Dances with Wolves Actor Graham Greene Dies at 73

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“The actor died on Monday, Sept. 1, following a "lengthy illness," his agent Michael Greene tells PEOPLE”

Graham Greene attends the nominees luncheon for 63rd Annual Academy Awards on March 19, 1991 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.Credit : Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty NEED TO KNOW Graham Greene has died at 73 years old The...

Child abuser and illegal migrant who rammed car into ICE agents is on the loose

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Authorities in Colorado are desperately searching for a convicted child abuser who rammed his vehicle into Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Jose Mendez-Chavez, 31, a Mexican national, remains on the loose since he tried to assault officers with his vehicle at new home construction...

Supreme Court Just Made 'Grave Mistake,' Justice Neil Gorsuch Says

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he U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a dispute over Apache sacred land on Tuesday, prompting Justice Neil Gorsuch to issue a dissent describing the denial as a "grave mistake." The case, brought by the group Apache Stronghold, sought to prevent the federal government's planned transfer of...

Saved by the (9th Circuit) Bell

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“And, as Paul Harvey would say, "Here's the rest of the story".”

The Oak Flat sacred site, or Chíʼchil Bił Dagoteel in the Apache language, is the property at issue in a case that has not yet been granted certiorari by the U.S. Supreme Court this term (distributed to the Assoc. Justices of the Supreme Court for conference on May 22, 2025). Legal approaches to...

Supreme Court spurns Native American religious claim over copper mine on sacred land

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“The case revolves around a sacred Apache site that would be destroyed if the mining project goes ahead, pitting religious rights against business...”

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a last-minute plea from Native Americans seeking to challenge a massive copper mining project in Arizona that would destroy a sacred site used for tribal ceremonies, a weighty dispute that pitted religious rights against business interests. The court turned...

Federal Court Halts Destruction of Oak Flat

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A federal court has issued an order halting the U.S. government’s plans to transfer Oak Flat—the most sacred site of the Western Apaches—to a multinational mining corporation for destruction. In the case Apache Stronghold v. United States, the government recently indicated it could hand over the...

Pope Leo XIV's family tree shows Black roots in New Orleans

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“The first American pope's grandparents identified as Black, records show.”

Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, has Black family roots in New Orleans, Louisiana, records show. ABC News has obtained several records, including U.S. Census records from the early 1900s, demonstrating that the first American pope's family tree...

NATIVE AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP IN QUESTION

By: 1stwarrior  •  Politics/Immigration  •  55 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  last year

Native Nations have always known this day would come. The tribes stand on the edge of a knife. Our right to citizenship and, by extension, our tribal lands is now in question. Trump's birthright citizenship executive order went into effect in the first days of his administration. This...

Tom Homan takes to conservative media to outline Trump's plan for mass deportations

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“The incoming "border czar" has gone on conservative outlets to pitch Trump's mass deportation plan — and to explain how it might work.”

President-elect Donald Trump’s picks to serve in top jobs in his next administration have generally stayed off the airwaves to avoid any verbal slipups that might jeopardize their chances at getting confirmed by the Senate.  Not so with Tom Homan. Homan, who was the acting director of...

Biden privately 'considered pardon for Hunter SIX MONTHS ago' but denied it in public

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“Biden said at least twice since his son's conviction he wouldn't pardon Hunter The shock announcement came Sunday evening and sparked immediate fury”

President Joe Biden promised the American people for years that he would not move to pardon his son Hunter despite multiple lawsuits against him. But after going back on his word Sunday night, multiple reports emerged detailing how Biden was considering a pardon for months after Hunter's...