Posting History for First People Power
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| First Native American Congresswoman? Let’s hope so and maybe we can do all we can to get Denise Juneau elected as the Representative from Montana to the US Congress. She’s already the first American Indian woman in the country to serve i |
ZenTrainer | 10/09/2016 | 18 | 41 | - | - |
| Native American Candidates, Party Chairs, and Organizations, support 90for90. Four Directions is an organization that "advances equality at the ballot box all across Indian Country”. You can read more about them here and you can donate to them here. New Mexico - Chairwoman Debra Haaland New Mexico Democratic Party Chair and... |
ZenTrainer | 10/09/2016 | 9 | 35 | - | - |
| Breaking News! Good News! Good news for Pine Ridge Reservation and South Dakota! Henry Red Cloud! Just a quick hit piece because I wanted to share the news. Just saw on the 90for90 Facebook page that Henry Red Cloud has signed on as a supporter of 90for90. He’s running for SD Public Utilities Commission. |
ZenTrainer | 10/09/2016 | 119 | 187 | - | - |
| 31st Anniversary Oglala Lakota Nation, Pine Ridge, SD Start: August 4, 2016 , 12:00 am
End: August 7, 2016
OGLALA NATION POWWOW & RODEO: Pine Ridge, ... |
ZenTrainer | 10/09/2016 | 11 | 21 | - | - |
| Oglala National Annual Powwow, Henry Red Cloud, Jay Williams, Paula Hawks at Pine Ridge. It was certainly a grand weekend for Henry Red Cloud. He was host on Saturday night to State Representative Paula Hawks and U.S. Senate Candidate Jay Williams at the Oglala Nation Annual Powwow.
On Sunday, Henry and Jay participated in a Grand... |
ZenTrainer | 10/09/2016 | 10 | 27 | - | - |
| Blocking North Dakota Native American vote unsuccessful. Can Hillary win in ND now? Frankly, I didn’t even think it was possible. North Dakota is the only state I know of where you don’t have to register to vote. Can you believe that? You just walk in on the day of an election and cast your vote. This should really be a model for all... |
ZenTrainer | 10/09/2016 | 7 | 21 | - | - |
| Pipelines, Pipe bombs and Protests. Standing Rock, ND. Help for Hillary? cross posted from Down With Tyranny!
On Saturday, security for the Dakota Access pipeline used mace and dogs to attack peaceful Native American protesters from Standing Rock Reservation.
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is fighting on many fronts... |
ZenTrainer | 10/09/2016 | 17 | 13 | - | - |
| Update on Standing Rock. Native America vote may turnout in record numbers. Good news for Hillary! Got this email late last night from Henry Red Clouds campaign manager, Richard Fox.
Tracy,
Late Sunday night... but here is the text from a Press Release going out soon. I will add some extra ... |
ZenTrainer | 10/09/2016 | 13 | 29 | - | - |
| Henry Red Cloud - Winterizing the camps for protesters at Standing Rock. Just got this from Henry Red Cloud’s campaign manager, Richard Fox. He always includes a nice little note to me.
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ZenTrainer | 10/01/2016 | 13 | 25 | - | - |
| IAN:10.10.16 ~ It's midnight, are you paying enough attention to Trump? If you spent more than 10 minutes thinking, reading, writing or talking about Trump today it was too much. Stop it, stop it, for the love of God, please stop it!
Ok, maybe that’s a bit harsh. There was a debate tonight, so I’ll give you 90 minutes... |
ZenTrainer | 10/09/2016 | 21 | 16 | - | - |
| Top 5 reasons for Native Americans to VOTE. Reprinted in full with permission from the author, Cara Currie Hall, a supporter of 90for90.
1. Your Vote is your Voice. Sounds cliché, but it’s true. If you want your views heard, you have to vote. Take a look at the groups who are having a say... |
ZenTrainer | 10/14/2016 | 18 | 26 | - | - |
| But, but, they are just leaving them to drown! I have a theory about the Democratic Party and it’s philosophy of choosing candidates. I believe that they only choose the supposed “sure things” to throw their weight behind. They seem to ... |
ZenTrainer | 10/16/2016 | 31 | 37 | - | - |
| FANTASY CONGRESS - Kos, you could make a fortune on this. Well, another fortune at any rate. So here’s the idea — not quite like Fantasy Baseball because my understanding is that runs on real life statistics. I’m thinking more of the game SIM CITY, which as an aside, I think every city planner every where... |
ZenTrainer | 10/31/2016 | 14 | 19 | - | - |
| Standing Rock can Rock the Vote! With the whole nation, and even many parts of the world, watching with growing interest what is happening at Standing Rock, this is the perfect time for us to reach out and help North Dakota. |
ZenTrainer | 10/31/2016 | 8 | 18 | - | - |
| North Dakota has NO voter registration!?!?! Now, before you get excited and go off to Pluto planning on how to get rid of voter registration in your state, let’s just check out the implications for North Dakota for a few minutes.
