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Indian tribe worries pipeline will disturb graves
Associated Press ^
| March 26, 2012
Posted on 03/26/2012 8:22:36 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- As President Barack Obama pushes to fast-track an oil pipeline from Oklahoma south to the Gulf Coast, an American Indian tribe that calls the oil hub home worries the route might disrupt sacred sites holding the unmarked graves of their ancestors.
Sac and Fox Nation Chief George Thurman plans to voice his concerns this week in Washington. He said he fears workers placing the 485-mile Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Cushing to refineries on Texas' Gulf Coast could disturb holy ground without consideration of the tribe.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: energy; keystonexl; pipeline
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To: Jonty30
Better do some more reading. Not one single Indian Tribe from the state of California was nomadic. To say all is ridiculous. I believe you can throw Oregon and Washington in on that too.
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03/27/2012 1:25:47 AM PDT
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fish hawk
(Religion: Man's attempt to gain salvation or the approbation of God by his own works)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
I thought that went out 20 years ago. 1982, to be exact.
To: Mark17
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03/27/2012 3:26:26 AM PDT
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Conservative4Ever
(Waiting for the new tagline to download)
To: Free ThinkerNY
So, has he always been this concerned about pipelines crossing Oklahoma?
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03/27/2012 5:03:02 AM PDT
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thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
In other words, Your beliefs trump the beliefs of the Indians. OK.
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03/27/2012 7:29:26 AM PDT
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Tupelo
( 2012 TEA PARTYER but no longer a Republican)
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