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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland applauds Biden apology for Indigenous boarding schools
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 11 Comments • 3 Likes • 4 weeks ago
“Biden will issue an official apology on Friday afternoon.”
For more than a century, from the early 1800s to the 1960s, Indigenous children were taken from their tribes -- sometimes forcibly from their homes -- to attend government assimilation boarding schools. On Friday afternoon, President Joe Biden will issue a formal apology from the U.S. government...
Jill Stein, Cornell West, Chase Oliver: Who else is running for president in 2024?
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 7 Comments • 2 months ago
“Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are the two major party candidates in the 2024 presidential election, but dozens of other people are also running.”
None is on a realistic path to the White House, but the most well-known threaten to siphon away support from the Democratic and Republican candidates. Here are the people with the greatest potential to disrupt the race. Jill Stein Getty Images Some Democrats believe Jill Stein's...
How Tribal Nations Are Reclaiming Oklahoma
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 10 Comments • 3 Likes • 3 months ago
“After the Supreme Court ruled in favor of tribal interests, suddenly nearly half of the state was Native territory. What exactly does that mean?”
One day in the summer of 2020, Chuck Hoskin, Jr., the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, and his daughter were driving through Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the location of the Cherokee Nation headquarters. Hoskin, who is forty-nine, had grown up understanding that he was a citizen of one of the...
2 men accused of strangling 12-year-old in Houston are charged with capital murder
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 78 Comments • 4 Likes • 5 months ago
“Jocelyn Nungaray was found in a shallow creek on Monday in north Houston, officials said.”
Two men have been charged with capital murder in the strangulation of a 12-year-old girl whose body was discovered in a shallow creek in north Houston. Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel, 22, and Franklin Pena, 26, were charged Friday with capital murder of a child between 10 and 15 years old, according...
Leonard Peltier, Native activist imprisoned for nearly 50 years, faces what may be 'last chance' parole hearing
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 13 Comments • 3 Likes • 6 months ago
“Peltier last had a full parole hearing 15 years ago, when federal officials argued his release after the killing of two FBI agents in 1975 would...”
Native American activist and federal prisoner Leonard Peltier, who has maintained his innocence in the murders of two FBI agents almost half a century ago, is due for a full parole hearing Monday — his first in 15 years — as his supporters fear he may not get another opportunity to advocate for...
Biden tells black graduates Republicans 'don't see you in the future of America' in fiery speech slamming right-wing 'extremists'
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 24 Comments • 5 Likes • 6 months ago
President Joe Biden told black graduates Sunday that former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies 'don't see you in the future of America' in a fiery takedown on race. The president didn't use Trump or the GOP's name as he addressed graduating seniors from Morehouse College in...
Our First Look At Marines’ Tomahawk Missile Launching Drone Truck Firing
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 2 Comments • 2 Likes • 7 months ago
“Ground-based Tomahawk launchers are set to give the Marine Corps entirely new ways to hold targets on land and at sea at risk.”
The U.S. Marine Corps offered a glimpse of its new 4x4 Tomahawk launch vehicle firing one of these cruise missiles at the recently concluded annual Modern Day Marine exposition this week. The Marines are planning to have their first four operational Tomahawk launchers fielded by the end of this...
Denver defunds police to pay for migrant crisis: Democrat city strips cops' budget of $8.4million in sweeping cuts
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 34 Comments • 3 Likes • 8 months ago
“The sanctuary city's progressive Mayor Mike Johnston unveiled a budget proposal on Wednesday, allocating $89.9m to assist undocumented migrants”
The city of Denver has announced plans to defund the police to pay for the migrant crisis as the democrat city strips cops' budget of $8.4 million. The sanctuary city's progressive Mayor Mike Johnston unveiled a budget proposal on Wednesday, allocating $89.9 million to assist incoming...
Denver defunds police to pay for migrant crisis: Democrat city strips cops' budget of $8.4million in sweeping cuts
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 0 Comments • 8 months ago
“The sanctuary city's progressive Mayor Mike Johnston unveiled a budget proposal on Wednesday, allocating $89.9m to assist undocumented migrants”
The city of Denver has announced plans to defund the police to pay for the migrant crisis as the democrat city strips cops' budget of $8.4 million. The sanctuary city's progressive Mayor Mike Johnston unveiled a budget proposal on Wednesday, allocating $89.9 million to assist incoming...