Politics
The Cree Nation of Mistissini has made their position clear. They are unequivocally opposed to any uranium development in Eeyou Istchee (Cree for “The People’s
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June 14, 2012 // 0 Comments
Back in April, Pennsylvania Secretary of State Carol Aichele visited the editorial board of the Erie Times-News newspaper to speak with them about the new photo voter ID bill
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June 14, 2012 // 0 Comments
With one eye on the countdown to election day and another on President Obama’s deportation schedule, undocumented immigrant activists are gathering themselves for a
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June 13, 2012 // 0 Comments
Although belated, KGUN 9 in Arizona deserves some praise for a tremendous take-down of William Gheen, president of Americans for Legal Immigration
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June 13, 2012 // 0 Comments
The 11th Session of the top forum for Indigenous peoples in the world began with a lurch. The sixteen-member Forum elected, by acclamation, Grand Chief Edward John to be
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June 12, 2012 // 0 Comments
The history of Oklahoma—a Choctaw word meaning “Red People”—has done everything it could to finish the job the U.S. started in destroying American Indian government,
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June 12, 2012 // 0 Comments
Indigenous Peoples are carrying the mandates established in Cochabamba, Bolivia, to Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainability in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during
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June 12, 2012 // 0 Comments
After labelling certain environmental and first nations groups as extremists and radicals, Canada’s federal government, along with the country’s top law enforcement and
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June 11, 2012 // 0 Comments
On June 5 2012, Norman Matchewan, a youth spokesperson for the First Nation of Mitchikanibiko’inik (the Algonquins of Barriere Lake), was acquitted on what community
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June 11, 2012 // 0 Comments
We need to stop this voting purge. As a recent series in the Village Voice reported, 41 states are trying or have succeeded in making it more difficult to register and vote
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June 11, 2012 // 2 Comments