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fromSmithsonian Magazine
2 weeks agoNative Nations Fought in the American Revolution to Protect Their Ancestral Lands. After the War, Settlers Seized Their Territory Anyway
"Once the Declaration of Independence is issued by Congress, then it kind of changes the calculus. Then, both sides are putting pressure on Native people to join one side or the other."
History
fromReadWrite
2 weeks agoTribal leaders fight federal oversight of sports prediction markets
"Today, our Board took decisive action to protect what generations before us fought to build. These so-called prediction markets are an attempt to bypass tribal authority and recast gambling as a financial product. We will not allow that. We will stand united to defend tribal sovereignty and the integrity of Indian gaming."
Poker
#indigenous-land-reclamation
East Bay real estate
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
1 month agoHow an Ohlone nonprofit quickly became one of the wealthiest Indigenous land trusts in the nation
Sogorea Te' Land Trust is removing 80+ years of asphalt from a Fourth Street parking lot to restore it as an Indigenous-controlled green space honoring Ohlone history and culture.
Mission District
fromABC7 San Francisco
1 month agoTribal members to help shape Bay Area open space as historic Juristac lands are reclaimed by deal
The Amah Mutsun tribe successfully reclaimed Juristac, a sacred ancestral landscape near Gilroy, California, after community opposition halted mining plans and the Peninsula Open Space Trust purchased over 6,000 acres.
Agriculture
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month agoCalifornia pledges to open 7% of its land and waters to Indigenous tribes - a step toward healing a 175-year-old broken promise
California commits 7.5 million acres to tribal stewardship, fulfilling a 170-year-old federal promise while restoring indigenous land management practices and ecosystem health.
fromNew York Post
1 month agoCalifornia plots return of 7.5 million acres of land and coastal waters to Indigenous tribes
When California became a state in 1850, officials signed 18 treaties setting aside millions of acres for tribal reservations. Congress killed the deals in secret after pressure from state leaders. Many tribes had already moved, trusting the promises. Now California wants to make good.
SF politics
fromReadWrite
1 month agoMorongo tribe lawsuit over California gaming compact dismissed
The tribe argued that several parts of the agreement violate the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, or IGRA, because they regulate issues that do not directly relate to the operation of Class III gaming. That category includes slot machines and casino-style table games offered at tribal casinos. Morongo's complaint laid out 17 separate claims, each focused on a specific provision in the compact.
US politics
History
fromHigh Country News
1 month agoHow Montana tribes are using sovereignty to restore their waterways - High Country News
The 2015 CSKT-Montana Compact Water Rights settlement restores tribal water rights from the 1855 Hellgate Treaty while enabling river restoration and shared management of the Jocko River watershed.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month agoThey found Indigenous ancestral remains on their property. They say doing the right thing shouldn't cost them | CBC News
A couple's property renovation in Ontario halted after discovering ancestral Indigenous remains, potentially costing them hundreds of thousands of dollars in unexpected expenses.
East Bay food
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month agoSV Chat: A modern twist on Native American cuisine with Crystal Wahpepah
Oakland Indigenous chef Crystal Wahpepah reclaims pre-colonial Native American cuisine through her new cookbook featuring 125 intertribal recipes, emphasizing seasonal ingredients, traditional game meats, and the Three Sisters farming method.
fromReadWrite
1 month agoCalifornia approves stricter cardroom gaming rules
"These regulations are an important step in combating unscrupulous and illegal gaming in California," CNIGA Chairman James Siva said in a statement sent to ReadWrite. "The regulations further clarify that games and practices employed by commercial card rooms are indeed prohibited under California law. Running a business contrary to that law is an illicit business, period. We hope that Department of Justice will now enforce these regulations so California can ensure a well-regulated gaming industry that is safe for consumers."
California
US politics
fromFortune
2 months agoNative Americans, literally the furthest thing from immigrants, fear deportation amid unprecedented ICE actions | Fortune
Many Native Americans are securing tribal ID cards as proof of U.S. citizenship and protection from ICE raids while tribes ease access to those IDs.
fromKqed
2 months agoMaidu Tribe Returns to Its Roots of Ancestral Fire | KQED
The Maidu tribe of Butte County-Berry Creek, Mechoopda, Mooretown, Enterprise and Konkow Valley, come together to conduct CAL-TREX prescribed burn training to relearn how to put helpful fire back on their native lands that have been devastated by recent catastrophic wildfires. Organizers say the training camp is designed to help restore fire-scarred lands and people. While other Northern California tribes have been reintroducing cultural fire for decades,
California
US politics
fromwww.dailynews.com
2 months agoThis California bill would stop local law enforcement from helping ICE carry out its agenda
California bill SB 1105 would bar state and local law enforcement from aiding federal immigration operations involving profiling, silencing critics, or using unauthorized military weapons.
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