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2000
The Miami-Dade County government is now in the awkward position of intentionally excluding contractors on the basis of race, December 2000 - law.com.

Law school accused of using minority-leaning double standards, December 2000 - Seattle Times.

Tennessee may end racial quotas, December 2000 - Seattle Times.

Suicides by young black males rising in Georgia, December 2000 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Clinton has no plans to grant federal recognition to tribes, December 2000 - Boston Globe.

Yakama's reservation-wide alcohol ban upheld, December 2000 - Seattle Times.

Indians oppose Gorton for Cabinet: Will Bush put the fox in charge of the henshouse? December 2000 - San Diego Union-Tribune.

FBI agents protest clemency request for American Indian activist, December 2000 - Star-Telegram.

Indians buy back ancestral lands: Flush with revenue from casinos, American Indians have stepped up efforts to reverse decades of history by buying back ancestral lands owned by non-Indians, December 2000 - Denver Post.

American Indians using money to buy ancestral lands: Tribes across the Southwest are using casino money to buy ancestral land once thought lost forever to non-Indians, December 2000 - Star Tribune.

Evidence of influence, intimidation in push for tribal recognition: Financial influence, lobbying and intimidation are among the methods being used to get federal recognition for some Connecticut tribes, December 2000 - Boston Globe.

Boy left for dead after stabbing: A 13-year-old boy was stabbed, thrown over a wall and left for dead early yesterday in what police believe may have been a racist attack, December 2000 - The Times.

Bubbe Got Back: Ethnic identity and body image through the rearview mirror, December 2000 - Utne Reader.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is asking a federal judge to let it join in two racial discrimination lawsuits filed against Lockheed Martin by black employees, December 2000 - Nando Times.

DNA test clears black man of 1981 rape of white woman, December 2000 - Yahoo Daily News.

Race as a factor in the People's Courts: It's already here, December 2000 - Fathers for Life.

Blacks Need Not Apply: An incident in Georgia shows how little has changed among segregated college sororities, December 2000 - TIME.

Slavery's Legacy Shackled the Black Vote-And Cost Gore Thousands of Ballots, December 2000 - Village Voice.

Media gang up on Jackson and ignore the plight of black voters, November 2000 - Boston Globe.

Reverse-bias case against UW gets its day in appeals court, November 2000 - Seattle Times.

Why Over 200,000 African-American Men Could Not Vote in Florida, November 2000 - Men Web.

Genocide, What Genocide? November 2000 - The Progressive

NAACP probes claims of voters being turned away, November 2000 - Chicago Tribune

Israel Rejects Observers; U.S. proposes international presence, November 2000 - Washington Post

Indians losing in gambling business, November 2000 - Seattle P-I

Interracial Dating: A Good Thing, Maybe; True Love, Maybe Not, November 2000 - Fred Reed

'Hate Crime' Hypocrisy, November 2000 - News Max.

A Racist Attack, a Town Plagued, October 2000 - New York Times.

Minorities rejected for home loans, October 2000 - Washington Times.

The right to march, October 2000 - Denver Post.

Does lack of language skills constitute a protected right?, October 2000 - WorldNetDaily.

Genocide of Sudanese Christians of Little Interest to A Prosperous America, October 2000 - RightGrrl.

Black Listed: Local club owner takes City to federal court, charging racial discrimination, October 2000 - The Stranger.

America the Melting Pot is alive and bubbling, September 2000 - Dallas Morning News.

Girl's custody torn between two courts; teen returned to non-Indian family, September 2000 - Seattle Times.

What about Sudan's slaves?, September 2000 - Washington Times.

Asian-Americans Demanding Bias Inquiry in Scientist's Case, September 2000 - New York Times.

BIA chief apologizes for American ethnic cleansing, September 2000 - This will take you to a news item on the Philadelphia Inquirer site.

Aryan Nations defeat may not doom group: Lawsuits can't cripple movements, September 2000 - This will take you to a news item on the Houston Chronicle site.

Barak's 'striptease' at Camp David - This link will take you to an article at the Jerusalem Post site.

Land was and still is the core of the Arab-Israeli conflict in Palestine - This link will take you to an article at the Palestine-Israel Journal site.

Through the melting pot - This link will take you to an essay at the IntellectualCapital site.

There's sovereignty, and there's 'except' - This link will take you to an article about the Republican position on Indian sovereignty at the Seattle Times site.

"Kennewick Man" DNA in Doubt - This link will take you to an article at the Albuquerque Journal site.

Filipino clan stealing tribe's identity, elders say - This link will take you to an article at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer site. An interesting item not covered in the article is that the Nooksacks are not the only Northwest tribe dominated by members of Filipino and American Indian descent.

Racial trainwreck? - This link will take you to an article at columnist Fred Reed's site.

Publicity on slur helped in win - This link will take you to an article at The Birmingham News site.

Justice for teens often white-only, May 2000 - - This link will take you to an article in the April 26, 2000, issue of Seattle P.I.

It's Time We Rejected the Racial Litmus Test, February 2000 - This link will take you to an article in the February 7, 2000, issue of Newsweek.


1999
Powhatan Nation, November 1999 - John Smith was a self-promoting mercenary, "Pocahontas" was an excuse to wage war against the Powhatan, and the woman upon whom Smith based the myth died when she was only 21 years old. This link will take you to an article at the Powhatan Nation site.

Leonard Peltier: Political Prisoner, August 1999 - This link will take you to a site about the U.S. government's campaign against the American Indian Movement.

Murder most foul, May 1999 - For every kid killed in Colorado 61,538 died in Rwanda.


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