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		<title>Call to Action: Help, Volunteer, Donate for War Dance May 24-27</title>
		<link>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2012/05/16/call-to-action-help-volunteer-donate-for-war-dance-may-24-27/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 06:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Coming of Age ceremony]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are looking for volunteers to help us in the kitchen, help with set up and help with block the river for our upcoming War Dance May 24 - May 27 to protect our Coming of Age ceremonies from public harassment and abuse.

Read the post to learn about the details, our needs for War Dance, a food donation list and a cultural guide to ceremony. ]]></description>
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		<title>Chief Sisk to Present at Protecting Sacred Sites events May 31, June 1 in Oakland</title>
		<link>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2012/05/07/sacred-sites-event/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2012/05/07/sacred-sites-event/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 23:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Glen Cove]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medicine Lake]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shasta County]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Winnemem Wintu Chief and Spiritual Leader Caleen Sisk will be a featured speaker at this unique opportunity to learn about current struggles of Native peoples to protect sacred land in Northern California and ways that you can lend support]]></description>
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		<title>FOREST SERVICE IGNORES TRIBE&#8217;S REQUEST FOR PEACEFUL SACRED CEREMONY; TRIBE PLANS WAR DANCE TO PROTECT TRADITIONAL WOMEN’S RIGHTS</title>
		<link>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2012/05/04/forest-service-response/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2012/05/04/forest-service-response/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 17:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Forest Service Region 5 Forester Randy Moore has missed his May 1 deadline to respond to the Winnemem Wintu’s request for a mandatory river closure to protect their Coming of Age ceremony this summer. The tribe has had not received any intention of Mr. Moore to respond in a timely fashion, and because the government's legal process is clearly a dead end, the Winnemem will now hold a H'up Chonas, or War Dance, in the near future to defend their cultural rites in a traditional way]]></description>
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		<title>Why We Had to Go to Randy Moore; Vallejo Direct Action Media Roundup</title>
		<link>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2012/04/21/why-we-had-to-go-to-randy-moore-vallejo-direct-action-media-roundup/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2012/04/21/why-we-had-to-go-to-randy-moore-vallejo-direct-action-media-roundup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shasta-Trinity National Forest. Sharon Heywood]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Monday, we held a direct action at the U.S. Forest Service Office in Vallejo, challenging Regional Forester Randy Moore to enforce a mandatory closure at our Coming of Age Ceremonies on the McCloud Arm of Shasta Lake. 

We have exhausted every diplomatic and legal means to achieve a mandatory closure from the Forest Service without sacrificing our sovereignty. We have met roadblocks down every path.

Here is why we have reached this point:
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		<title>A Young Hupa Woman&#8217;s Statement in Support of Our Ceremony</title>
		<link>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2012/04/19/a-young-hupa-womans-letter-in-support-of-our-ceremony/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was raised with balance and encouragement and as a Native woman: to stand up for what is right. For as long as I've known my heart has always been with the Winnenmem Wintu People. And seeing them struggle tears my heart apart.
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		<title>Don’t miss our 2nd Annual Wild Salmon 5k in Eugene April 13 – 14!</title>
		<link>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2012/03/31/don%e2%80%99t-miss-our-2nd-annual-wild-salmon-5k-in-eugene-april-13-%e2%80%93-14/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 01:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Winnemem and the Winnemem Support Group of Oregon are proud to host the 2nd Annual Wild Salmon 5k Run in Eugene, Saturday, April 14, with all proceeds going to benefit our efforts to return our salmon home from New Zealand]]></description>
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		<title>From Oregon with Love for Ceremony: A Letter to the Forest Service</title>
		<link>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2012/03/22/910/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2012/03/22/910/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[McCloud Arm of Shasta Lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[puberty ceremony]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sharon Heywood]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter to the Forest Service from a supporter: "It was shocking that some recreating public members refused to accept a “voluntary closure” of the ceremony area and purposely disrupted it with shouts and curses.  In one such incident a woman lifted her shirt and showed her breasts.  This is totally unacceptable, and particularly at a time that is so sacred.

The United States of America is now among the signers of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People.  Article 12 states: “Indigenous peoples have the right to manifest, practice…and teach their spiritual and religious traditions…and ceremonies; the right to maintain and protect and have access in privacy to their religious and cultural sites.”"]]></description>
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		<title>Chief Speaking at TEDx Redding and Forest Forum in February</title>
		<link>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2012/01/13/chief-speaking-at-tedx-redding-and-forest-forum-in-february/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2012/01/13/chief-speaking-at-tedx-redding-and-forest-forum-in-february/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Winnemem Wintu's Spiritual Leader and Tribal Chief Caleen Sisk-Franco will be speaking about indigenous knowledge and conservation at two upcoming February events in Redding - TEDx and the Forum for the Forests]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t forget! Winnemem Films Screening this Weekend in Redding</title>
		<link>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2011/11/04/dont-forget-winnemem-films-screening-this-weekend-in-redding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2011/11/04/dont-forget-winnemem-films-screening-this-weekend-in-redding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dancing Salmon Home]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Forest Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian Education Film Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Sisk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McCloud River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recognition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Will Doolittle]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ust a reminder that this weekend we'll be screening the 15-minute promotional short for Will Doolittle's upcoming feature documentary Dancing Salmon Home and Will's 22-minute film, Ceremony Comes Home, about our 2006 Coming of Age ceremony.
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		<title>News from Native California Cover Story about Bałas Chonas</title>
		<link>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2011/10/29/news-from-native-california/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2011/10/29/news-from-native-california/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bałas Chonas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Winnemem Wintu's struggle to protect our (Bałas Chonas) Coming of Age ceremonies from public interference is the subject of the cover story for News from Native California's fall issue]]></description>
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