Showing posts with label natives. Show all posts
Showing posts with label natives. Show all posts
Saturday, November 25, 2017

Justin Trudeau fights back tears as he apologizes to the indigenous people of Canada for their horrendous treatment they suffered at the hands of the government.

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Justin Trudeau fought back tears as he apologized for Canada's role in mistreatment of Indigenous children in residential schools. pic...
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Friday, August 19, 2016

After over 500 years of existence Alaska village surrenders to global warming.

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Courtesy of CNN : The Alaskan village of Shishmaref voted this week to surrender to global warming and move its ancestral home.  The T...
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Tuesday, August 02, 2016

Another reminder as to why Alaskans can never honestly deny the existence of man made climate change.

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Courtesy of Truth Out : In late June, due to glaciers melting at unprecedented rates, the side of a mountain nearly a mile high in Alask...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Alaska changes "Columbus Day " to "Indigenous Peoples Day."

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Courtesy of Time Magazine :   Alaska has officially renamed Columbus Day “Indigenous Peoples Day,” joining a growing body of local go...
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Sunday, June 07, 2015

Revisiting Canada's (And Alaska's) cultural genocide.

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If you are disturbed by that video, you should probably know that the exact same destruction of the native culture happened right here in ...
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Friday, January 09, 2015

Village school children in Alaska make cute video about the lack of snow this year. Ends up becoming powerful statement on global warming.

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The film was made by fourth graders at the Kuinerrarmiut Elitnaurviat school in Quinhagak and shot by their teacher James Barthelman. It...
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Monday, October 27, 2014

Congressman Young "apologizes" to the Alaska Federation of Natives, and then promptly ruins it by assaulting a native woman who confronted him afterward.

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So after making some incredibly insensitive remarks during an appearance at Wasilla High , where he essentially told an audience of studen...
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In other 2014 voter news, Senator Mark Begich and Kentucky's Alison Lundergan Grimes receive important endorsements.

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First up it's Mark Begich who recently received the very influential Alaska Federation of Natives endorsement : The resolutions incl...
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Sunday, June 15, 2014

New Republican backed program of putting pregnancy tests in bar bathrooms to fight fetal alcohol syndrome demonstrates a lack of understanding concerning women, drinking, and FAS.

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Courtesy of the New York Daily News : A state-funded research project will offer free pregnancy tests at 20 bars in Alaska to stop expec...
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Wednesday, May 07, 2014

Why no Alaskan should EVER be a climate change denier.

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Courtesy of Chron : Alaska has been referred to as ground zero for climate change because of its proximity to a vulnerable polar region w...
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Friday, August 23, 2013

The Alaska Native method for dealing with drug dealers. Denied!

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Courtesy of KTUU :   A man described by residents and police in an Aleutian Islands town as a known drug dealer was turned around at th...
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Alaska's Senate Majority Leader attempting to pass legislation that will essentially make abortion unattainable for the women of our state.

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Courtesy of KTUU :   Medically necessary abortions would be defined as those needed to avoid serious risk to the life of the woman under...
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Thursday, January 24, 2013

“We’re Awake and We’re Standing Up” Meet Ta’Kaiya Blaney the eleven year old Canadian who is scaring the crap out of certain energy company executives.

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Courtesy of Yes! Magazine : If we keep waiting for change, it's never going to come," Ta'Kaiya tells the people gathered for...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Tennessee Teabaggers try to, quite literally, whitewash American history. Update!

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Courtesy of the Commercial Appeal : Members of Tennessee tea parties presented state legislators with five priorities for action Wednesd...
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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Tiny Alaskan village sues energy companies for conspiring to cover up their responsibility for climate change.

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Courtesy of the Alaska Dispatch : The battle between some of the world's most powerful energy companies and an Alaska village that...
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Mother of all storms pounding Alaska's western coast as some residents flee destruction.

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Courtesy of Fairbanks NewsMiner : High winds and surging waves pummeled Alaska's western coast Wednesday, churning the Bering Sea a...
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Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Alaskans prepare for arctic version of the "perfect storm."

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Courtesy of ADN : Evacuations have begun in some Alaska coastal communities, including Nome (see below), ahead of a powerful storm that...
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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Stripped of their culture, their way of life, and even their very identity, for many Alaskan natives suicide represents a sweet release from constant emotional pain.

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The following is an excerpt from testimony provided by Evon Peter a former Neetsaii Gwich’in chief, and submitted to the U.S. Senate Commi...
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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Alaska's richest man blasts Sarah Palin for double crosssing her fellow Alaskans. Update!

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Courtesy of the National Enquirer : Alaska’s richest man is blasting Sarah Palin for failing to avert a po­tentially devastating environ...
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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Senator Lisa Murkowski addresses sex trafficking in Alaska.

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Courtesy of Alaska News : Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said today that something must be done about the epidemic of domestic violence,...
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