Leo Varadkar’s Full Speech To The Choctaw Nation On Behalf Of Ireland
On Tuesday the 23rd of March 1847, members of the indigenous Choctaw Nation in the populous region of Skullyville, Oklahoma,Continue Reading
Tag: Native Americans
The #NoDAPL Campaign Gains A Major Victory As Drill Work Halted
In the last two hours the United States Army Corps of Engineers has officially announced that it will withhold itsContinue Reading
Project SITKA, Canada’s Spying Program Against Indigenous Communities
Speaking of the challenges faced by the native peoples of North America, this short report from Motherboard, the tech section ofContinue Reading
The Authorities In North Dakota Militarise The DAPL Construction Efforts
In a number of previous posts I’ve discussed the extraordinary confrontations taking place in the US state of North Dakota, where theContinue Reading
From Mayo To North Dakota, From Corrib Gas To DAPL
An isolated rural region where long-standing communities reflect an indigenous language and culture, where local concerns and interests have been made secondaryContinue Reading
Native Peoples Face Violence And Exploitation By Western Interests
Rather more disturbing than the blinkered opinions of a Donald Trump fanboy in the Irish press are these two reports below.Continue Reading
Native American Protesters Gather In North Dakota To Defend Sovereignty Rights
In an unprecedented move thousands of activists from some 200 Native American nations are assembling in an isolated region of NorthContinue Reading
The Real Americans On Sanders, Clinton And Trump
The voice that is rarely heard in presidential elections in the United States. Representatives of the Native American nations and communitiesContinue Reading
Bessie Coleman
Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman was a young pilot of Native- and African-American descent who became something of a minor press sensation in the United StatesContinue Reading
Native America To Native Ireland, Extermination By Any Other Name
Former libertarian favourite and would-be United States presidential candidate for the Republican Party, Rand Paul, seems to have completed hisContinue Reading
Native American Day
Yesterday was Columbus Day in the United States, the latterly Italian-American festival commemorating the “discovery” of the Americas by theContinue Reading
Victory For Navajo Nation In US Settlement
With good news an all too precious commodity this is very welcome indeed. From the Independent newspaper: “When senior figuresContinue Reading
The Irish Revolution And Native America
In June of 1919 Éamon de Valera, the American-born president of Ireland’s revolutionary government, was smuggled out of his war-torn homelandContinue Reading
The War On The Indigenous Peoples Of Chile
From the London Independent newspaper a report on the continued persecution of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, this timeContinue Reading
Land Restitution – More News From The Occupied Territories
An excellent article in the Guardian by Dana Lone Hill of the Oglala Lakota Sioux people outlining the campaign byContinue Reading
The Young Ancestors
Excellent article over on Indian Country Today on a new documentary, The Young Ancestors, which examines the efforts of NativeContinue Reading
Native Americans – Life As Usual In The Occupied Territories
When I was growing up in Ireland and it came to playing that age old game of “Cowboys and Indians”Continue Reading
Bad Blood In The Massachusetts Senate Race?
There is a minor firestorm in US politics at the moment (and no, I don’t mean the jaw-droppingly medieval lawContinue Reading
Native Americans – Trapped In The USA
Unexpected but welcome news in the Guardian as a United Nations (UN) committee is about to carry out an investigation into theContinue Reading
The United States And The Native American Nations – Progressing Towards True Equality
Some welcome news for dozens of Native American nations as the US government has announced that it is to pay more than 1 billion dollars (around 760 millionContinue Reading
Native Americans – Second Class Americans
There is a disgraceful story of discrimination towards Native American schoolchildren at a local high school in the United States, highlighted byContinue Reading
