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Appeals court decision affirms tribal jurisdiction over non-Indians
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 10 Comments • 1 Like • 6 years ago
Tribes can serve orders of protection against non-Indians due to their "inherent" sovereignty, a federal appeals court ruled this week, speaking to an issue that several presidential candidates are raising on the campaign trail. By a unanimous vote, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday...
Cherokee Nation Sends First Delegate to Congress
Via: 1stwarrior • Op/Ed • 33 Comments • 5 Likes • 6 years ago
“Kimberly Teehee will be the third Indigenous woman to represent Indigenous nations in Congress.Teehee stands as a delegate of a sovereign nation;...”
The Cherokee Nation’s recent decision to exercise its treaty rights and send Kimberly Teehee to Washington D.C. as its first-ever delegate to the U.S. Congress marks a new strategy in the ongoing fight for the survival and sovereignty of Indigenous peoples in the United States. “This journey is...
Cherokee Nation wants a rep. in Congress, taking US government up on promise it made in 1835
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 45 Comments • 5 Likes • 6 years ago
The Cherokee Nation announced Thursday that it intends to appoint a delegate to the US House of Representatives, asserting for the first time a right promised to the tribe in a nearly 200-year-old treaty with the federal government. It was a historic step for the Oklahoma-based Cherokee Nation...
Europe Poised to Put Warning Labels on Jewish-Made Products
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 40 Comments • 3 Likes • 6 years ago
“Legal decision reminiscent of Holocaust-era boycotts of Jews”
The European Union is poised to mandate that Israeli products made in contested territories carry consumer warning labels, a decision that could trigger American anti-boycott laws and open up what legal experts describe as a "Pandora's box" of litigation, according to multiple sources involved...
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reaffirms the Constitutionality of ICWA
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 2 Comments • 1 Like • 6 years ago
(PORTLAND, Ore. August 9, 2019)— Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals published its decision in Brackeen v. Bernhardt, the federal court challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). The court’s decision affirmed the constitutionality of ICWA, recognizing the unique political status of...
4 dead, 2 wounded in Southern California stabbings
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 11 Comments • 2 Likes • 6 years ago
A man who was “full of anger” went on a two-hour stabbing and robbery rampage in Southern California, killing four people and wounding two others, authorities said Wednesday. The 33-year-old Garden Grove man was taken into custody after he came out of a 7-Eleven in Santa Ana, southeast of Los...
Chaco Canyon: $3,000,000 government project bungled
Via: 1stwarrior • Anishinaabe - The First People • 7 Comments • 1 Like • 6 years ago
CHACO CANYON, NM (KRQE) – There’s something wrong in the rugged backcountry of Northwest New Mexico. But just getting there is a challenge. “The thing that goes through a lot of people’s minds when they (travel there) is, wherein God’s name are we going? This place is out in the middle of...
Omar introduces resolution defending boycott of Israel, likens it to boycotts of Nazi Germany, Soviet Union
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 36 Comments • 7 Likes • 6 years ago • LOCKED
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar proposed a resolution this week supporting the right to boycott Israel, likening the boycott of the Jewish state to boycotts of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Omar’s resolution seeks to push back against U.S. laws banning the boycott of Israel and affirms the right of...
The four noisy horseladies of the Apocalypse -ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 64 Comments • 4 Likes • 6 years ago • LOCKED
Any man who makes it to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is a smart guy, by definition. Climbing a greasy pole is impossible, as anyone who has tried it will tell you, and the presidency is the greasiest pole anywhere. So how could a man smart enough to do the impossible forget the first rule of...
Calling 'the squad' to account -ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 101 Comments • 2 Likes • 6 years ago • LOCKED
A very educational series of events occurred in the last couple of weeks illustrating the nature of political maneuvering at the national level. In this case, the Democrats are on the losing end, having been played expertly by President Donald Trump. After months of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi...