Bois Forte Band Gets 28,000 Acres of Land Back in Northern Minnesota

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“In the largest land-back agreement in Minnesota and one of the largest-ever in Indian Country, the Bois Forte Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe...”

The purchase of the 28,089 acres in northern Minnesota from The Conservation Fund will restore lands that were sold by the federal government to non-Natives as “surplus” under the Allotment Act, which attempted to break up tribal reservations.  “So when we hear about reservations today, a lot...

EXCLUSIVE: Family of Bill Clinton advisor was found hanging from a tree with a shotgun blast at a ranch 30 miles from his home

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Top Clinton advisor Mark Middleton died by suicide at the age of 59 on May 7, the Perry County Sheriff's Office in Arkansas confirmed  Middleton was President Bill Clinton's special advisor who admitted Jeffrey Epstein to the White House seven of the at least 17 times the pedophile visited The...

U.S. counts Indian boarding school deaths for first time, but leaves key questions unanswered

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“The Interior Department documented more than 500 deaths of Indigenous children, but it's far from a complete count. "We have a long way to go," one...”

The U.S. Department of Interior released its investigative report Wednesday on the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative. It’s being called the first volume of the report and comes nearly a year after the department announced a “comprehensive” review. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, Bryan...

With historical promises in mind, justices weigh state criminal jurisdiction in Indian country

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At the last Supreme Court oral argument of Justice Stephen Breyer’s career, the court stepped into a dispute over the state of Oklahoma’s criminal jurisdiction authority in Indian country. After nearly two hours of debate on Wednesday, four justices appeared strongly inclined to vote...

Can Texas declare a border 'invasion' and return migrants to Mexico?

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is facing mounting pressure from far-right and former Trump administration officials to immediately declare a migrant “invasion” at the U.S.-Mexico border, under a constitutional provision that would allow local law enforcement and National Guard troops to stop migrants at...

4 Men Gang-Raped, Killed and Ate a Protected Monitor Lizard

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““I have never seen a crime like this.””

Forest officials in India are investigating four men who gang-raped, killed, cooked and ate a monitor lizard in one of India’s most protected forest reserves. It was the only monitor lizard in the park.   The incident took place on March 29 at the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, in the western Indian...

Florida bans 54 of its school math textbooks for 'trying to indoctrinate students': Half of the prohibited titles feature Critical Race Theory

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The Florida Department of Education rejected 54 math textbooks from its curriculum on Friday, saying the books were an attempt to 'indoctrinate' students - with more than half of them banned for referencing Critical Race Theory (CRT).  The agency tossed out 41 percent of the 132 math textbooks...

New Mexico implements free college education statewide

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New Mexico passed a law to ensure that its public university students will receive tuition free of charge, effective July 1. Residents who enroll in at least six credits can work toward their certificate, associate degree, or bachelor's degree completely tuition-free. As long as the students...

U.S. teens recruited to drive migrants from Mexican border

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Seventeen-year-old Santi sits in his car outside shops in Sunland Park, New Mexico, watching a pulsing blue dot on his mobile telephone. Human smugglers have hired him to pick up migrants here, less than a mile from the Mexican border, and take them to nearby El Paso, Texas. His shiny red...

Moderate Democrats join GOP senators to back bill to delay end of Title 42 border expulsions

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A group of Democratic senators on Thursday joined Republican lawmakers in introducing a measure that would temporarily block the Biden administration's plan to end pandemic-related restrictions that allow border authorities to quickly expel migrants. The proposal, co-sponsored by six Republican...