A Dogs Life - Sometime it ain't so great. UPDATE July 6th

By: Kavika  •  News & Politics  •  63 Comments  •  20 Likes  •  7 years ago

When the owners of dogs die they frequently leave behind a pet that has no where to go and no provisions are made for it. It's a very sad situation.  One of the dogs wants to tell you his story.  Hi, my name is Zeus and I'm 11 years old now. I'm a pretty big fella, around 95 lbs and I'm a iron...

D-Day Vets In Their 90s Parachute Into Normandy 75 Years Later, This Time To Cheers

Via: Kavika  •  News & Politics  •  12 Comments  •  7 Likes  •  7 years ago

U.S. World War II D-Day veteran Tom Rice, from Coronado, Calif., parachutes in a tandem jump into a field in Carentan, Normandy, France, on Wednesday. Approximately 200 parachutists participated in the event, replicating a jump made by U.S. soldiers on June 6, 1944 — D-Day...

SAINT REGIS MOHAWK TRIBE OBSERVES PASSING OF AKWESASNE MOHAWK CODE TALKER LOUIS LEVI OAKES

Via: Kavika  •  News & Politics  •  17 Comments  •  6 Likes  •  7 years ago

Akwesasne Mohawk Code Talker Louis Levi Oakes receiving the Congressional Silver Medal from U.S. Congresswoman Elise Stefanick (NY-21) Published May 29, 2019 AKWESASNE — It is with a heavy heart that the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe has joined in sharing condolences for the loss of a beloved...

Memorial Day - In Flanders Fields

Via: Kavika  •  History & Sociology  •  41 Comments  •  10 Likes  •  7 years ago

Memorial Day is for those American servicemen and women that died in battle.  The Red Poppy and the poem Flanders Fields are know though out north America and much of the world.  This is the history and the poem.  Take a minute to remember those that have fallen in battle....

Trump announces $16 billion in aid to farmers as trade war continues

Via: Kavika  •  News & Politics  •  54 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  7 years ago  •  LOCKED

May 23, 2019, 4:50 PM EDT By Lauren Egan and Phil McCausland WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a $16 billion aid package for American farmers aimed at softening the financial blow created by the ongoing trade war with China. "Our farmers will be greatly helped," Trump...

NAVAJO CODE TALKER FLEMING BEGAYE LAID TO REST

Via: Kavika  •  News & Politics  •  22 Comments  •  9 Likes  •  7 years ago

Marine presents the U.S. flag to family of Navajo Code Talker Fleming Begaye, Sr. Published May 19, 2019 CHINLE, Ariz. — Navajo American hero and World War II Code Talker Fleming Begaye, Sr. was laid to rest in Chinle, Ariz on Friday May 17, 2019. Despite heavy rainfall in the morning,...

Why the Bay of Pigs Invasion Went So Wrong

Via: Kavika  •  History & Sociology  •  29 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  7 years ago

Before the break of dawn on April 15, 1961, a squadron of eight B-26 bombers piloted by Cuban exiles roared down a Nicaraguan airstrip on a secret mission. The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and President John F. Kennedy hoped the Bay of Pigs Invasion would result in the overthrow of...

PRESIDENT TRUMP’S RACIST TWEET JUST DELAYED A PAIR OF BILLS TO HELP INDIAN COUNTRY – REPUBLICANS WHO GOT COLD FEET SHOULD EXPECT A VOTE

Via: Kavika  •  Anishinaabe - The First People  •  11 Comments  •  4 Likes  •  7 years ago

Published May 8, 2019 WASHINGTON – Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said today that he will pursue other means of passing a pair of bills to help Indian Country after they were pulled from consideration by the House of Representatives in the wake of President Trump’s racist tweet and subsequent...

These Japanese-American Linguists Became America's Secret Weapon During WWII

Via: Kavika  •  History & Sociology  •  1 Comments  •  1 Like  •  7 years ago

In February 1942, a small group of members of a top-secret military language school defied orders. They slipped out of their headquarters in San Francisco and snuck toward their destination, a nearby racetrack. They weren’t there to gamble: They were there to visit their parents, Japanese...

REP. HAALAND RAISES AWARENESS OF HISTORICAL TRAUMA CAUSED BY ASSIMILATION BOARDING SCHOOLS, CELEBRATES JIM THORPE SPORTS DAYS AT U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE

Via: Kavika  •  Anishinaabe - The First People  •  8 Comments  •  1 Like  •  7 years ago

Published April 29, 2019 CARLISLE, Penn. — Congresswoman Deb Haaland (NM-01), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, traveled to the U.S. Army War College to address the Opening Ceremony of the Jim Thorpe Sports Days and raise awareness of the historical trauma caused by assimilation...