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Monday, March 14, 2005
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ONONDAGA NATION FILES LAND RIGHTS LAWSUIT (3:02)
A New York
tribe has filed the largest land rights lawsuit in thestate's history. The Onondaga Nation is seeking title to some 4,000square
miles of ancestral territory, stretching from the Pennsylvaniaborder up to Canada- and including the city of Syracuse. But unlike many tribes
that seek gaming rights as a central part of their settlement,the Onondaga Nation wants better environmental protections in
New York,and the clean-up of dozens of Superfund sites. From Syracuse, FSRN'sCatherine Komp has more.
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Tuesday, March 15, 2005
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Exploration
and Drilling Plan for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (2:12)
The U.S. public has until March 17th to comment on a plan
that would allow oil and gas drilling in the wildlife area of Wyoming's Great Divide. Meanwhile in Washington, DC, the senate is set to vote on a controversial plan would allow exploration and
drilling in parts of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Selina Musuta of the DC radio coop reports.
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Wednesday, March 16, 2005
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Major
Move Towards Drilling in Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge (3:04) :
After a several year battle, the US Senate today took a major step forward in opening
up Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. The Senate narrowly rejected an amendment to the budget resolution that
would have continued to protect the 19 million acres of land that is home to over 260 species. Mitch Jeserich reports from
Washington
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And
now a special Press Release from Sarah James 3-16-05 :
This was just sent to me by Sarah James...please, please post this around, media note: For Immediate Release
Contact: Luci Beach
March 16, 2005
(907) 458-8264
From: <gwichin1@alaska.net>
To: gwichin1@alaska.net
Subject: Gwich'in Nation Press Release re Arctic Refuge vote
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:33:40 -0500
From: <gwichin1@alaska.net>
To: gwichin1@alaska.net
Date:
Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:33:40 -0500
Subject: Gwich'in Nation Press Release re Arctic Refuge vote
For Immediate Release
Contact: Luci Beach
March 16, 2005
(907) 458-8264
Statement of Jonathon Solomon, Chairman of the Gwich'in Steering
Committee
re: Senate's Defeat of Cantwell Amendment
(Washington, DC) "This is an extremist form of environmental racism. No one
has the right to deprive a people of their subsistence rights. The Gwich?in have
protected the Sacred Land Where Life Begins, the calving and nursery grounds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for over
1,000 generations."
Mr. Solomon made his remarks in reaction to the 49-51 defeat of the Cantwell Amendment to strip the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge from the budget resolution's "reconciliation instruction"
to the Senate Energy Committee. The Senate Budget Committee included in its version
of the Fiscal Year 2006 budget resolution provisions that would allow for drilling in the refuge. He said that this is not
over we will continue to work to keep the Arctic Refuge out of the final budget.
Lorraine
Peter, Member of the Legislative Assembly from Old Crow, Yukon
Territory, who was present for the vote stated, "We
come from a strong people this is one of many battles we are going to continue to work hard on behalf of the Gwich?in Nation."
Desecration
of the calving and nursery grounds would cause serious harm to the caribou and thereby the people of the Gwich'in Nation who
have depended on the caribou since time immemorial.
The
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge must remain off limits to any oil or gas development and must be put in permanent protection
status as Wilderness
For
20,000 years, their culture and way of life have been had a connection with the Porcupine River Caribou Herd akin to that
of the Plains Indians and the buffalo. The Gwich'in communities are located along
the migration route of the caribou. The coastal plain of the Arctic Refuge is
one of America's last wild places. Caribou, musk oxen, wolves, polar, brown and black bears and hundreds
of thousands of migratory birds rely on the wilderness habitat that the Refuge provides.
The debate now shifts to the House of Representatives. The House
Budget Committee does not include the Refuge drilling provision in its bill."
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