More than 150 people gathered at the downtown Portland waterfront Wednesday evening to honor missing and murdered Indigenous people as part of a national day of awareness. The event was put together by young Indigenous people from tribes throughout Oregon and Washington, said Teewahnee Sahme, a member of the Warm Springs tribe who helped organize the vigil. Speakers brought attention to the .
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Editor’s Note:
The current U.S. president, Joe Biden, said during the campaign, “We’re finally now getting to the point where we’re going to be addressing the original sin of this country.” Biden was referring to the several hundred years of slavery in America, and the resulting problems of racial discrimination that have existed, even today. Nowadays, not only has the problem not been alleviated, it has become more and more serious with many minorities, including Asians and African Americans, outraged. To the surprise of the outside world, the U.S. has not dealt with its own sins but has globally played the human rights card, irresponsibly critiqued other countries, and has frequently imposed “sanctions” on other countries under the pretext of protecting human rights. It should be pointed out that the U.S. has committed many other sins in violation of human rights; racial discrimination is merely one of them. It’s time for the U.S. to acc
Deb Haaland to create unit to investigate missing and murdered Native Americans
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FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2021, file photo Interior Secretary nominee Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., speaks during her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. On March 15, the Senate confirmed her as Interior Secretary. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP, File)
By: Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News
Posted at 3:33 PM, Apr 04, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-04 18:33:09-04
In an effort to provide more resources to investigate thousands of unsolved cases of missing and murdered Native Americans, a new Bureau of Indian Affairs unit has been launched by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.
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