Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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The body of an Acoma Pueblo woman who disappeared for almost a week was discovered Saturday on tribal land, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation....
WASHINGTON – Kimberly Craven – the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate woman sometimes incorrectly styled as the sole objector to the Cobell settlement – is moving forward with her appeal, taking on the objections of the Cobell lawyers one by one. In the process, the motives of the lawyers are getting a fresh airing in public. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/01/06/craven-appeal-of-cobell-moves-forward-71105 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/01/06/craven-appeal-of-cobell-moves-forward-71105#ixzz1ixmI...
“I have heard nothing.” Laurie Odjick is at a loss to explain what happened to her daughter Maisy and the teen’s best friend, Shannon Alexander....
The selling of North America’s indigenous women and children for sexual purposes has been an ongoing practice since the colonial era. There is evidence that early British surveyors and settlers viewed Native women’s sexual and reproductive freedom as proof of their “innate” impurity, and that many assumed the right to kidnap, rape, and prostitute Native women and girls without consequence (see Deer, 2010; Fischer, 2001; Smith, 2003; Waselkov & Braund, 1995). Today, major centers for sex trafficking include cities near rural, high-po...
On the edge of downtown Los Angeles, Rae Marie Martinez looks for familiar landmarks. The 60-something grandmother turns in a slow circle and shakes her head. In 1957, she still had long braids and wore long dresses....
Manitoba aboriginals are suffering from a lack of cold weather, as warmer than usual temperatures prevent the construction of ice roads to bring in supplies. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/01/06/manitoba-aboriginals-roadless-on-thin-ice-as-temps-soar-70864 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/01/06/manitoba-aboriginals-roadless-on-thin-ice-as-temps-soar-70864#ixzz1ixnhdDbP...
Ruth McCoy says she pleaded for months to have her niece's 1-year-old daughter removed from a dirty mobile home that did not have heat in western North Carolina. When social workers and sheriff's deputies arrived on a cold night in November 2010, they took the toddler's 11-year-old cousin, leaving Aubrey Kina-Marie Littlejohn behind at the relative's house. Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/2012/01/mother-still-seeking-answers-childs-death/2071981#ixzz1ixqFI7j0...
(Port Angeles) -- The search is still on for someone who stole electronics and a government car from the Lower Elwha Tribe....
Police in Pangnirtung have made an arrest in connection with a December break-in and theft at the community’s Canada Post storage facility, the RCMP said Jan. 3....
The federal government is firing back at the leadership of Attawapiskat, saying the third-party manager assigned to the remote northern Ontario community can't pay teachers until the chief and council provide more information....
An estimated half of aboriginal children will grow up fatherless over the next decade, says this CBC News documentary that focuses on aboriginal fathers and their metamorphosis into attentive parents. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/01/06/absent-aboriginal-fathers-struggling-to-become-present-parents-cbc-documentary-71140?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=absent-aboriginal-fathers-struggling-to-become-present-parents-cbc-documentary-71140 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012...
“It is finally sinking what a big deal this is,” commented Jolene Anthony, Lakota Sioux, to the Native News Network on Thursday evening about having twins each born in two separate years....
PORTLAND - According to government statistics, American Indians are 70 percent more likely to die by suicide than the general population. The high suicide rate has been called a "silent epidemic." But it's silent no more if you cock an ear to the noise coming from a health workshop in Portland. Prevention workers there are hoping teen-generated web videos, music and even a comic book can save lives....
A Fort Duchesne man charged in U.S. District Court with murder in connection with a fatal June shooting on the Uintah-Ouray Indian Reservation made an initial appearance Wednesday....
