Trump Wants Immigrants to ‘Go Back.’ Native Americans Don’t.

Via: Kavika  •  Anishinaabe - The First People  •  6 Comments  •  1 Like  •  7 years ago

Last week President Trump told four of my colleagues to “go back” to where they came from — even though all are American citizens, and only one is an immigrant. But Mr. Trump has somewhere to “go back” to as well: He is a second-generation American. For Native Americans like myself, his comments...

Democrats vote to limit Grand Canyon mining; GOP dismisses 'spinning wheels'

Via: Kavika  •  Anishinaabe - The First People  •  5 Comments  •  1 Like  •  7 years ago

WASHINGTON – Democratic lawmakers beat back a series of Republican amendments Wednesday before advancing bills to restrict mining around the Grand Canyon and on tribal lands in Arizona and New Mexico.In a sometimes emotional meeting, the House Natural Resources Committee gave preliminary approval...

Go back where? Trump's racist tweets hits panel that included Deb Haaland

Via: Kavika  •  Anishinaabe - The First People  •  10 Comments  •  1 Like  •  7 years ago

Progressive members say they were sent to Congress to lead; President Donald J. Trump did not single out any “progressives.” He later added that it was “sad” that Democrats were defending the elected representatives Over the weekend a panel of progressive women of color in Congress --...

Trump Removes Only American Indian Presidential Appointee from Cultural Property Advisory Committee

Via: Kavika  •  Anishinaabe - The First People  •  16 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  7 years ago

Trump Removes Only American Indian Presidential Appointee from Cultural Property Advisory Committee by Native News Online Staff AAIA Executive Director Shannon Keller O'Loughlin Published July 12, 2019 WASHINGTON — President Trump has expressed his intent to remove Shannon Keller...

Remembering Oka: Canadian forces vs. Mohawks over a golf course and a burial ground

Via: Kavika  •  History & Sociology  •  25 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  7 years ago

The Oka crisis was a militarized dispute between the Mohawk people of Kahnawake and the Canadian government over a planned golf course that was to be built over a Mohawk burial ground Twenty-nine years ago on July 11, 1990, Canadian officials in Oka, Quebec, authorized the expansion of...

VISITING THE NAVAJO NATION - Native tour and photo essay

Via: Kavika  •  News & Politics  •  22 Comments  •  8 Likes  •  7 years ago

Horseshoe Bend in Paige Arizona on the Navajo Reservation. ©Tachiinii Photography Published July 9, 2019 Editor’s Note: This article was first published by Medium.com. Used with permission. All rights reserved. Last week, I took a road trip back home to the Navajo...

Pan Am Stewardesses Recall Last Flight Out Of Vietnam, 40 Years After Fall Of Saigon

Via: Kavika  •  History & Sociology  •  18 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  7 years ago

Pan Am, the iconic airline that served American for decades and covered the world with their flights.  The Pan Am Clipper is iconic in aviation history.  This is the story of thre most fareful flight. The last flight out of Siagon....

Quaker Indian Boarding Schools

Via: Kavika  •  Anishinaabe - The First People  •  4 Comments  •  1 Like  •  7 years ago

Quaker Indian Boarding Schools by Paula Palmer on October 1, 2016 Facing Our History and Ourselves Quaker teachers, families, and students at the Ottawa School, Indian Territory, 1872. Courtesy of the Quaker Collection at Haverford College. FJ PODCAST SUBSCRIPTION:...

The ‘Super Bowl of Native youth gatherings’ kicks off in sunny Florida

Via: Kavika  •  Anishinaabe - The First People  •  7 Comments  •  7 years ago

The largest tribal youth organization, commonly known as UNITY, will host their annual conference this weekend in Florida. More than 2,000 Native youth from across Indian Country have packed their bags and arrived in Orlando. They will attend United National Indian Tribal Youth...

Closest-known ancestor of today’s Native Americans found in Siberia

Via: Kavika  •  Anthropology & Archeology  •  30 Comments  •  8 Likes  •  7 years ago

Indigenous Americans, who include Alaska Natives, Canadian First Nations, and Native Americans, descend from humans who crossed an ancient land bridge connecting Siberia in Russia to Alaska tens of thousands of years ago. But scientists are unclear when and where these early migrants moved...