Misappropriation

By MacIverNews - October 30, 2019

Cultural Appropriation, Dan O'Donnell, Indians, Mascot, Menominee Falls

Just in time for Halloween, Dan O’Donnell fights back against claims of cultural appropriation in both costumes and team nicknames. Read More Misappropriation

Wingra Stone Company, Effigy Mounds, and Property Rights

By MacIver Institute - February 23, 2016

Bureaucracy, Courts, Effigy Mounds, Indians, Native Americans, Property Rights, Wingra Stone

MacIver News Service – Wingra Stone Company has several Native American effigy mounds on their quarry in the village of McFarland, Wisconsin. However, their President contends that the State Historical Society never verified the existence of human remains when putting the site on the state catalogue. Read More Wingra Stone Company, Effigy Mounds, and Property Rights

UPDATED: Tribes Ignore Own Violations of Clean Water Act when Asking EPA to Stop Northern Wisconsin Mine

By MacIver Institute - July 11, 2014

Bad River Band, Clean Water Act, Environment, EPA, Gogebic Taconite, GTAC, Indians, Mine, Mining, Wastewater, Water

MacIver News Service – In an effort to stop mining activity in the northern Wisconsin Penokee Hills, six Native American tribes have asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to step in. But, five of the six tribes have wastewater treatment facilities with a recent history of violations of the Clean Water Act. Read More UPDATED: Tribes Ignore Own Violations of Clean Water Act when Asking EPA to Stop Northern Wisconsin Mine