Tar Sands, Obama and the New Censorship in Indian Country

[douglas9]

WASHINGTON -- Cree actress Tantoo Cardinal was arrested on Tuesday at the White House, defending her homeland from the tar sands excavation that is destroying the land, air and water. Tantoo Cardinal was arrested with Superman's Lois Lane, Margot Kidder, born in Yellowknife, Canada, in the protest to halt the Keystone XL Pipeline from Alberta to Texas.
Normally, the American Indian news media rushes to post these stories, which are free and easily available online.

However, on Wednesday morning, Tantoo Cardinal's arrest was censored by five leading Native American online websites in the US. There was no mention of her arrest or of the ongoing protests.

What was the motive? Are Native American online news websites attempting to protect Obama from criticism?

Obama went on a 10-day vacation when the two weeks of protests and arrests began at the White House.

Today's censorship is disturbing because it continues the pattern of censorship in Indian country that has recently accelerated.

http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2011/08/tar-sands-obama-and-new-censorship-in.html

[xchrom]

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[uponit7771]

2. WTF does Obama have to do with websites not posting an arrest?! WTF is this?!

[glinda]

3. A prominent northern MN Indian newspaper used to be run by a repug. Would not surprise me that

the motive is not actually related to Obama as much as to patronizing the Tar Sands people.