We have a ... |
ZenTrainer | 11/01/2016 | 21 | 24 | - | - |
| Rock the Native American Vote in North Dakota. | ZenTrainer | 10/31/2016 | 3 | 8 | - | - |
| Not only do I want to vote for Chase Iron Eyes for Congress, I now want to move to North Dakota. cross posted from DOWNWITHTYRANNY!
That’s how inspiring he is. I had the good fortune of talking to Chase Iron Eyes by phone one day late this summer. I started off just like when I’m talking with any other politician; half listening, moving about... |
ZenTrainer | 11/03/2016 | 5 | 12 | - | - |
| Help Get Out The Vote for Standing Rock in North Dakota . With the whole nation, and even many parts of the world, watching with growing interest what is happening at Standing Rock, this is the perfect time for us to reach out and help North Dakota.
As outside oil interests, with the help of current... |
ZenTrainer | 11/04/2016 | 6 | 19 | - | - |
| Rock the Indigenous Vote. Today in North Dakota. | ZenTrainer | 11/03/2016 | 3 | 5 | - | - |
| Happy Birthday Dr. Reid! from DK Fans of 90 for 90. Happy Birthday Dr. Reid! |
ZenTrainer | 03/18/2017 | 124 | 55 | - | - |
| Civil Rights comes to Monument Avenue - in your face KKK I’m sure everyone remembers the racist riots in Charlottesville last fall and the pro confederate demonstration in Richmond.
One of first things Elizabeth Guzman, the first Latina elected to the VA Assembly did when she was in office was to... |
ZenTrainer | 02/01/2018 | 51 | 60 | - | - |
| Happy 94th Birthday Dr. Reid! Updated!! You can see from his bio that it’s Dr. Reid’s 94th birthday today. 90for90, the voter advocacy group, was started to honor him on his 90th birthday. The intent was to register 90 new voters in each precinct in Virginia.
They didn’t actually meet... |
ZenTrainer | 03/18/2019 | 79 | 81 | - | - |
| RWB ~ Running while Black reposted from DownWithTyranny!
Isn’t easy. There is colour in politics — green and white. Green is the colour of money and white is the colour of skin; the preferred skin colour of the recipients of the green. The people giving the money like to... |
ZenTrainer | 05/23/2019 | 60 | 60 | - | - |
| Learning to Stand at Standing Rock,
A work in progress TO STANDING ROCK A NURSE
FROM STANDING ROCK A PROTECTOR
Personal reflections from 6 days at Oceti Sakowin Camp
Disclaimer: I can only write based on my own personal and historical perspective. Nothing can adequately prepare us for... |
wmdrpa | 11/19/2016 | 20 | 28 | - | - |
| Learning To Stand At Standing Rock:
A work in progress, part 2 IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO LEARN OUR HISTORY
AND RECOGNIZE OUR HISTORY IS PRESENT
“You can’t come home until you know where you belong”
Nicole Baltrushes, from the album Another Home
Part 1
A week has passed since... |
wmdrpa | 11/23/2016 | 10 | 16 | - | - |
| "Knowledge Without Action Is Inert",
Day of Mourning Toast My cousin invited us to dinner tonight. He usually makes the Thanksgiving toast, but he asked me to do the honor, knowing how much trouble I was having with the idea, this year in particular. He challenged me to keep it under 30 seconds, so I wrote it... |
wmdrpa | 11/24/2016 | 8 | 5 | - | - |
| Standing Rock Chair Archambault Rejects the Army Corps' Termination Policy Anyone who held out hope that the Army Corps would come down on the right side of this historic struggle, had those hopes dashed today when they announced that all camps north of the Cannonball River (Red Warrior and the largest camp, Oceti Sakowin)... |
wmdrpa | 11/25/2016 | 10 | 26 | - | - |
| 152nd Anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre of Nov. 29th, 1864
Chief Black Kettle:
I want you to give all these chiefs of the soldiers here to understand that we are for peace, and that we have made peace, that we may not be mistaken by them for enemies. |
Winter Rabbit | 12/25/2016 | 9 | 27 | - | - |
| Wounded Knee Massacre of 12-29-1890: 126th Anniversary The Sand Creek Massacre and the Washita Massacre both led to the Wounded Knee Massacre. The Sand Creek Massacre brought the realization that “the soldiers were destroying everything Cheyenne - the land, the buffalo, and the people themselves,” and... |
Winter Rabbit | 12/27/2016 | 8 | 22 | - | - |
| Indian Boarding Schools: Cultural Assimilation and Destruction What happened inside of the walls of the Indian Boarding School that was to the right here?
