All posts tagged "Native Americans"

The internet was stunned on Wednesday as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the landmark birthright citizenship case — with one question from conservative Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch leaving President Donald Trump's top attorney stumped.

"Do you think Native Americans are birthright citizens under your test?" Gorsuch asked.

"Ah, I think ... so. I have to think that through," U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer said....

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s demand the Washington Commanders NFL team revert to its recently retired “Redskins” name is being laughed off on Capitol Hill — by veteran Democrats from the region, at least.

“We already went through that battle,” Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) told Raw Story as he was hopping an elevator in the Capitol.

“Let’s stick with what the team’s name is.” ...

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Earlier this year, Arizona lawmakers sued the Biden administration over the newly created Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni — Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument — arguing that the establishment of national monuments should be state matters and calling the move a “land grab.” Now, the Hopi, Havasupai, and Navajo Nation, whose ancestral lands overlap with the national monument, have intervened in the case and joined with the federal government to protect the area.

“Even if the Tribal Nations and federal government share similar goals and legal positions in this litigation, the United States cannot adequately represent the Tribal Nations’ sovereign interest,” the tribes’ intervention stated. ...

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) Friday opted not to strike down a lower court ruling that would prohibit Tulsa, Oklahoma officials from imposing city fines, such as speeding tickets, on Native American citizens, CNN reports.

CNN reports:

The case began in 2018 when Justin Hooper, a member of the Choctaw nation, was ticketed for a speeding violation in the City of Tulsa. He paid the fine, but after the Supreme Court issued a 2020 opinion called McGirt v. Oklahoma, he returned to court seeking post-conviction relief....

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office canceled the Washington Redskins’ trademark registration because the NFL team’s name is “disparaging to Native Americans.”

A teenage girl who fell into a hole more than 12,000 years ago in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula is offering new clues about the origins of the first Native Americans, researchers said Thursday.