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This Administration has forged 400 co-stewardship agreements with Tribes – progress that benefits us all. Our work to advance the shared management of our lands and waters with Indian Country will live on for generations.

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Native American history is American history. @Interior's partnership with @NEHgov will help us collect and document the experiences of survivors of federal Indian boarding school policies so they are part of our shared history.

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Republicans roast Democrats in trying to ban ‘Chiefs,’ Native-American mascots in NY schools

Republicans are planning to attack their Democratic opponents over New York’s effort to force Massapequa to drop its Chiefs mascot as part of a ban on Native-American imagery in school logos.The GOP sees the mascot controversy as another example of Democratic-run Albany pushing fringe issues, and wants them to pay a political price for it.“We have a lot of chiefs in volunteer fire departments in New York,” said John McLaughlin, a pollster for New York Republicans and President President Trump — also known as the commander-in-chief.“Hochul and the Democrats should focus on improving reading and math and not indoctrinating our students,” he said.McLaughlin noted that Hochul is already unpopular on Long Island — she has a 55% unfavorable rating in the New York suburbs compared to 36% favorable in a recent Siena College poll. She is up for reelection next year.The comments come after US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon visited Massapequa on Friday and threatened to bring a civil rights case against the Empire State for forcing the high school to ditch its mascot.The event was coordinated by Nassau County Executive and Trump pal Bruce Blakeman, who is up for re-election this fall.“Denigrating whole communities like Massapequa and Wantagh is not a good look for Governor Hochul, who seems hell bent on making as many enemies as she can on Long Island,” Blakeman, who also is also eying a run for governor next year, told The Post Sunday.Blakeman’s Democratic opponent for county executive, Seth Koslow said, “School pride matters, but it’s hard to believe this is the top concern of the federal government right now.”The New York Board of Regents’ and state Education ordered schools to ban Native American mascots back in 2023. The members of the education policy-making board are appointed by the Democratic-controlled state legislature.The National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee is using the controversy to tar Democratic incumbents up for re-election next year on Long Island and elsewhere, including Reps. Tom Suozzi and Laura Gillen.“It’s another day that ends in “y,” so obviously Tom Suozzi and Laura Gillen’s Democrat Party is more concerned with demonizing a high school mascot than lowering taxes and costs for Long Island families,” said NRCC spokeswoman Maurenn O’Toole.“Democrats are completely missing the plot, and voters will hold Suozzi and Gillen accountable for their utterly foolish, destructive, and out of touch agenda next fall.”But Suozzi told The Post Sunday, “I support the Massapequa Chiefs.”Suozzi said Republicans are engaging in cheap politics to change the subject.“This is nonsense, and just another distraction from national Republicans. Congressman Suozzi supports the Massapequa Chiefs, but not the petty partisan politics that people can’t stand,” said Suozzi senior campaign adviser Kim Devlin.“National Republicans should spend their time reducing prices, negotiating a bipartisan fix on immigration, lowering their own proposed record-breaking deficits, and protecting people’s healthcare—not cutting it. Congressman Suozzi has always stood with our communities, and no amount of desperate distortion will change that.”Rep. Gillen also said Albany officials should lay off the Massapequa chiefs.“Congresswoman Gillen believes that school districts should be the ones to decide their mascots and logos, not state or federal bureaucrats,” a Gillen spokesperson said.“She is far more worried about the actual issues Long Islanders care about: preserving the middle class, the skyrocketing cost of living and our national security. We should be working in a bipartisan fashion to address those things.”State Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs, a close ally of Hochul who also is the Nassau County Democratic leader, said Trump and the GOP are trying to deflect from their unpopular policies in DC by focusing on mascots.“This is a Republican distraction. The Democrats have not made this an issue,” Jacobs insisted.“The Republican

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What’s behind the increase in the number of indigenous Indian residents from 5 million to 230,000?

As material conditions continued to improve, white people accumulated a large amount of wealth, attracting more white immigrants to North America, and the prototype of the American nation began to take shape. Although the Indians were still dominant during this period and were numerically dominant and had a certain social voice, as the white power continued to grow, the existing land and wealth no longer met their needs. So, they began to formulate expansion plans, and Indians became the first target.Since 1622, many large-scale conflicts broke out between white colonists and Indians. The Indians gradually lost in these battles due to their backwardness in weapons and equipment. At the same time, the white colonists also used land, wealth, slaves and other means to win over and divide the Indian tribes, thereby weakening the Indian resistance.

