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South Dakota tribes continue COVID-19 checkpoints
This video of South Dakota governor Kristi Noem’s (Republican) press conference was revealing in that every question, and there were many, after the governor’s statement was about the COVID-19 checkpoints. The governor kept implying that the checkpoints were interfering with … Continue reading
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Sioux tribes reject South Dakota governor’s request
South Dakota governor Kristi Noem (Republican) demanded the Oglala Sioux and the Cheyenne River Sioux tribes take down their Covid-19 checkpoints on highways entering their lands. This is a microcosm of decades of colonization, the Republican policy of putting economics … Continue reading
THE TREATIES OF FORT LARAMIE, 1851 AND 1868
THE TREATIES OF FORT LARAMIE, 1851 & 1868 From the earliest days of the United States, the federal government had not known what to do about Indian tribes. Finally, in 1831, in a case titled Cherokee Nation vs Georgia, the Supreme Court decided that … Continue reading
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Sioux Treaty of 1868
Sioux Treaty of 1868 Background “This war was brought upon us by the children of the Great Father who came to take our land from us without price.” –Spotted Tail The report and journal of proceedings of the commission appointed … Continue reading
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Treaty of Fort Laramie, 1851
Articles of a treaty made and concluded at Fort Laramie, in the Indian Territory, between D. D. Mitchell, superintendent of Indian affairs, and Thomas Fitzpatrick, Indian agent, commissioners specially appointed and authorized by the President of the United States, of … Continue reading
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SHIFT the Narrative
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed so many failures of our corporate capitalistic government and economic system. “The crisis began before the virus, and the crisis will continue beyond the vaccine” as Jason Livingston said. #CapitalismIsThePandemic. Click here for a story … Continue reading
Follow-up on the state of South Dakota vs Sioux Tribes
This is a followup to this morning’s post: South Dakota governor tells Sioux tribes they have 48 hours to remove Covid-19 checkpoints I asked some of my friends who live in South Dakota about this. I think the Fort Laramie as … Continue reading
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Questions looking for answers
You are probably as puzzled as I am regarding the pandemic and how we might respond. I’ve been praying about this, and thinking about what our ancestors did during catastrophes in the past. The three quotes below speak about the … Continue reading
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South Dakota governor tells Sioux tribes they have 48 hours to remove Covid-19 checkpoints
For a number of reasons the coronavirus spread among Native peoples is worse than in other populations in the U.S. Native families live in close proximity to each other and running water is sometimes a problem. When people go to … Continue reading
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To sleep is to fall into belief
I haven’t heard get “woke” used for some time. Maybe because Barack Obama said being “woke” doesn’t mean anything unless you do something in response. It’s been disappointing to witness how many people have slept and fallen into belief regarding … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 