Happy Birthday U.S. Marine Corps.

Via: 1stwarrior  •  Op/Ed  •  59 Comments  •  15 Likes  •  7 years ago

Today is the 244th birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps. If you're close to anyone who ever served in the Marines, you might know this already. Yes, the other services -- the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard -- celebrate their birthdays each year (June 14, October 13, September...

'Coup has started,' whistleblower's attorney said in 2017 posts calling for impeachment

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  34 Comments  •  4 Likes  •  7 years ago

Mark Zaid, one of the attorneys representing the intelligence community whistleblower at the center of the Democrats' ongoing impeachment inquiry, tweeted conspicuously in January 2017 that a "coup has started" and that "impeachment will follow ultimately." Then, in July 2017, Zaid remarked, "I...

Congressional Medal of Honor hero Ernest 'Ernie' CHILDERS [1918 - 2005].

Via: 1stwarrior  •  History & Sociology  •  1 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  7 years ago

Ernest Childers (1918-2005) (Creek) joined the National Guard of Oklahoma in 1937 on graduation from Chilocco Indian School, and was called up for active duty in the U.S. Army by President Franklin Roosevelt's Executive Orders of August and September 1940. Indians from Montana Indian...

Cities, tribes try a new environmental approach: Give nature rights

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  4 Comments  •  7 years ago

When members of the White Earth band of Ojibwe in Minnesota take out their canoes to harvest wild rice, they're gathering a source of nourishment and following a tradition that has connected them to the land for generations. But to the White Earth people, manoomin isn't just a resource to be...

NATIONAL AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE MONTH

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Public Service Announcement History of National American Indian Heritage Month What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recognition for the contributions of the many intertribal cultures, as well as to educate everyone about the rich history,...

Native American tribe regains island taken after 1860 massacre

Via: 1stwarrior  •  Anishinaabe - The First People  •  2 Comments  •  7 years ago

“Most of an island off northern California will again belong to the Wiyot Tribe, which was decimated by settlers in 1860.”

An island off the coast of northern California was the site of a massacre of members of an indigenous tribe, a place that was contaminated by a shipyard and flush with invasive species. But it is also the spiritual and physical centre of the universe for the small Wiyot Tribe, and it will belong...

Amazon Tribe Wins Lawsuit Against Big Oil, Saving Millions Of Acres Of Rainforest

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  6 Comments  •  1 Like  •  7 years ago

The Amazon Rainforest is well known across the world for being the largest and most dense area of woodland in the world. Spanning across nine countries, the Amazon is home to millions of different animal and plant species, as well as harboring some for the world's last remaining indigenous...

Trading Columbus Day for Indigenous Peoples' Day: For some, an overdue change

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““Celebrating Columbus Day continues a dangerous narrative that erases Native American voices” Congresswoman Deb Haaland told NBC News.”

When Grand Forks, North Dakota, replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day in July, Courtney Davis Souvannasacd brought her son, Benjamin, with her to the city council chambers to watch the vote. “It’s not something you typically bring a 12 year-old kid to," Souvannasacd, an enrolled...

Ukraine whistleblower wants to testify in writing instead of appearing in person

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The Ukraine whistleblower at the center of the House Democratic impeachment inquiry wants to testify to Congress in writing instead of appearing in person, Fox News has confirmed. The Wall Street Journal first reported that lawyers for the anonymous CIA officer have asked lawmakers if the...

Custer Died For Your Sins, tributes from Indian Country

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“Individuals share how the book impacted their lives #IndianManifesto. Fifty years ago Vine Deloria Jr. published Custer Died For Your Sins: An...”

Fifty-years years ago Vine Deloria, Jr., an enrolled citizen of the Standing Rock Lakota Nation, published Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto. For 1969 mainstream America the title was an attention-grabbing, blasphemous play on the well-known and oft-used Jesus-died-for-your-sins....