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Soft medium, hard truths - National Endowment for the Arts recognizes a Navajo quilter
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Soft medium, hard truths - National Endowment for the Arts recognizes a Navajo quilter

NPR  

Soft medium, hard truths - National Endowment for the Arts recognizes a Navajo quilter toggle caption National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution. "We all know what happened to these kids who went to the boarding schools," Hudson said. "Every one of us Natives, we're descendants from boarding school survivors," said Hudson. The Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, has …

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Native Americans in Arizona could swing the election. Activists are pushing them to vote
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Native Americans in Arizona could swing the election. Activists are pushing them to vote

LA Times  

On a recent sweltering Saturday in Phoenix, about 40 Native American leaders and community organizers gathered in an art gallery, where a backdrop had been decorated with posters proclaiming “Native Americans for Harris-Walz.” Mark Kelly, Arizona’s Democratic senator, quickly assessed the audience. “If there’s anything I know about our Native young people is our deep, deep reverence for our elders, …

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Opinion: Native Americans face huge healthcare disparities. Here’s a way to help close the gaps
6 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Native Americans face huge healthcare disparities. Here’s a way to help close the gaps

LA Times  

One of my patients who lives in Diné Bikéyah, the vast Navajo reservation in New Mexico, sleeps in an old Ford pickup truck that often doesn’t start. The U.S. government budgeted $4,104 per patient enrolled in the Indian Health Service in 2018, compared with $8,093 per Medicaid enrollee, $13,257 per Medicare enrollee and $9,574 per VA patient. Now, as a …

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100 years ago, US citizenship for Native Americans came without voting rights in swing states
6 months, 3 weeks ago

100 years ago, US citizenship for Native Americans came without voting rights in swing states

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — Voter participation advocate Theresa Pasqual traverses Acoma Pueblo with a stack of sample ballots in her car and applications for absentee ballots, handing them out at every opportunity ahead of New Mexico’s Tuesday primary. New Mexico is trying something new — a test run of sorts for many new and contested provisions that are part of …

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'Frybread Face And Me' Is A Snapshot Of Navajo Rez Life
1 year ago

'Frybread Face And Me' Is A Snapshot Of Navajo Rez Life

Huff Post  

"Frybread Face and Me" is the first scripted feature from Navajo, Hopi and Laguna Pueblo filmmaker Billy Luther. Frybread Face And Me/Array Flashbacks and family folklore are what gave life to “Frybread Face and Me,” the first narrative film from writer and director Billy Luther. “It was important to bring on Native people, specifically Navajo, into all areas of the …

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The boyfriend of a Navajo woman has been convicted of fatally shooting her in emblematic case
1 year, 2 months ago

The boyfriend of a Navajo woman has been convicted of fatally shooting her in emblematic case

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The boyfriend of a Navajo woman whose case became emblematic of an international movement launched to draw attention to an epidemic of missing and slain Indigenous women has been convicted of first-degree murder in her death. It’s so unusual for these cases to get to trial, and then to get convictions.” The Albuquerque-based attorney said she was especially …

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US commits more lawyers to address Native American disappearances and killings
1 year, 5 months ago

US commits more lawyers to address Native American disappearances and killings

Associated Press  

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday announced it will be funneling more resources toward addressing the alarming rate of disappearances and killings among Native Americans. “The Justice Department will continue to accelerate our efforts, in partnership with tribes, to keep their communities safe and pursue justice for American Indian and Alaska Native families,” Garland said in …

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Native American tribes say Supreme Court challenge was never just about foster kids
1 year, 6 months ago

Native American tribes say Supreme Court challenge was never just about foster kids

Associated Press  

Native American nations say the Supreme Court’s rejection of a challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act has reaffirmed their power to withstand threats from state governments. The conservative Goldwater Institute had invoked “the Constitution’s nearly absolute prohibition on race-based differential treatment” in its brief, saying that the act “imposes a racial category, not a political classification” on adoptees, unconstitutionally …

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Navajo community wins fight to replace crumbling campus
1 year, 10 months ago

Navajo community wins fight to replace crumbling campus

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Residents of the small community off Interstate 40 recently …

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America's Original Sin Continues: The Fight Over Native Children
2 years, 5 months ago

America's Original Sin Continues: The Fight Over Native Children

Huff Post  

In order to keep us from building power to be free and liberated, the strategy is simple: Keep us poor, keep us ignorant, keep us divided and keep us sick. In short, it’s the same thing that threatens us all: a small group of people hoarding resources and power to ensure they keep their unearned privilege ― aka white supremacy. …

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Dark Winds gives the doomed American West of Yellowstone one last shot at redemption
2 years, 6 months ago

Dark Winds gives the doomed American West of Yellowstone one last shot at redemption

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. There’s a striking moment in the third season of Yellowstone, which is set 1,400 kilometres …

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How I decolonised my trip to New Mexico
2 years, 11 months ago

How I decolonised my trip to New Mexico

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Dance group at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Centre Homeland of the Pueblo peoples New Mexico …

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Inside the US push to uncover Indigenous boarding school graves
3 years ago

Inside the US push to uncover Indigenous boarding school graves

Al Jazeera  

Researchers say unmarked graves likely will be found at majority of boarding schools for Indigenous children across US. The US government ran at least 367 schools like this one – forced assimilation institutions that aimed to exterminate Indigenous language and culture, according to the Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition. In an 1892 speech, US Army officer Richard Pratt, who …

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Tribes welcome infusion of money in infrastructure bill
3 years, 1 month ago

Tribes welcome infusion of money in infrastructure bill

Associated Press  

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Tribes welcomed an infusion of money in the massive infrastructure bill to expand broadband coverage, fix roads and address water and sanitation needs, but they say real change will come only with sustained investment. “In these and several other tribal communities, sanitation and clean water systems would never be built because the annual appropriations were insufficient to …

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Biden restores protections for Bears Ears monument, 4 years after Trump downsized it
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden restores protections for Bears Ears monument, 4 years after Trump downsized it

NPR  

Biden restores protections for Bears Ears monument, 4 years after Trump downsized it Enlarge this image toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Biden restored the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments in southern Utah and added protections for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts national monuments on Friday. Sponsor Message "This may be the easiest thing …

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US energy secretary meets with Navajo Nation in New Mexico
3 years, 4 months ago

US energy secretary meets with Navajo Nation in New Mexico

Associated Press  

NENAHNEZAD, N.M. — U.S Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm met with Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and other tribal leaders Thursday at a power plant in northwest New Mexico Thursday to discuss renewable energy initiatives, including a solar project and energy storage system. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., and U.S. Office of Indian Energy Director Wahleah Johns …

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Indigenous schools leave legacy of generational scars
3 years, 4 months ago

Indigenous schools leave legacy of generational scars

Associated Press  

DENVER — When Dzabahe was 11 years old, she went to her first government-run boarding school in rural Arizona around 1953. In May, 215 children’s bodies were discovered in a mass grave at an Indigenous Boarding school in Canada, prompting U.S. officials to look at the legacy of such schools in the U.S. “We just want to make sure that …

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