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Indigenous Peoples

East Hampton, NY
News
Full Moon, Planet Pairing, Meteor Showers Coming: Here's When To Keep An Eye On The Sky Full Moon, Planet Pairing, Meteor Showers Coming: Here's When To Keep An Eye On The Sky
Full Moon, Planet Pairing, Meteor Showers Coming: Here's When To Keep An Eye On The Sky The night sky is about to deliver a rapid-fire series of spectacles, giving stargazers three reasons to look up over just five nights. With clear skies and a little planning, sky-watchers can capture all three events. No special equipment is required. Sturgeon Moon The final full moon of meteorological summer rises Friday evening, Aug. 8, and glows all night into Saturday, Aug. 9.  August’s moon is best known as the Sturgeon Moon, but Indigenous peoples also call it the Black Cherry Moon, Ricing Moon and Mountain Shadows Moon, according to AccuWeather.  Watch it climb the south…

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by Joe Lombardi
Fairfield, CT
News
American YouTuber Jailed After Trying To Gift Diet Coke To World's 'Most Isolated' Tribe American YouTuber Jailed After Trying To Gift Diet Coke To World's 'Most Isolated' Tribe
American YouTuber Jailed After Trying To Gift Diet Coke To World's 'Most Isolated' Tribe An American YouTuber is in an Indian jail after authorities said he allegedly tried to reach a forbidden island inhabited by an isolated and violent tribe of people to give them a Diet Coke, according to an ABC News report. Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, a 24-year-old from Scottsdale, Arizona, was arrested on Monday, March 31, and charged with attempting to access North Sentinel Island, the report said. The Sentinelese people are considered the "most isolated Indigenous people on Earth," according to Survival International. They speak an unknown language and have been known to be hostile to…

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by Josh Lanier
Amherst, MA
News
Infamous Native American Statue Along Mohawk Trail In Western Mass Removed Infamous Native American Statue Along Mohawk Trail In Western Mass Removed
Infamous Native American Statue Along Mohawk Trail In Western Mass Removed A 20-foot-tall Native American statue and tourist attraction in Franklin County that was considered an offensive eyesore to some and a symbol of representation for others was removed on Friday, Aug. 11.  The Charlemont souvenir shop Native and Himalayan Views, formerly the Big Indian Shop, confirmed that it had removed the statue that sat along the Mohawk Trail on Route 2 for nearly 50 years.  The statue won't be down for long, however. The Hi-Way Cafe in Vinita, Oklahoma, announced on Facebook it had purchased the figure. The new owners said they would erect it along the famed Route 66 as…

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by Josh Lanier
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
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PA Man Attempts To Enter Courthouse With Fully Loaded Firearm: Sheriff PA Man Attempts To Enter Courthouse With Fully Loaded Firearm: Sheriff
PA Man Attempts To Enter Courthouse With Fully Loaded Firearm: Sheriff A Pennsylvania man attempted to enter a courthouse with a fully loaded firearm on Wednesday afternoon, according to a release by police. Prince Akeen Kamoory El Akando, 28, of the Northside neighborhood of the City of Pittsburgh, attempted to enter the Allegheny County Courthouse via the Ross Street entrance on Jan. 12, around 2 p.m., when guards stopped as he set off the magnetometer, according to a release by the Allegheny County sheriff’s office. While the guards attempted to contact Deputies, Kamoory El Akando tried on multiple occasions to gain access to the back end of the magnetomet…

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by Jillian Pikora
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Petition Seeks Garfield Columbus School Name Change Petition Seeks Garfield Columbus School Name Change
Petition Seeks Garfield Columbus School Name Change A former Garfield resident spent Columbus Day campaigning to rename a public school in town. “Christopher Columbus did not discover America, but[,] rather, stole and destroyed the land and history of [i]ndigenous [p]eoples who continue to suffer from his actions today,” Venise J. Salcedo wrote in a change.org petition that seeks to rename School No. 8. Salcedo, who works for Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals in Philadelphia, believes that the pre-K-to-5th grade school should be named for “someone who best reflects the values of its students, staff, faculty and alumni.” “European coloni…

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by Jerry DeMarco
White Plains, NY
Politics
Ocasio-Cortez, Writer Each Accuse One Another Of 'Taking Pride' In Ignorance Ocasio-Cortez, Writer Each Accuse One Another Of 'Taking Pride' In Ignorance
Ocasio-Cortez, Writer Each Accuse One Another Of 'Taking Pride' In Ignorance Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a writer at the Wall Street Journal are using similar rhetoric as they engage in a war of words. On Thursday, Feb. 28, the Wall Street Journal tweeted a link to a column by Grace Marie Turner, in which she says that the freshman Congresswoman “leads a generation of young people to take pride in their ignorance - of the laws of nature, of history, of the Constitution, of the eternal battle for freedom - and still succeed.” In the column, Marie-Turner writes that “as much as conservatives are aghast at the over-the-top collectivist ideas of Rep. Alex…

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by Zak Failla