Riverfront Trail Extension Opens, Linking Downtown to the Valley
The long-promised 3.4-mile extension opened Wednesday with a ribbon-cutting and a mass bike ride, closing the last gap in a 22-mile loop two decades in the making.
politics
City Council Approves $312M Budget with Road Repair Surge
The 7–2 vote keeps the property tax rate flat and doubles the paving budget, but councilors warn next year’s numbers will be harder without federal aid.
Planning Board Advances Westside Rezone for 240 Homes
After three hours of public comment, the board voted 5–2 to send the mixed-income housing proposal to the Common Council, setting up a decisive vote in June.
The Doctrine of Christian Domination, the Apache People, and Oak Flat
By Steven Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape) The Apache Stronghold case, regarding the Apache Sacred Site (Chi’ Chil Bildagoteel) called “Oak Flat,” is now before t
The Crown (“Corona”) Virus and the Business of America
The Business of America is Business
The Claim of a Right of Christian Domination
What has been typically called “The Doctrine of Discovery” is, in my view, more accurately named “The Doctrine of Christian Domination.”
Tecumseh Speech As Recounted by Simon Pokagon
Tecumseh’s Speech: The following is a speech by the great Shawnee leader Tecumseh, as recounted by the Pottawatomie leader, Chief Simon Pokagon. Simon Pokagon w
Research of the Doctrine of Christian Discovery
As a young Shawnee, Lenape person trying to gain a better understanding of history, I first learned about the doctrine of discovery when I was living in Souther
When Our Native Nations Were Living Free and Independent of the Ideas of Christendom
Prior to Columbus’s invasive arrival to our part of Mother Earth, our nations of Great Turtle Island (“North America”) were living in a physical location that w