With historical promises in mind, justices weigh state criminal jurisdiction in Indian country

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At the last Supreme Court oral argument of Justice Stephen Breyer’s career, the court stepped into a dispute over the state of Oklahoma’s criminal jurisdiction authority in Indian country. After nearly two hours of debate on Wednesday, four justices appeared strongly inclined to vote...

Can Texas declare a border 'invasion' and return migrants to Mexico?

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is facing mounting pressure from far-right and former Trump administration officials to immediately declare a migrant “invasion” at the U.S.-Mexico border, under a constitutional provision that would allow local law enforcement and National Guard troops to stop migrants at...

4 Men Gang-Raped, Killed and Ate a Protected Monitor Lizard

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““I have never seen a crime like this.””

Forest officials in India are investigating four men who gang-raped, killed, cooked and ate a monitor lizard in one of India’s most protected forest reserves. It was the only monitor lizard in the park.   The incident took place on March 29 at the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, in the western Indian...

Florida bans 54 of its school math textbooks for 'trying to indoctrinate students': Half of the prohibited titles feature Critical Race Theory

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The Florida Department of Education rejected 54 math textbooks from its curriculum on Friday, saying the books were an attempt to 'indoctrinate' students - with more than half of them banned for referencing Critical Race Theory (CRT).  The agency tossed out 41 percent of the 132 math textbooks...

New Mexico implements free college education statewide

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New Mexico passed a law to ensure that its public university students will receive tuition free of charge, effective July 1. Residents who enroll in at least six credits can work toward their certificate, associate degree, or bachelor's degree completely tuition-free. As long as the students...

U.S. teens recruited to drive migrants from Mexican border

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Seventeen-year-old Santi sits in his car outside shops in Sunland Park, New Mexico, watching a pulsing blue dot on his mobile telephone. Human smugglers have hired him to pick up migrants here, less than a mile from the Mexican border, and take them to nearby El Paso, Texas. His shiny red...

Moderate Democrats join GOP senators to back bill to delay end of Title 42 border expulsions

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A group of Democratic senators on Thursday joined Republican lawmakers in introducing a measure that would temporarily block the Biden administration's plan to end pandemic-related restrictions that allow border authorities to quickly expel migrants. The proposal, co-sponsored by six Republican...

Rules Governing the Code of Indian Offenses

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R U L E S GOVERNING THE COURT OF INDIAN OFFENSES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, Washington, March 30, 1883. SIR: Your special attention is directed to the following copy of Department letter, viz: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Washington, December 2, 1882 SIR: I desire...

U.S. Will Rename 660 Mountains, Rivers and More to Remove Racist Word

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“A task force is identifying new names for sites on federal land that bear a derogatory term referring to Indigenous women”

The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) proposed a list of new names for more than 660 geographic features across the country last month, the agency announced in a statement. Led by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, the first Native American to serve as cabinet...

Hotel Owner Makes Comment to Ban All Native Americans from Property

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“She also wrote that she "can’t tell who is a bad Native or a good Native.””

A hotel owner in Rapid City took her frustration to social media early Sunday morning after police were called to investigate a shooting at the Grand Gateway Hotel early Saturday morning.  Grand Gateway Hotel co-owner Connie Uhre wrote a comment on Rapid City Mayor Steve Allender’s Facebook...