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Supreme Court sides with Native American hunter The Supreme Court on Monday sided with a Crow hunter charged with off-season hunting, ruling 5-4 that a 150-year-old treaty between a Native American tribe and the United States was still active and protected the man’s rights. Clayvin Herrera was charged in 2014 with off-season hunting, but he argued that an 1868 treaty between the U.S. and the Crow Tribe, of which he is a member, protected his ability to hunt at that time. Wyoming had argued that the treaty was invalidated when it achieved s...
From lumber to leaf: How mill workers could become pot growers in Burns Lake Indigenous company hopes to create jobs by cultivating cannabis inside idled northern mill An Indigenous-owned cannabis company wants to replace vanishing forestry jobs with new jobs in pot production in a northern B.C. mill town. Nations Cannabis is holding a job fair this week in Burns Lake, B.C., as it prepares to transform an idled wood products mill into a large marijuana production facility. “Here’s a project that could replace a number of [forestry] job...
April 22, 2019. More than 1,000 Indigenous Peoples participants from all over the world will be at United Nations Headquarters from 22 April to 3 May to participate in the eighteenth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. This year's session is focused on the generation, transmission and protection of indigenous peoples' traditional knowledge. Besides the main theme, the Permanent Forum will also discuss the International Year of Indigenous Languages (2019), the...
Reprinted with permission from Indian Country Media 4/20 is the grand opening of Commencement Bay Cannabis in Tacoma, Washington, the Puyallup tribes' second store The Puyallup Tribe is hosting the veritable grand slam of 4/20 celebrations by opening its second legal cannabis store in the Tacoma area, Commencement Bay Cannabis while hosting the iconic marijuana users, Richard 'Cheech' Marin and Tommy Chong. Cheech and Chong, known for such movies as "Up in Smoke," "Nice Dreams" and more, have long been known for their movies involving the comed...
On Monday, April 8, 2019 more than 2,500 members of the Kashechewan First Nation were to flown out from the Kashechewan First Nation reserve located north of Fort Albany, Ont., and sent to other locations across the province. This past weekend, the chief and council declared a state of emergency. Kashechewan has long dealt with spring flooding, said NDP MP Charlie Angus, but community members find the evacuations more difficult this year because they believed the federal government was finally relocating the reserve to higher ground. “This y...
Ottawa, ON. Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde today mourned the passing of Noel Starblanket, a highly respected Knowledge Keeper, advocate, teacher and two-time National Chief, from Star Blanket Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. “I offer my deepest condolences and prayers on behalf of myself and the AFN Executive to the family of Noel Starblanket, a strong and outspoken leader and Knowledge Keeper who dedicated his life to ensuring First Nations people and First Nations rights are honoured and respected,” said AFN Nat...
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma. The Cherokee Nation contributed more than $5.7 million to 108 school districts during the tribe’s annual Public School Appreciation Day on March 1st. School superintendents from across northeastern Oklahoma gathered at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa for a luncheon and to receive checks from the tribe. Funds provided to the schools are from the sale of tribal car tags. The Cherokee Nation allocates 38 percent of car tag revenue each year to education, providing a boost to Oklahoma public schools and fill education f...
Poarch Creek Indian Reservation. Alabama. The Poarch Band of Creek Indians announced that it is donating $100,000 to the Elmore County Disaster Relief Fund to assist residents in the City of Wetumpka and other parts of Elmore County who were directly affected by the January 19, 2019 tornado. This donation is part of the Tribe’s ongoing Planned Giving Campaign. The tornado impacted an approximately eighteen (18) mile long tract from the city of Wetumpka to the Lake Martin area of Elmore County, AL. The Elmore County Disaster Relief Fund, o...
A Christian missionary from Maine could be tried for genocide by Brazil after entering land occupied by an isolated tribe. American missionary Steve Campbell, from Maine has been accused of exposing an isolated indigenous tribe, the Hi-Merimã in Brazil to diseases which could be fatal. He allegedly entered the lands occupied by the Hi-Merimã tribe last month. Campbell has been living among the neighboring Jamamadi tribe for years but received no authorization to do so from Brazil. Campbell claimed to have entered the area by mistake, while t...
Across the Western US, Native American women are falling victim to violence in alarming numbers, officials say. In 2018 alone, more than two dozen Native Americans — the majority of them women — went missing in sparsely populated Montana, according to US Senator Jon Tester. “We’re here today because we have an epidemic on our hands,” Tester said during a Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing last month. “Native Americans in Montana and across this country are dealing with violence at a much higher rate than the rest of the population...
The United States has refused to take any responsibility for 7-year-old Maya Q’eqchi’ Guatemalan Jakelin Caal The Indian Law Resource Center would like to express our deep sadness and concern at the recent death of Jakelin Caal Maquin, a 7-year-old Maya Q’eqchi’ girl from Guatemala who died while in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol at a medical facility in El Paso, Texas. According to reports by NBC, the Associated Press, and the Washington Post, the United States refused to take any blame for her death, despite Jakelin not rec...
The Hoopa Valley Indian Tribe filed suit against federal agencies who failed to reduce the numbers of Coho salmon being killed in the Pacific Ocean near the mouth of the Klamath River. Without analysis, regulations of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) changed this year to allow more Coho to be injured or killed, although they are protected by the Endangered Species Act. “We will not stand by while the federal agencies kill our fish,” said Hoopa Chairman Ryan Jackson. “Those fish would have returned to the Klamath and Trinity Rivers....
