Vote-by-mail systems could offer challenges for Native Americans

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As the coronavirus has ravaged the country, killing 100,000 Americans and leaving 40 million without jobs, states are beginning to consider voting by mail as a safer alternative to in-person voting. However, while voting by mail may make it easier for some voters to cast their ballots, it isn't...

4 Native candidates for Congress advance to November

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At least four Native candidates for Congress will advance to the general election. Both candidates running in Idaho on Tuesday — Paulette Jordan, Coeur d’Alene, and Rudy Soto, Shoshone-Bannock — will appear on the November ballot. Jordan will face incumbent U.S. Senator Jim Risch, while Soto...

On this day, all Indians made United States citizens

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On June 2, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signed into law the Indian Citizenship Act, which marked the end of a long debate and struggle, at a federal level, over full birthright citizenship for American Indians. The act read that “all noncitizen Indians born within the territorial limits of...

Groot In Hot Water After Recent 'I Am Groot' Comments

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HOLLYWOOD, CA—Another Hollywood celebrity has come under fire for making controversial statements that some are calling “the worst thing anyone has ever said anywhere, at any time in the history of the universe.” “I am Groot,” Groot proclaimed while addressing a packed auditorium in a video...

Ex-police officer Derek Chauvin charged with murder, manslaughter in George Floyd death

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“Hennepin County's prosecutor announced charges of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter against the fired Minneapolis officer Derek...”

Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman on Friday announced murder and manslaughter charges that accuse a fired Minneapolis police officer of killing George Floyd — an act caught on video and seen around the world, sparking days of violent demonstrations across the Twin Cities. Derek Chauvin, 44,...

Boys let black widow bite them in hopes of turning into Spider-Man

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Three young Bolivian brothers were hospitalized after getting a black widow spider to bite them — thinking it would turn them into Spider-Man, according to officials. The Marvel-loving siblings — aged 12, 10 and 8 — found the spider while herding goats in Chayanta, a Ministry of Health official...

Bolivian orchestra stranded at ‘haunted’ German castle surrounded by wolves

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A Bolivian pan flute orchestra has been stuck in quarantine on the grounds of a grand 15th century palace outside of Berlin for two months. Over 20 members of the Orquesta Experimental de Instrumentos Nativos have been stuck on the grounds and buildings of Rheinsberg Palace, a castle, complete...

Complaint Filed Against University of Pennsylvania and Biden Center for Undisclosed China Mega-Donations

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National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), a nonprofit public interest organization, filed a complaint with the Department of Education requesting that it conduct a full investigation into the University of Pennsylvania’s failure to disclose the source of millions of dollars of donations from...

Ancient Nez Perce village site yields oldest date of human habitation in North America

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The oldest known human habitation in North America, more than 16,000 years in age, is located at the site of an ancient Nez Perce village known as Nipéhe, near the confluence of the Snake and Salmon Rivers. Oregon State University anthropologist Dr. Loren Davis and colleagues have dated animal...

Tribal employers have limited access to federal COVID-19 small business aid

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The Center for Indian Country Development (CICD) warns that tribal enterprises are having a difficult time accessing federal Payroll Protection Program relief from the U.S. Small Business Administration. The center, a research arm of the Federal Research Bank of Minneapolis, said in a May 4...