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[Yeah right, dude screws the Oglala Sioux Nation on the Pine Ridge Rez outta $60 million and he's the victim]

"Many people have asked me to do this," Trump said before signing the pardon. "I think he was treated very unfairly. And I looked at the record, studied the records, and he was. He was a victim of a crime, as far as I'm concerned. So we're going to undo that," he stated, without specifying who had urged him to act.

#OglalaSiouxNation #Felon47 #Native #Indigenous
nativenewsonline.net/currents/

Native News OnlineTrump Pardons Felon Who Defrauded Oglala Sioux Tribe Enterprise Out of $60 MillionPresident Donald Trump granted a pardon on Tuesday to Devon Archer, a felon convicted for his involvement in a scheme that defrauded over $60 million in tribal bonds from the business arm of the Oglala Sioux Tribe.

Trump pardons Devon Archer, who defrauded Oglala Sioux Nation of $60M

Archer participated in a complex scheme that defrauded the tribe’s economic development arm between 2014 and 2016. After gaining control of investment firms, Archer and his co-conspirators convinced the tribe’s Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation to issue bonds, which they then purchased using client funds.

#OglalaSiouxNation #Felon47 #Native #Indigenous
tribalbusinessnews.com/section

Tribal Business NewsTrump pardons Devon Archer, who defrauded Oglala Sioux Nation of $60MFormer business partner of Hunter Biden was convicted in 2018 for defrauding the Oglala Sioux Nation but never served prison time before receiving presidential pardon.

#PrairieBandPotawatomi

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 867, authorizing the state Department of Natural Resources to transfer the 1,500-acre park. The transfer follows a 130-acre trust acquisition in 2024 that made the Prairie Band the first federally recognized tribe in Illinois. The acreage in question marked a portion of the tribe’s original reservation, which was sold to private owners in 1849.

#Potawatomi #LandBack #Illinois #Native #Indigenous
tribalbusinessnews.com/section

Tribal Business NewsPrairie Band Potawatomi to receive historic return of 1,500-acre Illinois state park Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs bill transferring Shabbona Lake State Park to the Prairie Band Potawatomi, returning land that was part of their original reservation sold in 1849.

Properly setup the Turtle Island Mastodon instance can be a far superior experience compared to corporate social media.

But it’s up to you to create your own algorithm!

There is a certain portion of new users that sign up on TurtleIsland.social (or any Mastodon/Fediverse instance) that do not set up their account optimally. This likely will ensure a sub-optimal experience and before you know it, they are gone and maybe never come back.

#TurtleIsland #Native #Indigenous
turtleisland.blog/turtle-islan

TurtleIsland.blogTurtle Island Mastodon user recommendations - TurtleIsland.blogProperly setup, the Turtle Island Mastodon instance can be a far superior experience compared to corporate social media...But it's up to you to create your own algorithm! There is a certain portion of new users that sign up on TurtleIsland.social (or any Mastodon/Fediverse instance) that do not s

Two English-language nominees — country artist Joss Ross’ “Complicated” and Calgary pop star Tate McRae’s “Think Later” — as well as a francophone album by Quebec singer Roxane Bruneau titled “Submergé.”

Toronto rapper Sukha’s debut EP “Undisputed” is performed in Punjabi, while “Inuktitut” is a collection of songs made famous by English rock acts but performed by Elisapie in an Indigenous language the Canadian government once tried to eradicate.

#Native #Indigenous
aptnnews.ca/national-news/juno

APTN News · Juno Awards striving for diversityThis year’s album of the year nominees sing in English, French, Punjabi and Inuktitut.

The things I have had wrong.
The old line was that "The Ghost Dance" was a "Indian revival to go back to the old life".
No sir.

Dr Warren began a deep dig into the message, the instructions & life of Wewoka, a.k.a. Jack Wilson, the Paiute prophet that began the movement.

It was a unifying movement for all native peoples. Pressed toward both modernization & holding onto identity, while dealing with how you treated your neighbor.
SO good.

#native #firstnations #history

youtube.com/watch?v=poz3Ui_1l8