native americans
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Colo. tribal advocates appeal to Congress to preserve Native American languages
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WASHINGTON – A Colorado senator and tribal advocates added their support to a plea to Congress on Wednesday to help preserve Native American languages. The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held a hearing to consider methods for preserving quickly disappearing Native American languages that are vanishing as their speakers become increasingly assimilated into mainstream America.…
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Out West Roundup: Harassment allegations pit lobbyist against New Mexico lawmaker
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New Mexico Lobbyist alleges sexual harassment by state lawmaker SANTA FE – An animal rights advocate and former political lobbyist went public with sexual harassment allegations last week against a New Mexico state lawmaker, who cast himself as the victim of politically motivated lies. In an open letter published online, Laura Bonar accused Democratic Rep.…
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Out West Roundup: Idaho lands nation’s first International Dark Sky Reserve designation
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Idaho Idaho lands nation’s first International Dark Sky Reserve BOISE – A giant chunk of central Idaho with a dazzling night sky has become the nation’s first International Dark Sky Reserve. The International Dark-Sky Association designated the 1,400-square-mile Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve. The sparsely populated area’s night skies are so pristine that interstellar dust…
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Knights of Columbus warn that Joe Salazar’s Columbus Day ban would fulfill Klan’s plan
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The world’s largest Catholic fraternal organization is coming out swinging against a bill sponsored by state Rep. Joe Salazar to cancel Columbus Day as a state holiday in Colorado. The Knights of Columbus — named in honor of explorer Christopher Columbus — is opposing House Bill 1327, saying the legislation is based on “fake history”…
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Joe Salazar introduces legislation to repeal Columbus Day as a state holiday in Colorado
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State Rep. Joe Salazar, a Thornton Democrat, on Friday introduced a bill to cancel Columbus Day as a state holiday in Colorado and instead offer state employees a floating day off in October. The legislation, House Bill 1327, includes a lengthy section that declares, “The Columbus voyage triggered one of history’s greatest slave trades, the pillaging…
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Protest grows ahead of key ruling on Dakota Access pipeline
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Awaiting Friday’s critical federal ruling on the Dakota Access pipeline, more than 1,000 people – including families with children – gathered at the site of a long-running protest in North Dakota. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said he will rule by the end of Friday on the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s request to block the…
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Nevada tribes: Unequal polling access violates voting rights
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Tribal leaders in Nevada asked a U.S. judge Wednesday to order the state and two counties to establish satellite polling places on reservations where they say Native Americans are being denied an equal opportunity to vote in the November elections. Two Paiute tribes filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Reno accusing Nevada Secretary…
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Tribe trucks totem pole 4,800 miles in fossil fuels protest
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A Pacific Northwest tribe is traveling nearly 5,000 miles across Canada and the United States with a 22-foot-tall totem pole on a flatbed truck in a symbolic journey meant to galvanize opposition to fossil fuel infrastructure projects they believe will imperil native lands. This is the fourth year the Lummi Nation in northwest Washington has…
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Adviser in tribe’s pot resort pleads guilty to drug charge
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One of two consultants who worked with a Native American tribe on its plans to open the nation’s first marijuana resort pleaded guilty Monday to a drug offense stemming from his role in the operation, including ordering pot seeds that were shipped surreptitiously from the Netherlands to the reservation. Jonathan Hunt, who oversaw the first…
