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Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps | CNN
Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps | CNN
At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citizenship during immigration raids since Wednesday, according to Navajo Nation officials.
#Arizona#Navajo Nation#immigration#immigration rights#indigenous rights#native americans#navajo nation#civil rights#Tribal nations#immigration enforcement
·cnn.com·
Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps | CNN
Outgoing Interior Secretary Deb Haaland hands off closer ties with Indian Country
Outgoing Interior Secretary Deb Haaland hands off closer ties with Indian Country
Deb Haaland, the country's first indigenous cabinet secretary, used her term at the Interior Department to make what activists say is irreversible impact in recognizing the painful history of the government's treatment Native Americans
#Federal Indian Law#history#indigenous history#Native American#indigenous rights#tribal nations#Indigenous peoples#Indigenous history#Tribal nations
·npr.org·
Outgoing Interior Secretary Deb Haaland hands off closer ties with Indian Country
Climate change is a strain on the 13,000 Navajo families without electricity
Climate change is a strain on the 13,000 Navajo families without electricity
Nationwide, nearly 17,000 homes on tribal lands still need electricity hook-ups. A majority are spread across the Navajo Nation, where climate change is making it harder for families to keep cool. A mutual aid program, however, has helped to change lives.
#Native Americans#Navajo Nation#Tribal nations#climate change#energy access#environmental justice#indigenous rights#tribal sovereignty#climate justice#Arizona
·kuer.org·
Climate change is a strain on the 13,000 Navajo families without electricity
A derogatory term for Native women will be removed from place names across California
A derogatory term for Native women will be removed from place names across California
The word "squaw" was declared derogatory by the Department of Interior in 2021. Since then, hundreds of geographic features have been renamed with input from local tribes and Indigenous communities.
#tribal sovereignty#indigenous rights#indigenous history#tribal nations#Indigenous communities#Indigenous knowledge#Native American#native women#indigenous women
·npr.org·
A derogatory term for Native women will be removed from place names across California