Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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The Yurok Tribe has declared a state of emergency in a 500-acre fire that has torched at least one home, with arson as the suspected cause. As of 6:30 a.m. on August 26 the blaze had destroyed two structures and threatened 40 on the reservation, according to the state agency CalFire. Besides causing several evacuations, the fire burned power poles and lines, which cut power to many residents, the Yurok Tribal Council said in declaring the emergency on August 24. Residents described fleeing the fire, and not knowing what they would return to,...
SPOKANE, Wash. – A Washington State University researcher has received a $10 million grant to work with American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities to reduce health risks related to high blood pressure. Dedra Buchwald, a professor in the WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, will use the National Institutes of Health grant to create one of two Transdisciplinary Collaborative Centers for Health Disparities Research on Chronic Disease Prevention. The other center will be at Michigan State University. E...
BISMARCK — After a week free of clashes with law enforcement, protesters of the Dakota Access Pipeline say removal of a roadblock leading to their camp is long overdue, and the American Civil Liberties Union is considering legal action if it doesn't happen. For protesters, the roadblock perpetuates what they say is the misconception that their activities are inherently dangerous or violent — a perception many blame on comments made by authorities and state officials and media coverage — as opposed to the peaceful, prayer-heavy demon...
(Supervisors interrupt their vacation)…The Board was in the second week of their two-week vacation. This week they held a special meeting. The purpose was to help residents of the Sleepy Hallow RV Park. On July 1 the residents had received eviction notices, and time to help them find alternate accommodations was running out. The Park is on Native American land, and the tribe is not obligated to provide a reason for the eviction. During the emergency meeting, the Supervisors agreed to approve the use of Community Benefit Program funds not to e...
FORT APACHE INDIAN RESERVATION (KVOA) -- Arizona DPS troopers uprooted 2,413 marijuana plants growing in a large-scale crop found south of Cibecue on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in northern Arizona. The White Mountain Apache Tribe alerted DPS last Friday, August 19, after two armed men confronted a tribal member near the illegal marijuana crop. In a statement released to the media, DPS Captain Jennifer Pinnow said, "Fortunately for all, no one was harmed by this illegal activity before law enforcement could take action."...
After more than five years and at the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars, the special prosecutors for the Navajo Nation presented their last slush fund cases to the Window Rock District Court for sentencing on Wednesday. Before the end of the day, 13 former members of the Navajo Nation Council and two former legislative staff members were scheduled to be sentenced before Window Rock District Court Judge Carol Perry. All have pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy or defrauding the tribe and entered into plea agreements with the...
Four overdoses — one fatal — in a Southwest Alaska village in mid-August involved heroin mixed with fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, increasingly being seen nationally, troopers said Friday. The heroin seized in Quinhagak, with a population of about 700, contained more fentanyl than heroin – the first time the Alaska State Crime Lab has seen a batch like it, the Alaska State Troopers said. "The news is not welcome as this trend is sweeping across the country," troopers wrote. http://www.adn.com/alaska-news/rural-alaska...
Police officers who serve 35 remote First Nations in northern Ontario could be in a legal strike position as early as September. Talks between the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (NAPS) and the union representing about 150 of its officers broke off this week. That's when the Public Service Alliance of Canada NAPS Local 401 applied to the Ontario Labour Relations Board to start the clock ticking on a strike deadline. Nearly 95 per cent of officers voted in favour of a strike in July. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/ni...
Leon Swanson and David Tait Jr. are both 41 years old and have just learned they're not exactly who they thought they were. Both wept Friday in Winnipeg as Eric Robinson, a former NDP member of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly for Keewatinook, told media that the two men were switched at birth more than 40 years ago at a hospital in Norway House Cree Nation. "What happened here is lives were stolen," Robinson said. "You can't describe it as anything less than that." http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/switched-birth-firs...
The overall use of cigarettes among adults in the United States continues to decline, but some discrepancies do remain, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While the smoking rate is going down among almost all racial and ethnic groups, it actually increased for Native Americans. The CDC compared the smoking rate from 2002-2005 and 2010-2013, and for Native Americans, it rose from about 37 percent to around 39 percent. The smoking rate for both white and black adults is around 25 percent. Clinton Isham,...
Spokane answered a call to help the wildfire-stricken community of Wellpinit, donating piles of clothes, stacks of bottled water and food. People also gave thousands of dollars during a one-day drive Thursday. The tiny town on the Spokane Indian Reservation northwest of Spokane may have been spared by the flames, but the fire burned down more than 80 power poles. The town’s water well was unable to meet the heavy demand of a community in crisis as residents watered property to keep the fire away. People drove up to the giant “Cayuse Fire Vic...
Earlier today, the Inyo County Sheriff’s Department issued a press release regarding an officer-involved shooting in the Bishop area. The case is currently being investigated by the Inyo County Sheriff’s Department and, separately, by the Inyo County District Attorney’s Office. The District Attorney’s Office responsibility in these cases is to determine the lawfulness of a peace officer’s use of force. Based upon the preliminary results of the investigation today, it appears the Deputy involved was legally justified in firing his weapon. T...
For the second time in four years, the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife is exterminating a wolf pack to protect Len McIrvin’s cattle — this time, a WSU researcher says, after the rancher turned his animals out right on top of the Profanity Peak pack’s den. Robert Wielgus, director of the Large Carnivore Conservation Lab at Washington State University, has radio-collared 700 cattle and dozens of wolves, including animals in the Profanity Peak pack, as part of his ongoing study of conflicts between wolves and livestock in Washi...
