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Tag Archives: protest
White backlash: The Rittenhouse debacle from a Native perspective
During the George Floyd protests, twenty-five people were killed. Most of them were Black Lives Matter protesters. They were not killed by the police, but by white supremacists who traveled to the protests from out of town for the sole … Continue reading
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Tagged #RittenhouseVerdict, backlash, black, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Cache Valley, caste, charleston, chastisement, Eureka, Indian Island, Kenosha, Kingsley, Massacre, Mill Creek, mystic, Narbona, Native, Native American history, pequot, protest, retribution, Rittenhouse, Sand Creek, synagogue, town destroyer, trump, tucson, tulsa, verdict, Washington, washita, white, Wounded Knee, Yahi
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Headline from 1606: Spanish Conquistador Juan de Oñate recalled to Mexico City
Sante Fe, NM: In a stunning turn of events, Governor of the Northern Territories Juan de Oñate was recalled to Mexico City today by Spanish authorities for excessive violence and brutality against both Natives and colonists. Given the recent history … Continue reading
Abolishing the police: Minneapolis looks to alternatives
In the wake of the killing of George Floyd and associated riots, the people of Minneapolis are turning to a 2017 report, Enough is Enough: A 150 year Performance Review of the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD150). The Past The report … Continue reading
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Tagged #GeorgeFloyd, abolition, aim, alternatives, Fletcher, George Floyd, looting, minneapolis, MPD150, police, protest, reform, restorative justice, riots
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The smug face of white privilege
That smug face that brims with confidence. It has a smirk that says I will win. I’ve already won. I cheat to win. I can buy the judge, buy the cops, write the rules, make the laws. I create alternative … Continue reading
Posted in my own thoughts, news
Tagged covington, Covington Catholic High School, elder, maga, Nathan Phillips, Omaha, protest, taunting, trump, Washington, white privilege
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Native communities confront oil development across Turtle Island: April 2018 update
Across North America, Native communities are leading the battle against increasing oil development, fighting proposed new production, pipelines, and crude-by-rail routes. There is hardly a new proposal without indigenous opposition. Here is an update from the front lines. Note: Many … Continue reading
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Tagged #DakotaAccessPipeline, #DAPL, #noDAPL, bayou bridge, bears ears, carbon, chaco, court, crude, dilbit, enbridge, energy east, Keystone, kinder morgan, northern gateway, oil, pipeline, protest, rail, red lake, Standing Rock, swinomish, tar sands, trans mountain, transcanada, xl
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Red Nation, Blue Nation: Predictions for the Trump Years and Beyond
The cultural divide between Red and Blue will grow stronger and more distinct. Gerrymandering has already polarized the political arena over the past twenty years. This has framed the public debate into two choices: left and right. With social media, each side … Continue reading
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Tagged #standingrock, divide, gerrymandering, non-violent, partisan, popular vote, predictions, protest, red vs blue, trump, violence
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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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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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