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IndigiPop X, the Comic-Con of the Indigenous community, is taking place this weekend in Oklahoma City at the First Americans Museum.
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Allison Renville drove from South Dakota to Nevada to attend a “Reclaim Your Power” rally Feb. 25 to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and to show support for survivors of sexual assault. The event was hosted by the Las Vegas Indian Center.
Renville also brought her petition with her – the one with 1,300 signatures calling for former “Dances with Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse, 46, to remain behind bars on charges of sexual assault of children and child pornography.
“I know that there’s people that support the idea of him being locked up for as long as they can because he’s a danger to the community,” said activist and media consultant Renville, who is Sisseton and Hunkpapa.
The signatures may be a reaction to the fact that Native people are 2.5 times more likely to experience sexual assault crimes compared to all other races, and one in three Native women reports having been raped during her lifetime. READ MORE. — Joaqlin Estus, ICT
Six months on board the International Space Station flew by for NASA astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann, the first Native American woman in space. Now it’s time for her and SpaceX Crew-5 to return to Earth Saturday.
It’ll be more than a nine-hour journey from the orbiting laboratory for Mann, Wailacki of the Round Valley Tribes, and her three crew members — NASA astronaut John Cassada, astronaut Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina.
Crew-5 has been handing over their duties to the four new crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 who arrived at the space station March 3. Eleven crew members have been in orbit the last week and once Crew-5 leaves for Earth, seven will be aboard the space station. READ MORE. — Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, ICT
A bill aimed at keeping Native children within the foster care system in Native American homes will now go to Gov. Tim Walz’s desk to be signed into law after the House passed it on Thursday.
The legislation is well-timed — the U.S. Supreme Court appears likely to overturn identical federal laws. The House passed the bill 128-0, with six members not voting.
The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 established minimum standards for the removal of Native American children from their homes.
Rep. Heather Keeler, DFL-Moorhead, said that Minnesota lawmakers were doing the right thing by passing the provisions that the federal government appears likely to dissolve. Keeler is an enrolled member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe. Many spectators and House members themselves wore orange clothing to Thursday’s floor session, as orange has come to symbolize raising awareness of the legacy of Native American boarding schools. READ MORE. — Daily Reformer
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The National Rugby League said Friday it is investigating the racial abuse of star South Sydney fullback Latrell Mitchell during a game on Thursday.
Mitchell, who is of Indigenous descent, was verbally abused by a teenage fan wearing a Sydney Roosters jersey. The fan left at halftime of the match which South Sydney lost 16-10 to Penrith at a stadium in western Sydney.
Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson apologized to Mitchell on behalf of the Roosters, saying the incident showed greater racial issues within Australia.
Mitchell, who has played 10 test matches for Australia, debuted at the Roosters in 2016 and won two NRL titles with the club before leaving for the Rabbitohs at the end of 2019.
Mitchell, who is a Birrbay and Wiradjuri man born in Taree, New South Wales state, has faced racial taunts in the past. In April 2021, two men were charged for sending him racially abusive social media messages. — Associated Press
Cahuilla artist Gerald Clarke teaches history along with his artwork. READ MORE. — Sandra Hale Schulman, special to ICT
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- A hate crime lays bare Hawai’i’s complicated race relations: Local lawyers believe this is the first time the US has prosecuted Native Hawaiians for hate crimes.
- Mountain lion P-22 laid to rest in private ceremony: The Hollywood cat became a symbol for endangered mountain lions and conservation efforts.
- TikTok push targets Willow oil plan: Users voiced concerns that President Joe Biden wouldn’t stick to his campaign promises to curtail oil drilling.
- Intergenerational trauma often hidden in the numbers: Mental health programs often don’t address the effects of Native family traumas.
- Filmmaker scores big with Choctaw stickball: Mark D. Williams returns to the big screen with a new documentary about a women’s stickball team.
- Marvel’s What If? Season 2 Will Introduce a Brand New Mohawk Hero
- President Biden’s Budget Delivers for Tribal Nations and Tribal Communities.
- The Indigenous congressional climate push.
- Eruption at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano stops after 61 days.
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