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Native tribe to get back land 160 years after largest mass hanging in US history
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 0 Comments • 3 years ago
“Upper Sioux Agency state park in Minnesota, where bodies of those killed after US-Dakota war are buried, to be transferred”
Golden prairies and winding rivers of a Minnesota state park also hold the secret burial sites of Dakota people who died as the United States failed to fulfill treaties with Native Americans more than a century ago. Now their descendants are getting the land back. The state is taking the...
A tidal wave of stray cats is overwhelming neighborhoods across NYC
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 21 Comments • 7 Likes • 3 years ago
A tidal wave of stray cats has hit New York City this summer, paralyzing its shelter system as volunteers scramble for solutions and call for more city action. The stray cats live hard lives, often sick and at risk of infection with missing eyes or limbs. They can also carry parasites and...
Native American leader and trailblazer Ada Deer dies at 88
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 3 Comments • 3 Likes • 3 years ago
Ada Deer, the first woman to lead the Bureau of Indian Affairs, is being remembered as a decades-long champion of Native American rights in Wisconsin and the nation. Deer died Tuesday night at age 88. Deer’s life in Wisconsin was marked by several firsts, including becoming the first...
SEMPER PARATUS - Happy Birthday Coast Guard - 1790 - present - 233 years
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R 031215Z AUG 23ALMAR 022/23MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS//SUBJ/UNITED STATES COAST GUARD 233RD BIRTHDAY//GENTEXT/REMARKS/ 1. On behalf of the United States Marine Corps, I salute the United States Coast Guard, our Nation's first maritime military force, on the 233rd anniversary of its...
Bowe Bergdahl's conviction vacated by federal judge, citing potential for conflict of interest
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 8 Comments • 3 Likes • 3 years ago
“A military judge had applied to work in the Justice Department, the order said.”
Former U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was court-martialed for desertion during his tour of Afghanistan, had his conviction vacated on Tuesday by a federal judge, who said a military judge had failed to disclose a potential conflict of interest. Prior to ruling on Bergdahl's case, the military...
California Democrats BLOCK bill that would make child trafficking a serious felony because they say a 'three strikes' rule that could see offenders jailed for life is 'ineffective in preventing crime'
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 28 Comments • 6 Likes • 3 years ago
California Democrats have blocked a bill that would have made child sex trafficking a serious felony in the state. The Democrat-led Assembly Public Safety Committee voted on Tuesday not to advance Republican State Sen. Shannon Grove's bill to make child sex trafficking subject to the state's...
Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation in water rights dispute
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 12 Comments • 2 Likes • 3 years ago
“The tribe is blocked from pursuing a lawsuit claiming the federal government has a duty to assert the tribe’s water rights.”
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against the Navajo Nation over claims that the federal government has failed to assert the tribe's desperate need for water access in the arid West. The justices, divided 5-4, said a lawsuit the tribe filed against the federal government must be thrown out....
Proposed California bill would brand parents abusive if they refuse to affirm their transgender children's identity - and let social workers take youngsters into care
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 5 Comments • 3 years ago
“Assembly Bill 957 would classify not affirming a child's gender as 'abuse' State Rep. Lori Wilson said affirming a child's gender is 'in their...”
A proposed amendment to a bill in California would classify parents who refuse to affirm their child's gender as abusive and could result in revoked custody. AB957, proposed by Democratic Assemblymember Lori Wilson and state Senator Scott Wiener, amends the state Family Code which addresses the...
Biden classified documents probe shows few signs of ending soon: report
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While former President Donald Trump has been indicted for allegedly mishandling classified White House documents, the federal probe into President Biden’s own handling of classified materials is not close to being wrapped up, according to a report. Biden has not yet been interviewed by special...
Tribal member fatally shot by Border Patrol agents in Arizona; FBI investigating
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 9 Comments • 4 Likes • 3 years ago
“Tohono O’odham Nation member Raymond Mattia called Border Patrol because he wanted help getting multiple migrants who trespassed into his yard off...”
The FBI and Tohono O’odham Nation police are investigating the fatal shooting of a tribal member by U.S. Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona. Customs and Border Protection officials said agents from the Ajo Border Patrol Station were involved in a fatal shooting on the Tohono O’odham...