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The next time you round up your workmates for a coffee break, remember this principle of pausing: All breaks are not created equal. The timing, length and focus of a break are crucial to its effectiveness. But don’t make too many assumptions about that because the breaks many people think are the most helpful actually are just the opposite. And vice versa. Take, for instance, the midmorning break. The general consensus is that the morning, when we’re fully energized — or caffeinated, as the case may be — is when we least need to take a breathe...
KILAUEA, Hawaii — The results were supposed to be announced on the first day of December. But the historic first election that could lead to sovereignty for Native Hawaiians didn’t even make it to the final day of voting without a legal challenge pulling it to a halt. No one thought this was going to be easy. http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/12/5/first-steps-toward-native-hawaiian-sovereignty-get-tripped-up.html...
Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, at the opening of an oversight hearing titled “Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) – Five Years Later,” posed the question: “How have the justice systems in Indian country improved?” The TLOA upon its implementation was “charged to the federal government to provide tribal governments with the tools they need to better protect their communities, to live up to our treaty and trust obligations and to be more accountable for our efforts to enhance public safety in Indian c...
Aboriginal residents made up nearly a quarter of Canada’s homicide victims in 2014 even though they make up only about 5 percent of Canada’s population, and the nation’s highest homicide rates were in the country’s sparsely populated northern territories, said a recent report issued by the government agency Statistics Canada. Overall, Canada’s total 516 homicides in 2014 gave the nation a rate of 1.45 victims per 100,000 people -- the lowest rate since 1966. Of those victims, 117 were identified as aboriginal, and another 17 were of undetermi...
SICANGU LAKOTA OYATE— The Rosebud Sioux Tribal Council and administration met today at 1:00 p.m. for a special meeting of the Council in order to discuss yesterday’s decision to limit access to the emergency room at Rosebud Indian Health Service (IHS) hospital today. Yesterday, at approximately 4:00 p.m., Rosebud Sioux Tribal leadership was provided with information that the Rosebud IHS hospital was going to “divert emergency services.” After a meeting with Ronald Cornelius, director for the Aberdeen Area Indian Health Service, the underst...
Each year, the Minnesota Indian Education Association sponsors nine education awards at its professional conference. Two of the awards are the Outstanding American Indian Postsecondary Student and Minnesota Outstanding American Indian High School Student of the Year. The purpose of MIEA is to establish and maintain communications and the promotion of quality education and unity for American Indians for the express purpose of continuity of communications and ongoing awareness of local and statewide educational activities. Cassandra Roy, a White...
On a dark country road in Indian Country, the lessons of childhood come back quickly when the police pull you over. As a nation debates police violence, we should know that Native people are the ethnicity most likely to be killed by law enforcement. When the officer rapped loudly with a flashlight on the passenger-side window of my car, my 16-year-old, special-needs daughter flung her arms around me like a frightened kitten climbing up my pants leg. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/05/18/driving-wh...
New Mexico tribal leaders say the decision in a long-running Indian law case that will be heard Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court could impair their ability to govern themselves. “It’s sad. It’s a direct attack on tribal sovereignty and Native American rights, and it’s plain wrong,” said Joe Talachy, governor of Pojoaque Pueblo. He was referring to the case involving Dollar General Corp., a multibillion-dollar business with 12,396 stores in the United States, and the federally recognized Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. At issue is whethe...
FRIDAY, Dec. 4, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Native Americans are less likely than whites to get kidney transplants and more likely to die while waiting for a new organ, researchers say. The investigators also found that Native Americans who do receive kidney transplants have slightly lower three-year survival rates compared to whites in the United States. The results from an analysis of 16 years of national data were presented recently at a meeting of the American Society of Nephrology, in San Diego. http://health.usnews.com/he...
ROSEBUD INDIAN RESERVATION – The Rosebud Hospital’s emergency room on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, located in southwest South Dakota, is on “divert status” due to staffing changes and limited resources, according to a news release distributed by Indian Health Service on Saturday, December 5, 2015. The divert status becomes effective on Saturday, December 5, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. – local time. “If individuals are having a medical emergency, they should call 911 for possible ambulance dispatch or go to the nearest 24 hour Emergency Room, locat...
Rachel Ellen Sage Blanford, 13, was bullied in school. Like many teens, she said the cruelty of her classmates made her feel depressed and “like it was not worth it to be alive.” Rachel, who has Creek Indian ancestry, discovered a life-saving outlet in fancy shawl dancing. Originally from Arkansas, she shared her dancing and her story at a recent Choctaw-Apache Veterans Day pow wow near Noble in early November. http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/2015/12/05/tribal-dancing-helps-teens-find-identity-connect-others/7686...
The Senate had a productive end to the week. The chamber unanimously passed bipartisan legislation designating the American bison as the country’s national mammal. “The bison, like the bald eagle, has for many years been a symbol of America for its strength, endurance and dignity, reflecting the pioneer spirit of our country,” North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven said in a statement Friday. New Mexico Democrat Martin Heinrich joined Hoeven in sponsoring the legislation, and in championing its passage on Thursday, he heralded the bison’s importa...
