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CBS News
21 hours ago
- Politics
- CBS News
Elk Grove to consider flying Wilton Rancheria tribal flag outside City Hall
Elk Grove City leaders on Wednesday will consider approving the raising of a new flag outside City Hall. The Wilton Rancheria, which owns Sky River Casino, is asking the city to begin flying its tribal flag outside Elk Grove City Hall. Currently, the only flags allowed there are the U.S. flag, the California state flag, and Elk Grove's city flag. The tribe recently purchased the majority ownership of the Sacramento Republic FC. "We are proud of the partnerships that we have built with Elk Grove," said Jesus Tarango, the chairman of Wilton Rancheria. Wilton Rancheria has worked closely with the city in the past and at the beginning of each city council meeting, a statement is read as a reminder that Elk Grove is located in the tribe's ancestral territory. "We honor, respect and acknowledge Elk Grove's first inhabitants, the Plain Miwoks," said Elk Grove Vice Mayor Sergio Robles.. "There is a flag code," said William Franco, a commander of the Veterans Affiliated Council. Franco said there's no rule against flying a sovereign nation's flag next to Old Glory, but certain conditions must be met. "There's nothing that prohibits that," Franco said. "It's just you want to make sure that ours is the uppermost." If approved, the tribal flag would be displayed on a new 25-foot-tall flagpole that would be lower than the U.S. flag and at the same level as the California flag. It would be flown year-round, 24 hours a day. "If that's something that the local community wants, then they should have that," Franco said. It's a new, unwavering effort to honor sacramento's only federally recognized Native American tribe. "We know that you are committed to not only our city but the entire region. These are your lands," Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen said. Tribal flag supporters are hoping to raise it for the first time at City Hall during November's Native American Heritage Month.
CTV News
2 days ago
- General
- CTV News
Orillia's great flag challenge names most patriotic street
Orillia's great flag challenge resulted in one street being named the winner with 95 Canadian flags per house.
The Standard
2 days ago
- General
- The Standard
North Korea plans to build another 5,000-ton destroyer
A North Korea flag flutters next to concertina wire at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 9, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Anthony Albanese slammed for 'dividing' Australia during China visit
By Prominent Indigenous leader Warren Mundine has echoed growing calls for Anthony Albanese to stop dividing Australia on the international stage. The Prime Minister raised eyebrows earlier this week during his visit to China , where he held several press conferences in front of three flags - the Australian, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island ones. The gesture sparked outrage back home, where outspoken commentators and radio shock jocks reignited debate to make Australia's national flag more inclusive. Mr Mundine has accused Albanese of dividing the country with the display of the three flags overseas. 'I thought that it was a disgrace,' he told Daily Mail Australia. 'He's on the international stage. 'I'm a proud Aboriginal and I love my Aboriginal flag. But it's our flag, nobody else's!' 'He's the Prime Minister and he should be standing next to one flag, the Australian one. 'Aboriginal soldiers fought for our country under the Australian flag.' Albanese has displayed the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags alongside the Australian one at every press conference since he won power in 2022, including his election night victory speech when he was re-elected in May. Prime ministers before him only ever displayed the Australian flag. 'What has it done for the Aboriginal people?' Mundine said. 'Money would be better spent on youth, crime and actually fixing issues. 'It's about time that he started bringing Australia together, instead of dividing everyone.' Mundine admitted that the Australian flag has grown on him over the years and doesn't think any changes to make it more inclusive will happen in his lifetime. He used New Zealand as an example, where 56.6 per cent of Kiwis voted in favour of keeping the same flag in a 2016 referendum. The 18-month process, driven by then-Prime Minister John Key, cost $NZ26 million. 'We have a national flag, whether people like it or not,' Mundine said. 'Every time the debate comes up, they can't get the model right.' 'We live in one of the best countries in the world. Let's start coming together and celebrating it.' Sky News hosts Chris Kenny and Danica De Giorgio also slammed Mr Albanese over displaying the three flags on the international stage. 'Why? He's representing one nation, our nation overseas,' Kenny said. 'This is identity politics on steroids - a gesture that can only confuse anyone watching on from China. It's a step too far.' De Giorgio added: 'Why have we got the Prime Minister of our country going over to a different country, standing in front of three different flags? 'It should be the Australian flag only; you're representing one country. 'You're overseas representing Australia.' The backlash from Aussies online was just as brutal. 'I'm sure that Australia's got to be the only bloody country in the world to have three flags,' one wrote. Another added: 'We only have one national flag. The other two have no relevance in another country. Albanese should be ashamed of himself.'
Washington Post
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
LGBTQ+ Americans fight for the American flag in a new documentary
In the early minutes of the short documentary 'Reclaim the Flag,' actor and writer Lena Waithe rests her head in her hand and takes a few moments to consider the small American flag that she's been handed and that now rests in her lap. 'If you're a person that feels like you belong, that you've been embraced, then you'll wave it with pride,' she said. 'If you feel like your people have been killed, wronged, been able to be seen as less than human under the flag, you're going to be triggered by it. But yet still be born under it.'
