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National "Call Congress!" Day of Action
By Beyond Nuclear
An environmental coalition, including Beyond Nuclear, Friends of the Earth, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, and others, has called for a National "Call Congress!" Day of Action against nuclear power loan guarantees for Wed., Feb. 24th. Please phone your two U.S. Senators and your U.S. Representative via the Capitol Switchboard, (202) 224-3121, and help ring the phones off the hook all day long during business hours next Wednesday in Congress! Urge your Members of Congress to let President Obama and Energy Secretary Chu know that they are displeased that the first $18.5 billion in already-approved nuclear loan guarantees is being rushed out to unworthy applicants, increasing the already high risks that taxpayers will be left holding the bag for defaulted projects. Also urge your Members of Congress to block President Obama's Fiscal Year 2011 budget request to triple the nuclear loan guarantee program from $18.5 billion for new reactors, to $54.5 billion (and don't forgot about the $2 billion in already-approved loan guarantees for new uranium enrichment facilities!). See NIRS's email alert as well as its website announcement of "Call Congress Day." Also see Beyond Nuclear's loan guarantee website for more information.
Also see: 'Dr. Jekyll' Obama Goes Nuclear
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February 19, 2010
February 18, 2010
Chippewa Bruce LaFountain wins True West best sculptor award
BEST LIVING WESTERN SCULPTOR
Bruce LaFountain
True West magazine
The fact that Bruce LaFountain placed second in the Cast Metal category at the prestigious Santa Fe Indian Market in 2009 didn’t surprise anyone. Yet this Chippewa Indian—he grew up on the Turtle Mountain Reservation in North Dakota but now creates out of Salt Lake City—doesn’t create art for awards, though he has many. His abstract sculptures seem to be always moving, which might come from his childhood memories of dancing in powwows. LaFountain is brash and forthright: “The motivation for my work does not stem from wanting to win a show or from money,” LaFountain says. “It evolves from the spirit of my ancestors and my own deep spiritual feelings.” Well said, sir.
Bruce LaFountain
True West magazine
The fact that Bruce LaFountain placed second in the Cast Metal category at the prestigious Santa Fe Indian Market in 2009 didn’t surprise anyone. Yet this Chippewa Indian—he grew up on the Turtle Mountain Reservation in North Dakota but now creates out of Salt Lake City—doesn’t create art for awards, though he has many. His abstract sculptures seem to be always moving, which might come from his childhood memories of dancing in powwows. LaFountain is brash and forthright: “The motivation for my work does not stem from wanting to win a show or from money,” LaFountain says. “It evolves from the spirit of my ancestors and my own deep spiritual feelings.” Well said, sir.
True West selects Charmaine White Face for Best Living Indian Rights Crusader
BEST LIVING INDIAN RIGHTS CRUSADER
True West magazine
Charmaine White Face
She is a voice for the Black Hills—and it’s a task Charmaine White Face has gladly undertaken for more than two decades, as a columnist for several newspapers and an activist. She formed Defenders of the Black Hills in 2002, working to end logging, mining and exploitative tourism of this area, which is sacred to her Ogala Sioux tribe. Her work has received international recognition, and she hopes that will help return the Black Hills to its rightful owners—the American Indians.
True West magazine
Charmaine White Face
She is a voice for the Black Hills—and it’s a task Charmaine White Face has gladly undertaken for more than two decades, as a columnist for several newspapers and an activist. She formed Defenders of the Black Hills in 2002, working to end logging, mining and exploitative tourism of this area, which is sacred to her Ogala Sioux tribe. Her work has received international recognition, and she hopes that will help return the Black Hills to its rightful owners—the American Indians.
True West names Russell Means Best Living Indian Rights Crusader
Lakota Russell Means wins Readers Choice Award 
for Best Living Indian Rights Crusader
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In its 2010 Readers Choice awards, True West magazine announced that readers selected Russell Means as the "Best Living Indian Rights Crusader."
Double click on image to read award letter.
Read more about Russell Means, as an actor and activist:
http://www.russellmeans.com/
http://www.treatyschool.org/
http://www.republicoflakotah.com/
http://www.russellmeansfreedom/.
for Best Living Indian Rights Crusader
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In its 2010 Readers Choice awards, True West magazine announced that readers selected Russell Means as the "Best Living Indian Rights Crusader."
Double click on image to read award letter.
Read more about Russell Means, as an actor and activist:
http://www.russellmeans.com/
http://www.treatyschool.org/
http://www.republicoflakotah.com/
http://www.russellmeansfreedom/.
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