Author Archives: lookinghawk

For the past year and a half, lawyer Fay Brunning has been fighting to get the federal government to hand over documents about the St. Anne’s residential school. It’s a school that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and a judge … Continue reading →

As posted on Face Book “This is coming from a nurse here in good ol Pierre South Dakota…. She’s probably taken care of so many of our loved ones…. Anyone want a name feel free to message me…” Send mi … Continue reading →

Indigenous People Win Unprecedented Legal Protections, US And Canadian Gov. Opt Out After 18 years of negotiations, the Organization of American States is gathering momentum on a declaration aimed specifically at protecting the rights of indigenous peoples throughout the Americas … Continue reading →

Left, Nazis stand before a mass grave of victims of the Jewish Holocaust; right: U.S. soldiers pose for a picture near a mass grave of dead Lakotas following the Wounded Knee Massacre of December 29, 1890. Simon Moya-Smith 1/27/15 It … Continue reading →

The powerful and hard-hitting documentary, American Holocaust, is quite possibly the only film that reveals the link between the Nazi holocaust, which claimed at least 6 million Jews, and the American Holocaust which claimed, according to conservative estimates, 19 million … Continue reading →

By Rebecca Onion Commissioner of Indian Affairs William Atkinson Jones sent this letter to superintendents of all federal reservations and agencies in January 1902. The notorious missive soon became known as the “haircut order.” Jones observed that many Native Americans … Continue reading →