Let’s look to history for some feasible answers.
(all bold mine)
RICHARD PRATT -- "KILL THE INDIAN, SAVE THE MAN"
The Social Welfare Forum:... |
Winter Rabbit | 02/08/2017 | 10 | 14 | - | - |
| Big Mountain Navajo Elders Have Sheep Impounded Even Though Peabody Coal Mine Closed What might be “the largest forced removal of rural Americans since that of Japanese Americans during the Second World War?” It never is a good time to try to tell people about these issues; however, I had occasion this summer to meet a couple Navajo... |
Winter Rabbit | 09/21/2017 | 7 | 31 | - | - |
| Andrew Jackson Didn’t Sign "Indian Immigration" Act I Told Okla. Admin. Rules Committee Chair That’s what I told the Oklahoma Administrative Rules Committee Chair as to why funding is needed for teaching Native American history this morning. I elaborate on events surrounding that occurrence in Okla Legislature "beholden to powerful lobbies" -... |
Winter Rabbit | 04/12/2018 | 10 | 21 | - | - |
| It's Legal to Rape Native American Women in America Rape. Murder. Injustice. Those evils created the necessity for the American Indian Movement, as in the case of "the serial killings of American Indian women in Minneapolis” in 1987.
1987 AIM PATROL: Minneapolis AIM Patrol comes full circle in... |
Winter Rabbit | 09/23/2018 | 24 | 44 | - | - |
| Massacre for Which Thanksgiving Is Named The timeline along with basic knowledge of the Pilgrims’ and Puritans’ religious beliefs exposes the fact that historically speaking, Thanksgiving was literally about gratitude for genocide. Furthermore, low population counts of the Pequot in more... |
Winter Rabbit | 11/19/2018 | 18 | 30 | - | - |
| New Okla. Governor Says Bull Stitt to Separation of Church & State Stitt thinks he's on a mission from God....
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Multiple concerned Oklahomans alerted the Freedom From Religion Foundation that the day after his inauguration, Stitt and his wife attended an Inaugural prayer service at the First... |
Winter Rabbit | 01/27/2019 | 91 | 70 | - | - |
| Why Rescind Wounded Knee Medals of Dishonor, When Jackson Can Honor Those Soldiers as "Heroic?" Why rescind “the Congressional Medal of Honor for the slaughter of defenseless Indians at Wounded Knee” when condoning genocide works so well?
Source
RAPID CITY – A gentleman named John L. Jackson has plans to open a Medal of Honor... |
Winter Rabbit | 05/25/2019 | 30 | 17 | - | - |
| Special Election Alert: Send a “Big Voice” to Washington If you can’t wait until November 3, 2020 to have your voice heard in Washington, listen up. There’s a special election for Congress in the pivotal battleground state of Wisconsin in only a few months. The battle has just begun. My opponent is already... |
TriciaforWI | 11/14/2019 | 13 | 22 | - | - |
| Trump Advisers Seek Oil Grab from Native American Reservations Native American reservations, which are only about 2% of land in this nation, may have as much as 20% of the oil reserves. As the Exploiters open the entire nation for super-exploitation, the eye of Sauron has turned its gaze to Native Americans.
... |
TomP | 12/05/2016 | 252 | 204 | - | - |
| Site C dam approval another violation of First Nations rights Canada says it supports the UN declaration on indigenous rights but fails to consult First Nations people on issues that impact their lives.
This area of the Peace River will be flooded when the Site C Hydro electric dam is built. "Proceeding with... |
tapu dali | 10/07/2016 | 9 | 7 | - | - |
| More youth suicides in remote Canadian First Nation community What is there to say?
