MPP Assistant Director of Communications Mike Meno is interviewed about the Justice Department announcement that the federal government will no longer use resources to prosecute medical marijuana users and providers that are in compliance with state law. 10/19/2009 YouTube - MPP's Mike Meno Discussing Federal Policy on Fox DC

A New Deal for Native Art: Indian Arts and Federal Policy, 1933-1943 Jennifer McLerran 2009 University of Arizona Press This book explores the variety of ways the New Deal affected Native American arts and crafts. According to McLerran, the driving forces behind the Native American arts revival during the New Deal were John ...

BREAKOUT INFORMATION!!!! What: Walter Littlemoon, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and his wife, Jane Ridgway, will describe the impact federal Indian policies have had on their lives and family history. Littlemoon will present information from his memoir, "They Call Me Uncivilized, The Memoir of an Everyday Lakota Man from Wounded Knee.

... the entire state of South Dakota fall outside this zone. And the implications for individual freedom depending on whether you live inside or outside this zone are rather weighty. This is just one example of how Federal policy is clearly not equal, let alone equally applied, across all states, and cannot be neglected in a comprehensive ...

... — as long as they are out of public view — despite a federal ban. “This club represents personal freedom ... cafe comes almost a month after the Obama administration told federal attorneys not to prosecute patients who use marijuana for medical ... , distributing and smoking marijuana are still illegal under U.S. federal law, which makes no distinction between medical and recreational ...

... rights, representatives of depository institutions that primarily serve underserved communities, or representatives of communities that have been significantly impacted by higher-priced mortgages” to join Federal banking regulators in advising the Director on the consistency of proposed regulations, and strategies and policies that the Director should undertake to enforce its rules. By making ...