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ml johnstone — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:12:18 -0000

I think that a female "Maverick" would be up their screaming about the poverty that exists in America. The number of children living in poverty
the need for medicare for everyone
affordable housing
unnecessary military expenditures
the no. of civilian deaths that her country is responsible for in other countries
the growing gap between rich and poor with wealth getting more and more concentrated in the top 3% of the nation's well to do.
She would question the number of houses anyone person can own and she would suggest that since they are so affluent perhaps they could give up one of those for a social housing project.
She would talk about the long history of women in patriarchy How they became property.
How women died from backroom abortions before some qualified doctors stepped in to help because as medical professionals they could no longer just witness the suffering.
She would insist that energy be focused on ProLife ,meaning : support the lives of all babies and children already born who need help and nurturing to survive.
She might even mention the rapes of women all over this nation,and even in the military.

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jp — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:03:52 -0000

Susan, sounds like universal health care to me.

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NDN_Woman — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:44:08 -0000

I know that Indian Health care is bad compared to mainstream healthcare. I live in the Phoenix area near the Phoenix Indian Medical Center so it is not a long trip to the hospital. However, services are lacking but not as a lacking as described in this article. I have said over and over again...Sarah Palin is no Hillary Clinton. Palin is a big joke, a cruel witch of the north...pay for a rape kit??? She cannot be our next VP!

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fmlndn71 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:03:01 -0000

It's obvious you are not educated on the United States Government because if you were you would know that 25 CFR it's title INDIANS and it dictates how the United States Government handles Indian issues. Yeah we are the only race that are handled in accordance with United States Federal Regulations 25 CFR INDIANS.

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Emy — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:45:42 -0000

Yes, but you understand that the actual facilities are named "Indian Health Service" clinic. Do you see how that's relevant in this article?

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wiggles — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:10:28 -0000

RAINN and some other sources say the rate is about 5%.

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Tanya — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:40:29 -0000

"The rate of rape and sexual assault among Indian women is 3.5 times higher than among women of any other racial group in America. In addition, sexual assault victims in Indian country frequently lack access to basic health resources, including rape kits and screening for sexually transmitted diseases."

To be Indian is to be from the country of India. Just like to be American is to be from the country of Unites States of America. Please don't confuse Indians with Native Americans or Native Alaskans.

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Susan — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:01:54 -0000

here = Alaska

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Susan — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:00:47 -0000

I live here & I work for the Dept of Health & Social Services... you'd be amazed at what the Natives are forced to endure as far as their poor healthcare goes. They can't visit the hospitals the the rest of us do. The folks in Juneau have to go to ONE clinic and if they require any sort of hospitalization, they have to travel to Sitka, which is an expensive boat ride that they can't afford to pay for usually.

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Wm Thunder Hawk — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:19:40 -0000

Palin's past record on Alaskan Natives is very dismal. We now know the truth. She's adept at sending out smokescreens to enhance her image, a very false image at that.

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April — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:37:58 -0000

Thank you for the information. People need to know more about this VP candidate.

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Joey Brockhouse — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:53:21 -0000

When Palin was mayor of Wasilla Alaska rape victims in Wasilla were billed for their rape kit processing.

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Tonya — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:02:02 -0000

How could it be true that, "roughly 25 percent of rapes result in unwanted pregnancies"? Women are only fertile a couple days a month, and some women that get raped are not fertile at all (e.g. postmenopause). I think we need to be careful about undermining the rest of our message by inaccurate statements.