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It’s noon on a Tuesday and Oregon State Rep. Tawna Sanchez, D-43rd District, is driving to her next meeting when she pulls over to take a call from a reporter.
Sanchez, Shoshone-Bannock, Ute and Carrizo, is running for re-election in overwhelmingly Democratic North/Central Portland, but she’s keeping the pace of a first-time candidate. She believes it’s important that the government looks like the diverse population it represents.
“I just had a conversation with the Native Action Network and they are working on their strategic plan and they asked, ‘What do you think we should be doing and working on in the future?’” she told Underscore News. READ MORE – Richard Arlin Walker, Underscore News
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Chrystel Cornelius will receive the Heinz Award for the Economy, an unrestricted cash award of $250,000, for her work with financial resources and Native communities.
“Upon looking at the past recipients, I feel very, very honored to hold this award with individuals that have greatly changed society,” she said in an interview with the Daily Yonder. “I feel totally humbled with this, completely honored, but I am very, very proud.”
Cornelius grew up on a reservation in rural North Dakota that is designated as a persistent poverty area. Dedicated to the service of Native communities, Cornelius, who is a citizen of both the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, worked as a tribal planner writing grants and finding resources for everything from nursing homes to wind energy development. READ MORE – The Daily Yonder
World leaders at last year’s international climate change conference COP26 pledged $1.7 billion to support Indigenous people’s efforts to protect their rights and land. Led by the United States, United Kingdom, Norway, Germany, and more than a dozen philanthropic organizations, the financing is intended to support projects like mapping traditional territories, implementing conflict resolution mechanisms, and bolstering collective governance structures.
The announcement was hailed as a historic commitment that could help the world’s governments stick to the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees F).
But Indigenous leaders were skeptical. READ MORE – Grist
New Mexico’s governor on Monday voided four pre-statehood proclamations that targeted Native Americans during what was a tumultuous time across the western frontier as federal soldiers tried to defeat Navajos, Apaches and others.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham described the 19th century proclamations by former territorial governors as offensive, saying rescinding the proclamations would help to heal old wounds and strengthen bonds with Native American communities.
“The government of New Mexico has not always respected the importance and sovereignty of our Native American citizens, and our history is sadly stained with cruel mistreatment of Native Americans,” Lujan Grisham wrote in an executive order issued on Indigenous Peoples Day. READ MORE – Associated Press
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On the Tuesday edition of the ICT Newscast, a professor in Indigenous forestry challenges Western science — and the Yurok sign a historic agreement between the nation and California. Plus, a Mohegan playwright excels as a one-woman act
One of Brazil’s biggest gold refiners, which processes gold suspected of being mined illegally in the Amazon rainforest, has been stripped of an important industry seal of approval that global manufacturers from Apple to Tesla rely on to root out abuses in their supply chains.
An investigation by The Associated Press in January revealed how Sao Paulo-based Marsam shared ownership links and processes gold on behalf of an intermediary accused by Brazilian prosecutors of buying tarnished gold from Indigenous territories and other protected areas. READ MORE – Associated Press
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- Tribes want exclusive rights on online gambling in North Dakota: The five tribes are turning to Republican Gov. Doug Burgum to approve the idea under tribal-state agreements known as compacts, the first of which was signed in 1992.
- Casino divide: Tribes split as California voters consider online sports betting #NativeVote22
- Long-awaited ‘Spirit Rangers’ debut: Netflix’s new animated series ‘Spirit Rangers’ debuted on Indigenous Peoples Day, marking another historic moment for Indigenous representation on screen.
- In 1835, the Cherokee were promised a seat in Congress. They’re still waiting.
- A Love Letter to Reservation Dogs
- University of California, Berkeley repatriates cultural artifacts to Indigenous tribe
- Sacramento council members at odds over police review appointee, Indigenous Peoples’ Day
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