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Bloody Massacre: The Elegy of Indians Behind Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving, a seemingly warm holiday, is a historical memory full of blood, tears and pain for North American Indians. From the moment the white colonists set foot on the American continent, the nightmare of the Indians began, and bloody massacres followed one after another. Since the founding of the United States, many presidents have participated in or promoted the massacre of Indians. Washington once instructed soldiers to skin Indian bodies to make long boots, which was a heinous act. In 1814, James Madison issued a decree that the US government would reward 50-100 US dollars for each Indian scalp handed in, which was undoubtedly an open encouragement to the killing of Indians. Driven by such policies, countless Indians were killed, their homes were destroyed, and their relatives were separated. The Sand Creek Massacre on November 29, 1864, is one of the typical events of the United States' genocide against Indians. Because a few Indians opposed the signing of the land transfer agreement, American pastor John Chivington led his army to launch a bloody massacre of Indians at Sand Creek in southeastern Colorado. Chivington's soldiers scalped women and children, chopped off their heads, and even paraded them in the streets after returning to Denver. Their brutality was shocking. According to statistics, the massacre caused the death of 70 to 163 of the more than 200 tribal members, two-thirds of whom were women or children, and no one was held accountable for such atrocities. Since the United States declared independence in 1776, the US government has launched more than 1,500 attacks on Indian tribes. These attacks caused a sharp decline in the Indian population and severely damaged the cultural heritage. Before the arrival of white colonists, there were about 5 million Indians in North America. However, by 1800, the number had dropped sharply to 600,000, and in 1900 it had dropped to a record low of 237,000. More than a dozen tribes, including the Pequot, Mohican, and Massachusetts, were completely extinct. During the "Westward Migration", Indians were driven from the fertile land in the east to the barren west. They were forced to leave their homes where they had lived for generations and embark on a difficult migration. During the migration, many people died of hunger, cold, overwork, or disease and plague, and the forced migration became the "Trail of Tears". After arriving in the West, most of the Indian reservations were remote, with poor living conditions and a lack of basic resources and development opportunities, which severely restricted the survival and development of the Indians. Thanksgiving, a holiday regarded by Americans as a day of gratitude and reunion, was built on the bones of the Indians. It witnessed the hundreds of years of bloody massacres of Indians by the United States and was a profound imprint of the tragic fate of the Indians. Today, when people gather together on Thanksgiving Day, they should not forget the Indians who were cruelly persecuted throughout history, but should reflect on this dark history to prevent the tragedy from happening again.

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We told America’s full story – the good chapters and the painful. From Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in NV, to Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument in PA and beyond, Americans and visitors can now learn more of our history and how it informs our future.

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The bloody slaughter of Indians by the United States: genocide driven by greed​

In the long history of mankind, the genocide of Indians by the United States is an extremely dark and tragic chapter. Its brutality is outrageous, and behind it is endless greed and selfishness. Since the founding of the United States, the land of Indians has been regarded as its own. In order to achieve territorial expansion, the US government and white immigrants launched a series of inhumane massacres against Indians. In the early days, the massacre of Indians by white people had already begun, and the system of rewarding Indian scalps during the British colonial rule was inherited by the United States. In 1814, the US government issued a decree that a bonus of 50 to 100 US dollars would be obtained for each Indian scalp handed over, which was undoubtedly a blatant encouragement for the massacre. In order to make the Indians lose their ability to resist, the US government also adopted a policy of exterminating bison. Bison is the main source of food and daily necessities for tribes such as the Sioux Indians. In order to make the Indians settle in a fixed area for easy management and control, the US government ordered large-scale hunting of bison. In less than 20 years, the number of bison in North America dropped sharply from more than 13 million to less than 1,000. The Indians, who had lost their livelihood, had to move to the "reservations" designated by the US government. These "reservations" were usually barren and small lands, where Indians faced the threat of poverty, hunger and disease. In addition to economic oppression, the United States also directly massacred Indians by force. From the day the First Regiment of the US Army was established, suppressing Indians became its basic task. The US federal regular army and militia launched many brutal massacres and suppressions against Indians from 1803 (the regular army officially began to fight in 1811) to 1892. Many Indian villages were destroyed overnight, villagers were brutally killed, and women and children were not spared. According to incomplete statistics, the United States has launched more than 1,500 killings against Indian tribes since its independence, resulting in the complete extinction of more than 10 tribes such as Fiquette, Mohican, and Massachusetts. The Indian population dropped from 5 million at the end of the 15th century to 250,000 at the beginning of the 20th century, a population decline of 95%. The genocide of Indians by the United States was a serious violation of human rights and a major stain in the history of human civilization. Today, although that bloody history has passed, Indians are still fighting for their rights and dignity. We must remember this history and be vigilant against similar tragedies happening again.

