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A remote tribe is reeling from widespread illness and cancer. What role did the U.S. government play?
4 months ago

A remote tribe is reeling from widespread illness and cancer. What role did the U.S. government play?

LA Times  

The family placed flowers by a pair of weathered cowboy boots, as people quietly gathered for the memorial of the soft-spoken tribal chairman who mentored teens in the boxing ring and teased his grandkids on tractor rides. “I’d be like, ‘Why?’ He was just a quiet soul, easygoing, and say, ‘Well, you know, because it’s our job.’” In 1995, the …

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A U.S. Senator Is Shaming Universities Into Returning Native American Human Remains
9 months, 2 weeks ago

A U.S. Senator Is Shaming Universities Into Returning Native American Human Remains

Huff Post  

WASHINGTON — A couple of months ago, Sen. Brian Schatz walked onto the Senate floor with an unusual plan: public shaming. The decision to cover various items in display cases was made in response to new revisions to the Department of Interior's regulations regarding Native American human remains, funerary objects and sacred artifacts. Two of the five institutions targeted by …

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A look at the more than 100 influential figures who died in 2023
1 year, 1 month ago

A look at the more than 100 influential figures who died in 2023

Associated Press  

Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from being an ex-con and hot dog vendor to winning lucrative Kremlin contracts and heading a formidable mercenary army. The Emmy-nominated “Friends” actor whose sarcastic, but lovable Chandler Bing was among television’s most famous and quotable characters died Oct. 28, 2023. Others in the world of arts and entertainment who died this year include: actors Suzanne Somers, …

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US has treaty duty to fund policing on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, judge rules
1 year, 7 months ago

US has treaty duty to fund policing on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, judge rules

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. government has a treaty obligation to support law enforcement on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, but declined for now to determine whether the Oglala Sioux Tribe is entitled to as much funding as it’s seeking. Tribal leaders depicted the ruling as a victory, saying the important point is …

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Wearing red, Indigenous families honor missing relatives
1 year, 8 months ago

Wearing red, Indigenous families honor missing relatives

Associated Press  

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Native Americans whose relatives have gone missing or been killed wore red on Friday, a color synonymous with raising awareness about the disproportionate number of Indigenous people who have been victims of violence. “We have to call this national state of emergency what it is -- a genocide,” Carol McBride, president of the Native Women’s Association of …

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Wearing red, Indigenous families honor missing relatives
1 year, 8 months ago

Wearing red, Indigenous families honor missing relatives

The Independent  

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Saudi Arabia evacutes Indians along with other foreigners in Sudan
1 year, 8 months ago

Saudi Arabia evacutes Indians along with other foreigners in Sudan

The Hindu  

Saudi Arabia on April 22 announced that it has evacuated several citizens of “brotherly and friendly” foreign countries from Sudan that included a few Indian nationals. According to an announcement from Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 66 citizens from these countries were evacuated by Saudi Arabia on April 22. Apart from nationals from India, Pakistan Bangladesh, United Arab Emirates …

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‘Don’t do politics': Jaishankar to Cong leader over Kannadigas in Sudan
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Don’t do politics': Jaishankar to Cong leader over Kannadigas in Sudan

Hindustan Times  

External affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Tuesday hit out at senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah's claim of 31 people from Karnataka being stranded in civil war-hit Sudan. Since the fighting started on April 14th, the Embassy of India in Khartoum has been continuously in touch with most Indian Nationals and PIOs in Sudan”, the minister tweeted. Earlier, the former Karnataka chief …

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Native American groups blast governor for agency appointment
1 year, 9 months ago

Native American groups blast governor for agency appointment

The Independent  

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Nomination of Native American leader in New Mexico in limbo
1 year, 10 months ago

Nomination of Native American leader in New Mexico in limbo

The Independent  

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Clarence Thomas May Destroy Native Children’s Rights Based on a Lie
2 years, 2 months ago

