{"id":1973323,"date":"2023-07-14T16:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T20:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-jerrys-called-for-return-of-stolen-indigenous-land-now-tribes-are-telling-the-company-to-put-its-money-where-its-mouth-is\/"},"modified":"2023-07-14T16:30:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T20:30:49","slug":"ben-jerrys-called-for-return-of-stolen-indigenous-land-now-tribes-are-telling-the-company-to-put-its-money-where-its-mouth-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-jerrys-called-for-return-of-stolen-indigenous-land-now-tribes-are-telling-the-company-to-put-its-money-where-its-mouth-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s urged return of &#8216;stolen Indigenous land,&#8217; tribes demand action."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fben-jerrys-called-for-return-of-stolen-indigenous-land-now-tribes-are-telling-the-company-to-put-its-money-where-its-mouth-is%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1973323&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>Indigenous Tribes Fight Over Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s Compensation<\/h2>\n<p>Since Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s declared on Independence Day that the United States exists on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/land-back\/\" title=\"\u2018Land Back!\u2019\">stolen land<\/a> that must be returned, Indigenous tribes have been engaged in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tulsi-gabbard-celebrates-terry-mcauliffes-loss-in-virginia-this-benefits-us-all\/\" title=\"Tulsi Gabbard Celebrates Terry McAuliffe's Loss in Virginia: 'This Benefits Us All'\">heated battle<\/a> over who should receive compensation from the company for the land on which the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-jerrys-called-for-return-of-stolen-indigenous-land-now-tribes-are-telling-the-company-to-put-its-money-where-its-mouth-is\/\" title=\"Ben &#038; Jerry's urged return of 'stolen Indigenous land,' tribes demand action.\">ice cream giant built<\/a> its headquarters.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This is my territory,&#8221; Chief Rick O\u2019Bomsawin, who leads Quebec&#8217;s Abenaki Bank Council of Odanak, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/07\/14\/indigenous-tribes-fight-over-ben-jerrys-compensation\/?utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=nypost&#038;utm_source=twitter\">said<\/a> about Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s property in Vermont.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The territory that they\u2019re speaking of is actually my people\u2019s territory,&#8221; O&#8217;Bomsawin said. &#8220;That territory is our homeland.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The dessert company <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/ben-jerrys-on-july-4-says-us-exists-on-stolen-indigenous-land\/\">said<\/a> on July 4 that &#8220;it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/knowles-the-bad-faith-debate-over-cancel-culture\/\" title=\"KNOWLES: The Bad Faith Debate Over \u2018Cancel Culture\u2019\">high time<\/a> we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The company went even further on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjerry.com\/whats-new\/2023\/07\/stolen-indigenous-land\">website<\/a>, stating that traditional Independence Day celebrations can &#8220;distract&#8221; from &#8220;an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-be-like-the-hippies\/\" title=\"Don\u2019t Be Like the Hippies\">essential truth<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The notoriously progressive company then called for the United States to restore justice by ceding Mount Rushmore and surrounding National Park land in South Dakota to tribal communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indigenous tribes, have been in a dispute over compensation from Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s for the land where their headquarters stands. 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