The northern Saskatchewan communities of La Ronge and Stanley Mission are in shock after three young girls took their own lives within four days.
The five-year average suicide rate for the Mamawetan Churchill River... |
tapu dali | 10/14/2016 | 9 | 11 | - | - |
| A diary by Jason Chaffetz's opponent has slipped off the recent list Last night, Stephen Tryon posted a diary here excoriating Jason Chaffetz for his "overzealous partisanship". It has since slipped off the list. I want to provide another opportunity for people to give it a look.
Chaffetz the Hillary Hunter Rides... |
subtropolis | 10/29/2016 | 48 | 155 | - | - |
| Stephen P Tryon Challenges Chaffetz Over Protection of Native American Rights in San Juan County Hey, I wanted to update this post to let you know I am the Democrat running against Jason Chaffetz in Utah’s 3rd Congressional District. This is my first post on the DailyKos, but I will be adding a lot of content over the weeks between now and the... |
Stephen P Tryon For Congress | 10/01/2016 | 18 | 23 | - | - |
| I am honored to accept the invitation to contribute to First People Power My name is Stephen Tryon and I am running against Chaffetz to be the US Representative for southeastern Utah, from Four Corners to Salt Lake City. Its an honor for me to contribute to First People Power!
My father was a soldier, and we moved a lot... |
Stephen P Tryon For Congress | 10/16/2016 | 4 | 9 | - | - |
| Utah Candidate Says Thank You! Thank you all for the recent surge in support for my campaign. You have enabled me to add critical mailings and rallies I would not have been able to afford without your support. I just submitted my quarterly report to the FEC last night—I am the... |
Stephen P Tryon For Congress | 10/16/2016 | 30 | 36 | - | - |
| Stephen Tryon Confronts Hillary Hunter Jason Chaffetz For my friends at the Daily Kos, my debate last week highlighted ongoing injustices against the Native American population of San Juan County, Utah and the chronic deception of Hillary hunter Jason Chaffetz. So proud to have had the opportunity to... |
Stephen P Tryon For Congress | 10/25/2016 | 8 | 8 | - | - |
| Journalist Erin Schrode shot at Standing Rock (with rubber bullet) I arrived in the early hours at Standing Rock today. My first task was bringing supplies around the camp— But, almost immediately, I was told to rush to the front line to get video of police shooting water protectors with rubber bullets.
Things has... |
rodwebber | 11/02/2016 | 42 | 124 | - | - |
| Here's a FREE offer I hope lots of Kossacks say "Yes" to -- it's a good way to help elect Democrats! How this project began
Ever since the 2016 Election catastrophe, I’ve heard folks offer this sage piece of advice: You can’t do everything — choose something you’re passionate about and focus on that.
I’m passionate about a grassroots,... |
Rob in Vermont | 04/29/2018 | 133 | 104 | - | - |
| MN Lt Gov Peggy Flanagan, Historic First. First Ojibwe Woman to be elected to Executive Office in US I waffled between Anishinaabe, Native or Ojibwe to identify the first. She’s the first Native, an Ojibwe woman, to be elected to Executive office in US history. She mentions Paul Welstone too. I want to share and celebrate this historic day. I’m very... |
RickNelsonmn | 01/07/2019 | 8 | 39 | - | - |
| Standing Rock Sioux; Aren’t Backing Down, To Oil Pipeline Developers.
Dakota Access Pipeline @rezpectourwater (Google)
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Passes Resolution Opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline.