The Kansas Republican who said of Democratic congressional candidate Sharice Davids, “your radical socialist kick boxing lesbian Indian will be sent back packing to the reservation,” has resigned as a precinct committeeman. Johnson County Republican Party chairman Mike Jones confirmed that Michael Kalny of Shawnee resigned his post Wednesday, October 3 in the aftermath of the Facebook message becoming public earlier this week. “He reflected an apologetic attitude and didn’t want to bring negative attention on the party or candidates running...
A Setback for Trump’s Plan to Slash Public Lands On Tuesday, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., handed a procedural victory to the coalition of indigenous nations, outdoor-activity companies, and environmental groups suing the U.S. government over the cuts to two expanses of wilderness in Utah. The decision sets the stage for the acrimonious legal battle to come, about whether U.S. President Trump can shrink Bears Ears National Monument by 85 percent and cut Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument nearly in half. His cuts rank among the l...
Reprinted with permission from Indian Country Media Are Native-related issues enough to sink the nomination of President Donald J. Trump’s choice for the Supreme Court? The Senate is now considering Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination and a vote by the Judiciary Committee is expected on September 20. The president’s supporters are hoping that they have the votes to confirm Kavanaugh and he can begin his new job by the first Monday in October, the beginning of the new court term. The Senate is closely divided, 51 Republicans and 49 Democrats. And i...
It is with great sadness that Tiorahkwáthe Gilbert passed unexpectedly at his home on July 18, 2018. Tiorahkwáthe was born on February 14, 1950, in Kahnawà:ke Territory. He worked as an ironworker in various cities, before returning to school to become a language teacher, becoming the first person in his family to get a college degree. As a first language speaker, he dedicated his life to revitalizing, and advocating for, the Kanien'kéha language. He always tried to share his knowledge with his...
California. The Hoopa Valley Tribe (Tribe) announced that it will file a lawsuit within 60 days claiming the agencies failed to follow their own protocols that are meant to protect Endangered Species Act-listed coho salmon when they approved this year's salmon fishing regulations. Klamath River origin Coho salmon have been listed as a 'threatened species' under the ESA since 1997. Without analysis or formal ESA re-consultation, regulations of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) were...
SYRACUSE, NY. On Mother's Day during Syracuse University's 164th commencement, a group of graduating Indigenous students took off their gowns to reveal messages like, "No More Stolen Indigenous Sisters" and "Respect Indigenous Women," to bring awareness to the rising epidemic of "Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW)." "We are wearing red today in honor of our thousands of missing and murdered Indigenous sisters that the mainstream and media are not giving due attention," said Michelle...
Syracuse. The Skä·noñh-Great Law of Peace Center held a reception on Sunday, April 29, in which the Onondaga Nation honored Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud for his commitment to raising awareness of Haudenosaunee history and heritage. Ongoing efforts at Syracuse University to honor and respect the cultural, historical, and traditional legacy of the Haudenosaunee have led to the development of programs that promote strong connections between the University and the Haudenosaunee nations. Syracuse University itself is built upon th...
By Ryan Jackson, March 19, 2018 The Trinity River water that had sustained the Hoopa people's fishery and 10,000 year-old economy, culture and religion now supplies industrial agriculture with irrigation and hydropower. Westlands Water District uses the lion's share of that water. Its demand for Trinity water is insatiable. Federal law and judicial decrees strictly limit Trinity River diversions. They forbid shipping any Trinity water to Westlands that North Coast communities and Indian tribes n...
A lawyer is arguing members of the Haida Nation should not need permission to cross international lines within their own territory after a pair of Haida basketball players from Alaska were detained in Canada earlier this month. Vinny Edenshaw and Greg Frisby are based out of Hydaburg, Alaska, just north of Haida Gwaii in B.C. The pair travelled by boat to Massett in Haida Gwaii and then on to Prince Rupert to take part in the All Native Basketball tournament at the beginning of February. While there, they were placed into custody for not checki...
Laser Scans Expose Mayan ‘Megalopolis’ Below Guatemalan Jungle Revealing Advanced Sophisticated Mayan Civilization In what’s being hailed as a “major breakthrough” in Maya archaeology, researchers have identified the ruins of more than 60,000 houses, palaces, elevated highways, and other human-made features that have been hidden for centuries under the jungles of northern Guatemala. Using a revolutionary technology known as LiDAR (short for “Light Detection And Ranging”), scholars digitally removed the tree canopy from aerial images of the now-...
Savanna’s Act Addresses Missing & Murdered Native American Women Crisis in US WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held a hearing on Savanna’s Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp to help address the epidemic of missing and murdered Native American women. The hearing comes just three weeks after her bill was introduced, reinforcing the need for urgency and broadened awareness to address this crisis. During the hearing, Heitkamp, a member of the committee, questioned Carmen O’Leary, executi...
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Seeks Public Support For Licence Renewal Process (October 23, 2017) Winnipeg, Manitoba – Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) has submitted an application to renew its broadcasting licence to the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). The CRTC governs the conditions and terms by which APTN operates to provide programming to the Canadian audience. The licence renewal process is open to the public and everyone is invited to participate by submitting letters to the C...
September 7, 2017 (Ottawa, Ontario) The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced that he will host the First Ministers’ Meeting (FMM), including a meeting of First Ministers with national Indigenous leaders, in the National Capital Region on October 3, 2017. Since the last FMM on December 9, 2016, federal, provincial, and territorial governments have been working closely together to implement the pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change. “Canada is making progress towards a true nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and gov...
