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Ontario school district pulls Indigenous author's book for being too Indigenous - Walking Eagle News
Via: Kavika • SiNNERs and ButtHeads • 21 Comments • 6 Likes • 2 years ago
“An Ontario school district has pulled a Indigenous author's book from library shelves and warned teachers not to use it because it's simply too...”
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UPS drivers push for air conditioning as temperatures soar: 'People are dropping weekly' | US unions | The Guardian
Via: Kavika • SiNNERs and ButtHeads • 19 Comments • 7 Likes • 2 years ago
“Drivers report grueling toll of making hundreds of stops a day in sweltering conditions, as UPS makes record profits”
Our regular UPS and FedEx drivers are always on a dead run without a minute to spare. The other day it was in the 90s here with high humidity and I saw our UPS driver leaving his truck to deliver a package to us. I opened the door and he just stood there while the cool air from the house rushed...
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Votes to Remove Blood Quantum from Enrollment Requirements | Currents
Via: Kavika • Anishinaabe - The First People • 8 Comments • 1 Like • 2 years ago
“MINNESOTA—On Wednesday, 7,470 enrolled citizens of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (MCT) voted in a non-binding referendum on whether to remove or...”
Army Ranger Veterans of World War II Receive Congressional Gold Medal
Via: Kavika • News & Politics • 4 Comments • 5 Likes • 2 years ago
“"This elite group once numbered 7,000, but now it's down to 12. A dozen left," President Joe Biden said.”
The current active duty Ranger unit is the 75th Ranger Regiment. On January 30, 1945, some 120 Alamo Scouts and Rangers from the 6th Ranger Battalion, supported by 200 Filipino guerrillas, launched a rescue operation. To get to Cabanatuan, the commandos had to march 30 miles behind enemy...
Sacrifice: Remembering the 1st Minnesota at Gettysburg
Via: Kavika • News & Politics • 2 Comments • 6 Likes • 2 years ago
“More than a century and a half later, the nation they fought and died for remains, still imperfect, but still here.”
I was watching the 4th of July fireworks from Washington D.C. and thinking back on the history of the US and of my family which has a military history dating back hundreds of years. I remembered this article from a few years ago and being from Minnesota it always stuck in my mind. Historians...
Birdwell (Cherokee) to receive Medal of Honor at White House on July 5
Via: Kavika • News & Politics • 15 Comments • 7 Likes • 2 years ago
“OKLAHOMA CITY - Former Cherokee Nation Supreme Court Justice Dwight Birdwell will be one of four soldiers awarded the Medal of Honor on July 5 by...”
It was a few days ago the last living Medal of Honor recipient from WWII, Woody Williams passed away. https://nypost.com/2022/06/29/woody-williams-last-wwii-medal-of-honor-recipient-dead-at-98/ In addition to SP/5 Birdwell, three more soldiers will be awarded the Medal of Honor. Duffy...
