Posts tagged Native rights
Smells Like Bull Stitt by Jimmy Lee Beason II, Osage

All of Stitt’s antagonism toward tribes asserting their sovereignty seems odd considering he is an enrolled Cherokee citizen. You would think he would advocate and defend tribal sovereignty, not attempt to derail it. However, it would appear he has no vested interest in being accountable to Native communities, as it has been proven he isn’t actually Cherokee.

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Bay Mills Indian Community Fights Proposed Enbridge Oil Pipeline

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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