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cheesefondue t1_j78mjhd wrote

Reply to TIL in early 1942 the Battle of Los Angeles was fought, with an hour-long barrage of anti-aircraft artillery fired from the city against a perceived Japanese invasion. The cause: a stray weather balloon. by McKFC

San Pedro re-enacts this battle (they did before the pandemic, not sure now) with 1940s style dancers, dressers (not the bedroom bureau kind), and musicians. It’s a big bash, then all hell breaks loose when the battle starts

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McKFC OP t1_j78jsks wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL in early 1942 the Battle of Los Angeles was fought, with an hour-long barrage of anti-aircraft artillery fired from the city against a perceived Japanese invasion. The cause: a stray weather balloon. by McKFC

Per the 1949 report, "once the firing started, imagination created all kinds of targets in the sky and everyone joined in"

The event was the inspiration for Spielberg's third big film, 1941, an uneven but unjustly maligned war satire written by a pre-Back to the Future Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis.

Edit: the scene in question

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Archberdmans t1_j78i2yq wrote

Reply to comment by KingofRomania in TIL the number of people who identify as Native American on the US Census increased by 86% from 2010 to 2020. by substantial-freud

Yeah the whole blood quantum thing is pretty wack cuz even full blooded Indians were counted as 1/2 if they were mixed tribe which was fairly common by the time of the Dawes rolls.

Now correct me if I’m wrong but I’m under the impression each nation can choose their membership, and most use blood quantum (which is really based on the Dawes rolls) or relation to the Dawes rolls, but they can choose a method that doesn’t relate to the Dawes rolls at all right? Like that’s how the Cherokee removed the freedmen despite them being on the rolls?

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KingofRomania t1_j78f34j wrote

Reply to comment by Archberdmans in TIL the number of people who identify as Native American on the US Census increased by 86% from 2010 to 2020. by substantial-freud

It depends on the tribe, Nations like the Mississippian Choctaw and Navajo Nation probably have a lot of people who are 1/1 Blood Quantum while it would be more uncommon for the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma or any if you are Lumbee.

Even being 1/16th on the Blood Quantum doesn't mean you can't be 100% of different Native ancestries since Blood quantum is only based on your distance from an ancestor or ancestors on a roll and you can't mix blood quantum of different tribes.

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AnthillOmbudsman t1_j782v7i wrote

Reply to comment by Dr_DMT in TIL the number of people who identify as Native American on the US Census increased by 86% from 2010 to 2020. by substantial-freud

I remember there was a time in in the 2000s where you could get group health insurance if you had an ancestor of a certain tribe (usually a grandparent or great grandparent). A lot of people used that to get coverage. IEEE and USAA were another way to get coverage but they all ditched their health insurance around 2010.

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waaseyaaban t1_j782i6j wrote

Reply to comment by Chiefo104 in TIL the number of people who identify as Native American on the US Census increased by 86% from 2010 to 2020. by substantial-freud

Michigan is another one- the Michigan Indian Tuition Waiver covers full tuition for Master's and PhDs, and in-state tuition for undergraduate programs at all colleges in Michigan. The only stipulations are you need to be enrolled (it doesn't matter where in the US your tribe is) and to have lived in Michigan for a consecutive year. It's certainly the only reason I've gotten an education.

Thankfully Michigan has some great schools for business, law, engineering, nursing, etc that can set you on a stable path in life.

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