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UArizona Land Acknowledgement Illustrates Commitment to Indigenous Students, Communities | University of Arizona News
UArizona Land Acknowledgement Illustrates Commitment to Indigenous Students, Communities | University of Arizona News
The statement was assembled in consultation with leaders of the Tohono O'odham Nation and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and with Native American scholars at the university.
·news.arizona.edu·
UArizona Land Acknowledgement Illustrates Commitment to Indigenous Students, Communities | University of Arizona News
Unshackling Justice for Black and Indigenous Communities in Canada: Reimagining the “Public Interest” Test in Criminal Prosecutions - Slaw
Unshackling Justice for Black and Indigenous Communities in Canada: Reimagining the “Public Interest” Test in Criminal Prosecutions - Slaw
For decades, the ideas of equality, justice, and human rights have been the core pillars of Canada’s national identity. However, the reality embedded within our criminal justice system creates a significant obstacle to the actualization of those ideas. Overrepresentation of Indigenous and Black individuals in Canadian jails and prisons, and systemic racism in the criminal […]
·slaw.ca·
Unshackling Justice for Black and Indigenous Communities in Canada: Reimagining the “Public Interest” Test in Criminal Prosecutions - Slaw
'I regret it': Hayden King on writing Ryerson University's territorial acknowledgement | CBC Radio
'I regret it': Hayden King on writing Ryerson University's territorial acknowledgement | CBC Radio
There's growing tension about the politics of territorial acknowledgements. Hayden King, an Anishinaabe writer and educator, spoke to Unreserved host Rosanna Deerchild about what they mean in today's political climate, and how they can be improved. Here's part of that conversation.
·cbc.ca·
'I regret it': Hayden King on writing Ryerson University's territorial acknowledgement | CBC Radio
Why acknowledging the Indigenous lands we stand on is so important | CBC News
Why acknowledging the Indigenous lands we stand on is so important | CBC News
It's a tradition that has dated back centuries for Indigenous people, but for many non-Indigenous Canadians, officially recognizing the territory or lands we stand on is a fairly new concept that is a small but essential step towards reconciliation.
·cbc.ca·
Why acknowledging the Indigenous lands we stand on is so important | CBC News
More than words: Acknowledging Indigenous land
More than words: Acknowledging Indigenous land
The ASU Library has crafted its first-ever Indigenous land acknowledgement — the beginning of a healing process and what many in the library see as a launch pad for deeper conversations about integrating and prioritizing Indigenous knowledge systems.
·news.asu.edu·
More than words: Acknowledging Indigenous land
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.
·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
·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.
·kuer.org·
Climate change is a strain on the 13,000 Navajo families without electricity
Happy Native American Heritage Month From the Army That Brought You the Trail of Tears
Happy Native American Heritage Month From the Army That Brought You the Trail of Tears
After 170 years of armed attacks, forced relocations, ethnic cleansing, and genocide of Native Americans, the U.S. military wants to celebrate.
·theintercept.com·
Happy Native American Heritage Month From the Army That Brought You the Trail of Tears
‘Disenfranchised and demobilized’: Native Americans face ballot box barriers in Arizona
‘Disenfranchised and demobilized’: Native Americans face ballot box barriers in Arizona
Navajo Nation sued Apache county for a second time over alleged scramble to cure mail-in ballots – on top of other systemic hurdles like long lines and translation issues
·theguardian.com·
‘Disenfranchised and demobilized’: Native Americans face ballot box barriers in Arizona
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.
·npr.org·
A derogatory term for Native women will be removed from place names across California
President Biden to apologize for 150-year Indian boarding school policy
President Biden to apologize for 150-year Indian boarding school policy
President Joe Biden says he will formally apologize on for the nation's role in forcing Indigenous children into boarding schools, where for more than 150 years many were physically, emotionally and sexually abused, and more than 950 died.
·apnews.com·
President Biden to apologize for 150-year Indian boarding school policy
Biden visits Indian Country and apologizes for the 'sin' of a 150-year boarding school policy
Biden visits Indian Country and apologizes for the 'sin' of a 150-year boarding school policy
President Joe Biden has formally apologized to Native Americans for the “sin” of a government-run boarding school system that for decades forcibly separated children from their parents, calling it a “blot on American history” in his first visit to Indian Country.
·apnews.com·
Biden visits Indian Country and apologizes for the 'sin' of a 150-year boarding school policy
One of North America's densest collections of Indigenous mounds is at risk. What it means.
One of North America's densest collections of Indigenous mounds is at risk. What it means.
It's a product of climate change, which is causing wetter conditions across the upper Midwest, and manmade change to the river, altering its flow.
·jsonline.com·
One of North America's densest collections of Indigenous mounds is at risk. What it means.