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A California genocide vignette

On June 18, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom made headlines with an executive order apologizing for a past “war of extermination”, emphasizing the state’s commitment (via AB 52 and executive order) to tribal consultation (including many non-federally-recognized tribes), and establishing … Continue reading

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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

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