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DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NativeAmerican</a> leaders blast construction of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Florida</a>’s ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AlligatorAlcatraz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlligatorAlcatraz</a>’ on land they call sacredBy KATE PAYNE Updated 5:57 PM EDT, June 26, 2025TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — "Florida Republican Gov. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RonDeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RonDeSantis</a>’ administration is racing ahead with construction of a makeshift immigration detention facility at an airstrip in the Everglades over the opposition of Native American leaders who consider the area their sacred <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AncestralHomelands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AncestralHomelands</a>."A string of portable generators and dump trucks loaded with fill dirt streamed into the site on Thursday, according to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#activist</a> Jessica Namath, who witnessed the activity. The state is plowing ahead with building a compound of heavy-duty tents, trailers and other temporary buildings at the Miami Dade County-owned airfield located in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigCypressNationalPreserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BigCypressNationalPreserve</a>, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) west of downtown Miami."A spokesperson for the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which is helping lead the project, did not respond to requests for comment."State officials have characterized the site as an ideal place to hold <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/migrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#migrants</a> saying there’s 'not much' there other than pythons and alligators."<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> leaders dispute that and are condemning the state’s plans to build what’s been dubbed 'Alligator Alcatraz' on their homelands. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NativeAmericans</a> can trace their roots to the area back thousands of years."For generations, the sweeping wetlands of what is now South Florida have been home to Native peoples who today make up the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiccosukeeTribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MiccosukeeTribe</a> of Indians of Florida and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeminoleTribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeminoleTribe</a> of Florida, as well as the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeminoleNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeminoleNation</a> of Oklahoma." 'Rather than Miccosukee homelands being an uninhabited wasteland for alligators and pythons, as some have suggested, the Big Cypress is the Tribe’s traditional homelands. The landscape has protected the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Miccosukee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Miccosukee</a> and Seminole people for generations,' Miccosukee Chairman Talbert Cypress wrote in a statement on social media."There are 15 remaining traditional Miccosukee and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Seminole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Seminole</a> villages in Big Cypress, as well as ceremonial and burial grounds and other gathering sites, Cypress testified before Congress in 2024." 'We live here. Our ancestors fought and died here. They are buried here,' he said. The Big Cypress is part of us, and we are a part of it.'"Garrett Stuart, who lives about 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) from the site, described the crystal clear waters, open prairies and lush tree islands of Big Cypress as teeming with life." 'Hearing the arguments of the frogs in the water, you know? And listen to the grunt of the alligator. You’re hearing the call of that osprey flying by and listening to the crows chatting,' he said. 'It’s all just incredible.'"Critics have condemned the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#detention</a> facility and what they call the state’s apparent reliance on alligators as a security measure as a cruel spectacle, while DeSantis and other state officials have defended it as part of Florida’s muscular efforts to carry out President Donald Trump’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImmigrationCrackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ImmigrationCrackdown</a>.Read more: <a href="https://apnews.com/article/florida-alligator-alcatraz-immigration-detention-desantis-trump-8856c0e2b9ecb8c0fb960f6e3e72a5ae" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/florida-alligator-alcatraz-immigration-detention-desantis-trump-8856c0e2b9ecb8c0fb960f6e3e72a5ae</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImmigrationRaids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ImmigrationRaids</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICEKidnapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICEKidnapping</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheGlades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtectTheGlades</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoAlligatorAlcatraz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoAlligatorAlcatraz</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICEDetentionCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICEDetentionCenter</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtectTheSacred</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigCypressNationalPreserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BigCypressNationalPreserve</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopAlligatorAlcatraz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StopAlligatorAlcatraz</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICEACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICEACAB</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopDetentionCentersEverywhere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StopDetentionCentersEverywhere</a>

DoomsdaysCWI know this area well, having spent some time with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Seminole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Seminole</a> peoples when I was a youngster. It is beautiful, deadly, and environmentally sensitive! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Protesters</a> line highway in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FloridaEverglades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FloridaEverglades</a> to oppose ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AlligatorAlcatraz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlligatorAlcatraz</a>’ By MAKIYA SEMINERA Updated 8:40 PM EDT, June 28, 2025"A coalition of groups, ranging from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalActivists</a> to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NativeAmericans</a> advocating for their ancestral homelands, converged outside an airstrip in the Florida <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Everglades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Everglades</a> Saturday to protest the imminent construction of an immigrant detention center."Hundreds of protesters lined part of U.S. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Highway41" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Highway41</a> that slices through the marshy Everglades — also known as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TamiamiTrail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TamiamiTrail</a> — as dump trucks hauling materials lumbered into the airfield. Cars passing by honked in support as protesters waved signs calling for the protection of the expansive preserve that is home to a few Native tribes and several <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndangeredAnimal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EndangeredAnimal</a> species."Christopher McVoy, an ecologist, said he saw a steady stream of trucks entering the site while he protested for hours. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalDegradation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalDegradation</a> was a big reason why he came out Saturday. But as a South Florida city commissioner, he said concerns over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImmigrationRaids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ImmigrationRaids</a> in his city also fueled his opposition."Read more: <a href="https://apnews.com/article/alligator-alcatraz-florida-everglades-protest-db34866aae64a3ff6880310403be40fd" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/alligator-alcatraz-florida-everglades-protest-db34866aae64a3ff6880310403be40fd</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheGlades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtectTheGlades</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoAlligatorAlcatraz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoAlligatorAlcatraz</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICEDetentionCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICEDetentionCenter</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeminoleTribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeminoleTribe</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtectTheSacred</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiccosukeeTribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MiccosukeeTribe</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigCypressNationalPreserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BigCypressNationalPreserve</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopAlligatorAlcatraz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StopAlligatorAlcatraz</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICEACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICEACAB</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopDetentionCentersEverywhere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StopDetentionCentersEverywhere</a>

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