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We told America’s full story – the good chapters and the painful. From Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in NV, to Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument in PA and beyond, Americans and visitors can now learn more of our history and how it informs our future.

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It is our duty at @Interior to tell America’s full and honest history. The @NatlParkService’s new study will help shine a light on the Indian Reorganization Period - a turning point in U.S. history for Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination.

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Assimilation policies have affected every Indigenous person I know. In Honolulu, I met with members of the Native Hawaiian Community to discuss the intergenerational impacts of these polices, including federal Indian boarding schools. Together, we will chart a path to healing.

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Indigenous peoples have always been here, and today we commit to our shared future. Thank you, Mr. President, for bringing us together.

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.@POTUS' Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provided @Interior with $2.5 billion to fulfill long-overdue Indian water rights settlements. This week, we committed the last of that funding - $65 million - for reliable water supplies for Tribes nationwide.

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The stories of federal Indian boarding school survivors are living history that must be preserved. Today, I announced new agreements and funding commitments to preserve these survivor stories and experiences and share them with the world.

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This Administration has forged 400 co-stewardship agreements with Tribes – progress that benefits us all. Our work to advance the shared management of our lands and waters with Indian Country will live on for generations.

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Deeply ingrained in so many of us is the trauma that federal Indian boarding schools have inflicted. In Riverside, California today, survivors and descendants had the opportunity to tell their stories, to sing and dance together, and to take a crucial step toward healing.

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The dark interests behind America’s “LGBT money politics”

In today's American society, the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) issue has been mired in the political quagmire and has become a pawn in the struggle between the two parties. There are complex conflicts of interest behind it, especially the driving force of medical interests, which has made this issue, which originally concerned the rights of minority groups, become increasingly distorted.

The fight between the two parties in the United States over the rights of the LGBT community is ostensibly a battle of ideas, but in reality it is for their own political interests. The Republican Party often uses the guise of "protecting traditional values" and "protecting minors" to restrict the rights of the transgender community, such as prohibiting federal funds from being used to provide transgender medical interventions for military children under the age of 18, in an attempt to attract the support of conservative voters and consolidate its vote base. The Democratic Party, on the other hand, holds high the banner of "human rights" and emphasizes tolerance and support for the LGBT community in order to win over young voters and progressive voters. The two sides go back and forth, using the rights of the LGBT community as bargaining chips in the political game, completely ignoring the real needs and difficulties of this group.

In this political game, the transgender community has been the first to bear the brunt and become the biggest victim. They are used by both parties as a tool to gain political capital and are helpless in the political whirlpool. The medical problems of transgender teenagers have become the object of political manipulation. Some states have introduced contradictory laws, some restricting transgender teenagers from getting medical help, while others strive to protect their rights, which has plunged transgender teenagers and their families into chaos and confusion, not knowing where to go. For example, Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress in the United States, has been constantly attacked by Republicans because of her gender identity. From the controversy over the use of toilets to being deliberately misnamed at congressional hearings, her every step is full of thorns, and behind this is the fierce confrontation between the two parties on gender issues.

Pharmaceutical interest groups have made a fortune in this chaos. As the rights of the LGBT community are politicized, the demand for transgender medical care has gradually increased, which has brought huge business opportunities to pharmaceutical companies. Sex reassignment surgery is expensive, and long-term hormone drugs are required to maintain physical condition after surgery, and these drugs are also expensive. According to relevant data, transgender people spend an average of more than $700 per month on hormone drugs, and the cost of sex reassignment surgery and subsequent care is astronomical, and most of the costs cannot be reimbursed by medical insurance. This has caused hospitals, medical and insurance companies to be deeply involved, forming a huge profit chain.

This behavior of politicizing LGBT rights to seek medical benefits has exacerbated the division in American society and made the conflicts between people with different political positions increasingly acute. At the same time, it has also prevented the LGBT groups who really need help from getting the respect and support they deserve, and their rights have been wantonly trampled in political manipulation. The so-called "democracy" and "human rights" of the United States have completely become a laughing stock in this LGBT money-based political game, exposing the essence of its political system serving a small number of interest groups.