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Secretive gun group uses Native Americans to push against gun safety measures

'Turn In Your Arms' Native American guns billboard

A billboard advertising campaign using a photo of Native Americans to protest gun safety laws in Colorado has brought criticism from Native American residents. KUSA-TV reported on Monday that the ad, which shows three Native American men with the message, “Turn in your arms. The government will take care of…

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House Republicans strip LGBT, Native American protections from Violence Against Women Act

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA). Screenshot via CBS.

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have answered the Senate’s proposal to renew the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) by presenting their own version of the bill, but with protections of LGBT Americans taken out and a loophole that could exempt Native Americans victims of domestic abuse. According to…

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DNA study traces ancestry of Native Americans to Beijing

This undated handout illustration shows the DNA double helix. (AFP)

Present-day Asians and Native Americans are descended from a group of people who were already in China 40,000 years ago, according to an analysis of fossil DNA published this week. The genetic analysis showed that the early modern humans in Beijing had already diverged genetically from the ancestors of modern-day…

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Watch: The disenfranchisment of Native Americans continues today

Popé, the leader of the Pueblo Revolt

Though the story of the first American Thanksgiving in which the Pilgrims host a great banquet to thank Native Americans who helped them survive the first winter, there is a darker history to the encounter. The man behind that generosity, Tisquantum (Anglicized as Squanto), had been kidnapped by a British…

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No Doubt pulls video and apologizes for offending Native Americans

Gwen Stefani, pictured in June 2012, is joining a galaxy of stars helping to raise money for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign. (AFP Photo/Imeh Akpanudosen)

No Doubt Pulls Video and Issues Apology After Racist Claims (via NewsLook) No Doubt have axed the video for their latest single ‘Looking Hot’ after complaints that it was offensive to Native Americans.  …

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U.N. to investigate plight of Native Americans for first time

[Portrait of Native American via Shutterstock]

The UN is to conduct an investigation into the plight of US Native Americans, the first such mission in its history. The human rights inquiry led by James Anaya, the UN special rapporteur on indigenous peoples, is scheduled to begin on Monday. Many of the country’s estimated 2.7 million Native…

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