Tides flow and ebb, and so does America’s political center. From 1980 to 2005, the progressive left “was mostly irrelevant to national politics,” a Vox article says (here). “The Cold War was over, and capitalism reigned ascendant.” The parties shifted — the GOP to[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Native Americans’
October 21st, 2024 - 8:04 pm § in America, Biden, Christianity, Democrats, Donald Trump, Law and Courts, Politics, Racism, Republicans, Schools & Colleges
The tides of political change
May 16th, 2024 - 11:59 pm § in Law and Courts
Court throws out 100-year-old conviction of tribal hunter
It took 100 years, but Jim Wallahee’s illegal hunting conviction was finally reversed. The Washington Supreme Court ruled on May 16, 2024, that he had a treaty right to shoot that deer. (See story here and court decision here.) When Europeans began settling in North America, they exercised wha[...]
May 16th, 2024 - 5:35 pm § in Politics, Republicans
How to lose friends and piss off people
Dale Carnegie (bio here, unrelated to the steel magnate) was a self-improvement guru who’s famous for his 1936 book, How to Win Friends & Influence People. The title is self-explanatory, and the book is still popular (get it here). South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem either didn’t read the[...]
November 6th, 2022 - 5:58 pm § in Law and Courts
Native American adoption preference isn’t racism
If the U.S. accuses China of forced assimilation of the Uyghur people, they can say “you did it too,” and they’d be right. Early 20th century attempts to force Native Americans to become “white” are a dark chapter in American history. “Assimilation” was a di[...]
April 23rd, 2022 - 3:05 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Could tribes go into the abortion business?
If the Supreme Court lets states outlaw abortion, could abortion clinics still operate on Native American reservations in those states? In theory, the answer appears to be “yes,” because reservations are federal land, and states can’t legislate what happens there. It’s actual[...]
Biden’s pick of a Native American for Interior Secretary is a sea change
Joe Biden, fresh from his Electoral College victory, and now officially president-elect, named Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM, photo left) as his choice for Interior, the federal agency that oversees federal lands and Native American affairs. Obama’s first interior secretary, Ken Salazar, called her &[...]
The hubris of youth
There’s a certain age at which boys know everything, and way more than elders with vastly greater knowledge and experience of life. Life is simple then. Should we warn him this lovely simplicity won’t last? Nah, let him enjoy this moment and find that out in good season. Read story here [...]
October 9th, 2017 - 1:01 am § in America
Columbus Day
Remembering the rest f the story .. the travails of the Lakota people at the hands of Abe Lincoln.[...]