Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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Prison reform advocates from across the country joined forces today at the Supreme Court to challenge the way Indigenous prisoners are classified in Canada’s penitentiaries. The case was first filed by Metis inmate Jeffery Ewert. http://aptnnews.ca/2017/10/12/supreme-court-hears-case-that-could-have-far-reaching-impacts-on-indigenous-prisoners/...
SANTA ROSA — Reports are coming about American Indians who lost everything except the clothes on their backs from the wildfires that destroyed several miles of homes in Santa Rosa, California. While there have not been any confirmed deaths of American Indians, to date 40 non-Native people have been confirmed dead and some 400 people have not yet been accounted for after 20,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes. https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/many-american-indian-families-suffer-losses-wildfires-hit-california...
WHITEHORSE—His mother puts the painkillers in the 4-month-old’s milk bottle to stop his crying and make him sleep. And he does — so quietly that she may have forgotten he was even there. She disappears that December night in 1978 and never comes back. By the time his grandparents find him, the infant is alone, unconscious, the codeine eating through his stomach lining. https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2017/10/14/drugs-at-4-months-sexual-abuse-as-a-child-now-he-fights-to-keep-the-monster-inside.html...
OKLAHOMA CITY – A 2-month-old baby boy who was allegedly abused and rushed to the hospital has died, according to the family. Police say Austin Davis, 24, allegedly abused the infant and was arrested after doctors discovered injuries consistent with the child being shaken. http://kfor.com/2017/10/14/baby-allegedly-abused-at-foster-home-dies-from-injuries/...
A legislative committee is set to vote on a bill that would allow Wisconsin farmers to grow hemp. The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Small Business and Tourism is scheduled to vote on the measure Wednesday morning. http://www.wisconsingazette.com/news/wisconsin/wisconsin-lawmakers-to-consider-whether-state-is-open-for-industrial/article_5105d4c6-b0f6-11e7-b20e-4ff946717a3d.html...
CROWNPOINT — The New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division will now accept a Certificate of Indian Blood and an affidavit of birth issued by the Navajo Nation Office of Vital Records in lieu of a birth certificate when obtaining a driver's license, identification card or driving authorization card. The announcement was made by tribal and state officials at a town hall meeting Friday at Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint. http://www.daily-times.com/story/news/local/navajo-nation/2017/10/15/tribe-state-continue-address-real-id-...
Hungarian-born billionaire investor George Soros and his son were among top contributors to Democratic gubernatorial candidate Michelle Lujan Grisham, while former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and his wife were among Republican hopeful Steve Pearce’s biggest backers. Campaign finance reports filed Monday (Oct. 9) with the Secretary of State’s Office show both members of Congress have each taken in more than $1 million for their bids to win their party’s nomination for governor of New Mexico in the June primary elections. http:...
In 1967, Robert Pelcyger was a newly minted lawyer who knew little about the rights of Native Americans and even less about water rights. Then he met Patty Durro, an earnest, young woman from the Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians in northern San Diego County who was determined to reclaim her tribe's share of the San Luis Rey River. http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/north-county/sd-no-water-settlement-20170926-story.html...
Minnesota Chippewa bands will do their own assessment of Enbridge’s Line 3 proposal, looking at the “cumulative impact” of the pipeline on American Indians. The Chippewa, also known as the Ojibwe or Anishinaabeg, have long been opposed to Enbridge’s plan to replace its aging and corroding Line 3 pipeline. The new 340-mile pipeline would run across northern Minnesota to Enbridge’s terminal in Superior, Wis. http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-chippewa-plan-their-own-environmental-survey-of-enbridge-s-line-3-proposal/4507967...
On October 4, Joel Clement, a career employee at the Department of the Interior, tendered his resignation. In the letter explaining why, he didn’t hold back, citing Secretary Ryan Zinke’s “resume of failure” and accusing him of wasting taxpayer money and betraying the American people. Until June, Clement was in charge of the Office of Policy Analysis, where he worked primarily on the effects of climate change in Alaska. Then he was abruptly transferred to a position in the office that audits royalty payments from companies extracting oil and...
One study is looking at how social interactions affect rates of bacteria transmission in Hispanic and non-Hispanic populations. Another is investigating the influence of arsenic-contaminated water on wound healing. http://azdailysun.com/news/local/nau-gets-m-to-study-why-some-are-sicker/article_101ca4d6-8093-51da-a171-a370f3c97eb3.html...
Washington (AFP) - Brick by brick, the demolition job has begun: since taking office less than a year ago, Donald Trump has launched an all-out assault on the legacy of Barack Obama. Climate, free trade, health care, immigration, foreign policy -- the 45th US president has set about undoing just about everything done by the 44th. https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-dismantling-obamas-legacy-140214491.html...
