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World » How A Disappearing Oil Field Was The Answer To One Tribe's Prayers
by John Vidal
When geologists from US oil giant Oxy found what they believed was one of the largest oil fields in Latin America in 1994, there was jubilation in the company's Los Angeles HQ. Oxy - closely linked to former US presidential candidate ...
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World » Policy debate: Power plants on Navajo land
Nation to control pollution emissions
Part three
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - In a region quickly becoming known as another ''Cancer Alley,'' the Navajo Nation is gaining air emissions control over two power plants on tribal land.
After years of litigation ...
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World » Indigenous grandmothers pray for the world
Photo courtesy Marisol Villanueva -- The International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers gathered recently for prayers and to discuss their concerns for the state of the world and the future of all species.POJOAQUE PUEBLO, N.M. - The International ...
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Politics » Members of the European Parliament pass an action plan
Information Centre of Finno-Ugric Peoples
Tallinn, Estonia
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Members of the European Parliament pass an action plan to improve the
situation of Finno-Ugric minorities in Russia
On 26th of April, ...
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Culture » 46th annual conference of the Estonian National Museum "Culture and Power"
46th annual conference "Culture and Power" would take place in the Estonian National Museum (Tartu), April 14th-15th, 2005.
Culture and power have always been in closely-knit mutual interdependence. The aim of the conference is to analyse this intertwined ...
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Culture » Finnish-Estonian conference
"Culture Change and Worldview: Finno-Ugrians, Siberian Indigenous Peoples and the Others" will be held between 1st-3rd of October, 2004, in Tartu. The aim of the conference is to discuss different approaches to the interrelationship of worldview and culture ...
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