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[Native News Online] Senate Committee Hears Indigenous Testimony on Federal Indian Boarding School Report and Legislation

July 14, 2022June 23, 2022 Uncategorized boarding, Boarding School, bureau of indian affairs, Committee, native american, Native American and Indigenous Affairs, Native Americans, school, Senate, Senate Committee

Two issues were on the table during the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs’ hearing June 22: the Department of the Interior’s landmark investigative report on Indian Boarding Schools, and legislation intended to work in tandem with the department’s initiative to address trauma and bring healing to boarding-school survivors and their communities. The 106-page report—released last … Read more

[Indian Country Today] Wilma Mankiller quarters released to eager public

June 17, 2022June 7, 2022 News Indian Country Today Media Network, indigenous, indigenous peoples, indigenous women, Native Americans, wilma mankiller, woman, women

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – A standing-room-only crowd gathered in Tahlequah to celebrate the life and legacy of the Cherokee Nation’s first female principal chief, Wilma P. Mankiller, who is now immortalized on a U.S. quarter released June 6. “She’s a legend,” Cherokee Nation citizen Henry Carey Jr., 66, of Tahlequah, said. “She deserves it. Wilma Mankiller, … Read more

[The Guardian] Chef Crystal Wahpepah on the power of Indigenous cuisine: ‘Native foods are overlooked’

May 19, 2022May 14, 2022 News chef, food, indigenous, native american women, Native Americans, oakland

Out on the sunny patio at Wahpepah’s Kitchen, sizzling plates of bison and deer make their way down a table filled with Native American educators from across the country. The game meat joins other indigenous dishes on the kitchen’s menu, such as leafy salads topped with striped red corn and blue corn mush sweetened with … Read more

[NBC News] U.S. counts Indian boarding school deaths for first time but leaves key questions unanswered

May 19, 2022May 11, 2022 News American Indian children, indigenous, Indigenous Children, indigenous peolpes rights, indigenous peoples, Native Americans

The Interior Department documented more than 500 deaths of Indigenous children, but it’s far from a complete count. “We have a long way to go,” one expert said. At least 500 Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian children died while attending Indian boarding schools run or supported by the U.S. government, a highly anticipated … Read more

[UCLA] Mercedes Dorame: Making Art on Tongva Land

June 9, 2022May 10, 2022 News AISC, alumni, ethnic studies at ucla, graduate, indigenous, indigenous peolpes rights, indigenous peoples, Indigenous Peoples Day, Native Americans, native bruin, Tongva, Tongva Artist, UCLA, UCLA AISC

Native American Indigenous artist and UCLA alumna Mercedes Dorame will deliver the keynote address at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture’s 2022 commencement on Saturday, June 11th at 4 p.m. This will be the first commencement ceremony to be held in-person since 2019. Dorame is a member of the Tongva people, and her heritage … Read more

[Los Angeles Times] Sepulveda, Sherman, Tarzana: The most interesting stories behind the Valley’s street names

May 19, 2022May 10, 2022 News indian land, indigenous, indigenous peoples, Native Americans, reclaiming land

Tujunga, Topanga and Cahuenga Three names from California Native Americans remain on big Valley streets — Tujunga, Topanga and Cahuenga. Tujunga is a tidy avenue from Universal City to Sun Valley, its name altered from the Tongvan language “tuhuunga,” meaning “place of the old woman.” This was per UCLA’s emeritus linguistics prof and Native American … Read more

[High Country News] Two Southwest tribes raise concerns over uranium storage

May 19, 2022May 10, 2022 News indigenous, indigenous peolpes rights, indigenous peoples, Native Americans, Tribal Justice, Tribal Safety

Tribal communities in Arizona and Utah face environmental problems connected to the same radioactive resource: uranium. In White Mesa, Utah, at America’s last uranium mill, a pool of toxic waste is emitting dangerous amounts of radon to the surrounding communities, among them the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. This isn’t news: In November 2021, High Country … Read more

[Daily Bruin] UCLA plans to open American Indian and Pacific Islander Living Learning Community

May 27, 2022May 9, 2022 News AISC, Daily Bruin, indigenous, indigenous peoples, Native Americans, native bruin, Native Bruins, UCLA, UCLA AISC, UCLA Newsroom

UCLA will offer students the opportunity to join a new Living Learning Community focused on the Native American and Pasifika student experience beginning in the fall. Sponsored by both the American Indian Student Association and the Pacific Islands’ Student Association, the American Indian and Pacific Islander LLC will be housed in the west half of … Read more

[PBS] Sec. Haaland announces panel to focus on Native American missing, slain cases

May 12, 2022May 5, 2022 News Deb Haaland, indigenous peolpes rights, indigenous peoples, Native Americans

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Nearly 40 law enforcement officials, tribal leaders, social workers and survivors of violence have been named to a federal commission tasked with helping improve how the government addresses a decades-long crisis of missing and murdered Native Americans and Alaska Natives, U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced Thursday. The committee’s creation means … Read more

[The Guardian] Exclusive: indigenous Americans dying from Covid at twice the rate of white Americans

June 24, 2021February 4, 2021 News Amber Kanazbah Crotty, covid, desi rodriguez-lonebear, Native Americans, navajo nation

Assistant Professor Desi Lonebear Rodriguez quoted in the article— Covid is killing Native Americans at a faster rate than any other community in the United States, shocking new figures reveal. American Indians and Alaskan Natives are dying at almost twice the rate of white Americans, according to analysis by APM Research Lab shared exclusively with … Read more