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Shoshone Indians ask for UN intervention.(INSIDER REPORT)(Brief Article)
In an appeal to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Western Shoshone tribe has asked the world body to intervene in a land ownership dispute with the federal government.
The Shoshone petition "challenges the U.S. government's assertion of federal ownership of nearly 90 percent of Western Shoshone lands," reported Indian Country Today on August 19. The dispute involves roughly 60 million acres stretching across Nevada, Idaho, Utah, and California. "The lands include the proposed Yucca Mountain high-level nuclear waste facility and lands targeted for expanded gold extraction," notes the report.
"Our traditional laws tell us we were placed here as caretakers of the land," stated Western Shoshone spokesman Joe Kennedy. "As part of the Western Shoshone Nation, we will not stand idly by and allow the U.S. ...
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- EDITORIAL: Western Shoshone Land Case Reveals Fundamental Injustice.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News June 30, 2003 700+ words
...Tribune Business News Jun. 30--The Western Shoshone land claims case is a contemporary...past, future and potential title to Western Shoshone lands, the reality of a case not...meetings and heard testimony on the Western Shoshone Distribution Bill, H.R. 884...
- Congress' Vote on Western Shoshone Distribution Bill Is 'Day to Day'.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News June 9, 2004 700+ words
...outpouring of support for the Western Shoshone. Rep. James Gibbons, R-Nev., scheduled the Western Shoshone Distribution Bill for a vote in...be identical to S. 618, the Western Shoshone Distribution Bill sponsored by...
- Congressional Committee Hears Testimony on Western Shoshone Distribution Bill.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News June 25, 2003 700+ words
...Resources Committee, June 18, over the Western Shoshone Distribution Bill, H.R. 884...allow distribution of federal funds to Western Shoshone tribal members for land claims in...claims filed by the Te-Moak Bands of Western Shoshone in the Indian Claims Commission in...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News March 24, 2004 700+ words
...Mar. 24--FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Western Shoshone Carrie Dann said a proposed U.S...Delivering a fiery speech, Dann said the Western Shoshone Distribution Bill (H.R. 884...as the leader of the assault on Western Shoshone, she said, "He represents the big...