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Hopi lose arguments on Snowbowl snowmaking in state Supreme Court ruling
Via: 1stwarrior • Anishinaabe - The First People • 6 Comments • 6 years ago
The Hopi Tribe cannot claim special damage on land controlled by the Arizona Snowbowl ski resort, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Thursday, all but ending an eight-year legal battle and ensuring the ski area can continue using machine-made snow on the state's most popular slopes. The Hopi...
DHS Secretary Issues Statement, Correcting False Media Accounts at Southern U.S. Border…
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 162 Comments • 6 years ago • LOCKED
Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen provided the following statement regarding the recent crisis on our southern border. “Given the activities of the last 24 hours at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, I want to provide an update on what occurred and attempt to dispel many of the rumors and much of the...
400 years later, natives who helped Pilgrims gain a voice
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 32 Comments • 6 years ago
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — The seaside town where the Pilgrims came ashore in 1620 is gearing up for a 400th birthday bash, and everyone’s invited — especially the native people whose ancestors wound up losing their land and lives. Plymouth, Massachusetts, whose European settlers have come to...
Roy Clark, country music legend and 'Hee Haw' star, dead at 85
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 13 Comments • 6 years ago
Country star Roy Clark, the legendary singer and multi-instrumentalist with an ear-to-ear smile who headlined the hit TV show "Hee Haw" for nearly a quarter century, has died. He was 85. A rep for the singer told Fox News Clark died on Thursday at his Tulsa, Okla., home due to complications...
SENATE COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS PASSES LEGISLATION TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES & IMPROVE REPORTING ON MISSING & MURDERED NATIVE AMERICANS
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 15 Comments • 6 years ago
WASHINGTON — Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, announced that the committee passed S. 1942, Savanna’s Act, today. “The committee took action to improve tribal access to crime information databases and federal reporting of missing and murdered Native...
Democrats load "subpoena cannon" with 85+ Trump targets
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 288 Comments • 6 years ago • LOCKED
House Democrats plan to probe every aspect of President Trump’s life and work, from family business dealings to the Space Force to his tax returns to possible "leverage" by Russia, top Democrats tell us. What they're saying: One senior Democratic source said the new majority, which takes...
Jim Acosta violated one of the oldest rules of journalism - Opinion
Via: 1stwarrior • Op/Ed • 92 Comments • 6 years ago
By producing a split decision, the election that was supposed to end all elections turned out to be fairly predictable. But it’s the day after that was unlike any other. The Republican president, the likely speaker of the Democrat-controlled House and the Senate’s Republican majority leader...
Presidential Proclamation on National Native American Heritage Month, 2018
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 34 Comments • 6 years ago • LOCKED
During National Native American Heritage Month, we celebrate the legacy of the first people to call this land home. America’s Native Americans have fortified our country with their traditions and values, making tremendous contributions to every aspect of our national life. We remain committed...
Exclusive: Trump targeting birthright citizenship with executive order
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 305 Comments • 6 years ago • LOCKED
“Trump immigration executive order: President to terminate birthright citizenship”
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is making another hardline immigration play in the final days before midterm elections, declaring that he wants to order an end to the constitutional right to citizenship for babies born in the United States to non-citizens. Most scholars think he can’t...
Changing Elizabeth Warren's story to one about Native America
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 41 Comments • 6 years ago
“The majority of Americans know little to nothing about Native Americans, our issues, or our contributions”
Crystal Echo Hawk The invisibility of Native people is the biggest crisis we face today. We are invisible within government, Hollywood, the news media, and in our schools. It’s the reason that the president, lawmakers, and the media use derogatory racial stereotypical language about Native...