Alliance For Beyond Land Acknowledgement
We envision a day when the sovereignty of the Ah-nee-ghee-du-wa-ghee (aka, Cherokee) over their ancestral lands is recognized and their wise stewardship respected.
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Brookings Report: DOGE Cuts Nearly $470 Million in Federal Funding to Tribal Nations and Native Organizations
Although Native Americans account for an estimated 1% to 2.7% of the U.S. population, funding cuts affecting Tribal Nations and Native organizations represented approximately 6.5% of all DOGE spending reductions that the researchers could verify through federal...
Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples Day?
by George Brosi October 12, 2026 Why Columbus Day is celebrated in the United States is a good question. An Italian, financed by the Spanish monarchy, Columbus never set foot in what became the USA. As the first to plunder and exploit the land and people of the...