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WASHINGTON — During a lunch break, auntie laughs and “Reservation Road” by Navajo country band Stateline echoed off the walls of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services headquarters during the annual White House Tribal Youth Forum in Washington, D.C.

This year the forum was open to Indigenous youth from Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia and other countries in Central and South America.

Federal officials who oversee everything from the Treasury to the Biden administration’s green initiatives or Indian Health Service were literally sitting at tables with Indigenous youth. This is where one participant, Audriana Mitchell, Navajo and Southern Cheyenne, learned about the Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee from Josh Jackson, a policy advisor for the U.S. Treasury.

“He was telling us about this board called TTAC where it’s made of seven different tribal leaders,” Mitchell said. “It’s a four year term for each tribal leader. I was asking him what’s the process to select tribal leaders for those positions because I would be interested in my tribe being represented as well,” READ MORE — Pauly Denetclaw, ICT

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Indigenous protesters helped delay a U.S. military ship believed to be loaded with weapons for Israel on Monday, with water warriors blocking the ship in canoes.

The protest began before dawn at the Port of Tacoma, on the traditional homelands of the Puyallup Tribe. Around 2 p.m. the protest expanded to a water resistance with Indigenous water warriors taking to the Puget Sound in traditional canoes in an attempt to block the boat from leaving the harbor.

“Here existing in prayer and community on our ancestral waters, just as we always have,” wrote Calina Lawrence, a Suquamish water warrior on Instagram while out on the water. “To the people of Gaza, we love you from Coast Salish Territory and beyond!”

Picket signs reading “Indigenous Queers for free Palestine,” “Landback includes Palestine,” and “No peace on stolen land” were dispersed along with hundreds of others calling for a ceasefire and the end of the Israeli occupation of Palestine. READ MORE — Luna Reyna , Underscore News + ICT

EAGLE BUTTE, S.D. – The idea for the Cheyenne River Youth Project grew from seeds planted in 1975 by founder Julie Garreau’s mother Iyonne Garreau, who had a vision to create a garden to give elders nutritious food. Julie’s vision was to provide an organization to support youth.

In 1988, Julie Garreau, inspired by her mother’s legacy as a public servant, made her own vision come to life. The Cheyenne River Youth Project is a safe space for youth on the 2.8 million-acre Cheyenne River Reservation, built by Lakota for Lakota.

“Our story speaks to what communities can do for themselves,” Garreau said. “If you’re going to do youth work, the investment needs to be forever. We have a lot of kids and we have a lot of need. Nonprofit work is hard but it means something. These people are real and they’re our relatives.”

The original Cheyenne River Youth Project building, affectionately nicknamed “The Main,” was inside an old bar on Main Street in Eagle Butte called The Little Brown Jug. In the 1980s then chairman Wayne Ducheneaux gifted the building to the project. Duchenaux wanted to turn the Main Street building into a positive symbol in the community. READ MORE — Amelia Schafer, ICT + Rapid City Journal

Around the world: Winnipeg grandmothers rap for MMIW, an Ethiopian park’s World Heritage listing could bring evictions, global lawmakers urge Japan to investigate Uyghur rights abuses, and Dayak people lose a fight against a palm oil company.

CANADA: ‘Grassroots grannies’ push for landfill search

Three Winnipeg grandmothers are using rap music to advocate for the search of a landfill for the remains of two First Nations women believed to be victims of a serial killer, CBC News reported on Nov. 1.

Grassroots Grannies, a trio of Vivian Ketchum, Geraldine Shingoose, and Chickadee Richard, unveiled their debut song, “Ogichidaa,” as part of a seven-part series known as the Medicine Songs Project.

“Ogichidaa,” which translates to “warrior” or “big-hearted person” in Anishinaabemowin, addresses the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The songs’ lyrics also pay tribute to those who are fighting for the search of Winnipeg landfills for the remains of missing Indigenous women. READ MORE — Deusdedit Ruhangariyo, Special to ICT

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So many of the stories we report are about injustice including Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women or Indigenous people who are incarcerated at rates far higher than the other populations. ICT’s Mark Trahant tells us about a wrongful conviction of the Fairbanks Four.

Penobscot citizen Jill Tompkins is an accomplished attorney with deep experience in Indian law. She was recently named executive director of the Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission. She told ICT’s Stewart Huntington she feels she’s taking over at a time when public opinion in her state is shifting toward the tribes

The fallout over the removal of Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House continues. Congress only has a few days left to fund the government and yet there is no path for the House, the Senate and the White House, to reach a consensus. Tribes and Indigenous organization are on Capitol Hill telling their story. ICT’s regular contributor Holly Cook Macarro looks for answers.

One election note from Tuesday night. Maine voters overwhelmingly voted to include all provisions in the state constitution. It means including the state’s treaty relationship with tribes, something that began when that region of the United States was still Massachusetts. The ballot measure is considered a win for tribal sovereignty.

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The ICT organization has brought in four new people, continuing the growth and outreach of the company.

Haley Martinez joined ICT in October as the new assistant development director, who will also be working with another new hire, Nick Roberts. Martinez will help in all aspects of fundraising and development for ICT from grants, appeals and individual donors to major donors, special projects and strategy development and evaluation.

“In this role with ICT as assistant development director, I’m able to align my education, nonprofit experience, and personal passion for elevating the voices and stories of Indigenous peoples ‘often ignored or misunderstood by mainstream media’ — and I am thrilled to be a part of ICT’s important work and impact,” Martinez said.

Martinez received her undergraduate degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and her masters degree in American Indian Studies from the University of Arizona. READ MORE — ICT

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