Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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A New Mexico bill that would prohibit the use of e-cigarettes in areas where traditional smoking is banned is advancing in the Legislature over the objections of Republican lawmakers. The bill advanced past a state House committee on a vote of 5-3. https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/The-Latest-New-Mexico-e-cigarette-restriction-13587492.php...
There are a lot of sayings about how history is always repeating itself, about how if we want to learn about the future, we need to understand the past. But it never feels like it applies to the period in which we are living until we’ve suffered through it and can contrast it with the past, and that’s never felt truer than the Trump presidency. He is an historical aberration, right? We’ll course correct in the next election, and we’ll get back on the path, right? “The long arm of history bends toward justice,” and all that. I was researching...
Manoomin ("wild rice") now has legal rights. At the close of 2018, the White Earth band of Ojibwe passed a law formally recognizing the Rights of Manoomin. According to a resolution, these rights were recognized because "it has become necessary to provide a legal basis to protect wild rice and fresh water resources as part of our primary treaty foods for future generations." This reflects traditional laws of Anishinaabe people, now codified by the tribal government. White Earth's action follows...
More than a year has passed since federal agents raided the Winnebago Reservation in Nebraska in what tribal leaders have called on attack on their sovereignty. On January 30, 2018, nearly 50 agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms converged on the offices of Ho-Chunk Inc., the Winnebago Tribe’s economic development corporation. They confiscated almost $1.5 million worth of cigarettes owned by the company. https://www.indianz.com/News/2019/02/04/winnebago-tribe-still-fighting-back-a-ye.asp...
WASHINGTON (CN) – The D.C. Circuit on Friday vacated an order by the Federal Communications Commission limiting federal subsidies for wireless providers bringing service to tribal lands, finding it unfairly impacted access and affordability for Native Americans. Under the Lifeline Assistance Program, which began in 1985 to make voice and broadband services more widely available, phone and internet providers were eligible for a federal monthly subsidy of up to $34.25 per household for serving low-income people who live on tribal lands. h...
