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Biden administration to restrict drilling, renewables in the US West to help struggling bird
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration on Friday proposed tighter restrictions on oil, solar and wind energy development across more than 6,500 square miles (17,000 square kilometers) of federal land in the U.S. West to protect a declining bird species. ...
Native Americans laud Biden for historic apology over boarding schools. They want action to follow
LAVEEN VILLAGE, Ariz. (AP) — President Joe Biden did something Friday that no other sitting U.S. president has: He apologized for the systemic abuse of generations of Indigenous children endured in boarding schools at the hands of the federal government. For 150 years the U.S....
President Biden to apologize for 150-year Indian boarding school policy
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — President Joe Biden said he will formally apologize on Friday for the country’s role in forcing Indigenous children for over 150 years into boarding schools, where many were physically, emotionally and sexually abused, and more than 950 died. “I’m doing...
Forced assimilation and abuse: How US boarding schools devastated Native American tribes
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden will apologize on behalf of the U.S. government Friday for its 150-year campaign to break up Native American culture, language and identity by forcing children into abusive Indian boarding schools. More than 900...
Proposed Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge expansion could lead to buyout of mining project
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A federal agency proposed an expansion of the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge on Friday, which could lead to a buyout offer for land intended for a private company's mining project that conservationists have fought for years. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