Clarence Thomas May Destroy Native Children’s Rights Based on a Lie

Slate  

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Brackeen v. Haaland, a case engineered to hobble the federal government’s power to protect Native communities from exploitation. It also gave Congress the ability to “regulate commerce” with “the Indian tribes.” From George Washington’s administration onward, the federal government interpreted its constitutional powers to encompass exclusive authority over Indian affairs. Among …

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President Kovind Confers Padma Bhushan Awards for 2020, 2021- Tarun Gogoi, Sumitra Mahajan Among Awardees
3 years, 2 months ago

President Kovind Confers Padma Bhushan Awards for 2020, 2021- Tarun Gogoi, Sumitra Mahajan Among Awardees

News 18  

President Ram Nath Kovind Monday presented Padma Awards at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The 2021 list comprises seven Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan, and 102 Padma Shri Awards, of which 29 awardees are women, 16 Posthumous awardees, and 1 transgender awardee. The Padma Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, …

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Pushed to the edge, tribe members in coastal Louisiana wonder where to go after Ida
3 years, 3 months ago

Pushed to the edge, tribe members in coastal Louisiana wonder where to go after Ida

NPR  

Pushed to the edge, tribe members in coastal Louisiana wonder where to go after Ida Enlarge this image toggle caption Annie Flanagan for NPR Annie Flanagan for NPR More than a month after Hurricane Ida, a Category 4 storm, battered Louisiana's coast, Roy and Annie Parfait still can't go home. Enlarge this image toggle caption Annie Flanagan for NPR Annie …

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Vigils, rallies mark day of awareness for Indigenous victims
3 years, 8 months ago

Vigils, rallies mark day of awareness for Indigenous victims

Associated Press  

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Some shared agonizing stories of frustration and loss. In Montana, a few dozen members of the state’s eight federally recognized tribes gathered in front of the Capitol in Helena, including many relatives of missing and slain Indigenous women. In New Mexico, members of the state’s task force on Wednesday shared some of the findings of their work …

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A century-old fight for tribal recognition simmers over the eastern Sierra Nevada’s Mono Lake
3 years, 10 months ago

A century-old fight for tribal recognition simmers over the eastern Sierra Nevada’s Mono Lake

LA Times  

In a fevered bid for wealth, white ranchers and gold miners began pouring into the remote Mono Lake Basin east of Yosemite in the 1850s, taking over the ancestral lands of Native Americans who had existed there from time immemorial. “Stress is an understatement,” said Charlotte Lange, 67, chairwoman of the tribe that despite being unrecognized maintains a tribal organization …

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Navajo Nation President: U.S. Government Ignoring Native Americans Amid Coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

Navajo Nation President: U.S. Government Ignoring Native Americans Amid Coronavirus

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said Tuesday that the U.S. government “once again has ignored” the country’s Indigenous people, accusing federal officials of failing to deliver enough much-needed resources to help fight the coronavirus. “We feel that the United States government once again has ignored or even left out the first residents, the first people, the first …

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Fifty years apart, the story of two OIC fiascos
5 years, 10 months ago

Fifty years apart, the story of two OIC fiascos

The Hindu  

India’s most recent encounter with the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation bears an uncanny resemblance to India’s failed attempt to gain entry to the inaugural session of the same grouping held in Rabat, Morocco, in 1969 and for much the same reasons. New Delhi’s attempt to gain OIC membership led to unnecessary humiliation that could have been avoided had South Block …

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#NotInvisible: Why are Native American women vanishing?
6 years, 4 months ago

#NotInvisible: Why are Native American women vanishing?

Associated Press  

— The searchers rummage through the abandoned trailer, flipping over a battered couch, unfurling a stained sheet, looking for clues. But if I have to, I will.” Ashley’s disappearance is one small chapter in the unsettling story of missing and murdered Native American women and girls. If that sounds like a horribly complicated mishmash of law enforcement jurisdictions that would …

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