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Money from casinos has lifted many Native American tribal economies and made some tribes rich. Take the Shakopee Mdewakanton in the state of Minnesota, for example. Its gaming operations earn tribe members $1 million a year. But the road to casino ri

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A recent report confirms what Native Americans have always known: Most people in the United States know little, if anything, about American Indians. And what they do know is based on questionable information spread by traditional media. At the same t

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By Mike O'Sullivan Central Washington State 02 October 2007 Each year, salmon head upriver to their spawning grounds in the Columbia River basin in the northwestern U.S. state of Washington. Mike O'Sullivan reports, the event has inspired a festival

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The death toll is surging from todays street battles across Egypt much of which is under a curfew this hour. The ministry of health is now reporting at least 235 death and more than 200 people wounded in street battles today. Gunshots swing out in Ca

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Beginners. For a few years, the city of Wenatchee has been introducing sculptures to the towns people. Every now and then, as I am walking along, I will see a new one. Some of them have been bought by the local council, but others are on loan; they w

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The Obama administration is sending its top envoy for East Asia to visit China, Japan, South Korea and Singapore. The State Department says Daniel Russel, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, will start his visit on Monday