Tag: Native Americans

Attorney General William Barr declares emergency for public safety in Alaska

Zach Halaschak · June 28, 2019 9:04 pm

San Francisco school board orders removal of ‘violent’ and ‘degrading’ George Washington mural

John Gage · June 28, 2019 8:04 pm

Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., cries while speaking as Rep. Denny Heck, D-Wash., and Rep. Paul Cook, R-Calif., listen during a news conference Tuesday on Capitol Hill in Washington. Advocates for Native Americans called for Congress to revoke the Medals of Honor given to the U.S. soldiers who participated in the Wounded Knee massacre.

National Security

Republican joins Democrats to push to rescind 20 Medals of Honor for Wounded Knee Massacre

Tim Pearce · June 27, 2019 7:52 pm

Red Alert Politics

Students want generic pioneer statue removed because it offends Native Americans

John Patrick · June 19, 2019 6:57 pm

‘The Breakfast Club’ host calls Sen. Warren ‘the original Rachel Dolezal’

Julio Rosas · May 31, 2019 6:16 pm

A bald eagle may be to blame for the deaths of four people in a plane crash in Alaska last month, according to federal investigators. (Cheryl McRoberts/American Bald Eagle Foundation via AP)

Religious freedom for all Native Americans

Robert Soto · May 29, 2019 3:51 am

The Banks High School mascot is visible on track hurdles at the school in Banks, Ore., Thursday, March 23, 2017. In Oregon, school districts with Native American mascots must abandon them by July or risk punishment that could include the withholding of state funds.

Maine bans Native American mascots at public schools

Troy Worden · May 21, 2019 6:44 pm

Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch.

Gorsuch sides with liberal justices in 5-4 decision

Zach Halaschak · May 20, 2019 3:21 pm

In this May 29, 2014 photo, people stand in the lobby of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's Community Government Center in Mashpee, Mass., on Cape Cod.

House passes tribal casino bill pulled last week after Trump tweet

Susan Ferrechio · May 15, 2019 8:46 pm

Rep.-elect Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., pauses to speak to media.

Embattled Tlaib will preside over House floor Wednesday, making history amid intense criticism

Susan Ferrechio · May 15, 2019 6:56 pm

Flag of Massachusetts.

Cambridge City Council wants the Massachusetts flag out of city hall

Zach Halaschak · May 15, 2019 8:57 am

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., talks with guests during a campaign stop in Derry, N.H.

Gillibrand’s father once lobbied on behalf of Trump

Caitlin Yilek · May 13, 2019 6:54 pm