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		<title>Chief Speaking at TEDx Redding and Forest Forum in February</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2012/01/13/chief-speaking-at-tedx-redding-and-forest-forum-in-february/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t forget! Winnemem Films Screening this Weekend in Redding</title>
		<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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		<link>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2011/11/04/dont-forget-winnemem-films-screening-this-weekend-in-redding/</link>
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		<title>News from Native California Cover Story about Bałas Chonas</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2011/10/29/news-from-native-california/</link>
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		<title>Winnemem Film Screenings in Redding Nov. 4-6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two short documentaries about our Tribe's journey to justice and salmon return will be screened at the Indian Education Film Festival, which is being held at the Shasta Learning Center (Old Nova), Friday - Sunday, Nov. 4-]]></description>
		<link>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2011/10/26/winnemem-film-screenings/</link>
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		<title>Caleen Sisk-Franco: &#8220;Salmon Restoration Should Help Ranchers, Not Hurt Them&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Winnemem Wintu Spiritual Leader and Tribal Chief Caleen Sisk-Franco published an opinion piece in the Redding Record-Searchlight today stating that the Tribe supports local ranchers and sees them as allies in Central Valley salmon recovery]]></description>
		<link>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2011/10/23/caleen-sisk-franco-salmon-recovery/</link>
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		<title>Winnemem Salmon Return Presentation at Food Summit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Winnemem Wintu Tribal Member Ricardo Torres will discuss the Tribe's efforts to return our salmon home to the McCloud River at the 2011 Community Food Summit tomorrow, Sept. 13, at the Sacramento Native American Health Center (SNAHC). Torres is also Chair of the SNAHC Board of Directors.
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		<link>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2011/09/12/694/</link>
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		<title>This Week in Winnemem: Salmon, Unrecognized Tribes and Human Right to Water</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Winnemem Wintu have received a lot of news coverage in recent weeks, so here is a quick round-up in case you missed it, including links to stories from the Christian Science Monitor, Alternet and California Watch]]></description>
		<link>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2011/09/04/this-week-in-winnemem-salmon-unrecognized-tribes-and-human-right-to-water/</link>
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		<title>Powerful Coonrod Ceremony, Progress on McCloud Salmon Return</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year's Coonrod Ceremony, held at our sacred meadow near Mt. Shasta, was one of the most powerful and largest ceremonies in years, said Winnemem Wintu Spiritual Leader and Traditional Chief Caleen Sisk-Franco.

It was also a ceremony with many special guests. Members of our Maori family - John and Gloria Wilkie and Pauline Reid of the Waitaha Māmoe Fisher People - traveled across the Pacific to be with us for ceremony and support our efforts to bring the McCloud salmon home from the Rakaia River in New Zealand. . . <a href="http://www.winnememwintu.us/2011/08/23/powerful-coonrod-ceremony-progress-on-mccloud-salmon-return">Read more.</a]]></description>
		<link>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2011/08/23/powerful-coonrod-ceremony-progress-on-mccloud-salmon-return/</link>
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		<title>Coonrod Ceremony, Aug. 11-14, Will Have Many Visitors, Dancers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our annual<strong> Coonrod Ceremony</strong> will be held Aug. 11-14 at Coonrod Flat near the town of McCloud. We are ready for all our visitors including our dear friends from New Zealand: John and Gloria Wilkie, Pauline Reid, and Dirk Barr, manager of the Montrose Hatchery which helps our<a href="http://www.dancingsalmonhome.com/"> McCloud River salmon thrive over there in the Rakaia River</a>. . . <a href="http://www.winnememwintu.us/2011/08/01/coonrod-ceremony">Read more.</a]]></description>
		<link>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2011/08/01/coonrod-ceremony/</link>
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		<title>Record-Searchlight Supports Bałas Chonas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After printing a story about the postponement of our Bałas Chonas (Coming of Age Ceremony) because of the threat of public interference, the Record-Searchlight published two editorials supporting our fight to hold the ceremony in peace.

The first by the editorial board "Recognized or not, tribe's rite deserves respect from the law" argues that if the law doesn't allow the Winnemem to close the river, then the law must change.
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		<link>http://www.winnememwintu.us/2011/07/20/record-searchlight-supports-balas-chonas/</link>
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