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The Turtle Island Project supports our work by publicizing news about the progress of our Rum River name-changing mission. And we support the Turtle Island Project .

VIDEO - This video presents quotes by Thomas Dahlheimer, pictures of the Wakan/"Rum" River and a picture of Jim Anderson, a leading Minnesota Dakota Indian activist, teaching people about the effort to change the profane "Rum River" name. At the beginning of this video a picture of the Wakan/"Rum" River and a statement about the effort to change Minnesota's derogatory names is presented, and then about half way through this video more pictures and a lot more information about the movement to change MN's derogatory names is presented. To watch video click "Click to Play" under the following picture of Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard, the co-founder/director of Trurtle Island Projest.

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Turtle Island Project�s Inaugural Grand Island Conference press release links are presented below. Information about the Rum River name change movement is presented in these press releases.

mefeedia Turtle Island Project article This article has a video of our director talking about the Minnesota bill to change 14 derogatory place names.

Gather: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977120150

TIP TV on blip TV: http://blip.tv/file/386683

Earth Times: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,181450.shtml

Word Press: http://turtleislandproject.wordpress.com/

Links to new articles (with pictures) about the movement to change the name of the Rum River as well as 13 other derogatory geographic site names in MN are presented below. Turtle Island Project volunteer media advisor Greg Peterson wrote these articles.

http://www.reznetnews.org/images/yoopernewsman/tip_na_roundtable_rum_river_among_14_minnesota_locations_whose_names_would_be_changed_by_new_law

http://news.resist.ca/fighting_racist_location_names

http://news.resist.ca/tip_native_american_roundtable_issues_discussed_racism_poverty_teen_suicide_derogatory_names_centering_prayer_celtics

http://news.resist.ca/deroagorty_name_changes_supported_by_mendota_mdewakanton_dakota_community_pow_wow

http://news.resist.ca/fighting_racist_location_names

http://www.reznetnews.org/images/yoopernewsman/tip_roundtable_opposes_racist_location_names_rum_river_among_14_minnesota_locations_whose_names_would_be_ch

http://www.reznetnews.org/images/yoopernewsman/fighting_racist_location_names_among_topics_at_first_native_american_roundtable

http://www.reznetnews.org/images/yoopernewsman/first_turtle_island_native_american_roundtable_topics_covered_racism_teen_suicide_on_reservations_poverty_0

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