The resolution states; “the Dakota Access Pipeline threatens public health and welfare on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation;” it... |
rebel ga | 10/09/2016 | 15 | 27 | - | - |
| Solidarity Standing Rock Sioux-Stop The Dakota Access Pipeline Standing Rock Sioux; Aren’t Backing Down, To Oil Pipeline Developers. Informative Diary by BOHICA They couldn't get the fire hoses to reach that far so they went with plan B The Dakota Access Pipeline guards unleash attack dogs on our American Indian... |
rebel ga | 10/09/2016 | 33 | 31 | - | - |
| columbus day, not! Seattle Adopts Indigenous Peoples' Day The second Monday in October; will no longer be celebrated. as columbus day, in the city. by Andrea Germanos, staff writer Sept 27 2016
In the past two months, ten, more cities, got rid of columbus day. in... |
rebel ga | 10/09/2016 | 9 | 18 | - | - |
| #NODAPL Updates And Frequently Asked Questions: The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s Litigation On The Dakota Access Pipeline #The Resistance Continues No DAPL Solidarity Standing Rock Sioux-Stop The Dakota Access Pipeline! LATEST UPDATE: AUG 16, 2019 Standing Rock... |
rebel ga | 10/01/2016 | 62 | 32 | - | - |
| Chase Iron Eyes; "The Battleground Moving From Oceti Sakowin Camp, To Courts." March On Washington. Inspire Bank Exits Facebook StandingRockSioux@StandingRockST Twitter Facebook Updates And Frequently Asked Questions: The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s Litigation On The Dakota Access Pipeline #The Resistance Continues No DAPL March On Washington DC,... |
rebel ga | 02/23/2017 | 13 | 26 | - | - |
| Ten Ways You Can Help Make #NoDAPL Victorious Want to help those brave folks protesting against the Dakota Access Pipeline, but don’t know how? My good friend Lisa Baroni compiled a short list of things that, short of bodily throwing ourselves in the line of fire, ordinary citizens can do to help... |
Randle Aubrey | 11/04/2016 | 12 | 9 | - | - |
| We must fight the attempted erasure of Native American Heritage Month. Here's why. by Jade Begay The majority of Americans know little to nothing about Native Americans. The lived experience of the Native and Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island (also known as the United States) has long borne out that truth, and research from the... |
Prism Guest Writer | 11/26/2019 | 15 | 107 | - | - |
| 2016 U.S. House Races in GOP-Held Districts – Full List of Democratic Candidates This is a full list of all the Congressional Districts which are currently occupied by GOP Congressmen/Congresswomen, along with the respective Democratic candidates running. Note that not all GOP-held districts have Democratic challengers so I’ve... |
pipsorcle | 10/01/2016 | 7 | 12 | - | - |
| McMorris Rodgers ENTHUSIASTIC Endorsement of Trump Today! "Equivocation is Gone" "A TEAM PLAYER" From the Seattle PI
McMorris Rodgers, a member of the House Republican leadership, stood beside GOP vice presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence at a Republican leaders' news conference, and sang praises of the Trump-Pence ticket.
"We are... |
peagreen | 10/01/2016 | 13 | 23 | - | - |
| Dear Cathy McMorris Rodgers-Anyone Who Would Endorse a Man Like That Does Not Deserve Another Term Cathy McMorris Rodgers said in the most recent debate -Thursday Oct 6
I will be voting for Donald Trump. I believe he will bring the positive disruption that we need to see in our government.” —
Joe Pakootas had this to say last evening
As... |
peagreen | 10/08/2016 | 18 | 19 | - | - |
| UPDATED-WA-05 Joe Pakootas Debate With McMorris Rodgers Is Wednesday Oct. 5 at 7 pm In case you missed it- McMorris Rodgers’ enthused support for Trump-
Top Congressional woman, #4, mother of 3 children born during her tenure in the House, one of them has Down Syndrome, wife of retired Navy Commander, McMorris Rodgers fully... |
peagreen | 10/03/2016 | 7 | 8 | - | - |
| WA-05 Joe Pakootas /McMorris Rodgers Debate #2. Joe Talks About the Issues- CMR just talks This is a debate worth watching!
(Broadcast from the local PBS studio-October 6- KSPS with no live audience and to be rebroadcast at 7pm October 10.)
The second debate between the leading woman in the House-Conference Chair ,#4 in... |
peagreen | 10/07/2016 | 8 | 13 | - | - |
| I Believe Trump Will Bring the Positive Disruption We Need to See in Our Government-McMorris Rodgers UPDATED below with Statement from Joe Pakootas.
I posted this diary earlier today about the Pakootas/McMorris Rodger second debate in the WA-05 district last evening Oct 6. That quote starts around the 5:59 minute mark.
Not just your ordinary... |
peagreen | 10/07/2016 | 41 | 28 | - | - |
| WA-05 McMorris Rodgers "You Are Unfit to Serve..."w/ Update- indeed she is Joe Pakootas' campaign released this video and statement yesterday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
10 October, 2016
Joe Pakootas calls on Cathy McMorris Rodgers to withdraw her support of Donald Trump after lewd comments regarding... |
peagreen | 10/11/2016 | 12 | 26 | - | - |
| Absolutely the Worst Woman in the Congress- Cathy McMorris Rodgers I wrote this diary this morning with video from the Pakootas campaign challenging McMorris Rodgers to drop her endorsement of Trump.
