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It has been a year-and-a-half since the Oglala Sioux Tribe sued the United States due to a breakdown of law and order on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Continued reports of drug-related offenses, assaults and homicides prompted the tribal government to take further action.
Oglala Sioux Tribe President Frank Star Comes Out signed a new proclamation on Nov. 18 declaring a State of Emergency on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The new State of Emergency declaration will remain in effect until Jan. 1, 2025.
“A State of Emergency exists on the Reservation due to the failure of the United States Government and its agencies, particularly the DOI and BIA, to honor their treaty trust and statutory obligations to the Oglala Sioux Tribe,” President Star Comes Out’s proclamation read.
The reservation is currently experiencing high rates of murder, suicide, drug offenses, robbery, rape, aggravated assault, burglary and missing and murdered Indigenous women, according to tribal officials. READ MORE.— Amelia Schafer, ICT + Rapid City Journal
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An appeals court Monday upheld a judge’s decision to deny bail to a New Mexico man charged with attempted murder in the September shooting of a Native American activist during confrontations about canceled plans to reinstall a statue of a Spanish conquistador.
The New Mexico Court of Appeals affirmed a pretrial detention order against 23-year-old Ryan David Martinez as he awaits trial on charges that also include assault with a deadly weapon and additional hate-crime and weapons violations. Martinez has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
At a protest on Sept. 28 in Española, confrontations ignited over canceled plans to install a bronze likeness of conquistador Juan de Oñate, who is both revered and reviled for his role in establishing early settlements along the Upper Rio Grande starting in 1598. Chaos erupted at the gathering as a single shot was fired in events recorded by bystanders’ cell phones and a surveillance camera.
The shooting severely wounded Jacob Johns, of Spokane, Washington, a well-traveled activist for environmental causes and an advocate for Native American rights who is of Hopi and Akimel O’odham tribal descent. — Associated Press
The Democratic and Republican nominees for president would debate three times next year if both candidates agree to a schedule released Monday by the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates.
“The United States’ general election debates, watched live worldwide, are a model for many other countries: the opportunity to hear and see leading candidates address serious issues in a fair and neutral setting,” co-chairs Frank Fahrenkopf and Antonia Hernández said in a written statement. “This tradition remains unbroken since 1976.”
The first presidential debate is scheduled for Sept. 16 at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. READ MORE. — Source New Mexico
Angel De Cora was an artist, graphic designer, illustrator, teacher, and Indian rights advocate whose works were widely known in the early 1900s.
Her artwork was featured in Harper’s magazine and in a string of books and other periodicals, and, for a time, she taught Native students at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania the importance of incorporating Native art and design into their artistry.
A prime example of the importance that Native perspective brought to her works was in a book, “The Middle Five,” which included her illustration of a weeping Native boy in traditional clothing being consoled by another Native boy in a boarding school uniform. READ MORE. — Raymond Wilson, Special to ICT
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North Dakota’s 2021 legislative redistricting plan violates the rights of two Native American tribes because it dilutes their voting strength, a federal judge ruled Friday.
U.S. District Chief Judge Peter Welte said the redrawn legislative districts violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The ruling came months after a trial held in June in Fargo. The decision could lead to another surprise special session of the Legislature.
In his ruling, Welte said the plan approved by the state Legislature to redraw voting districts in accordance with the latest census data “prevents Native American voters from having an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice” – a violation of the landmark civil rights law.
Welte gave the Republican-controlled Legislature and the secretary of state until Dec. 22 “to adopt a plan to remedy the violation.” READ MORE. — Associated Press
- Cheyenne River Youth Project celebrates 35 years: Established in 1988, the Cheyenne River Youth Project provides youth with a safe space for learning.
- Report: Oklahoma to pay $3.3 million for Kevin Stitt’s tribal legal fees: The state is paying the legal costs using tribal gaming compliance fees.
- Blackfeet Nation calls for removal of Indian Health Service leaders: ‘Blackfeet leadership has lost all confidence.’
- Prados Beauty inspired by color and culture: Indigenous-owned cosmetics company joins with visual artists as products go national.
- Is it time to move beyond land acknowledgements?: Native nonprofit leaders call for making reparations to tribes and returning tribal homelands.
- Sometimes overlooked by campaigns, Native voters could decide major elections in 2024.
- Wildlife managers have no immediate plans to capture Mexican gray wolf.
- New obesity medications change how users think of holiday meals.
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