And native American Communities face significant barriers to voting in this u. S. Election could they play a key role. Hello welcome to the news hour france is at its highest terror alert level and thousands of extra police have been deployed across the country after 3 people were killed in a knife attack in the riviera city of nice visiting the scene shortly after french president emanuel mark on described it as an islamist terror attack it comes just weeks after the murder of a teacher and in a time of growing anger around the world mark calls defense of secular values and his campaign to limit what he described as extremist islam while the attack began at around 8 am local time that 0700 g. M. T. At the church of not today in the center of nice thats where 3 people were killed its around a kilometer from the sea front prominent his own play where 86 people died in a truck attack in 2016 we now know more about the man Police Believe was behind days attack those details in a moment 1s
Place in an atmosphere of indian activism and even militancy. And in a famous incident, a group of native american activists took over Alcatraz Island in 1969,reclaiming it as indian land during their 18 month occupation. Amidst this assertion of cultural identity and land claims, president nixon advanced a successful proposal to repeal termination,and congress acted on nixons reform proposals. In his special message to congress on july 8, 1970, president nixon said, both as a matter of justice and as a matter of enlightened social policy, we must begin to act on the basis of what the indians themselves have long been telling us. The time has come to break decisively with the past and to create conditions for a new era in which the indian future is determined by indian acts and indian decisions. When president nixon returned the sacred site of new mexico to the people of taos pueblo in a ceremony, it symbolized the fundamental shift in u. S. Government policy towards American Indian pe
The Richard Nixon foundation. Mr. Johnson president s ands president nixons administration is regarded as one of the most proindian of the 20th century and one that restored lands to tribes and ushered in a new era of selfgovernment. Native americans found a champion in president nixon. A stance that resulted from his personal history and his consultation with indian leaders who helped shape his view of Indian Affairs. This policy breakthrough took place in an atmosphere of indian activism and even militancy. And in a famous incident, a group of native american activists took over Alcatraz Island in 1969,reclaiming it as indian land during their 18 month occupation. Amidst this assertion of cultural identity and land claims, president nixon advanced a successful proposal to repeal termination,and congress acted on nixons reform proposals. In his special message to congress on july 8, 1970, both as aixon said, matter of justice and as a matter of enlightened social policy, we must begin
Klobuchar of minnesota and oregons ron wyden suggest voting amid the coronavirus pandemic. Over the next hour, they talk about voting by mail and what Congress Needs to do to make it nationwide. All and welcome those of you who are joining us on zoom and those on facebook life. I am president of common cause. We havely 50 years, been Holding Power accountable through lobbying, litigation, grassroots organizing and 1. 2 million members have helped with hundreds of reforms at the national, state and local levels. Thank you for joining this evenings webinar. We have two special guests senator ron wyden for morgan and senator Amy Klobuchar from minnesota. Oregontor ron wyden from and senator Amy Klobuchar from minnesota. After a discussion, i will be talking with our director of state operations and ballot measure strategies. We will be talking about the Gold Standard of voting reforms that she helped pass and we will talk about what reform looks like across the country. We know these are
Thank you very much. You got a lot going on. People are all over the place. Ranking member has an adhering and chairwoman has a science hearing and people will come and go. Forgive us for that. Welcome. What do we have today . For our second panel we have Catherine Lehman is the chair of the u. S. Commission on civil rights and president obama appointed her to a sixyear term on december 15, 2016. The 16. The commission unanimously confirmed the president designation to chair the commission on december 28, 2016. She also serves as a cabinet of California Governor Gavin Newsom where she has been Legal Affairs secretary since january, 2019. She served as assistant secretary for civil rights at the barman of education until 2017. Welcome. Michael waldman is president of the nyu school of law and nonpartisan law and policy institute that focuses on improving systems of democracy and justice and that rentacenter is a leading National Voice and voting righ rights, money and politics, criminal