This afternoon comes word that she believes at all cost she must continue her support of Trump
because…
On... |
peagreen | 10/11/2016 | 24 | 34 | - | - |
| What Did You Do During the War, Mommy? or it’s equivalent is a question that will be asked in the future about where candidates and elected officials stood during this November 8, 2016 election. ?
Did you take a moral stand or did you take a calculated, compromised, “safe” stand?
... |
peagreen | 10/12/2016 | 6 | 19 | - | - |
| WA-05 JOE PAKOOTAS Was a Long Shot Until Last Week. GOTV! Ballots are dropping in Washington state and now even more reason to GET OUT THE VOTE!!!
(Contact info at the bottom)
From an article in Indian Country Today comes the word A Democratic House ... |
peagreen | 10/19/2016 | 17 | 25 | - | - |
| WA-05 McMorris Rodgers Closes the Door on Constituents Aside from disregarding and disrespecting the constituents of WA-05, it's unclear as to what went on here.
From the Pakootas for Congress Facebook page there was this information-
With less than 24 hours notice Cathy McMorris Rodgers announced a... |
peagreen | 10/19/2016 | 6 | 11 | - | - |
| Here's One Glaring Reason Why Republicans Fail With Women...Republican Women Like This One*Updated* I was reading Teacherken's diary about Amanda Carpenter's epiphany. It prompted me to write this comment
yes words words words. And downticket we have Cathy McMorris Rodgers -the point woman, the go-to woman -the face of women in the Republican... |
peagreen | 10/25/2016 | 13 | 14 | - | - |
| Of Course I Voted For Joe Pakootas for WA-05-Video of the 3rd and Final Debate with McMorris Rodgers and damn proud of it!!
Tuesday evening, Oct 25th, was the 3rd and final debate between Joe Pakootas and McMorris Rodgers in Walla Walla.
Strong support for Joe! |
peagreen | 10/27/2016 | 8 | 7 | - | - |
| This is the Face of GOP Leadership- Trump Supporter McMorris Rodgers-Transparency? Accountability? As teacherken suggested
there needs to be major calling out of Republicans who tried to flog this as something that “proved” Mrs. Clinton should be denied intelligence briefings (Paul Ryan) or that what occurred warranted either locking her up... |
peagreen | 10/29/2016 | 10 | 13 | - | - |
| Must Be Scary Times for misRepresentative McMorris Trump Rodgers *Updated With Some Tweet Responses* McMorris Rodgers’ tweet when the news broke about the outrageous Comey letter.
She’s right -it’s clear there is more to the story here.
Acting as judge and jury and prosecution McMorris Rodgers, who is all about “the rule of law”, felt the... |
peagreen | 10/30/2016 | 10 | 22 | - | - |
| McMorris Trump Rodgers"Didn't Respond or Attend" a Very very Long List of Candidate Forums in WA-05 As a thoroughly disgusted unrepresented WA-05 resident, I’m just gonna share here from Pakootas for Congress website the post regarding the very long list of forums that McMorris Rodgers avoided was too busy for. So so very busy hosting a meeting with... |
peagreen | 10/31/2016 | 4 | 14 | - | - |
| An Official Reply From (mis) Rep McMorris Trump Rodgers About That Supporting Trump Business...what? A very recent letter for the ages to a constituent of McMorris Rodgers’
shared on facebook @DumpCathy
...
Thank you for contacting my ... |
peagreen | 11/02/2016 | 4 | 9 | - | - |
| Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world... I know people want to know how the campaign is doing, what’s the polling say- I don’t know the answers other than to say I see an angry , desperate, misrepresenting, unresponsive congressperson who avoids constituents, and supports Donald Trump as a... |
peagreen | 11/02/2016 | 8 | 8 | - | - |
| The Republican Party is a Hot Mess! My opponent Cathy McMorris Rodgers’ party is melting down day by day. There’s a whole lot of drama going on behind the scenes of the Republican party over who’s going to be King of the Hill.
This week Forbes and the New York Times both wrote about... |
Pakootas for Congress | 10/27/2016 | 11 | 31 | - | - |
| 8,000 Native Americans in South Dakota (Pine Ridge) have lost access to food and medicine A friend asked me to help spread the word about this disaster, which is being ignored by the MSM. Please consider helping if you can. Thank you!
