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In early November, Maine voters headed to the polls to decide whether or not it was important to require the state to print the entirety of its constitution. This included treaty obligations for the Wabanaki Nations along with other titles.
The question on the ballot was number six.
It read: “QUESTION 6: RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Require All Provisions in the Constitution to Be Included in the Official Printing. Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to require that all of the provisions of the Constitution be included in the official printed copies of the Constitution prepared by the Secretary of State?” READ MORE.— Pauly Denetclaw, ICT
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A White Mountain Apache Police officer has been arrested in connection to a fatal hit-and-run accident in northeastern Arizona, authorities said Monday.
Officer Josh Anderson was arrested Friday evening by fellow tribal officers at his home in Whitewater on the Fort Apache reservation following last week’s crash, according to the Navajo County Sheriff’s office, which released the information on behalf of the White Mountain Apache Police. Anderson resigned immediately after his arrest.
The sheriff’s office said Iris Billy was walking when he was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene early Thursday on state Route 73. The statement did not provide Billy’s age or other details.
Tribal police soon determined that Anderson’s patrol car had damage consistent with a collision with a pedestrian. He was booked into the White Apache Adult Detention. He could be charged with death caused by a vehicle and leaving the scene of a fatality collision, according to officials.
It was unknown whether Anderson had an attorney or anyone else who could speak for him. The tribal police department referred questions about his legal representation to the sheriff’s office, which did not immediately return an email and a phone call.
The White Mountain Apache Police Department turned the case over to the FBI, which will investigate. The U.S. Attorney’s Office will later review the findings and decide on any formal charges. — Associated Press
A Cherokee Nation scholar from Arizona has been inducted into the National Academy of Medicine based in part on her research addressing HIV/AIDS and substance abuse prevention with an emphasis on Indigenous youth.
Julie Baldwin, Ph.D., is a regents’ professor in the Department of Health Sciences at Northern Arizona University. She is also the founding director of NAU’s Center for Health Equity Research, a grant-funded program that promotes health equity and studies health disparities among diverse populations of the American Southwest.
Now part of the National Academy of Medicine, Baldwin joins more than 2,000 other elected members who work outside of government to “provide objective advice” on matters related to science, technology and health, according to the academy. READ MORE. — Cherokee Phoenix
Jason Montoya remembers a moment in 2002 when, as a teenager, he was practicing his golf swing in the practice sand bunker at Twin Warriors Golf Club in New Mexico.
He was hitting shot after shot — “some better than others,” he recalls — when acclaimed professional Navajo golfer Notah Begay III came over to watch him.
Begay, a four-time winner in the Professional Golf Association tours, took time to engage with the 16-year-old Montoya, getting into the bunker with him to demonstrate technique.
“Notah came over and told me to listen to the club hitting the sand,” Montaya recalled. “He said there was a sound I should hear. I’d never thought of it that way, in terms of sound, but he told me I should hear the club on the sand in a certain way.” READ MORE. — Mark Wagner, Special to ICT
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On the Tuesday edition of the ICT Newscast, a Zuni program aims to bring generations together through agriculture. We learn about prisons from an organization that exposes the harms of mass incarceration. Two Indigenous rappers are 2 Moon and Back.
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Mark Macarro has served as tribal chairman of the Pechanga Band of Indians in southern California since 1992. During his tenure he has fought to strengthen his tribe’s tribal sovereignty, self-determination and economic self-sufficiency while maintaining its distinct cultural identity.
Elected this month as president of the National Congress of American Indians he sets out now to work toward those same goals for tribes across the country. He recently spoke with ICT’s Editor-at-Large Mark Trahant about the challenges ahead. READ MORE. — ICT
- Portland students headed back to school after historic strike: Notably, the tentative contract gets rid of mandatory minimum suspensions, which contribute to disproportionate rates of suspension for Native and Black students.
- Native storytellers enjoying the spotlight: From ‘Reservation Dogs,’ ‘Dark Winds’ and ‘Rutherford Fall’ on TV to ‘Prey’ on the big screen and Larissa FastHorse becoming the first Indigenous female playwright on Broadway, barriers are being broken.
- High-Speed internet coming to the Hualapai Nation: Hualapai Chairperson Sherry J. Parker said that gaining broadband internet on the Hualapai Nation will be a real game changer.
- NHL player wears special mask on Native heritage night: Minnesota Wild’s Marc-Andre Fleury wears mask in warmups on Native American Heritage night after the NHL says not to.
- Where the 2024 presidential candidates stand on Indigenous issues: ‘I see Trump-Biden 2.0 in 2024, and I don’t think that makes anybody happy, but I think that’s where we are.’
- Native American Heritage Day honors Indigenous people, but it’s falling short.
- Written out of existence? Native Americans in Kentucky push for recognition of culture.
- Study finds large pay gap for Native American women.
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