Indigenous leaders and climate groups respond to West Virginia vs. EPA

Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued a rule that limits the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gasses from the power sector using a specific provision of the Clean Air Act.

US Supreme Court Underwrites Settler Violence Upon Indigenous Communities

Today, the US Supreme Court made its decision in the case West Virginia v EPA. In this decision the court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency has limited ability to regulate carbon emissions and the US energy sector.

Current affairsLast Real IndiansJune 30, 2022Supreme Court, Last Real Indians, EPA, climate change

Huy Urges UN to Protect US Indigenous Prisoner Religious Freedoms

Indigenous peoples suffer one of the highest incarceration rates of any racial or ethnic group in the United States, and they are also disproportionately sentenced to serve life and long sentences in state prisons.

Featured, Current affairsLast Real IndiansMay 12, 2022Last Real Indians, Native prisoners

Washington State takes strongest clean commercial buildings action in the nation

The Washington State Building Code Council voted 11-3 today to adopt a new statewide commercial and multifamily building energy code that will be the strongest, most climate-friendly in the country by driving the transition to clean electricity for space and water heating.

Concepts of Micro and Macro Decolonization by Jimmy Lee Beason II, Osage

Decolonization is a very broad concept that has been interpreted in many different ways. Within the online Native community through social media, concepts of decolonization have taken on a multitude of meanings with memes and posts…

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.

The Broken America, in Real-Time

They love to put on the caps, wear the tactical gear like to say “we support cops and the military,” unless we have to fight them. Which is it? You can’t be all “pro-industrialized governmental agency” but think you can keep it checked with your rifles and fantasies of a street revolution. Do these men really believe that Bill from the suburbs of Chicago can defeat the most powerful military in the world? I hate to break it to you, but they’ve got Tomahawk missiles along with people so well trained, every neckbeard with an Alex Jones sticker on his truck would be toast in seconds. Waco is trending on Netflix. Give that spin if you’re thinking a standoff is a capable mission.

A Handy Guide For White People To Not Do Racist Stuff in 2020

Whatever way you’re trying to justify history or culture or whatever, just don’t. The Cleveland Indians celebrating “Chief Wahoo” with a big grin is pretty gross. Do you remember the old Braves logo? The one with the dude screaming with a mohawk? Not a good look, folks. The Atlanta Honkies or the Washington Missionaries (Not the religious people.) doesn’t exactly sound awesome, it sounds predatory.