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Oglala Sioux Tribe sues Whiteclay stores, beer makers, distributors
South Dakota's largest Sioux tribe filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to stem the flow of millions of cans of beer across its border from a 10-person town in Nebraska.  Whiteclay5/19/2012
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Column: Big Beer Brewers Like Anheuser-Busch Are Drunk on Greed
(USA) -- Big brewers like Anheuser-Busch frequently admonish us imbibers of their grain products to "drink responsibly." Well, I say back to them: Lobby...
5/18/2012
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Column: Nicholas Kristof's Bogus Anti-Beer Crusade
(USA) -- Is there a New York Times columnist as insufferably moralistic, or as neglectful of facts that contradict his argument, as Nicholas Kristof? Last week Kristof...
5/17/2012
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LETTER: Helping Native Americans
(New York) -- To the Editor: Re “Poverty’s Poster Child” (column, May 10): Nicholas D. Kristof is right that Indian country faces disparities with the...
5/16/2012
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How to Address Alcoholism on Indian Reservations
(New York) -- In The New York Times earlier this month, Nicholas D. Kristof called for a boycott of Anheuser-Busch because of how the company’s products are...
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LaMERE: Blood on Their Hands
(Nebraska) -- Any action short of shutting down Whiteclay and crippling the enterprise that peddles alcohol among the Lakota people is unacceptable. The death toll...
5/14/2012
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GIAGO: 'Beer sniffing' reporters descend upon Pine Ridge
(South Dakota) -- The “beer sniffing” reporters from across the country, particularly those of the New York Times, descended upon the Pine Ridge Reservation...
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NORRELL: When fat cat reporters come to town
(USA) -- When outside reporters come to Indian country, they seem to think that local reporters and editors are really anxious to work for them for free, and also to be...
5/8/2012
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BLOG: Can a Bud boycott help the Pine Ridge Reservation?
(Philadelphia) -- In Sunday’s New York Times, columnist Nicholas Kristof called for a boycott of Anheuser-Busch (maker of beers like Budweiser, Rolling Rock, and,...
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LETTER: Alcohol and the Reservation: Anheuser-Busch’s View
(New York) -- Re “A Battle With the Brewers,” by Nicholas D. Kristof (column, May 6): We care about the tragic problems of tribal members on the Pine Ridge...
5/6/2012
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KRISTOF: A Battle With the Brewers
(Nebraska) -- AFTER seeing Anheuser-Busch’s devastating exploitation of American Indians, I’m done with its beer. The human toll is evident here in Whiteclay...
5/2/2012
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Beer Companies, Retailers Seek Dismissal of Indian Lawsuit
(Nebraska) -- Arguing that beer retailers would be forced to discriminate against American Indians if a $500 million lawsuit filed by the Oglala Sioux Tribe is...
4/30/2012
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Beer companies seek dismissal of reservation suit
(Nebraska) -- Beer companies are asking a judge to dismiss a $500 million lawsuit by an American Indian tribe that accuses them of knowingly contributing to alcohol-...
4/27/2012
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Can one South Dakota tribe take on America's big beer?
(South Dakota) -- After years of failed efforts to address chronic alcoholism, the largest Native American tribe in the US is launching a $500m (£308m) dollar...
4/24/2012
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Indian Beer Bill Stalls; Industry Money Flows
(Nebraska) -- Legislation in Nebraska that would curtail alcohol purchases to residents of a dry Indian reservation has stalled in a key committee whose members have...
4/11/2012
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Indian Beer Bill Stalls; Industry Money Flows
(Nebraska) -- Legislation in Nebraska that would curtail alcohol purchases to residents of a dry Indian reservation has stalled in a key committee whose members have...
4/3/2012
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ABOUREZK: Tribe claims Whiteclay has created public nuisance
(Nebraska) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe claims four beer stores in a small Nebraska town that collectively sell nearly 5 million cans of beer a year have created a public...
4/2/2012
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Oglala Sioux Tribe files second amended complaint
(Nebraska) -- Attorney Tom White, legal counsel for the Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST), has filed a second amended complaint in the Tribe's lawsuit against the brewers,...
4/1/2012
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Tribe sues to keep reservation free of booze
(South Dakota) -- The sale or possession of liquor is strictly forbidden by the tribal government of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. But there is a tiny town...
3/31/2012
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Tribe Sues To Keep Reservation Free Of Booze
(South Dakota) -- The Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota is dry and the sale or possession of liquor is strictly forbidden by the tribal government. But there is a...
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Tribe Sues To Keep Reservation Free Of Booze
(South Dakota) -- The sale or possession of liquor is strictly forbidden by the tribal government of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. But there is a tiny town...
