"The Racism That Caused Wounded Knee Massacre Remains"

By: 1stwarrior  •  Politics/Immigration  •  50 Comments  •  7 Likes  •  10 months ago

Making a Noise in This World Re-post December 29, 2021 By Jim Kent As Lakota riders end their 15-day journey from the Standing Rock Reservation to the site of the Wounded Knee massacre, the racism that created the tragic slaughter of 300 innocent men, women and children still remains in...

Trump Signs Wounded Knee Memorial And Sacred Site Act Into Law

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  6 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  11 months ago

President Donald Trump signed legislation Friday directing the federal government to formally protect land associated with the Wounded Knee Massacre by placing it into restricted fee status for two Sioux tribes. The bill, H.R. 165 — known as the Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act...

Native American treaties and the Supreme Court

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  2 Comments  •  last year

Native American treaties and the Supreme Court Description: Native Americans’ rights under U.S. law are primarily defined by treaties, which are, in turn, usually defined in international law as formal contracts between nations. Significance: Treaties signed between the United States and...

Justice Gorsuch and what is owed to American Indians

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Much ink has been spilled on Justice Neil Gorsuch’s ardent defense of the rights of American Indians. As legal scholar Ilya Somin noted in 2023, until then “Justice Gorsuch ha[d] never voted against Native American interests in a Supreme Court case.” Many commentators – those of a liberal bent in...

Native American Supreme Court ruling stands

By: 1stwarrior  •  Politics/Immigration  •  2 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  9 months ago

The Supreme Court, becoming known as a tribunal willing to overturn some of its major decisions, could only muster two votes on Monday to reconsider one of the most fiercely condemned rulings on the law governing America’s Indian tribes. The Court has had the new case under consideration for...

‘Eating Indigenously’: award-winning chef celebrates Native American cuisine in new cookbook

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“James Beard-winning chef Sean Sherman’s cookbook Turtle Island pushes readers to view food systems through an Indigenous lens”

As a child growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota in the 1970s and 80s, Sean Sherman, an Oglala Lakota member and a James Beard award-winning chef, recalls pounding dried bison and mixing it with chokeberry to create a snack called wasná. He and his cousins would often hunt for...

The Marine Corps Birthdays – Fact and Legend

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BLUF: On 10 November 1775, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia authorized the raising of two battalions of Marines to serve “for and during the present war between Great Britain and the colonies.” Shortly after this resolution, Marines were recruited and served aboard ships, notably as...

First Native American in space started his climb to the stars during Colorado childhood

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  7 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  last year

Astronaut John Herrington was clinging to the International Space Station 250 miles above the Earth when he realized that his days spent rock climbing in Colorado would come in handy. “When you step out of the hatch for the first time, you hang on kind of tight,” he said, “You're in this...

We're Still Here: Why It's Still a Good Day to Be Indigenous

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  30 Comments  •  8 Likes  •  last year

Yes, even now. Even after what we witnessed this past week when the White House issued a proclamation for Columbus Day and failed to acknowledge Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Even with the return of a presidential administration that has made no secret of its disdain for diversity, equity and...

AOC builds toward a big choice for 2028

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  7 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  last year

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and her team are positioning her to run for president or the U.S. Senate in 2028, according to people familiar with her operation. Why it matters: Ocasio-Cortez's 2028 decision could shake up the presidential race or the Senate's leadership. A fellow New...