in Fremont County politics, a University of Wyoming sociologist said Monday in federal court Not even...

Prejudice against Indians shifts to immigrants

"The fatal shooting of a Hmong immigrant has highlighted long-running prejudices against Indians in northern Wisconsin. When members of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians began to assert their treaty rights in the 1970s, tensions and violence flared....

Sitting Bull site changing hands

"Where Sitting Bull slumbers is anyone's guess, though at the moment it's certainly under a blanket of snow. The mystery of where the famous Sioux chief's remains are buried and a renewed interest in Indian history have led to a pair of major projects at two sites that...

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