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The Breaking of the Great Ice Wall

A mosaic of ice-age stories reaching toward the settling of the Americas

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🔐 Why Bitcoin Strengthens Tribal Sovereignty Rather Than Replacing It

Native nations have long fought to preserve sovereignty within systems that routinely undermine it—monetary, legal, and administrative. Bitcoin offers no exemptions, favors, or special recognition. Paradoxically, that neutrality is precisely why it may be one of the most powerful tools available for strengthening tribal sovereignty. By restoring monetary agency, verifiable ownership, and intergenerational coordination without intermediaries, Bitcoin aligns structurally with the principles that sovereign nations—especially Native nations—have been forced to defend for centuries.

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🔒 Paid Article (Sept. 11, 2025): Sovereign Land Titles: Covenant, Jurisdiction, and the End of Reservations

This deep dive explores covenantal ownership, jurisdictional sovereignty, and how Sovereign Land Titles could replace the perpetual leasing and trust systems that keep communities in dependency—restoring real ownership to individuals and real sovereignty to tribes.

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Free Article 2 (Sept. 11, 2025): Rethinking Tribal Land: Mixed-Use Ownership for a Sovereign Future

Drawing from California forest models and the Navajo land experience, this article proposes a hybrid framework where tribal nations can own, steward, and lease land without being trapped by state-imposed reservations. A vision for sovereign land use that honors both tradition and innovation.

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Tim Ferriss And The "Golden Sentences" For Language Learning

Can Tim Ferriss' Golden Sentences work with a Polynesian language? Specifically Te Reo Maori, from New Zealand. Difficulties arise when trying to condense a language's grammar into 13 sentences. Especially when said language doesn't share similar cultural viewpoints, or is from a completely different language family. I am of the opinion that these "Golden Sentences" aren't as useful as I initially thought.

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Tim Ferriss And The "Golden Sentences" For Language Learning

Can Tim Ferriss' Golden Sentences work with a Polynesian language? Specifically Te Reo Maori, from New Zealand. Difficulties arise when trying to condense a language's grammar into 13 sentences. Especially when said language doesn't share similar cultural viewpoints, or is from a completely different language family. I am of the opinion that these "Golden Sentences" aren't as useful as I initially thought.

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