Tag: indigenous people
5 Indigenous women asserting the modern matriarchy
They are reclaiming the tradition of female leadership and turning the old, white, male-dominated perspective of history on its head.
After thousands of years, western science is slowly catching up to...
New research about how birds use fire to get a broader food supply comes as no surprise to Indigenous people.
Darkness on the prairie: The death of Colten Boushie
Indigenous youth will account for almost 25% of Saskatchewan’s young people by 2031; attitudes need to change or more lives will be wasted.
National Monuments open for business: Mining and drilling to begin on...
Today marks the "largest rollback of protections for public lands and waters in U.S. history."
Asia: 260 million indigenous peoples marginalized, discriminated
Asian indigenous peoples face discrimination and marginalization, heavy assimilation pressure and violent repression by state security forces.
Ghost Dance: Five Facts about Our Vanished Nations
In his column, Thomas Magstadt lists a few facts about U.S. history from a new book about Indigenous people of the nation written from the perspective of non-Indigenous people. It's time we as a nation recognize our past wrongs so we can finally heal.
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The debt ceiling debacle is NOT a ‘partisan standoff’
Did Republicans alone manufactured this looming disaster?
The Hard Hat Riot: A forgotten flashpoint in America’s culture wars
The Hard Hat Riot had immediate political consequences—a seminal moment in America’s culture wars.
Effort to give oil companies $97 million tax break in Louisiana halted
The original version of the bill introduced by Rep. Phillip DeVillier this spring would have cost the state $97 million over the next five years.
When will US join global call to end Ukraine War?
There are many peace initiatives to end the war in Ukraine being pursued by leaders and countries around the world as the United States clings to its dogged determination to prolong the war at great cost in Ukrainian lives and at the risk of nuclear war.
USPS establishes deal with Ford to purchase 9,250 electric vehicles
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said that by 2026, all new vehicles will be electric vehicles (EV).