As Dena Jensen reports, William Honea, Skagit County senior deputy prosecuting attorney –in justifying the CERA anti-Indian workshop in Mount Vernon on May 20–falsely attributed an incendiary quote to Swinomish tribal chairman Brian Cladoosby. Given that Mr. Honea–like CERA celebrity Elaine Willman–was given a platform on KGMI radio to promote racist resentment, it is perhaps… more
As the Indian Law and Policy Center reports, termination of Indian tribes as sovereign political entities is endemic in the current presidential administration. Taken as a whole, the agenda of key cabinet appointees and advisors is to finalize assimilation of tribes into the American system of corporate institutional dominance. In essence, this agenda’s goal is… more
Expect increasing conflict between energy tribes and environmental justice tribes. more
Building a border wall through the Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation, without the consent of the tribe, requires an act of Congress. Watch the CBS News video here. more
10,000-year-old skeletons in Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Montana share genetic continuity with Indigenous Peoples living there today. more
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