Pelosi: Dem Majority Will 'Reverse' Trump Efforts to Secure Border, Enforce Immigration Laws

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Democrats will seek to undo President Donald Trump’s efforts to secure the border and enforce the nation’s immigration laws, House Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) promised in a statement Saturday. When her party assumes the House majority next term, it will pass a bill to allow...

How One Murder Could Reshape Oklahoma

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“The Supreme Court may declare that half the state is still Indian country under federal law.”

Carpenter v. Murphy isn’t one of the more high-profile Supreme Court cases in recent years, but it may lead to one of the most consequential decisions this term. The dispute, for which the court heard oral arguments on Tuesday, is relatively straightforward: Does the Muscogee Creek Nation’s...

Hopi Lose Arguments On Snowbowl Snowmaking In State Supreme Court Ruling

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The Hopi Tribe cannot claim special damage on land controlled by the Arizona Snowbowl ski resort, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Thursday, all but ending an eight-year legal battle and ensuring the ski area can continue using machine-made snow on the state's most popular slopes.  The Hopi...

How One Murder Could Reshape Oklahoma

Via: 1stwarrior  •  Anishinaabe - The First People  •  10 Comments  •  8 years ago

“The Supreme Court may declare that half the state is still Indian country under federal law.”

Carpenter v. Murphy isn’t one of the more high-profile Supreme Court cases in recent years, but it may lead to one of the most consequential decisions this term. The dispute, for which the court heard oral arguments on Tuesday, is relatively straightforward: Does the Muscogee Creek Nation’s...

Hopi lose arguments on Snowbowl snowmaking in state Supreme Court ruling

Via: 1stwarrior  •  Anishinaabe - The First People  •  6 Comments  •  8 years ago

The Hopi Tribe cannot claim special damage on land controlled by the Arizona Snowbowl ski resort, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Thursday, all but ending an eight-year legal battle and ensuring the ski area can continue using machine-made snow on the state's most popular slopes.  The Hopi...

DHS Secretary Issues Statement, Correcting False Media Accounts at Southern U.S. Border…

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Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen provided the following statement regarding the recent crisis on our southern border. “Given the activities of the last 24 hours at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, I want to provide an update on what occurred and attempt to dispel many of the rumors and much of the...

400 years later, natives who helped Pilgrims gain a voice

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PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — The seaside town where the Pilgrims came ashore in 1620 is gearing up for a 400th birthday bash, and everyone’s invited — especially the native people whose ancestors wound up losing their land and lives. Plymouth, Massachusetts, whose European settlers have come to...

Roy Clark, country music legend and 'Hee Haw' star, dead at 85

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Country star Roy Clark, the legendary singer and multi-instrumentalist with an ear-to-ear smile who headlined the hit TV show "Hee Haw" for nearly a quarter century, has died. He was 85. A rep for the singer told Fox News Clark died on Thursday at his Tulsa, Okla., home due to complications...

SENATE COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS PASSES LEGISLATION TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES & IMPROVE REPORTING ON MISSING & MURDERED NATIVE AMERICANS

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WASHINGTON  —  Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, announced that the committee passed S. 1942, Savanna’s Act, today. “The committee took action to improve tribal access to crime information databases and federal reporting of missing and murdered Native...

Democrats load "subpoena cannon" with 85+ Trump targets

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House Democrats plan to probe every aspect of President Trump’s life and work, from family business dealings to the Space Force to his tax returns to possible "leverage" by Russia, top Democrats tell us.  What they're saying: One senior Democratic source said the new majority, which takes...