Native protesters hear Ray's pleas

Native protesters hear Ray's pleas
Feb. 04, 2010

CAMP VERDE - ....."We have been given that ceremony by our elders. We are taught to fast. A sweat lodge is never that large, and we don't charge for it. We don't sell spirituality. That is greed ... This is a giving-of-life ceremony, not a taking of life."
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http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&subsectionID=1&articleID=77383
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Ray faces judge, pleads not guilty
Feb. 04, 2010

CAPM VERDE - .....Thursday morning, a shackled James Ray, accompanied by several attorneys, was led into Warren Darrow's courtroom and pleaded "not guilty" to the three charges.
http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&subsectionID=1&articleID=77385
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'Sweat lodge' guru charged in deaths
Feb. 04, 2010
.....As many as 65 visitors, ranging in age from 30 to 60, attended Ray's "Spiritual Warrior" program at the Angel Valley Retreat Center near Sedona in October.

They spent as long as two hours inside a dome-like structure called a sweat lodge, which was covered with tarps and blankets and had hot rocks and water inside to create steam.

Three people died after spending time in the sweat lodge October 8 and nearly 20 others were sickened......

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/03/arizona.sweat.lodge.charges/index.html?hpt=Sbin

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Teresa Anahuy
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FirstPeoplesNews