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North Dakota Native American voter suppression USPS postal service voter ID Supreme Court NARF Native American Rights Fund — North Dakota Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp speaks during the Tribal Unity Impact Days hosted by the National Congress of American Indians in Dirksen Building on September 12, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

North Dakota Native American Tribes Are Working to Distribute Native Voters ‘911 Addresses’ on Tribal Letterhead at the Polls

It is on.

Lindsey Graham Elizabeth Warren DNA testing Native American Cherokee Nation tribal enrollment — (Photo by Ethan Miller and Chris Kleponis/Getty Images)

WATCH: Senator Lindsey Graham Says ‘I’ve Been Told That My Grandmother Was Part Cherokee Indian…I’m Gonna Take This Test…I Think I Can Beat Her’

Huh?

Jennifer Mendelsohn genealogist Resistance Genealogy DNA testing Native American — National Archives

READ: Jennifer Mendelsohn Tweets ‘Warren’s Test Actually Showed She Is 25/7190, or .35% Native, Which Is Twice as Much as the Average White Person’

Facts.

ancient beringians, beringian land bridge, native american dna origins, native american dna ancestry, native american common ancestor — Ben Potter/National Geographic

Science

What Are ‘Ancient Beringians’? Oldest Full Genetic Profile of a New World Human Ever Found

DNA from a long-buried child’s bones supports the theory that Native Americans may share a common ancestor.

washington redhawks dan snyder — A meme alleging that the Washington Redskins have changed their names to Washington Redhawks. (Twitter)

Did the Washington Redskins Really Change Their Name to the Washington Redhawks? No.

A hoax or not?

Bears Ears National Monument Donald Trump uranium mining energy fuels resources lobbyists Native Americans — Petroglyphs and a dwelling at one of many ancient Native American cultural sites protected at Bears Ears National Monument. (Photo Natl. Park Service)

Energy Fuels Resources Lobbied Trump to Reduce Bears Ears for Uranium Mining

Powerful interests persuaded the president.

Bears Ears Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Donald Trump Ryan Zinke Native Americans — Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah (Photo credit Pinterest)

Trump to Slash Bears Ears & Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Lands

Adding injury to insult, it seems.

Donald Trump Elizabeth Warren racist slur Pocahontas Native Americans — President Donald Trump speaks during an event honoring members of the Native American code talkers in the Oval Office of the White House, on November 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Oliver Contreras-Pool/Getty Images)

How Did Native American Groups Respond to Trump’s ‘Pocahontas’ Slur?

The backlash was fast and fierce.

Keystone pipeline Keystone XL pipeline oil leak South Dakota — TransCanada Corporation Keystone pipeline worksite. (CBC news photo Twitter)

Keystone Pipeline Leaks 210,000 Gallons of Oil in South Dakota

This is the largest spill in South Dakota, but not the first.

trump. militarizing police — BRENTWOOD, NY - JULY 28: President Donald Trump speaks at Suffolk Community College on July 28, 2017 in Brentwood, New York. Trump, speaking close to where the violent street gang MS-13 has committed a number of murders, urged Congress to dedicate more funding to border enforcement and faster deportations. Trump spoke to an audience that included to law enforcement officers and the family members of crime victims. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Donald Trump Executive Order Reinstates 1033 Program To Ramp Up Police Militarization

Sending heavily armed officers into routine police situations almost invariably inflames tensions and creates the very situation the intervention was supposed to diffuse.