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Nine Little Girls - Part 2 - RCC, SD Legislature and lawyers conspired to deny NAs their legal rights.
Via: Kavika • News & Politics • 23 Comments • 8 Likes • 9 months ago
“For over a decade, nine sisters have relentlessly pursued justice for the sexual abuses they suffered at a South Dakota Indian boarding school...”
Man found guilty of murder in Alaska Native woman's killing that was captured on stolen memory card - Alaska Public Media
Via: Kavika • News & Politics • 13 Comments • 10 Likes • 9 months ago
“The Anchorage jury returned a unanimous verdict against Brian Steven Smith after deliberating for less than two hours.”
Nine Little Girls - Part 1
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“For years, nine Native sisters courageously fought the South Dakota Legislature for the right to seek justice against the Catholic Church for...”
A good look at how the Catholic Church, lawyers, and South Dakota legislature conspired to deprive Native American men and women of their rights to sue the ''The Church of the Holy Pedophiles''..
Will the mass robbery of Native American graves ever end? - America's Grave Robbers
Via: Kavika • News & Politics • 13 Comments • 6 Likes • 9 months ago
“For centuries, everyone from archaeologists to amateurs pillaged artifacts — and human remains. Now, the FBI is cracking down on those who continue...”
THIS IS A LONG ARTICLE ABOUT A SUBJECT THAT I DOUBT MANY OF OUR MEMBERS KNOW MUCH ABOUT. AMERICAN'S GRAVE ROBBERS, MUSEUMS, UNIVERSITIES, AND PRIVATE COLLECTORS HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NATIVE AMERICAN SKELETONS BONES, FUNERAL ITEMS AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER ITEMS SACRED TO NATIVE AMERICANS...
The Delayed Return of Native Remains— America's Grave Robbers Exposed.
Via: Kavika • News & Politics • 11 Comments • 5 Likes • 9 months ago
“Under new federal rules, museums must gain consent of Native American tribes before displaying their cultural items. While some museums rushed to...”
Since the passage of the the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, was meant to help return them, but decades after its 1990 passage, many tribes are still waiting. Tens of thousands of remains of our ancestors and funeral and other sacred items remain in museums and...
Tribes want to mete out justice to non-Indian drug offenders : NPR
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“As the fentanyl crisis ravages Native American communities, some of their leaders want Indian police and courts to go after non-tribal dealers. But...”