Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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WASHINGTON-- With the Indian Child Welfare Act facing a barrage of criticism and multiple lawsuits intended to undermine the law, the White House is stepping g forward to make sure that federal entities comply with it. "In keeping with President Obama’s commitment to supporting Indian families and fostering resilient, thriving tribal communities through his all-of-government approach, acting Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Lawrence S. Roberts today announced that the Departments of Interior (DOI), Justice (DOJ), and Health and Human Ser...
A member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe who burned down his ex-girlfriend's trailer was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison last week as the victim's family continues to await justice for her death. Relatives of Jessie Waters, whose home was destroyed by the December 2014 fire, spoke at the sentencing of Duane Benson, according to minutes from the April 21 hearing. They believe he knows something about the death of the young mother, who passed away on April 30, 2015. http://www.indianz.com/News/2016/021130.asp...
Another week has passed without a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court in a closely-watched tribal jurisdiction case. The justices only issued one ruling on Tuesday and it wasn't in Dollar General Corporation v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. No other decisions are coming this week, SCOTUSBlog reported, which came as a surprise because the court was expected to release at least one more opinion on Wednesday. http://www.indianz.com/News/2016/021129.asp...
Arizona Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., are accusing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of neglect for the agency’s response to Navajo communities after a Colorado mine spill polluted the San Juan River last August. “Native people here in Arizona deserve better answers,” McCain said during a U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs oversight hearing last week. He called for an investigation. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/04/26/mccain-demands-criminal-prob...
Elder Amy Victor of the Stó:lō Nation is no ordinary grandma. Five days a week she drives from the Cheam reserve to Abbotsford. B.C., where she willingly walks through the gates of the Fraser Valley Institution for Women. But the 74-year-old elder is not a prisoner or a guard. Her unique position, spiritual advisor, allows her to help Indigenous women heal the damage wrought by sexual abuse using a simple, potent formula: traditional teachings, Indigenous medicines, indomitable spirit. http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/elder...
An unusual guest attended 12-year-old Maysun Peterson’s Kinaaldá, or traditional maturity ceremony, for Navajo girls. Academy Award-winning actor and narrator Morgan Freeman joined Maysun’s family for the occasion, which took place last November near Shiprock, New Mexico. Held shortly after a girl’s first menstruation, the four-day Kinaaldá celebrates her transformation into a woman. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/04/23/morgan-freeman-asks-navajo-about-god-164228...
WASHINGTON — Make room, bald eagle. The House has voted to designate the bison the national mammal of the United States. The move seeks to elevate the bison's stature to that of the bald eagle, long the nation's official bird. There has not been an official mammal of the United States. http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/u-s-house-votes-to-designate-bison-as-america-s/article_763eb80c-7df6-5d2e-a871-616216b42746.html...
Winnipeg police have made an arrest in the death of Simone Sanderson, whose body was found in the city's North End almost four years ago. Kyllan James Ellis, 28, of Lorette, Man., has been charged with second-degree murder, the Winnipeg Police Service announced Tuesday. Deputy Chief Danny Smyth said investigators believe Sanderson, 23, was killed after an argument between her and Ellis became violent. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-homicide-arrest-1.3553782...
A woman on a Montana American Indian reservation pleaded not guilty to murder Tuesday in the alleged beating death of a 13-month-old relative who was under her care, court officials said. Janelle Red Dog, 42, is accused of striking and killing Kenzley Olson, then putting her body in a trash dumpster before reporting the girl missing April 19. Judge Marvin Youpee denied bond for Red Dog and ordered her back into custody pending a May hearing, according to the Fort Peck Tribal Court clerk's office. Read more: http://www.dailym...
SASKATOON — An inquest into the death of a 35-year-old woman at the Saskatoon Regional Psychiatric Centre has been postponed indefinitely. The examination of what happened to Kinew James was to have begun Monday, but after a massive collection of new documents was presented to inquest coroner Timothy Hawryluk, he adjourned the proceedings. http://aptn.ca/news/2016/04/26/kinew-james-inquest-postponed-indefinitely-after-new-documents-come-to-light/...
