Rosebud Sioux Tribe will create the largest native-owned and managed bison herd in North America

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  15 Comments  •  7 Likes  •  5 years ago

““I think when we look out and see those buffalo and their hooves touch the land, it’s going to be relatable for everyone.” Wizipan Little Elk CEO,...”

In the Lakota creation story, beings emerged from the Wind Cave in South Dakota’s Black Hills—some in human form and some in buffalo form. There’s no difference between people and buffalo in this worldview. “We’re Lakota people and that means we’re buffalo people,” said Wizipan Little Elk, the...

Coronavirus hype biggest political hoax in history - OPINION

Via: 1stwarrior  •  Op/Ed  •  120 Comments  •  8 Likes  •  5 years ago  •  LOCKED

ANALYSIS/OPINION: The new coronavirus is real. The response to the coronavirus is hyped. And in time, this hype will be revealed as politically hoaxed. In fact, COVID-19 will go down as one of the political world’s biggest, most shamefully overblown, overhyped, overly and irrationally...

CARES Act Lawsuit

Via: 1stwarrior  •  Anishinaabe - The First People  •  8 Comments  •  5 years ago

Nearly every major inter-tribal organization in the United States is seeking to share their views in the CARES Act lawsuit that’s headed for a major showdown in federal court this week. Led by the National Congress of American Indians, the organizations are seeking to file a brief in the case....

Gathering of Nations virtual pow wow begins

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— Although the 37th Annual Gathering of Nations is canceled this year, people can still enjoy the sights and sounds.Co-director Melonie Matthews said folks can visit the Gathering of Nations website or PowWows.com for a free virtual experience starting at 10 a.m. Friday and...

Two Cats Are First U.S. Pets to Test Positive for Coronavirus

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  34 Comments  •  6 Likes  •  5 years ago

“The animals appear to have mild symptoms and likely caught the virus from their owners. And there’s no evidence pets can pass it to humans.”

NEW YORK (AP) — Two pet cats in New York state have tested positive for the coronavirus, marking the first confirmed cases in companion animals in the United States, federal officials said Wednesday. The cats, which had mild respiratory illnesses and are expected to recover, are thought to have...

Pandemic Panic Has Magnified The Worst Impulses Of The Power-Hungry Elite - Opinion article

Via: 1stwarrior  •  Op/Ed  •  132 Comments  •  6 Likes  •  5 years ago

“This pandemic has exposed the motives of our self-appointed betters in D.C. and the media, pushing anti-American policies to give themselves more...”

For all the American people’s common efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, we keep seeing a lot of reckless responses from politicians and propagandists. They continue to shamelessly exploit a national crisis to pursue their own political and personal agendas. Obama-era health...

Consensus starts to grow on 'Phase 4' coronavirus relief

By: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  4 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  5 years ago

“Pelosi now appears open to a more focused aid package and Republicans are acknowledging the likelihood of new legislation.”

Congress is finally beginning to sketch the outlines of its next big coronavirus response. Speaker Nancy Pelosi shifted her tone on Friday, calling for a much more focused “Phase 4” relief package to address immediate needs related to the coronavirus pandemic, a departure from the sprawling...

AOC wants coronavirus ‘reparations’ for minority communities

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  32 Comments  •  4 Likes  •  5 years ago

WASHINGTON — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has called for coronavirus reparations for minorities, claiming higher numbers of COVID-19 fatalities in low-income communities stems from underlying inequality. “COVID deaths are disproportionately spiking in Black + Brown communities,” Ocasio-Cortez...

As Navajo Nation enforces coronavirus curfew, Arizona sends in the National Guard

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“Equipment is sorely needed, tribal leaders say, as they brace for more cases: "We shouldn't be the last to get equipment. We are the first citizens...”

The Navajo Nation's leaders began sounding the alarm about the coronavirus in February. They broadcast radio bulletins to their tribal members, dispatched community health representatives to far-flung homes on the reservation and translated COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, into the...

Alaska's Remote Villages Are Cutting Themselves Off to Avoid Even 'One Single Case' of Coronavirus

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  4 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  5 years ago

With a deadly coronavirus epidemic creeping northward and the nearest hospital 230 miles away, Galen Gilbert, First Chief of Arctic Village, Alaska, knew his 200-person town could not afford to take any chances. A single case of COVID-19 could lead to the virus quickly spreading around the...