The jury trial began this week for Alex Rios, one of three youths charged in the beating deaths of Allison Gorman and Kee Thompson last year. Gorman and Thompson, both members of the Navajo Nation, were bludgeoned to death while they slept in an open field in Northwest Albuquerque in the early morning hours of July 19, 2014. The men, believed to be homeless, were beaten so brutally with cinder blocks and other objects that they were unrecognizable, the criminal complaint states. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianet...
A former Oglala Sioux Tribe police officer charged in federal court with using excessive force after repeatedly using a Taser on an intoxicated tribal member in August of 2014 will have to wait until Monday to learn her fate. After several hours of deliberations that stretched into Friday evening, a six-man, six-woman jury had not reached a verdict in the trial of Rebecca Sotherland, 33, of Hot Springs. http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/former-oglala-sioux-tribe-officer-awaits-fate-in-excessive-force/article_4c51c86d-63...
A number almost incomprehensible without names and faces or some way to register the suffering and loss. There are partial lists online. Hundreds of names and some photos. But the information is ephemeral, scrolling into view and then gone. The next name and then the next. There have been calls for an inquiry, hashtags, political slogans, but still nothing to really grasp and pull close. http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/12/05/three-ojibwa-sisters-from-the-same-reserve-each-met-a-violent-end.html...
In the seemingly ceaseless tragedy of murdered indigenous women, the country has been left with one crystal-clear impression: the overwhelming majority of those women were in some sort of relationship with their killers. This is not true. A Torstar News Service analysis suggests 44 per cent of the women were victims of acquaintances, strangers and serial killers. This finding is based on a Star review of publicly available information on more than 750 murder cases. Of that number, 224 murders remain unsolved. http://www.metr...
Families of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) were given their first glimpse of a garment that's been months in the making. Friends and family gathered at the Winnipeg Art Gallery Friday night for the unveiling of a quilt put together with their help. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/families-get-first-glimpse-of-quilt-for-missing-murdered-women-in-winnipeg-1.3352036...
Republicans who serve in the House or the Senate should be asked a simple question: How would you fund the Indian health system? The Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, is a mechanism that has added new dollars to many tribal, nonprofit and Indian Health Service clinics and hospitals. So without Obamacare, what’s the alternative? Thursday night the Senate voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act using the budget reconciliation process. The House will have to agree to the amendments and then it will be sent to President Obama. He’s already pro...
South Dakota's Department of Social Services is denying claims of racial discrimination against Native Americans who applied for jobs at the agency's office on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The state agency says in a response to a federal lawsuit that it was unaware of the race of the applicants because it doesn't request that information from job candidates. The federal Justice Department sued the state agency last month. The lawsuit says that over a two-year period beginning in 2010, social services hired 11 people who are white and...
A new partnership between First Nations in northwestern and northeastern Ontario is designed to make fresh food and other groceries more affordable in remote Ontario communities. A memorandum of understanding was signed between Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (Big Trout Lake), Lac Seul First Nation and Creewest GP Inc., which is a for-profit corporation owned by First Nations in the northeast, including Attawapiskat, Kashechewan, Fort Albany, and Weenusk First Nations. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/new-first-nations...
Members of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee slammed the Obama administration on Wednesday for failing to deliver timely reports about public safety in Indian Country. The Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 requires the Department of Justice to provide yearly reports about the number of cases it investigates and prosecutes on reservations. Yet only three have been released in the last five years. The first two, covering the years 2011-2012 and 2013, were well-publicized by the Obama administration. In contrast, the most recent one, covering...
The new Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribal Council was sworn in Tuesday at the December General Council Meeting. Judge Patrick Shannon administered the oath of office to each Tribal Council member and then Frank Cloutier was voted in as the newly elected chief of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe. Secret ballots were cast and the following individuals were elected for the following positions: Sub-Chief Brent Jackson; Treasurer Gayle Ruhl and Secretary Michelle Colwell. These individuals make up the four positions of Executive Tribal Council....
AGENCY VILLAGE, S.D. — Fifteen-year-old Aiyana Englund got up in front of a crowd in the rotunda of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate tribal headquarters last summer and talked about respect. The Dakota word is “ohoda,” and it’s one of the Sioux Indian cultural values. Apparently, though, her words and thoughts were not enough. http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/teen-suicide-on-indian-reservation-brings-tears-of-sadness-cry/article_4d79f32e-34c6-5801-94b3-2aa1c9365875.html...
Another child in the care of one of British Columbia’s delegated aboriginal agencies has died, the latest in a string of tragedies involving children directly or indirectly in government care and bringing back memories of a toddler who died more than a decade ago under the same agency’s care. In a statement on Thursday, the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council said a young man had recently died while in its care, but provided few other details. “Given the positive relationship we had developed with the young man, this event has come as a consi...
