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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected without comment an appeal by a group of native american activists that claims that the Washington Redskins’ team name is “offensive, disparaging, and demeaning and perpetrates a centuries-old stereotype,” USA Today reported this morning. The team started using the Redskins name in 1933; and the trademark was first issued in [...]
By Kathy Helms President Obama signed Senate Bill 39 into law, permanently rescinding the “Bennett Freeze” and ending more than 40 years of restrictions for Navajo Nation residents living on 1.6 million acres in the western portion of the Navajo Nation. The freeze, which was imposed July 8, 1966, by then-Department of the Interior Secretary [...]
Well the Obama Administration has made an offer which looks positioned to settle Infamous Cobell Lawsuit. More Info (HERE). Of the most important information to me are the proposed changes in the Trust Administration processes. The paternal government policy which simply says we must care for you because you can not care for yourself. How [...]
I have written before about the lack of desire for Tribes to welcome home students particularly. After a good conversation yesterday with a friend who is now running his tribes Cultural programming, I feel I have some further input to the topic. First, if we look back to federal policy and how NDNs have been treated [...]
Did you know that the person who sells art to you could be a felon? Or you could be one for purchasing any art with a component of wood or plant fiber? Yep. According to provisions in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, aka Public Law 110-246, an amendment to the Lacey Act [...]
By Ann Woolner If the Indians had been AIG, the $3.4 billion settlement announced this week would have been many times larger. The real AIG–insurance giant American International Group Inc.–sopped up $180 billion in government aid after helping to create the economic havoc felt around the world. The Indians sought no bailout, no handout when [...]
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