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Category Archives: news
A Deal with the Devil: Los Angeles’ On-Going Greenhouse Gas Disaster
The Aymara of the Andes have a saying: everything on the earth and above it belongs to God; everything under it belongs to the devil, whom they call El Tio (the Uncle). When they work the mines, risking life and … Continue reading
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Tagged #AlisoCanyon, #gasleak, #PorterRanch, #toxic, aliso canyon, Aymara, Bolivia, CO2, CO2e, deal, devil, el tio, emissions, environment, gas, greenhouse, los angeles, methane, porter ranch, sempra
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The Burns Paiute Speak Out on Malheur Takeover
Since the takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge by a self-styled militia of heavily armed, disgruntled ranchers (which I describe in this blog post: More Range Wars and White Privilege), the local Burns Paiute have addressed the issue specifically. … Continue reading
More Range Wars and White Privilege
I woke up this morning to the news that heavily-armed white ranchers (some call them “yeehawdists”) had taken over Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon. This is one of the premier wildlife refuges in the West; I had visited … Continue reading
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Tagged ammon, Bundy, Burns, cliven, Dann, indians, Malheur, Native American history, Oregon, Paiute, range war, refuge, reservation, Wadatika, white privilege
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Students of Color Fighting Uphill Battle at Conservative School
Claremont McKenna College is a small private college in the Los Angeles area known for its politically conservative culture. In 2012, the college’s Campus Climate Task Force surveyed students and found that “variation among responses by Black and Latino students … Continue reading
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Tagged #shushPOC, Campus Climate Task Force, Claremont, CMC, college, color, costumes, dean, diversity, halloween, marginalized, McKenna, POC, protest, student, training, we dissent
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Indigenous Hawaiians seek Federal Recognition and Sovereignty
It’s a fascinating twist of history that they don’t have it already, but Native Hawaiians are now taking steps toward federal recognition and sovereignty. Culturally, this is no doubt important. In the legal realm, however, “sovereignty” as defined by the … Continue reading
Columbus Gets the Ax
In an artistic display of rebellion, a statue of Christopher Columbus in Detroit (the old French fort between the Haudensaunee Confederacy and the Anishinaabe) was decorated with an ax to the forehead, complete with fake blood. This is reminiscent of … Continue reading
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Tagged ax, axe, Columbus, Columbus Day, Detroit, Native American history, statue
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The Slave Trade that Textbooks Ignore
The release of new textbooks in Texas, which diminish the African slave trade by describing the slaves in the US as “workers” or “immigrants”, has sparked outcry. Many have commented that this is a classic attempt at erasure, to erase the … Continue reading
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Tagged charleston, florida, indian, indians, Native American history, native americans, slave trade, slavery, slaves, texas, textbook, yamasee
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Protest Vandalism by Native Americans Considered a Hate Crime Against Spanish Missionaries
In a surprising twist, the victims of genocide, who vandalized statues and gravestones of their ancestor’s oppressors, may be charged with a hate crime. The incident occurred last weekend at the Spanish mission in Carmel in the wake of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Carmel, hate crime, Junipero, mission, Native American history, Serra
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Our Shared History of Violence
Sherman Alexie discusses the impact of history on children today.
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Tagged Ferguson, Native American history, Sherman Alexie, thunder boy
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Native Americans Discuss Immigration- Trump Style
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