Biden Vs. Palin on Indigenous Issues

by: winter rabbit

Thu Sep 11, 2008 at 20:36:22 PM PDT

( - promoted by navajo)

Let's play "let's pretend" and the issue is the events that led up to Milk Creek in 1879. Who would have listened to the Indian agent Nathan C. Meeker in this current election, and who would have listened to Chief Colorow who had told Major Thomas T. Thornburgh that there would be bloodshed if they crossed into the Ute's reservation in this current election? Let's start off with what's current, remembering that polar bears aren't the only ones who have had to relocate.

...but the Arctic is the scene for a new kind of international gold rush...

Arctic a potential conflict zone, Europe warned
BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Union leaders will receive a stark warning next week of potential conflict with Russia over energy resources at the North Pole as global warning melts the ice cap and aggravates international security threats.
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