Lakota leaders announced earlier this week that they are unilaterally withdrawing from their 33 treaties with the United States, stating that the U.S. has continually violated them, and it is therefore within the tribe's legal right to withdraw.
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A while back I was selling my book at a book fair. A woman came up to my table and asked me if I used the word "God" in my book. I replied, "Yes . . . quite often, in fact." Then she said, "Then I don't want to read your book." And she walked away.

I was shocked by what she said, but not totally surprised. Like many people, it is highly likely that this woman has a rather dim view of "God." To her, the very word itself probably represents a judgmental being who is continually monitoring our thoughts and actions, and punishing us for our failings. And she has rejected that idea.
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