Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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According to the WHO/International Agency for Research on Cancer, 18.1 million cancer cases are diagnosed worldwide each year. Cancer is now the second leading cause of death behind cardiovascular diseases. It is imperative now, more than ever, that we continue to seek new methods to treat this devastating illness. Recently, Accelerated Evolution Biotechnologies did an interview where stated they believe that they will “offer in a year’s time a complete cure for cancer”. Although it grabs headlines, that is a momentous statement to make. Let’s...
FREEPORT — The removal of Native American children from their homes and placement with white families throughout the 20th century — considered “cultural genocide” by some — is the haunting focus of a new film to be screened twice next week at Merrill Memorial Library in Yarmouth. “Dawnland,” described as “a documentary about cultural survival and stolen children,” tells the stories of Wabanaki people in Maine who were taken by government agents from their homes in the name of child welfare and placed with white families, where they often...
Reportedly planning to make her presidential bid official this month, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has apologized to the Cherokee Nation for publicizing a DNA test that shows she has distant Native American ancestors, tribal officials confirmed to the Tulsa World. The Massachusetts Democrat, who was raised in Oklahoma, had a “brief and private” phone conversation Thursday with Principal Chief Bill John Baker, according to a spokeswoman for the tribe. https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/we-are-encouraged-by-her-a...
The Urban Health Indian Institute has compiled a list of more than 2,500 Native American women who have been murdered or are missing in the United States. The group says they believe that it is even more because major United States cities with large Native American populations, like Albuquerque and Billings, Montana, refused to cooperate with the study. Lawmakers Want to Know Why https://usaherald.com/2500-native-americans-missing-murdered/...
Lillie Butler, Bud Lane and Delores Pigsley were reelected Saturday to the Tribal Council of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. Butler and Lane live in Siletz and Pigsley lives in Keizer. Seven candidates ran for the three positions. https://lincolncityhomepage.com/siletz-tribe-elects-tribal-council-members/...
It was really important for me to start having early conversations with my son about sex. I found out that his Mom was pregnant when I was 16 years old, the age he is right now. As he becomes an adult, I want to let my son know: we're going to keep having these conversations. We're going to keep talking about sex. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/nowornever/let-s-talk-about-sex-1.4997920/i-don-t-want-to-become-a-grandfather-at-34-talking-to-my-teenager-about-sex-1.5001274...
A Warm Springs man has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for assaulting two tribal police detectives by trying to run them down with his pickup truck, prosecutors said Friday. Victor William Smith Jr., 43, also was sentenced on Jan. 15 to three years supervised release and ordered to pay $8,305 in restitution. https://www.ktvz.com/news/warm-springs-man-sentenced-for-trying-to-run-down-police/998185424...
First Interstate Bank said Friday it’s freezing the bank accounts of the Crow tribe because the bank is uncertain who is the tribe’s leader. The action, where the bank interpleads money from the account, is in response to the battle between A.J. Not Afraid, the tribe’s most recently elected president, and Carlson Goes Ahead, the vice chair who says he’s in charge following Not Afraid’s alleged ouster. https://ktvq.com/news/local-news/2019/02/01/first-interstate-bank-freezes-crow-tribal-funds-in-midst-of-dispute-over-leader/...
