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'We Are Part Of The United States': The 1st People Counted For The 2020 Census - Spectacular Photos
Via: Kavika • Anishinaabe - The First People • 3 Comments • 6 years ago
In the fishing village of Toksook Bay, Alaska, the 2020 census officially began last month. The national head count starts in remote Alaska in January because the frozen ground makes it easier to reach the distant communities. Claire Harbage/NPR Cross the treeless, frozen...
Idle No More was the start … rail blockade is next chapter - 1st Nations Shut Down Canadian National Railway
Via: Kavika • Anishinaabe - The First People • 3 Comments • 1 Like • 6 years ago
Canada “settler economy” gets a history lesson from Indigenous communities Indigenous demonstrations across Canada shut down parts of the Canadian National Railway, one of the largest railroads in North America. “Some have called this a wake-up call for Canada. They’re wrong. The...
Air Force General explores century-late apology for US bombing of Tlingit villages
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We're in the weeds of intergenerational trauma' A top military leader in Alaska told Tlingit clan leaders earlier this month that the military is open to the idea of apologizing for the bombardment of three Tlingit villages in 1869 and 1882. Lt. Gen. Thomas A. Bussiere, commander...
PROPOSED REDUCTIONS IN MEDICAID WOULD HAVE CATASTROPHIC IMPACT ON URBAN NATIVE PEOPLE
Via: Kavika • Anishinaabe - The First People • 1 Comments • 6 years ago
On January 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Healthy Adult Opportunity Initiative (HAO) through a State Medicaid Director letter and fact sheet. This HAO guidance encourages states to convert Medicaid funding into block grants – effectively...
How a Native American coming-of-age ritual is making a comeback
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The Ojibwe, one of the largest indigenous groups in North America, with communities from Quebec to Montana, are revitalizing the “berry fast,” a coming-of-age ritual for girls. Ojibwe women historically conducted a ritual for their girls when they started their first menstruation, part of which...
An ‘eye-watering’ portrait of natural America
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It’s the day of love. The day to love a partner, a friend, and family. And a day to love the planet and celebrate all it has to offer. A new documentary, “Into America’s Wild” does just that. John Herrington who was the first Native American to travel into space, Alaska Native pilot Ariel...
Trump plan is 'a direct effrontery to the sovereignty of Native Americans'
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DENVER (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday hosted the first of two hearings on its proposal to speed energy and other projects by rolling back a landmark environmental law. Opponents from Western states argued the long-term benefits of keeping the environmental reviews. Among other...
Life sentence for IHS doctor convicted of child sex abuse
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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A former Indian Health Service pediatrician was sentenced Monday for sexually abusing Native American children while on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. Stanley Patrick Weber, 71, of Spearfish was sentenced in federal court to five consecutive life...
Taika Waititi dedicates Oscar win to 'all the Indigenous kids of the world'
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Hollywood's biggest night has seen its first Oscars gong awarded to someone of Maori descent. Writer-director Taika Waititi accepted the best-adapted screenplay honour for his satire Jojo Rabbit, about a young boy corrupted by fascism during World War II who finds a Jewish girl living in his...
Climate Change Complicates Counting Some Alaska Native Villages For Census
Via: Kavika • Anishinaabe - The First People • 1 Comments • 6 years ago
On the front lines of climate change, warming temperatures and thawing permafrost are making it harder to get an accurate count for the 2020 census in some of the most remote communities of Alaska. Since 1960, the Census Bureau has started the once-a-decade, constitutionally mandated head count...