Hochul’s “Gift.” NY Governor Does it Again.

Unf*cking The Republic

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🗓️ 1 April 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

NYS Governor Kathy Hochul is once again under scrutiny for vetoing a bill that would have protected unmarked graves of Native People. It’s another in a litany of demonic insults to Native tribes in New York. But this one comes with a kicker. In defending her administration’s policies toward Native territories in NY, she mentions the return of 1,000 acres to the Onondaga Nation. But there’s a whole lot more to that story.

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Intro: 00:00:05

Section One: 00:01:08

Section Two: 00:03:57

Section Three: 00:07:13

Section Four: 00:14:33

Outro: 00:16:15

Resources

United States Department of the Interior: Remediation of Mudboil Discharges the Tully Valley of Central New York

The Daily Orange: Months after land return victory, transfer yet to be realized for Onondaga Nation

The New York Times: Clash Over Building Atop Native Burial Sites Angers N.Y. Tribes

Governor Kathy Hochul: Largest Returns of Land to an Indigenous Nation by Any State

Wikipedia: Solvay Process

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0:00.0	UNFDR
0:02.0	Topical cream
0:07.0	A pod listener's dream
0:11.0	Unfucking the news
0:14.0	And current events
0:17.0	Topical cream
0:19.0	Yeah you know what I mean. A quarter of an hour gets you our two cents, topical cream.
0:35.0	Well, she's done it again. I had other plans for this week, but in her pursuit of being an even more
0:42.0	cold-hearted villain than erstwhile Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York Governor Kathy Hokel once again
0:47.6	reveals her true feelings about native rights. I know covering Hokel and native issues might seem
0:52.6	parochial, but as I've said before,
0:54.8	what's happening in New York is indicative of a longstanding pattern of abuse and dehumanizing
1:00.1	behavior in this and other countries where treatment of indigenous communities is concerned.
1:09.1	While the headline of the story I'm about to tell you originally caught my attention,
1:13.6	it was something buried deep within the story that really got me going.
1:16.6	So here it is.
1:18.6	This week, the New York Times decided to write about increasing tensions between native tribes
1:22.6	in New York and the Hockel administration.
1:24.6	The thrust of the article was her veto last year of the Unmarked Burial Protection Act,
1:29.6	which, quote, would have required builders to halt work after discovering ancient graves
1:33.9	and associated artifacts and to notify the local coroner or medical examiner.
1:39.2	They would then call the state archaeologist, direct descendants of the dead,
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