Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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WASHINGTON — Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson on Wednesday became the first Republican senator to say he opposes his party’s tax bill, signaling potential problems for GOP leaders. Passage of a similar package seemed certain Thursday in the House, where a handful of dissidents conceded they expected to be steamrolled by a GOP frantic to claim its first major legislative victory of the year. Eager to act before opposition groups could sow doubts among the rank-and-file, Republican leaders were anxious to hand Donald Trump the first crowning bill of hi...
Roughly 200 students from Indian Community School of Milwaukee filled the state Capitol on Tuesday to show their support for legislation that would rename Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day. The bill’s lead author Rep. David Bowen, D-Milwaukee, said the legislation has bipartisan support in the state Assembly, but they are still hoping for a Republican senator to co-sponsor the Senate bill. https://www.wpr.org/legislators-propose-bill-recognize-indigenous-peoples-day...
The private security firm TigerSwan, hired by Energy Transfer Partners to protect the controversial Dakota Access pipeline, was paid to gather information for what would become a sprawling conspiracy lawsuit accusing environmentalist groups of inciting the anti-pipeline protests in an effort to increase donations, three former TigerSwan contractors told The Intercept. For months, a conference room wall at TigerSwan’s Apex, North Carolina, headquarters was covered with a web-like map of funding nodes the firm believed it had uncovered — lin...
WINDOW ROCK – The Navajo Nation Council is encouraging Navajo veterans to submit claims to the states of Arizona and New Mexico to recover income taxes that were unlawfully withheld on military wages for certain periods of time, in violation of the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act (SSCRA), which was passed by congress in 1940 to prohibit states from taxing the income of military service members. Speaker LoRenzo Bates (Nenahnezad, Newcomb, San Juan, Tiis Tsoh Sikaad, Tse’Daa’Kaan, Upper Fruitland) was joined this week by Wide Ruins Veter...
Santa Claus Inc. (SCI) is grateful to their partners at San Manuel Band of Mission Indians (San Manuel) for a generous grant. On Oct. 11, Faun White, who is the Program Officer of Education for the San Manuel Tribe, presented a $70,900 contribution to Tracylyn Sharrit, the Director of Development for SCI. The funds will support the mission of SCI, which is, “To provide critical services to youth in the Inland Empire by empowering families through year-round and seasonal programs.” http://www.highlandnews.net/news/top_stories...
WASHINGTON – Just five months after being appointed deputy assistant for policy and economic development in the U.S. Department of Interior’s Indian Affairs, Gavin Clarkson resigned on Monday. Appointed by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on June 11, 2017, Clarkson resigned after the Interior Department’s inspector general issued an unfavorable report on a loan program he ran. https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/gavin-clarkson-interior-department-negative-report-released/...
Shortly before noon, one week ago, 14-year-old Jason Ike Pero, a tribal citizen of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe, was shot and killed by Brock Mrdjenovich, an Ashland County sheriff’s deputy, who has been an officer for about a year. The incident became one more tragedy for an American Indian family. The incident became one more time an officer killed an American Indian. https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/tribal-community-deserves-real-answers-officer-trigger-happy-death-bad-river-teen/...
Schools would have to drop mascots or slogans deemed racially insensitive or risk a financial penalty under legislation in the state Senate. The bill was introduced by Sen. Ian Conyers, D-Detroit, who says offensive mascots can hurt marginalized students and community members, and - because they make the state seem less welcoming and inclusive - put Michigan at a disadvantage when attempting to lure new out-of-state or international business. http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/11/racially_insensitive_mascots_o.html...
Samuel Pervais was in a "good mood" that January Saturday morning. Early for a medical appointment, he bought himself a coffee from Robin's Donuts and was strolling down the sidewalk when a Thunder Bay police cruiser suddenly pulled up and blocked his path. Little did he know that the Robin's Donuts coffee cup in his hand would lead to his arrest for trespassing and an eventual breakdown at a hospital later that day. http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/thunder-bay-police-investigate-ojibway-man-wrongful-arrest-1.4402750...
RED LAKE-In the 10 days since Deland Beaulieu and a 17-year-old boy disappeared in Lower Red Lake, the reservation's law enforcement personnel have searched the body of water and surrounding shoreline by boat, on foot and by air. Numerous local and state agencies have traveled to Redby and Ponemah to help with the search-some from as far as North Dakota-but searchers had still found no sign of the missing pair Wednesday afternoon. http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/4360221-ou...
Hours after a shooting spree in Northern California left five people dead, President Trump tweeted his condolences — about the church shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, earlier this month. “May God be with the people of Sutherland Springs, Texas,” Trump tweeted late Tuesday. “The FBI and Law Enforcement has arrived.” https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-deletes-tweet-appeared-reference-wrong-mass-shooting-151343034.html...
