Conversations on Native American Cultural Sovereignty
Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc said in a news release Thursday evening that the “stark truth” was unearthed last weekend with the help of a ground-penetrating radar specialist.
Source: Remains of 215 Indigenous children discovered at former Canadian residential school site
The authors are among the founding members of WomenOfBearsEars.org, which supports restoration of Bears Ears National Monument.
Will sacred lands protected by President Obama be protected once again?
Source: Opinion | Women of Bears Ears Are Asking You to Help Save It
Ms. Archambault is a Hunkpapa and Oglala Lakota woman and former special assistant to the president for Native American affairs under President Barack Obama.
from The New York Times
The average age of Lakota and Dakota speakers is 70. We are running out of time to save them.
Administration seeks to transfer ownership of Arizona area to mining company with ties to the destruction of an Aboriginal site
Source: Revealed: Trump officials rush to mine desert haven native tribes consider holy
from The Washington Post
Geneticist Rene Begay hopes to improve health outcomes for her community. But as a Navajo woman, she wants to protect her people from a repetition of past colonial injuries.
The original title of this article from The Washington Post (“An Ancient People with a Modern Climate Plan”) did not seem appropriate for its inclusion in this installment of The Repatriation Files during Native American Heritage Month. The Swinomish Nation, even though it has lived in the northwest of present-day Washington state for thousands of years, are present-day people.
Our apologies to the writer of an otherwise informative article.
Indigenous peoples are, not “were!”
A native American tribe living on an island off the coast of Washington long ago recognized the threat of climate change. They implemented a climate action plan in 2010, melding traditional practices with science. Now, 50 other native tribes across the country have similar strategies, way ahead of U.S. communities.
from The Washington Post
Almost 20 percent of residents in one town have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Source: Covid had spared Alaska’s most remote villages. Not anymore.
from The Washington Post
Their lines have been cut, their traps pulled and their pounds ransacked. Commercial lobstermen say they’re threatening the fishery.
Source: Indigenous people in Nova Scotia exercised their right to catch lobster. Now they’re under attack.
from The New York Times
Indigenous groups have a long history of intentionally setting fires to keep ecosystems healthy. Policymakers are now more interested in the practice.
Source: Alarmed by Scope of Wildfires, Officials Turn to Native Americans for Help
from The Washington Post
Tribal leaders and linguists from Brazil to India to Australia race to record dying languages.
Source: ‘There are no words’: As coronavirus kills Indigenous elders, endangered languages face extinction
