Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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TENNESSEE’S THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT – Paraphrasing Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again,” Rick Tyler, an independent candidate in Tennessee’s Third Congressional District has purchaed a billboard that reads: “Make America White Again.” Local TV station WRCB reported on the racist billboard on Wednesday, June 22, 2016. Candidate Tyler, who bought the advertisement, admitted he put up the billboard up. http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/congressional-candidate-wants-make-america-white/...
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs approved a bill to expand tribal jurisdiction over non-Indians on Wednesday after a spirited debate on marijuana and sovereignty. Only a handful of tribes have entered the marijuana industry but Sen. James Lankford (R-Oklahoma) wants to punish the ones that choose to do so. He proposed an amendment to S.2785, the Tribal Youth and Community Protection Act, to cut off federal funds to tribes that grow the plant. "These tribes have sovereignty and I completely honor that sovereignty ... but existing federal...
The reservation of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community in Minnesota continues to grow. Larry Roberts, the leader of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, signed a reservation proclamation for another 128.30 acres on June 8. A notice was published in the Federal Register on Wednesday. "The land was proclaimed to be Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Reservation for the exclusive use of Indians on that Reservation who are entitled to reside at the Reservation by enrollment or tribal membership," the notice states. http://www.in...
In December 2015, the United Nations Working Group on the Issue of Discrimination Against Women in Law and Practice (Working Group) completed its Mission to the United States. The Indian Law Resource Center, with support from the National Congress of American Indians, the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, and Clan Star, Inc., provided the Working Group with statistics and recommendations regarding the epidemic of violence American Indian and Alaska Native women face. The Working Group incorporated these findings into its Advanced U...
COLVILLE, Wash. - The Colville Business Council announced on Wednesday that the Chairman of the Colville Tribes, James L. Boyd, better known as Jim, passed away at the age of 60. Boyd, was "well known throughout Indian County" a press release said on Wednesday. Boyd was known for his love of Harley-Davidson motorcycles and was also a prolific songwriter and entertainer (See the Youtube video embedded above). He won numerous awards for his music, including 7 Native American Music Awards and Associations award, including the Lifetime Achievement...
Peter John Defoe, a former chairman of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians in Minnesota, passed away on Monday. He was 77. Defoe served as chairman from 2004 through 2006, when he resigned unexpectedly before his term was up. He tried to return to the seat in 2012 but lost in an election to then-chair Karen Diver. "I can honestly say that he was the greatest RBC (Reservation Business Committee) chairman Fond du Lac has ever had," Chairman Wally Dupuis told The Duluth News Tribune. "He had compassion for his people. He had...
A new report from the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy reveals what many already sensed: the nation’s judges are overwhelming White and male. “The Gavel Gap,” released today (June 22), is the first analysis of the demographics of America’s state court judges. The team of researchers from Vanderbilt University and the University of Toronto compiled data on 10,000+ sitting judges and unveiled statistics that show the people who try 90 percent of all legal cases in the United States don’t at all look like the people they serve. An...
WASILLA — The Chickaloon Village Traditional Council is defying an order from the Alaska State Fire Marshal's Office to halt construction on a tribal office building until a state review is done. Chickaloon Native Village officials say the tribe's right to self-governance trumps a stop-work order issued by a fire marshal during a tense encounter last week near Sutton that was first reported by the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman newspaper. The Chickaloon Native Village tribe is one of 229 tribes in Alaska to be federally recognized. h...
A bird? A plane? —the world’s largest airtanker. Today, Global Supertanker Services will finish training flights of the 747 Supertanker over the Colville Indian Reservation near Keller Ridge and 21 Mile in the San Poil Valley. The plane, used to fight wildfires from its base in Colorado Springs, has twice the capacity of the next largest aerial tanker, according to the company’s website. In training plans, the company has reported the plane can drop nearly 20,000 gallon-loads, but water drops on the reservation will be ‘at a very light concent...
