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Tag Archives: North Dakota
Voter suppression led to unusually high voter turnout by Native Americans in North Dakota
After a last-minute court decision required Native Americans in North Dakota to have street addresses instead of PO boxes, the affected tribes and other organizations mobilized to created the needed documents. Election returns from the 2018 midterms show that the … Continue reading
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Tagged #standingrock, 2018, address, election, heitkamp, midterm, native american, North Dakota, senate, Standing Rock, turnout, turtle mountain, voter suppression, voter turnout
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Supreme Court’s ruling against North Dakota Natives may decide the Senate
In a critical decision that may very well effect control of the US Senate, the US Supreme Court today rejected an emergency appeal by Native Americans in North Dakota regarding their ability to vote in November. Control of the Senate … Continue reading
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Tagged address, echohawk, election, Gorsuch, heitkamp, North Dakota, off the reservation, PO box, registration, senate, Standing Rock, Supreme Court, turtle mountain, voting
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Vote– except if you’re a Native in North Dakota
After Standing Rock, Republicans in the “Deep North” are taking no chances. In April, the Republican-dominated North Dakota legislature passed, and the Republican governor signed, a bill that required voter identification to include a residential street address. As the Native … Continue reading
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Tagged #standingrock, court of appeals, disenfranchised, eighth district, election, hovland, North Dakota, residential address, Standing Rock, trump, turtle mountain, voter fraud
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Native mascots: A comprehensive literature review
In 1909 the University of Wisconsin lacrosse team adopted the first Native mascot. By the 1950s, they were commonplace. Beginning in 1968, Native Americans condemned the use of these mascots, arguing that they are based on stereotypes that “have a … Continue reading
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Tagged blackhawks, chief illiniwek, chief osceola, chief wahoo, civil rights, cleveland indians, controversy, culture, dennis banks, fighting hawks, fighting illini, fighting sioux, florida state, football, fryberg, illini, literature review, logo, mascot, mascots, Native, native american, ncaa, nfl, North Dakota, ole miss, political correctness, rebels, red face, redskins, seminoles, sports, sports illustrated, staurowsky, steinfeldt, stereotype, university of illinois, washington redskins
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Native lives splatter: Killing Indians with your car
On September 7, South Dakota Representative Lynne DiSanto, the Republican whip in the state legislature, re-tweeted a meme promoting running down protestors with cars. Mainstream media quickly drew parallels to the murder of a white activist in Charlottesville by the … Continue reading
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Tagged #alllivessplatter, all lives splatter, car, disanto, legislator, meme, North Dakota, quinault, race war, republican, run down, run over, South Dakota, Standing Rock, thunder bay, vehicle
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Standing Rock mercenaries’ secrets revealed
In recent weeks, whistleblowers have revealed documents and stories regarding renegade behavior by private security firms hired by Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) to protect the Dakota Access Pipeline from protesters. But the mercenaries went a lot further than that, creating … Continue reading
Dakota Pipeline knew about Standing Rock concerns 2 1/2 years ago
Here is the audio recording of Energy Transfers Partner’s (ETP) meeting with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (SRST) on September 30, 2014. [The video has been taken down but I took detailed notes; see below.] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XARJFdyyfac The recording is astounding … Continue reading
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Tagged #noDAPL, #standingrock, #standwithStandingRock, 2014, archambault, audio, Cannonball, energy transfer partners, meeting, North Dakota, Phyllis Young, pipeline, Sioux, Standing Rock
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The Dakota Access Pipeline doesn’t make economic sense anymore
With the decline in worldwide oil prices, production in North Dakota’s Bakken oil fields has declined so much that, by the end of this year, the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline will be completely unnecessary from an economic point of view. … Continue reading
Case dismissed against Amy Goodman; the press is now free to cover the Dakota Pipeline protest
The case pitted the North Dakota State Attorney Ladd Erickson against Democracy Now! reporter Amy Goodman. He was charging her with rioting for her role in the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, in which she was simply a reporter with a microphone, … Continue reading
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Tagged #AmyGoodman, #DakotaAccessPipeline, #DemocracyNow!, #noDAPL, Amy Goodman, charges, Dakota Access, Democracy Now, dismissed, Erickson, North Dakota, protest, riot
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Standing Rock: Understanding the EIS Process
It’s time to comment on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The deadline is February 20. Here’s what you need to know. First, Trump’s “executive order” did not automatically approve the pipeline (and it’s actually … Continue reading →