For more information, and/or to make a donation please go here:
www.oglalalakotanation.info/... |
Older and Wiser Now | 04/01/2019 | 107 | 382 | - | - |
| Montana Native News A short summary of some of the news stories which impact Montana’s American Indian people. |
Ojibwa | 10/09/2016 | 8 | 26 | - | - |
| Indians 101: Public Lands and Denise Juneau One of the differences between Native Americans and the Europeans who invaded this continent is the view of land ownership. Europeans viewed land as something that was supposed to be owned by ... |
Ojibwa | 10/11/2016 | 15 | 32 | - | - |
| Indians 101: Indian Removal 200 Years Ago (1818) During the first part of the nineteenth century, the American government policy was to remove Indians from east of the Mississippi River and to “give” them reservations in Indian Territory. The ... |
Ojibwa | 02/28/2018 | 19 | 29 | - | - |
| Stand with the Standing Rock Sioux: Call the White House today! Campaign Action
The Redford Center has a short message for you. Here’s the full transcript:
All Americans deserve the right to clean water and in North Dakota, a brave group of Americans are fighting to protect that right. The Standing Rock... |
Neeta Lind | 10/21/2016 | 68 | 178 | - | - |
| Standing Rock Update: Rubber bullets, 500+ clergy represent and matriarchal leaders I’ve been offline since Tuesday, Nov. 2, to help bury my 86-year-old auntie on the Navajo reservation. In the air, driving for hours and sporadic reservation connectivity removed me from my Standing Rock news watch. Trying to catch up was difficult as... |
Neeta Lind | 11/07/2016 | 62 | 226 | - | - |
| Trumpocolypse comes to South Dakota, and Jay Williams is ready for it! Things are getting hinky in South Dakota. It should be as red as Trump’s face in full fury at one of his rallies. So why was it necessary for (R) Senator John Thune to suddenly turn around, |
Murfster35 | 10/12/2016 | 14 | 17 | - | - |
| Early voting in Nevada. On the Pyramid Lake Reservation finally! This story warms my heart in a dark and dirty political year. The Paiute Native American tribe in Nevada has not had an easy time voting, as can be common for residents of Reservations. For the residents of the Pyramid Lake reservation, that meant... |
Murfster35 | 10/24/2016 | 5 | 20 | - | - |
| Senators urge President Obama to stop Dakota Access Pipeline construction After a federal appeals court on Sunday night denied a request to halt construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which Standing Rock Sioux leaders say threatens their water supply and traverses culturally sacred sites, Senators Bernie Sanders,... |
mlarson59 | 10/13/2016 | 7 | 16 | - | - |
| Tribal Youth Health Policy Fellowship, Deadline: April 6, 2018 - National Indian Health Board The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) invites applications for the 2018 Tribal Youth Health Policy Fellowship seating the second cohort of Fellows. The cohort will consist of 12 Native youth from around the country to engage throughout the year in... |
mettle fatigue | 03/12/2018 | 12 | 13 | - | - |
| Orutsararmiut Native Council enrolled tribal member Valerie "Nurr'araaluk" Davidson - Alaska Lt.Gov. On October 16, 2018, Valerie Davidson was sworn in as the Lt. Governor of Alaska. Valerie "Nurr'araaluk" Davidson, JD, Yup'ik, is an enrolled Tribal member of the Orutsararmiut Native Council. Ms. Davidson is a long-time advocate for Native health... |
mettle fatigue | 10/18/2018 | 5 | 9 | - | - |
| Dakota Access Pipeline ruling favoring Standing Rock Sioux a victory, but the battle is not over “When we first entered into this, we understood the history, we knew the facts, we knew the laws. We still have to bring it all up. [...] Just because [the situation] is legally right, it’s morally and ethically wrong. What happened at Standing Rock is... |
Meteor Blades | 06/17/2017 | 37 | 178 | - | - |
| 75 years ago this month, the Navajo Code Talkers came into being. Few of these warriors still live When people die, the Navajo say they “walk on.” And so it was Dec. 14 for Teddy Draper Sr. of Chinle, Arizona. He was 96. He was also one of the 421 Navajo warriors who were recruited by the U.S. Marines in 1942 to create a code to give... |
Meteor Blades | 12/30/2017 | 56 | 179 | - | - |
| "Mother Earth is not a machine" Henry Red Cloud Mother Earth is not a machine"
Sustainability is one of the main points of the Indians. "Mother Earth is not a machine, it has a soul," the Lakota Indians. There are three important things in life: raise children who... |
