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	<title>Protect Bear Butte</title>
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		<title>Bear Butte: Grant for &#8220;America is Your Park&#8221; &#8230;..Please Vote for our sacred sites!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone,   Coca-Cola Company currently has their annual “America is Your Park” program running through September 6th. The Park that receives the most votes can will up to $100,000.   PLEASE VOTE! You can vote daily and also for more than one park. Please help to support our Sacred Sites, by voting for Bear Butte State [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://protectbearbutte.com/2011/07/bear-butte-grant-for-america-is-your-park-please-vote-for-our-sacred-sites/</link>
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		<title>Bear Butte added to 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[11 Most Endangered Historic Places Bear Butte Year Listed: 2011 Location: Meade County, South Dakota Current Status: Endangered Threat: Energy Development Significance Bear Butte, the 4,426-foot mountain called Mato Paha by the Lakota in the Black Hills of South Dakota, is sacred ground for as many as 17 Native American tribes. Believed to be the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://protectbearbutte.com/2011/06/bear-butte-added-to-11-most-endangered-historic-places-2011/</link>
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		<title>Statement from Alan Aker, Chairman of Meade County Commissioners regarding Bear Butte Oil Drilling Issue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a posting that Alan Aker, Chairman of Meade County Commissioners posted to his Facebook page right after the DENR decision regarding the oil drilling near Bear Butte:  Aker said the stakes are very high for protection of private property rights. &#8220;There is no reason to believe this ruling will be limited to Bear [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://protectbearbutte.com/2011/06/statement-from-alan-aker-chairman-of-meade-county-commissioners-regarding-bear-butte-oil-drilling-issue/</link>
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		<title>Meade County objects to Bear Butte decision</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Associated Press SD: Meade County objects to Bear Butte decision STURGIS, S.D. &#8212; The Meade County Commission has decided to ask a state board to reconsider its decision restricting oil drilling near Bear Butte, a mountain in western South Dakota that is considered sacred to many Indian tribes. The state Board of Minerals and Environment [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://protectbearbutte.com/2011/06/meade-county-objects-to-bear-butte-decision/</link>
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		<title>Meade County considers suing over Bear Butte decision</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Meade County considers suing over Bear Butte decision The question over oil drilling near Bear Butte could be headed to court. Days after a state board ruled that oil drilling can proceed – with limits – on private land near the landmark held as sacred by Native Americans, local officials are considering legal action to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://protectbearbutte.com/2011/05/202/</link>
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		<title>SD commission cuts number of wells allowed at oil field near Bear Butte</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PIERRE, S.D. — A lawyer for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe says he&#8217;s pleased a South Dakota board has reduced the number of oil wells that can be drilled near Bear Butte. But Chase Iron Eyes says American Indian tribes who use Bear Butte as a religious site still believe no drilling should be allowed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://protectbearbutte.com/2011/05/sd-commission-cuts-number-of-wells-allowed-at-oil-field-near-bear-butte/</link>
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		<title>Bear Butte Oil Controversy Settled</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Austin Hoffman Published: May 18, 2011, 10:17 PM PIERRE, SD - Controversy over the use of sacred Indian land has been heating up since November. But Wednesday, the Board of Minerals and Environment settled the dispute over whether oil wells can be drilled on land near Bear Butte. It&#8217;s a place that has been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://protectbearbutte.com/2011/05/bear-butte-oil-controversy-settled/</link>
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		<title>Malt beverage licenses holders in Sturgis delay renewal hearings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[T.J Tranchell Meade County Times-Tribune staff &#124; Posted: Sunday, May 15, 2011 10:45 pm Renewal hearings for malt beverage licenses in Meade County are approaching, but some license holders will be waiting until a new law is in place to renew their licenses. Renewal hearings for more than 30 malt beverage license holders will begin [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://protectbearbutte.com/2011/05/malt-beverage-licenses-holders-in-sturgis-delay-renewal-hearings/</link>
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		<link>http://protectbearbutte.com/2011/05/155/</link>
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		<title>Brief of Bear Butte Oil Drilling Issue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brief of Bear Butte Oil Drilling Issue Written By: Tamra Brennan Director/Founder Protect Sacred Sites www.protectsacredsites.org www.protectbearbutte.com Historical Background on Bear Butte Bear Butte is located in the Black Hills of South Dakota.  Bear Butte is sacred to many of the Plains Tribes, who continue to travel to the mountain each summer to pray and [...]]]></description>
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