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Category Archives: news
Remembering Genocide in the Sacramento Valley
This story is breaking out across Indian Country: History Professor Denies Native Genocide: Native Student Disagrees, Gets Expelled From Course The ultimate irony is that the university is Sacramento State. Though no one much talks about it, the Sacramento Valley … Continue reading
ISIS’s “Theology of Rape” is Nothing New to Native Americans; It Happened Here
On August 14, the New York Times published an article describing how ISIS uses their Islamic beliefs to justify rape and sex slavery. The story explains how ISIS soldiers pray before and after each rape, and even go to the … Continue reading
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Tagged california, conquest, cortez, de Soto, ISIS, Islam, Jamestown, Muslim, New York Times, Pocahontas, rape, sex, sexual assault, slavery, Tenochitlan, theology of rape, war
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A Facebook Discussion Puts the Makah Whale Hunt on Trial
There are just a few days left to comment on granting permission to the Makah to resume their hunt of the gray whale. Summary information is available here. Written comment on the alternatives will be accepted at makah2015deis.wcr@noaa.gov. THE DEADLINE … Continue reading
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Tagged 1999, deadline, FAcebook, gray whale, makah, Native American history, subsistence, tradition, whale, whaling, white privilege
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Stealing Oak Flat without Apology
Here is a great piece by Mark Charles about the loss of sacred Apache lands: The Stealing of Oak Flat & the Trauma of the Doctrine of Discovery It notes that both the theft of Oak Flat and a general … Continue reading
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Tagged apache, arizona, defense, doctrine of discovery, Johnson v. M’Intosh, mark charles, Oak flat
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“Operation Yurok”: Saving Salmon from Pot Farms
Press release from the California Department of Fish & Wildlife: July 20, 2015 CDFW, Partner Agencies Conclude Operation Yurok in Humboldt County Marijuana Eradication Effort Focused on Misuse of Water and Habitat Officers from the California Department of Fish and … Continue reading
Pope Francis apologizes “for crimes committed against the native peoples”
In Bolivia, the nation with the highest percentage of indigenous people in the Americas, the nation with the only indigenous head of state in the Americas in 500 years, the nation that flies an indigenous flag (below), Pope Francis stepped … Continue reading
Report Describes Cultural Genocide in Canada
Making international news, a report by a Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission describes a century of cultural genocide through the use of horrific boarding schools in Canada. Though the last school closed in 1996, the wounds continue. See my earlier … Continue reading
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Tagged boarding schools, Canada, cultural genocide, Native American history, rhymes for young ghouls
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Australia Says Sorry to Aborigines
Amazing stuff out of Australia. This would be a step in the right direction in the U.S. Here’s a short video, Australia says sorry to Aborigines.
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Tagged aborigines, Australia, boarding schools, Native American history, sorry, stolen generations, video
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California closer to banning Redskins team names
The California State Assembly passed a bill banning “redskins” as a team mascot in public schools. The vote was 57-9. It still needs to go to the State Senate and Governor Jerry Brown, and the odds look good there. California … Continue reading
Baltimore Riot’s “Mother of the Year” is Part of a Historical Pattern
Finally, after years of egregious police brutality and hundreds of cases involving paralyzed and dead citizens (as documented by out-of-court settlements), Baltimore erupted in rioting. As the white media struggled to understand why, rather than why it took them so long … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, mother of the year, Native American history, Petalesharo, Pocahontas, police, riots, toya graham
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