medicineturtle | 10/01/2016 | 4 | 11 | - | - |
| Facing the Storm: Chase Iron Eyes Runs for North Dakota Congress “I’m running for Congress out of necessity. I take a look around and I see that our government is broken, and I feel responsible to do my part to try and fix this on behalf of North Dakota.” –Chase Iron Eyes
On the second day of the North Dakota... |
MattRemle | 10/01/2016 | 6 | 19 | - | - |
| A perfect storm is arising in North Dakota The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota has issued a press release that the Army Corp of Engineers is planning to close public access to their largest camp, Oceti Sakowin Camp on Dec. 5th. The forced closing date happens to coincide with the... |
Marina Asbury | 11/26/2016 | 16 | 30 | - | - |
| WI-07: Special Election May 12th could block Trump from backing-in to 4 more years Imagine a scenario where no candidate gets the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. Obviously, that would mean something has gone terribly wrong, but it’s possible as the map above shows. Even without a perfect 269-269 tie, faithless... |
lufthase | 01/06/2020 | 77 | 127 | - | - |
| Cathy McMorris Rodgers:"I believe he's (Trump) going to bring the positive disruption that we need" During last week’s 5th District candidates debate Cathy McMorris Rodgers (as the highest ranking Republican woman in Congress) made it abundantly clear that despite Trump’s disturbing pattern of behavior toward women, she thinks Donald Trump is the... |
Lefty Coaster | 10/15/2016 | 46 | 50 | - | - |
| WA 5th Dist Joe Pakootas vs Cathy McMorris Rodgers update Cathy's unwavering support for Donald As I posted after the 5th Dist. debate McMorris Rodgers while criticizing some of the things Trump has said is sticking by Donald. She does the same in an interview in the district’s largest ... |
Lefty Coaster | 10/24/2016 | 12 | 15 | - | - |
| Chaffetz decides looking his teenage daughter in the eye isn't as important as Trump, apparently Utah Republican Jason Chaffetz has just managed to put his loyalty to Donald Trump before his loyalty to his teenage daughter. When the tape of Trump bragging about sexual assault came to light, Chaffetz took a stand on principle and unendorsed Trump: ... |
Laura Clawson | 10/27/2016 | 128 | 91 | - | - |
| One Of The Last Remaining American Hero Navajo Code Talkers From WWII, Passed Away... “Our nation is forever indebted to these WWII heroes,” said Sen. John McCain in a Tweet on Monday.
David Patterson, one of the last living U.S. Marines Navajo code talkers from World War II who used the Navajo language to transmit secret... |
LamontCranston | 10/10/2017 | 66 | 163 | - | - |
| DAPL Resistance Remains Steady Amid Uncertain Victory Fireworks illuminated the joyful tears of water protectors at the Oceti Sakowin camp on Dec. 4 when President Obama denied the easement needed for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) to cross Lake Oahe. Mainstream media reported that very evening that... |
Lakota Peoples Law Project | 01/06/2017 | 10 | 20 | - | - |
| Petition: Green the Rez — Support Energy Sovereignty For Standing Rock! In 2016, the world stood in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe against the Dakota Access pipeline. Now, as oil flows under Lake Oahe, tribal members still suffer from a lack of sovereignty over their own energy future.
The tribe... |
Lakota Peoples Law Project | 05/08/2018 | 16 | 40 | - | - |
| Democrat Denise Juneau's historic run for Montana's congressional seat Democrat Denise Juneau is running against the odds for Montana's at-large congressional seat, but she's making headway. A Daily Kos endorsee, Juneau caught the eye of the DCCC this spring when the organization moved her race from an “Emerging District”... |
Kerry Eleveld | 10/01/2016 | 18 | 41 | - | - |
| Women to watch: Denise Juneau, historic candidate for Montana's At-Large Congressional seat Given the GOP’s spectacular meltdown, we are making an extra push to highlight Democratic House candidates in races worth watching. We sent out the following questions to Montana’s Denise Juneau, who is running for the state’s At-Large Congressional... |
Kerry Eleveld | 10/12/2016 | 8 | 56 | - | - |
| Need help writing grants for OneSpirit I have set about writing one or more grants to get more internet access for the Pine Ridge reservation. They only have connections now at the schools. But I know very little about writing grants…. is there anyone here who could school me.
I working... |
kentyler | 01/22/2018 | 21 | 15 | - | - |