Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act today in 1830. It killed about 15k Native Americans out of the 100k the U.S. removed. Very important to know this affected more than the 5 largest Indigenous nations—it included many smaller ones like the Potawatomi people who suffered
Op-ed by @NidaAllam: "The fact that Rep. Foushee would sit across from a man orchestrating a genocide in real time is a complete betrayal of public trust." https://t.co/sVnBniHkzg
Up to 10 informants managed by the FBI were embedded in anti-pipeline resistance camps near Standing Rock at the height of mass protests against DAPL in 2016. Until now, the existence of only one other federal informant in the camps had been confirmed. https://t.co/jlE9YpsdEM
Native Americans make up 0.5% of U.S. lawyers, making them the smallest racial or ethnic group in that profession, according to the ABA Profile of the Legal Profession report. Learn more: https://t.co/p1gd5tNsEa
BREAKING: INDIGENOUS SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts stands in solidarity with Palestine during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade
Speechless
“there was some concern in the administration about an unintended consequence of the pause: that it would allow journalists broader access to Gaza & the opportunity to further illuminate the devastation there & turn public opinion on Israel.”
https://t.co/k8kgSFR9ym
This woman pours her soul and her grief out on TV, saying 30 family members have been killed by Israel, including a 2 year-old. The anchor responds that the IDF says their strikes are targeted, why was your family targeted? Unforgivable lack of humanity.
“Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a deal for a five-day ceasefire with Palestinian militant groups in Gaza in return for the release of some of the hostages held in the territory early in the war, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.” https://t.co/XvI7Ctcfs9
158 Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank since October 7, per this UN official.
158. In the West Bank. Where Hamas isn’t in charge and isn’t holding any hostages.
BREAKING: Amnesty International claims the lack of communication in Gaza 'means that it will be even more difficult to obtain critical information and evidence about human rights violations and war crimes'
Statement from Buffy Ste Marie's family.
People who try to undo kinship and family ties based upon their own need for attention and clout are an abomination and disrespect the ancestors.
Sad but not surprising to see the Governor diminish the experience of a highly experienced and brilliant female former tribal attorney general, even minimize the job of a tribal AG. Her stock just went up. #IndianCountry https://t.co/qFtVFS5EEJ via @tulsaworld
Okay this is important: the University of London's @ForensicArchi team, and veteran war crimes investigator @CobbSmith, are suggesting, not definitively yet, that the Gaza hospital attack was "more consistent w/ the impact marks from an artillery shell" fired by the Israelis.