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Kevin Costner's gold rush. (plans a casino in the South Dakota Black Hills)
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July 1, 1993|
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Rapid City, South Dakota
Have you been wondering where Kevin Costner may invest his slice of that theater ticket you bought to see Dances with Wolves? The Lakota Sioux, who helped Costner make the movie, are generally not happy about his proposal to build an eighty-five-acre, $95 million resort and casino in their sacred Black Hills.
An editorial in Indian Country Today compared Costner's "gold rush" with the invasions of the Paha Sapa ("hills that are black") during the 1870s by General George Armstrong Custer, who violated treaties and triggered a rush ...
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The Last Viking.(Roald Amundsen )
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report
; ...1928, and famed polar explorer Roald Amundsen had left for the North Pole on...a man of his accomplishments. Amundsen was the first person to navigate...that he longed to die on a quest. Amundsen was born in 1872 in an island community...
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ROALD AMUNDSEN'S BELGICA DIARY: THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO THE ANTARCTIC.(Review)
Magazine article from: Arctic
; ROALD AMUNDSEN'S BELGICA DIARY: THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC...November 1899. Decleir has sectioned Amundsen's Belgica diary into chapters, providing...was also deeply religious (p. 73). Amundsen's strong sense of duty is also evident...
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Into thin air: in 1926 Umberto Nobile, a young Italian airship engineer, became a hero of Mussolini's Fascist state when he piloted Roald Amundsen's Norge over the North Pole. But his subsequent attempt to make the journey on behalf of his own country ended in tragedy. Irene Peroni tells his story.
Magazine article from: History Today
; ...1925 the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen, the man who had beaten Robert...reputation that was not to last. Amundsen owed much to the American Lincoln...would fly under the Italian flag. Amundsen refused this demand. However...
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Nearly a century ago, Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen set off on separate expeditions to the South Pole.
Newspaper article from: Evening Herald (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
; pollock ready for 'polar plod' Nearly a century ago, Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen set off on separate expeditions to the South Pole. Amundsen arrived there on December 14, 1911, and found his way safely back to his native Norway...
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This week in history.(YOUR TURN)(Roald Amundsen's exploration)
Magazine article from: WR News, Senior Edition (including Science Spin)
; December 14, 1911, five men led by the famous Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen raced on dog sleds through the snow and ice. Suddenly, everyone on the team shouted "Halt!" as their instruments indicated...
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Norway may begin a search for the wreck of the seaplane in which Roald Amundsen, the first explorer to reach the South Pole, died in 1928 while searching for a fellow Italian explorer.(News)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: History Today
; Norway may begin a search for the wreck of the seaplane in which Roald Amundsen, the first explorer to reach the South Pole, died in 1928 while searching for a fellow Italian explorer. The Norwegian Fisheries...
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El viajero. (los viajeros noruegos Roald Amundsen y Fridtjof Nansen viajaron por lugares frÃgidos)(TT: The traveller) (TA: the Norwegian travellers Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen travelled through frigid places)
Magazine article from: Tribuna de Actualidad
; Son los hombres de los hielos. Amundsen viaj al Artico en 1894, a la Antrtida en 1897, en 1903 descubre el paso del Noroeste y localiza el polo magntico Norte, y en...
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Looking for Amundsen Editorial observer
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...Tribune 03-03-2009 Looking for Amundsen Editorial observer Byline: Verlyn...experts were still hopeful that Roald Amundsen, the great polar explorer, would...ebb." But there was no finding Amundsen, despite a sea and air search...
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Give us Roald ahead of the Bard any day! Legendary children's author Dahl beats Shakespeare in readers' survey.(News)
Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
; ...commissioned by ITV3 ahead of the annual Roald Dahl day, his estate's literary...great to hear how enduringly popular Roald Dahl's stories are. They truly...Named after the famous explorer Roald Amundsen, he was the son of Norwegian immigrants...
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Celebrity Pair Seek "Amundsen Omega 3 South Pole Race" Companion.
PR Newswire Europe
; ...join their team for the upcoming Amundsen Omega 3 South Pole Race. (Photo...Cracknell, 36, begin the 2008 Amundsen Omega3 South Pole Race in December...South Pole since Robert Scott and Roald Amundsen's struggle over the frozen landscape...
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