Tag: Native American tribes

  • Whose ‘Stolen’ Land Is It, Anyway? 

    Whose ‘Stolen’ Land Is It, Anyway? 

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    by Paul Driessen, ©2026 (Mar. 8, 2026) — Land acknowledgements have become de rigueur at commencement ceremonies, film and music award events, and other programs. Something like this:   “We acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the stolen and occupied territory of the Indigenous First Nation People who stewarded the land through…

  • A UN and Tribal Takeover?

    A UN and Tribal Takeover?

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    HIDDEN PROVISIONS IN CONGRESSIONAL ENERGY BILLS UNDERMINE AMERICA’S WATER AND PROPERTY RIGHTS by Lawrence Kogan, ©2016 (Sep. 17, 2016) — A massive 792-page Senate Energy Committee bill threatens to authorize federal bureaucrats to cede extensive control over western state water and property rights, energy development and forest management to Native American tribes, local UN sustainability councils…