Tag: Native Americans
Canada to uncover more school graves sites where requested
TORONTO — A Canadian Cabinet minister pledged again Wednesday to support efforts to find more unmarked graves at former residential schools for Indigenous students...
Florida board renames schools honoring Confederate leaders
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Florida school board has voted to rename six schools named for Confederate leaders, but will keep three others named for...
Federal judge declines to order fireworks at Mount Rushmore
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A federal judge on Wednesday rebuffed South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's efforts to force the National Park Service to grant...
EXPLAINER: The suspension of Arctic refuge drilling leases
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Decades-long political and legal battles over drilling in America’s largest wildlife refuge took another turn when the Biden administration suspended oil...
Trudeau: Residential schools part of Canada’s colonial past
TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that residential schools for Canada's Indigenous children were part of a larger colonial policy designed to...
Canada: Bodies at Indigenous school not isolated incident
TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday it’s not an isolated incident that over 200 children were found buried at a former Indigenous...
Scrutiny mounts of legacy of pioneering Northwest missionary
SPOKANE, Wash. — For generations Marcus Whitman has been widely viewed as an iconic figure from early Pacific Northwest history, a venerated Protestant missionary...
Canada lowers flags to honor residential school children
TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked Sunday that flags on all federal buildings be flown at half-mast to honor more than 200...
Canada lowers flags to honor residential school children
TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked Sunday that flags on all federal buildings be flown at half-mast to honor more than 200...
Enbridge’s Line 3 oil pipeline enters critical month in June
MINNEAPOLIS — June will be a critical month for Enbridge Energy's Line 3 crude oil pipeline as the company resumes construction and opponents mobilize...
