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Monday, 19 September 2016 00:00

AFL-CIO Constituency Groups Stand with Native Americans to Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline

AFL-CIO Constituency Groups Stand with Native Americans to Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline

Together, the Labor Coalition for Community Action, which includes the A. Phillip Randolph Institute, the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, the Coalition of Labor Union Women, the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, and Pride at Work, rises in solidarity with Native Americans and our allies in protesting against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and defending Native lands from exploitation by corporations and the U.S. government. We advocate for a progressive labor movement rooted in dignity and respect of all peoples, including Native Americans and their families.

Published in End Racism and Discrimination
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Thursday, 21 January 2016 00:00

Militants bulldoze through Native American archeological site, share video rifling through artifacts

A federally owned bulldozer in the background has been used to bulldoze an ancient site

Armed militants at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge continue to damage both the delicate ecosystem of the refuge and archeological sites of critical importance to the Burns Paiute Tribe. Amanda Peacher from Oregon Public Broadcasting shared photos of what appeared to be a new road in the refuge and got confirmation that not only is the road new, it goes through a vitally important area:

Published in End Racism and Discrimination
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Saturday, 15 August 2015 00:00

Sen. Jon Tester's Native American Voting Rights Act would help cut suppression of Indian vote

Sen. Jon Tester's Native American Voting Rights Act would help cut suppression of Indian vote

As I've noted on many previous occasions, ever since every American Indian was supposedly given citizenship and the right to vote in 1924, state and local authorities have sought to find ways to suppress that vote. Gerrymandering, at-large districts, fewer polling stations open for fewer hours and located too far from the populations that are supposed to use them, denying the use of tribal IDs for voting purposes and other methods have been successfully employed to reduce the Indian vote.

Published in Let Me Vote - Count My Vote
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Monday, 27 July 2015 00:00

Nearly No Consequences For Drunk Executives Who Poured Beer On Native American Children’s Heads

Nearly No Consequences For Drunk Executives Who Poured Beer On Native American Children’s Heads

At the start of the year, a group of 57 Native Americans students from the Lakota tribe were taken to a minor league hockey match in Rapid City, South Dakota to celebrate their academic achievements. But what started as a field trip to reward the students quickly turned into a nightmare, when a group of drunk men in an executive suite dumped beer on their heads and yelled “go back to the Rez!”

Published in End Racism and Discrimination
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