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Spilyqy Tymoo, Wqi-m Springs, Oregon June 10, 2004 Bmg BtnyharrvSpilyay Lucinda Green cooks up some beans at the Collage of Culture. It was a windy day during the Collage. Peltier, journalist settle lawsuit out of court SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -Leonard Peltier has agreed to dismiss a libel lawsuit over ac cusations that he was involved in the 1975 killing of fellow American Indian Movement member Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, according to a court document. Peltier sued editor Paul DeMain of Wisconsin-based News From Indian Country in May 2003 in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis. Aquash's frozen body was found in February 1976 on South Dakota's Pine Ridge In dian Reservation. The 30-year-old woman from Canada had been shot in the head in Decem ber 1975 after being taken from Denver, Two men were charged in the killing last year; one is serving a life sentence for the killing, the other is fighting ex tradition from Vancouver, Brit ish Columbia to South Dakota. Peltier's lawsuit took issue with an editor's note published in March 2003 in which DeMain wrote, "The primary motive for the murder of Annie Mae Pictou Aquash by other members of the American In dian Movement in mid-December 1975, allegedly was her knowledge that Leonard Peltier had shot the two agents as he was convicted." The lawsuit also challenged DeMain's statement that Peltier was actually convicted. Peltier was convicted in 1977 of two counts of first-degree murder, and courts have rejected his appeals. He is serving two back-to-back life sentences in "Justice is possible for both Anna Mae and Leonard Peltier, but justice won't be done in either case by people falsely pointing fingers. " Barry Bachrach, lawyer Leavenworth, Kan., for the 1975 killing of FBI agents Ron Williams and Jack Coler on the Pine Ridge reservation. Both were shot in the head at point blank range after they were in jured in a shootout. DeMain would not comment Monday on the dismissal but referred to a May 28 statement in which he said he did not agree to retract the statements he made about Peltier. He wrote "the lawsuit was frivolous and without merit" and was intended to limit free speech and the search for truth in the Aquash case. But in a letter submitted to the court and included in DeMain's release, he wrote that he does not believe Peltier re ceived a fair trial nor did he have anything to do with Aquash's murder. In a news release, Peltier law yer Barry Bachrach said DeMain's statement was the only issue in the settlement and money was not a part of it. "Justice is possible for both Anna Mae and Leonard Peltier, but justice won't be done in ei ther case by people falsely point ing fingers," Bachrach wrote. Please support the businesses you see in the Spilyay Tymoo. Spilyay Tymoo CCoyote News, Est. 1976) Publisher Emeritus: Sid Miller Editor: Dave McMechan Management Successor: Selena T. Boise Advertising Manager: Sam Howard Receptionist: Angie Blackwolf Media Advisor: Bill Rhoades Spilyay Tymoo is published bi-weekly by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Our offices are located in the white house at 1100 Wasco Street. Any written materials submitted to Spilyay Tymoo should be addressed to: Spilyay Tymoo, P.O. Box 870, Warm Springs, OR 97761. Phone: (541) 553-1644 or 553-3274. FAX No. (541) 553-3539. E-Mail: spilyaytymoowstribes org. Annual Subscription rates: Within U.S.: $15.00. Labor ruling could open casinos to union organizers Kah-Nee-Ta offers safety tip HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -A federal labor ruling could open the door to unions trying to organize workers at Connecticut's two Indian-owned casinos, The National Labor Relations Board last week issued a deci sion in a California case that ends a longstanding precedent that excluded American Indian employers from federal labor law. The decision concerned a California Indian tribe's refusal to allow a particular union to organize at its casino and bingo hall. Indian reservations, which have limited self-government, have been exempt from federal labor law until now. "It could mean sweeping, pro foundly significant safeguards for tens of thousands of Con necticut residents who work at the casinos," Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said Mon day. "It ensures that working men and women at Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods have the same protections as employees anywhere else in the state un der the National Labor Relations Act." The decision could clear the way for the 20,000 employees who work at Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun the right to join unions, engage in collective bargaining and take their workplace complaints to a federal agency. 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