From Minneapolis to New York and from Atlanta to Seattle, thousands upon thousands of concerned citizens have taken to the streets in a show of solidarity. Their message: Black Lives Matter.
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The proposed tunnel would encapsulate oil giant Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac, purportedly to prevent another oil spill. Enbridge was responsible for the largest inland oil spill in 2010 in Michigan’s Kalamazoo River, which resulted in nearly 1 million gallons of oil being released into Michigan’s waterways.
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Our moral, environmental, social and economic justice pleas to the heads of these banks and shareholders simply will not compel them to stop giving money to these corporations. It is therefore imperative that we ensure that our money does not go to these banks. Divestment.
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Our struggles are inherently intertwined with those of the Black Community. The Indigenous Peoples Movement views all members of the African American community and all African people as Indigenous People.
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Last night the Tulalip Reservation was the target of vandalism and looting under the pretense of a protest. Based on the tone of the social media posts that encouraged this incident, it seemed likely that violence, rather than a peaceful demonstration was the goal.
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The Navajo Nation has reported 5,145 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 231 deaths. This makes them one of the hardest hit during the pandemic.
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Deb Haaland co-led the introduction of a bill that will establish a Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) Commission to examine the effects of slavery and racism against people of color, on American history, and its impact on laws and policies we have today.
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King did NOT believe that using violence FIRST was good or useful, but he ACCEPTED THE REALITY that sometimes violence IS necessary to defend the innocent.
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The membership of this collaborative strongly condemns the murder of one of our fellow citizens, at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department. Furthermore, Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors Group condemns the ongoing and systemic racist ideologies that continue to run strongly through the department like a virulent and lethal pathogen.
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Twenty-one months ago, the Tulalip Tribes took a major risk by venturing into the cannabis industry and opening one of the very first recreational dispensaries operated in Indian Country.
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This situation isn’t about getting back to work – this is an excuse for the people who've felt trapped in an isolating system which is deteriorating in front of their eyes thanks to a diverse America waking up, to take up arms and to champion violence.
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Judge Clarke, of the U.S. District Court in Medford Oregon, on May 15 upheld the sovereign immunity and the water rights of the Hoopa Valley Tribe and the Klamath Tribes of Oregon.
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Three separate lawsuits against the Treasury Department have been filed by 18 tribal governments, seeking to stop ANCs from receiving stimulus funds. They all say Alaska Native corporations are private, for-profit companies, not tribal governments, and should not receive bailout money meant for tribes.
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In response to requests from the parties to narrow the ruling, the court allowed some minor projects to proceed under Nationwide Permit 12, but reaffirmed that the Army Corps cannot use the permit to approve the construction of Keystone XL or other oil and gas pipelines.
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Education systems were created to benefit European settlers. History classes are written by and for them. Most curriculum taught in schools comes from a European perspective. They even teach that Columbus “discovered” America. How can you discover a land where peoples already lived?
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The English definition of consultation is “a meeting with an expert or professional, such as a medical doctor, in order to seek advice.” In the Lakota language, wóglakA means “to speak about something.” In meeting with county commissioners, municipal, South Dakota Department of Transportation, Public schools and Federal agencies we have met the definition of consultation in both of our languages.
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Businesses in our little Oregon town are beginning to shut down, the uneasy reality of this worldwide situation reaching our midst, flowing into our world. Everybody’s talking about shelter-in-place
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