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Q&A: Why US advocates want more power to probe Indigenous boarding schools

Ben Barnes, chief of the Shawnee Tribe, tells Al Jazeera that advocates do not want the truth ‘sifted through a sieve’.

Al Jazeera

Legacy of Native American boarding schools comes into view through a new interactive map

The list of boarding schools in the United States that once sought to “civilize” Native Americans, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians is getting longer

The Independent UK

Indigenous food sovereignty as community

""The most helpful thing I can do is show people how achievable food sovereignty is"

Salon

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Tribal ranger draws weapon on climate activists blocking road to Burning Man; conduct under review

The actions of a ranger for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Reservation in northwestern Nevada are under review after he pointed a weapon Sunday at climate activists blocking the road to the annual Burning Man counter-culture festival in the desert

The Independent UK

New Mexico's top prosecutor vows to move ahead with Native education litigation

A landmark court ruling in 2018 determined New Mexico wasn’t meeting its responsibilities when it came to providing an adequate education to Native American students and many others, but tribal leaders say change has been slow

The Independent UK

Marching to Ottawa for neglected and murdered Indigenous men: One family’s fight for justice grows

Summer in Canada means highways filled with tourists and travellers. For many summers now, some travellers move with a specific mission on those highways: to raise awareness about social issues facing Indigenous Peoples and the ongoing harmful impacts of Canada’s Indian Residential School program.

The Conversation

Native nations on front lines of climate change share knowledge and find support at intensive camps

Dozens of tribal citizens and employees have benefitted in recent years from tribal climate camps that serve as a refuge for Native Americans on the front lines of climate change

The Independent UK

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Professor resigns after outrage over false claims of Native American roots

Andrea Smith, an ethnic studies scholar at a California university, had faced decades of criticism for claiming Cherokee heritage

The Guardian - US

Millie Thompson Williams, first woman elected to help lead Texas’ Alabama-Coushatta, dies

Thompson Williams is remembered as a spiritual leader and educator who “liked seeing what the possibilities were.”

The Texas Tribune

Alaska report details 280 missing Indigenous people, including whether disappearances are suspicious

Law enforcement in Alaska has prepared a first-of-its-kind report detailing missing Alaska Natives and American Indians

The Independent UK

‘I’m not the guilty one’: the water protector facing jail time for trying to stop a pipeline

Mylene Vialard goes on trial this week for opposing a pipeline on Indigenous land amid warnings peaceful protest is under threat

The Guardian - US

Nevada paying tribal workers better

There is strong evidence community health worker interventions can be effective in reducing health disparities

Salon

Tribal Ballot Measure To Legalize Marijuana In North Carolina

Voters in the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will decide on a recreational marijuana measure on September 7th.

Zenger

Quebec judge gives go-ahead for lawsuit over sterilisation of Indigenous women

Three doctors accused of performing or coercing women into sterilisation procedures

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The Independent UK

Native American group to digitize 20,000 archival pages linked to Quaker-run Indian boarding schools

The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition says it will digitize 20,000 archival pages related to Quaker-operated Indian boarding schools

Ballotpedia

Tribal ballot measure to legalize marijuana in North Carolina

Welcome to the Wednesday, August 23, Brew.

The Independent UK

Fake Arizona rehab centers scam Native Americans far from home, officials warn during investigations

Hundreds of Native Americans have been recruited to addiction treatment centers in Phoenix from states as far away as Montana in a widespread billing scheme that mostly targeted Medicaid’s American Indian Health Program

The Guardian - UK

‘A never-ending fight’: cancer and diabetes cases soar in wake of Mariana dam disaster

The poisoning of the Doce River is affecting Indigenous communities who, while still waiting for justice, are seeing an increase in illnesses barely heard of before the disaster

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Ballotpedia

Voters of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, located within North Carolina, will decide on a marijuana legalization measure on Sep. 7

Two measures will appear on the ballot for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) voters on Sep. 7, 2023. One measure would allow mixed beverage permits for qualified establishments on tribal lands, and the other measure would legalize marijuana for adults who are at least 21 years old. The…

The Independent UK

Tribal courts across the country are expanding holistic alternatives to the criminal justice system

Holistic treatment of people in the criminal justice system is not new in Indian Country, but there are new programs coming on board as well as expanded approaches

The Hindu

‘Native Speakers’ to keep Koya language alive among soon-to-be displaced tribal children in Chintoor agency of Andhra Pradesh

AP govt. to engage Native Speakers to teach Koya language in Chintoor agency schools. SMC to identify & engage native speakers. UNO declared 2022-32 as Int'l Decade of Indigenous Languages. 15 native speakers to teach 323 tribal students in 6 V.R. Puram, 5 Yatapaka & 1 Chintoor mandal schools. SMC…

The Independent UK

Pregnant woman shot dead by police who mistook her for armed shoplifter

The family of a pregnant woman who was shot and killed by police in Colorado have filed a lawsuit against the police officers who were on the scene

The Guardian - UK

‘Fighting a huge monster’: mine battle in Guatemala became a playbook for polluters

Indigenous defenders opposing the Marlin mine were criminalised by a corporation and its state allies

Reason

Sixth Circuit Affirms (2-1) Dismissal of Nicholas Sandmann's Libel Lawsuit Against the N.Y. Times and Others

Some excerpts from Sandmann v. N.Y. Times Co., decided yesterday by the Sixth Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Jane Stranch, joined by Judge Stephanie Davis (for more details, read the full opinions): On January 18, 2019, then-sixteen-year-old Nicholas Sandmann and his classmates had an interaction with a Native American…

The Guardian - US

Family of pregnant woman fatally shot by Colorado police sue

Destinee Thompson’s family file wrongful death and excessive force lawsuit after mother mistaken for robbery suspect

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