Border Wall Construction Damage to Ancient Sacred Site Revealed in Arizona

Border Wall Construction Damage to Ancient Sacred Site Revealed in Arizona 

Photo by Center for Biological Diversity

By Center for Biological Diversity

AJO, Arizona — The Center for Biological Diversity released new video footage and photographs today documenting recent damage from border wall construction to the Las Playas Intaglio, an ancient fish-shaped geoglyph in Arizona’s Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.

Contractors scraped a roughly 50-foot-wide swath through the 1,000-year-old figure and surrounding refuge to make way for a second border wall planned by the Trump administration.

Epstein's Rolodex: New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Epstein's Short List

Update: New Mexico Governor's Office Says It has No Richardson and Epstein Files

"The subpoena to the Governor’s Office asked for records related to former Gov. Bill Richardson and Epstein between 2003 and 2011, the years when Richardson was in power. The Governor’s Office told the commission it does not have responsive records, spokesperson Leah March told The New Mexican by email Friday," Santa Fe New Mexican reports on June 15.

“We’ve already responded to the Truth Commission’s subpoena requesting information related to Bill Richardson,” March wrote. “The Governor’s Office does not have any records pertaining to Zorro Ranch or Bill Richardson’s relationship with Epstein — at the end of each administration, all records get sent to the State Archives.”

Continue reading at Santa Fe New Mexican

Epstein's Rolodex: New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Epstein's Short List 

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, March 3, 2026, Updated April 19, 2026

Epstein's Rolodex, the short list of his contacts, is among his final emails.

Before being arrested on his flight arrival in New York, Epstein sent a media man a list of his prime targets and friends.

On this short list, among the so-called royalty, and former presidents of world governments, was Bill Richardson's name. It shows that Richardson wasn't just an e-mail buddy, he was a prime player in Epstein's world.

Mount Graham Sacred Run July 2026

Everyone Welcome! Please join us for the 35th Annual Mount Graham Sacred Run July 16-19, 2026

 

'Designed to Divide: Understanding Blood Quantum' Ka Wai Ola News

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Designed to Divide: Understanding Blood Quantum

'Blood quantum is an unscientific western construct without substance or merit.'

Shared by Kahentinetha Horn, publisher of Mohawk Nation News

By Puanani Fernandez-Akamine

In her influential book, Nānā i ke Kumu, preeminent 20th century Native Hawaiian scholar Mary Kawena Pukui wrote: “Members of the ʻohana, like taro shoots, are all from the same root. With Hawaiians, family consciousness of the same ʻroot of origin’ was a deeply felt, unifying force, no matter how many offshoots came from offshoots.”

Blood quantum emerged as a way to measure ʻIndian-ness’ through a construct of race. So that over time, Indians would literally breed themselves out and rid the federal government of their legal duties to uphold treaty obligations,” explained Dr. Elizabeth Rule (Chickasaw) an assistant professor at American University in a 2018 NPR interview.

Read the article at Ka Wai Ola newspaper:

https://kawaiola.news/cover/designed-to-divide-understanding-blood-quantum/

Puanani Fernandez-Akamine
Puanani Fernandez-Akamine is the editor of Ka Wai Ola newspaper and a multiple award-winning writer. Before joining OHA in 2019, she worked for Kamehameha Schools. She is driven to help our lāhui tell their stories in their own words to inform, uplift and inspire. She cares deeply about social justice, Indigenous sovereignty, aloha ʻāina and animal welfare. Puanani lives in the ʻāina momona of Kahaluʻu, Oʻahu, with her extended ʻohana. Aloha Ke Akua. Aloha kekahi i kekahi.