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Louis Levi Oakes, last Mohawk Code Talker receives a hero’s tribute when laid to rest in Akwesasne
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“High military honors from the US and Canada were a part of memorial services as hundreds lined the funeral route”
On Saturday, June 1, hundreds of Akwesasnoron, joined by representatives from the US military and Canadian Armed Forces laid Louis Levi Oakes, the last remaining Mohawk Code Talker from World War II to rest. It was a service befitting a hero. It was a memorial service, military honor, and...
The Army is returning more remains of Native American children to their families a century after they died at 'assimilation school'
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The remains of six Native American children who were buried over 100 years ago are being returned to their families as the Army continues its disinterment project at the Carlisle Barracks Post Cemetery, bringing the total number of children returned to their homes to 11. Starting on Saturday,...
We salute the Native American warriors who go wherever they're needed to honor US military veterans
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On a cold February afternoon, a handful of pallbearers pulled the casket of Frankie Reye Alexander from a hearse and placed it over his final resting place at Tahoma Cemetery. A traditional song, "Soldier Boy," echoed from a pair of Yakamas who sang to the beat of a deerskin drum. About 20...
Private border wall group ordered to keep gate open
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The builders of a private border wall in New Mexico have been ordered by an international agency to keep a gate permanently open. According to a report in Buzzfeed, the half-mile wall near Sunland Park cut off official access to a levee and a dam and public access to Monument One, a series of...
A California desert town sees surge in migrants as border crisis worsens
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The little boy playing in the parking lot of a Seventh-day Adventist Church here was startled when three U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicles pulled in. Favio Ferreira, a 7-year-old from Guatemala, ran inside to tell the others. “Come, come, la migra!” he said....
550 African migrants were just caught in Texas. DHS head says they aren’t being screened for Ebola
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The border crisis is no longer exclusively a problem of illegal Central American migrants. As word spreads of the collapse of border enforcement, the number of migrants from Africa continues to increase. The threat of bringing in dangerous diseases is higher than ever, yet there are no mandatory...
RCMP 'herded' native kids to residential schools Social Sharing
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Former aboriginal students who say the RCMP herded them off to residential schools are expressing a sense of validation following the release of a report into the Mounties' role in the notorious school system. However, not all the survivors believe the report will help with their healing. The...
On the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, Native Americans Remember Veterans’ Service and Sacrifices
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““I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty, and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full victory! Good luck! And let...”
Eighty Native American delegates have traveled to France to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day. On June 6, 1944, the largest amphibious invasion in history began as Allied forces landed on the Normandy coast. Some 160,000 soldiers, sailors, and airmen, aboard 5,000 ships and 13,000...
More than 55,000 children caught at border in May
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“DHS on border: 'We are bursting at the seams'”
The government set another grim record in May with more than 55,000 children nabbed by Border Patrol agents along the southwest border. They were part of more than 130,000 unauthorized migrants Border Patrol agents and officers at the ports of entry encountered last month, up from about 109,000...
Record number of undocumented immigrants flooded the southern border in May
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“"We are in a full-blown emergency, and I cannot say this stronger: The system is broken," said acting CBP Commissioner John Sanders.”
Border Patrol officers encountered more than 144,000 undocumented immigrants at the southwest border in May, the largest monthly total in 13 years, officials said Wednesday. More than 132,000 were stopped while crossing the border illegally; the rest presented themselves at legal ports of...