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Hog Farm Standoff
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Yankton Hog Farm Protest needs
support! Please contact the following people:
Contacts:
The Yankton Sioux Tribal
Headquarters is: 605 384-3641
Greg Zephier, Councilman: 491-0004
Frances Zephier, onsite contact: 491-2674
Sherwyn Zepher, PR Rep.: 491-2653
Hog farm Protest Video's
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4/28/08
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr8SM8-WQg8
Articles
Yankton hog farm clash widens
May 9, 2008
Indian Country
Today - Canastota,NY,USA
Construction crews have been using the road to begin building a hog farm
that would produce 70000 pigs annually on private land within the
reservation's
Hog farm developers to go to federal court
May 7, 2008
Madison Daily Leader -
Madison,SD,USA
By AP YANKTON (AP) -- The case of a large-scale hog farm west of Wagner will
be in federal court again next week, but this time it will be courtesy of
the
Hog farm protesters make first court
appearance | KXNet.com North ...April
30, 2008
Reiten Television KXMB
Bismarck - Bismarck,ND,USA
AP LAKE ANDES, SD (AP) About 25 people arrested last week for blocking
traffic to a hog farm construction site near Wagner made their first court
...
Firsthand account/update from anti-hog farm struggle in South Dakota
April 25, 2007
Infoshop News - USA
This is about the racist state of south dakota moving in the middle of
Indian country and saying, "This is our road!" Tomorrow it will be "this is
our land! ...
Suit filed in federal court to stop work on hog farm
April 24, 2008
Daily Republic -
Mitchell,SD,USA
The lawsuit alleges the hog farm has not met federal environmental
requirements, has failed to follow federal law requiring a search for
historic and ...
Owners of controversial hog farm to meet with protesters
April 24, 2008
Sioux Falls Argus Leader -
Sioux Falls,SD,USA
AP • April 21, 2008 WAGNER – Supporters and opponents of a controversial
large-scale hog farm planned to exchange views Monday night in a public
meeting ...
Arrested Protester Speaks
April 24, 2008
KSFY - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
By Drew Sandholm 16 adults and one juvenile were arrested today for
disorderly conduct because they blocked traffic to construction site of a
large hog farm ...
Protesters file lawsuit to stop hog farm construction
April 23, 2008
Sioux Falls Argus Leader -
Sioux Falls,SD,USA
The tribe has a Head Start facility for children ages 3 to 5 about two miles
from the planned hog farm, according to the complaint, and many tribal
members ...
Arrests made at protest of SD hog farm after
road blocked
April 21, 2008
The Associated Press - 3 hours
ago
WAGNER, SD (AP) — Fifteen to
20 people protesting a hog farm being built near Yankton Sioux Tribe land
were arrested Tuesday after they blocked the path of ...
Witness: Up to 18 people arrested at hog farm
protest near Wagner
April 21, 2008
Sioux Falls Argus Leader, SD -
8 hours ago
As many as 18 people have been
arrested at the planned hog farm near Wagner, according to a protester on
the scene. Frances Zephyr said 18 adults and teens ...
Protest continue over hog farm April 18, 2008
Sioux City Journal -
Sioux City,IA,USA
Krebs told the Argus Leader the troopers had been requested to back up the
sheriff's office and the Bureau of Indian Affairs during the initial
construction .
State pulls troopers from Wagner protest site April 18, 2008
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
- Sioux Falls,SD,USA
Krebs said Highway Patrol troopers were requested by the Charles Mix County
sheriff to “back up his office and the BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs) during
the ...
Hog Lot Prompts Protest In Southern South Dakota April 18, 2008
KTIV - Sioux City,IA,USA
Police presence was vastly reduced Thursday, consisting of just a handful of
Bureau of Indian Affairs officers. "We respected their wishes," said Gary
...
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Saving sacred site Bear Butte issue more critical than ever
May 10, 2008
Native Times - USA
Bear Butte is a sacred mountain located eight miles west of Sturgis, South
Dakota. It is registered as a National Historical Landmark. Bear Butte is
sacred ...
CEO of Native American Bank placed on leave May 10, 2008
Helena Independent
Record - Helena,MT,USA
By JODI RAVE - Lee Enterprises - 05/10/08 The CEO and president of the
Native American Bank, the only multi-tribe-owned national bank in the
country, ...
New Mexico's Native American Superdelegate announces her bid for Obama
May 10, 2008
Native Times - USA
The New Mexico Independent, a media source in New Mexico, just announced
today that Barack Obama has another Native American super delegate in his
corner. ...
The International Indian Treaty Council and
Longest Walk's human ... May
10, 2008
The NarcoSphere - New
York,NY,USA
You are carrying the prayers and purpose of protecting sacred sites. You are
carrying the prayer and purpose that we have not faded away, that we are
still
Federal Court Judges hammer both sides in the Cherokee Freedmen Case
May 9, 2008
Native
Times - USA
Federal judges wondered whether the Cherokee Nation was indispensible to the
case and whether the Bureau of Indian Affairs compromised oversight ...
Yankton hog farm clash widens
May 9, 2008
Indian Country Today -
Canastota,NY,USA
Construction crews have been using the road to begin building a hog farm
that would produce 70000 pigs annually on private land within the
reservation's
Court orders American Indian to trial for
shooting eagle
May 9, 2008
The Associated Press -
(AP) — An American Indian who shot a bald eagle for use in a tribal
religious ceremony must stand trial, a federal appeals court has ruled. ...
Native superdelegates support Obama
May 9, 2008
Rapid City
Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
Indian Country can decide who is sitting in the White House." Reach reporter
Jodi Rave at 800-366-7186 or jodi.rave@lee.net.
Weahkee newest Native American Superdelegate
May 7, 2008
Tulsa Native American
Times - Tulsa,OK,USA
Weahkee told the Native American Times it was an “honor” she neither sought
nor expected. While she appears a little shocked at the appointment by the
New ...
Hog farm developers to go to federal court
May 7, 2008
Madison Daily Leader -
Madison,SD,USA
By AP YANKTON (AP) -- The case of a large-scale hog farm west of Wagner will
be in federal court again next week, but this time it will be courtesy of
the ..
2010 census strives for better counting of Native Americans May 7, 2008
Great Falls Tribune -
Great Falls,MT,USA
By KARL PUCKETT Members of the Native American Local Government Commission —
pointing out that a few thousand Cascade County Indians were not recorded in
...
Tribes work to create drug task force May 7, 2008
Green Bay Press Gazette
- Green Bay,WI,USA
The Native American Drug and Gang Initiative is a collaborative effort
between the eight tribes with law enforcement agencies that functions as a
tribal ...
Protect Sacred Sites: Stop Toxic Dumping on
O’odham Lands May 5, 2008
Bay Area Indymedia - San
Francisco,CA,USA
by Jeff ( petition [at] tiamatpublications.com ) On March 29, 2008
Traditional O’odham leaders and International Supporters arrived in the
small village of ...
Vine Deloria Jr.'s legacy continues to inspire May 5, 2008
Indian
Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
he said, referring to Bear Butte and Wind Cave, in South Dakota, Devils
Tower in Wyoming and Nanih Waiyah in Mississippi, among others. ...
Sioux urged to take Hills payment May 5, 2008
Rapid City
Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
The reason, they told him, was simple: To accept the money meant accepting
the loss of the Sioux Nation's sacred land. "The hills are not for sale, ...
Trimble: Iyeska: Notes from mixed-blood country May 1, 2008
Indian
Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
... the National Congress of American Indians from 1972 - 78. He is
president of Red Willow Institute in Omaha, Neb., and a columnist for Indian
Country Today.
BIA chief quits unexpectedly
May 1, 2008
Indian
Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
''Throughout your tenure, I have appreciated your able insight as we have
worked to address important issues in Indian country,'' Kempthorne responded
in a ...
April NDN News
When asked by an anthropologist what the Indian called America
before the white man came, an Indian simply said, "Ours"
Vine Deloria