3/19/2012
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Oglalas Ask Courts to Cap Whiteclay Beer Sales
(Nebraska) -- Following up on a recently filed federal lawsuit against beer stores, breweries and other businesses involved in the Whiteclay, Nebraska alcohol trade, the...
3/16/2012
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ROOKS: God and man at Whiteclay
(South Dakota) -- When Bruce Bonfleur arrived on Pine Ridge Reservation, he traveled a well-worn path: that of the white Christian come to save the Indian.
3/15/2012
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Five near Whiteclay face bootlegging charges
(South Dakota) -- More news Thursday near the tiny town of Whiteclay, Nebraska. Several members of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation are facing bootlegging charges from...
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US Attorney: Federal bootlegging charges 'unique'
(South Dakota) -- Federal bootlegging charges against several people on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation were filed in part because of concerns raised by community...
3/8/2012
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Beer sales plunge near American Indian tribe plagued by alcoholism
(Nebraska) -- Alcohol sales have plummeted in a tiny Nebraska town faulted for selling beer to members of an American Indian tribe plagued by alcoholism.
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Tribe seeks order to limit beer sales in Nebraska town
(Nebraska) -- Leaders of an American Indian tribe in South Dakota who are suing beer makers, distributors and retailers are now asking a judge to limit alcohol sales in...
3/6/2012
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Stew Magnuson: The $500 million Whiteclay lawsuit and a wide spot on the road called Swett
(Nebraska) -- I won’t presume to know what the true intentions of the Oglala Nation’s tribal leaders were when they filed the $500 million lawsuit seeking...
3/5/2012
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At Tribe’s Door, a Hub of Beer and Heartache
(Nebraska) -- Four rickety metal shacks that line the main road in this town of maybe 10 people sell an average of 13,000 cans of beer and malt liquor a day. The nearest...
3/3/2012
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FORUM: Oglala Sioux Tribe should sell alcohol for the revenue
(South Dakota) -- I am Lakota and an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota. I serve as the president of the Organization for Native American Unity.
2/26/2012
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Gold Mines in Hell
(Nebraska) -- In Nebraska, some liquor stores sell booze to minors and manage to hang onto their licenses, according to Nebraska Liquor Control Commission data.
2/25/2012
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Tribe seeks order to limit beer sales in Neb. town
(Nebraska) -- Leaders of a South Dakota American Indian tribe who are suing beer makers, distributors and retailers are now asking a judge to restrict alcohol sales in a...
2/23/2012
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TORT LAW: Tribe Seeks Injunction to Curb Alcohol Sales Near Reservation
(South Dakota) -- An Indian tribe in South Dakota is asking a federal judge to issue an injunction as part of its suit against companies that make and sell beer in a...
2/22/2012
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Tribe seeks injunction on Whiteclay beer sales
(Nebraska) -- A Native American tribe in South Dakota has asked for a court order to sharply restrict beer sales in the Nebraska village of Whiteclay while larger legal...
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Tribe seeks order to limit beer sales in Neb. town
(Nebraska) -- Leaders of an American Indian tribe in South Dakota who are suing beer makers, distributors and retailers are now asking a judge to limit alcohol sales in...
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Tribe seeks to limit beer sales at Whiteclay
(Nebraska) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe is asking a federal court to limit alcohol sales in a small Nebraska town that sells nearly 5 million cans of beer a year.
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Tribe seeks to limit Whiteclay beer sales
(Nebraska) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe has amended its lawsuit against four beer stores in Whiteclay and the brewers and distributors that serve them to include an...
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BLOG: Gold Mine in Hell
(Nebraska) -- In Nebraska, some liquor stores sell booze to minors and manage to hang onto their licenses, according to Nebraska Liquor Control Commission data.
2/17/2012
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EDITORIAL: New ideas on Whiteclay
(Nebraska) -- With millions of cans of beer continuing to flow unabated year after year from Whiteclay across the border to the Pine Ridge Reservation, it's...
2/14/2012
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Lawmakers discuss 'alcohol impact zones'
(Nebraska) -- As a lawsuit targeting alcohol sales to Native Americans in the South Dakota-Nebraska border town of Whiteclay winds its way through the courts, a Nebraska...
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Tribe Sues Big Beer Makers for Damages
(South Dakota) -- Near the site of the bloody massacre at Wounded Knee, a new lawsuit addresses an old problem. The Oglala Sioux Tribe at Pine Ridge reservation is suing...
