Recently, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) sent two letters—one to U.S. Customs and Border
Ranking Member Grijalva Statement on New Border Wall Construction and Use of Dangerous Waiver Authority yubanet.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yubanet.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In advance of Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Monday, October 9, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) on Friday led a bipartisan, bicameral letter signed by 33 members of Congress to President Joe Biden requesting clemency or compassionate release for renowned Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who has been imprisoned for nearly 50 years. Peltier was convicted and sentenced to two life sentences in 1977 for the murders of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents Ronald Williams and Jack Coler.
In addition to articles already covered by Native News Online, here is a roundup of other news released from Washington, D.C. that impacts Indian Country recently. The U.S. Department of the Interior-led (DOI) Interagency Working Group on Mining Laws, Regulations, and Permitting released a new report outlining 65 recommendations for modernizing the country’s severely outdated mining system.
Grijalva, lawmakers from territories introduce legislation to place insular areas advisors in federal agencies mvariety.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mvariety.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.