2/13/2012
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Neb. bill targeting Whiteclay faces scrutiny
(Nebraska) -- A proposal to allow for stricter alcohol rules in certain parts of Nebraska would give local governments the tools they need to fight public drunkenness, a...
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Oglala Sioux Tribe Files $500M Lawsuit Against Brewers, Distributors and Sellers of Alcohol in Whiteclay, Nebraska
(South Dakota) -- The Oglala Sioux tribe filed a $500 million lawsuit February 9 against brewers (Anheuser-Busch InBev, Molson Coors, Pabst, Miller Brewers), retailers...
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OP/ED: Alcohol drives Oglala Sioux Tribe's lawsuit
(South Dakota) -- Whiteclay, Neb., has a population of 14 people. It is in northwest Nebraska, bordering the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, only two miles from the city...
2/11/2012
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Native Americans: The Tragedy of Alcoholism
(South Dakota) -- Native Americans of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation near Whiteclay, Nebraska, have filed a $500-million lawsuit against beer manufacturers for the...
2/10/2012
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ABOUREZK: Legal experts raise questions about Whiteclay lawsuit
(Nebraska) -- The Thursday decision by a South Dakota tribe to sue the owners of four beer stores in Whiteclay and the distributors and brewers who serve them has raised...
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Oglala Sioux Tribe sues Whiteclay stores, beer makers, distributors
(South Dakota) -- South Dakota's largest Sioux tribe filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to stem the flow of millions of cans of beer across its border from a 10-person...
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People React To Whiteclay Lawsuit
(Nebraska) -- A lawsuit has been filed by the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Reservation. It's against some major beer distributors and the stores that sell...
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Sioux tribe sues brewers for alcohol woes
(South Dakota) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe is suing some of the world's largest beer brewers, saying they knowingly have contributed to devastating alcohol-related...
2/9/2012
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$500M federal lawsuit filed against beer distributors in Whiteclay, NE
(Nebraska) -- A federal lawsuit accuses those involved in liquor sales in tiny Whiteclay, Nebraska of knowing the beer is heading to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in...
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Native tribe sues brewers as town of 11 near reservation sells 13,000 cans of a beer a day
(Nebraska) -- A U.S. First Nations tribe is suing several brewers and retailers, saying they’re deliberately circumventing a local ban on alcohol.
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Oglala Sioux Tribe sues Whiteclay stores, beer makers, distributors
(Nebraska) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota is suing the owners of four beer stores in Whiteclay, plus the beer distributors and manufacturers serving those...
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Oglala tribe sues A-B, others over sales
(Nebraska) -- An American Indian tribe sued Anheuser-Busch InBev and the world's other largest brewers Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating...
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S.D. tribe sues 5 beer makers, cites alcohol abuse
(Nebraska) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota sued some of the world's largest beer makers Thursday for $500 million, claiming they knowingly contributed to...
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South Dakota Tribe suing Beer Distributors / Oglala Sioux Tribe taking action or a political stunt?
(Arizona) -- It was reported from the Journal Star in South Dakota that The Oglala Sioux Tribe is suing the beer distributors and manufacturers serving the stores of the...
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Tribe suing beer companies for alcohol problems
(Nebraska) -- An American Indian tribe sued some of the world's largest beer makers Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating alcohol-related...
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Tribe suing beer companies for alcohol problems
(Nebraska) -- A Native American tribe sued some of the world's largest beer makers Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating alcohol-related...
1/10/2012
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Bill would let Neb. target alcohol problem areas
(Nebraska) -- Advocates fighting alcohol problems in Omaha and the tiny Panhandle town of Whiteclay believe a bill in the Legislature would help curb public drunkenness...
12/30/2011
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Lakota Warrior Society Serious About Zero Tolerance of Alcohol - Blockage Underway Today
(South Dakota) -- The Strong Heart Warrior Society is serious about the zero tolerance ban of alcohol on the Oglala Sioux Indian Reservation - especially during this New...
12/28/2011
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Lakota Groups Ready For White Clay Alcohol Blockade
(South Dakota) -- Following in the footsteps of honored Lakota warriors Chief Big Foot, Crazy Horse, and Rain in the Face, modern day warriors are acting to protect...
9/16/2011
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Neb. lawmakers mull alcohol problems in Whiteclay
(Nebraska) -- Nebraska lawmakers are once again looking at the alcohol problems in the Panhandle town of Whiteclay. Nebraska Liquor Control Commission director Hobert...
2/28/2011
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Indian Commission asks for Whiteclay money
(Nebraska) -- Judi gaiashkibos says $15,000 isn't a lot of money to be asking to help out the people who live near the Nebraska-South Dakota border town of Whiteclay.
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