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This might be a moment for a new climate conversation. Jade Begay, who just was appointed to a White House advisory council on environmental justice, says a rethinking could “liberate us” from dependency on fossil fuels and create a space for practices that are more harmonious. This column previously aired in April.…
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The story we tell about sports, or about life, builds on the stories that have come before. In the days ahead we will know about the trials and successes of the Indigenous athletes in Tokyo. Each of those stories will go back to those that have come before, including Billy Mills.Native Voice One - NV1
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Last week was a major gathering for Native people in Las Vegas -- sort of our first post-pandemic experience. It was a major reunion for people who really wanted to be together again. The Reservation Economic Summit or RES 2021 and the National Indian Gaming Association Trade Show and Conference. More than 8,000 people were registered at the two ev…
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A new film explores the story of John Peabody Harrington. He was an ethnologist and linguist who spent more than fifty years conducting exhaustive research that preserved some 150 languages (including detailed notes with more than 1 million pages). (Repeat)Native Voice One - NV1
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There is a lot of complexity in criminal jurisdiction in Indian Country. That’s because when federal policy changes … the law often does not. So some laws support tribal sovereignty while others undermine that same idea. And that’s how a common sense decision became a “bare minimum standard” for law enforcement in a tribal nation.…
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A memorial day story. American Indians and Alaska Natives have a long history of signing up for military service. Even the Public Health Service is a uniformed civilian branch of the United States. And so many people lost their lives wearing one of those uniforms.Native Voice One - NV1
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The latest research confirms what we already know: The impact from sports mascots is harmful to Native people. And, as people learn more, they are compelled to be good neighbors. It only takes one visit to a team with a mascot, watching the fans in all their crazy and offensive celebrations, to understand.…
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As tribal governments decide the next steps to limit the spread of COVID-19, one thing is clear. American Indian and Alaska Natives have the highest rates of vaccination in the country, according to the CDC. Already nearly 40 percent of the total population has had at least one dose. That compares to 25 percent of white Americans.…
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Summary:Fifty years ago last week the federal government’s experiment with a policy called “termination” was crushed at the ballot box on the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington state. Termination was a policy that was designed to end the United States government’s role in Indian affairs. The vote on May 8 was not close.No…
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This might be a moment for a new climate conversation. Jade Begay, who just was appointed to a White House advisory council on environmental justice, says a rethinking could “liberate us” from dependency on fossil fuels and create a space for practices that are more harmonious.Native Voice One - NV1
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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has made history by taking office. But the thing is … Haaland is not alone. The administration of President Joe Biden has made a number of key appointments across government, including, most recently, Janie Hipp, as the general counsel for the Department of Agriculture.…
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SUMMARYThe latest coronavirus relief package has a couple of more steps before it becomes law. But that path is now clear. This legislation does more to address poverty, especially child poverty, than any law since the 1960s and the Great Society or 1930s and the New Deal.Native Voice One - NV1
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Let’s talk about the challenge to spend billions of dollars. The need is clear. The economic activity that supported jobs, social services, and growth all came to a halt last year. Congress responded with an unprecedented investment in Indian Country targeting money for relief.The challenge is to spend money effectively.…
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Tribes are expecting a lot more than just window decoration from the Biden administration and Deb Haaland as Interior Secretary. The hope is for a secretary who deeply understands tribal issues and is ready to act accordingly. But first she has to get past the Senate.Native Voice One - NV1
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On this Presidents’ Day, let’s take a minute to consider the President of the United States and a complicated history for the people Indigenous to this land and the governments that were here first. And the ongoing government-to-government relations between the White House and tribal capitals.Native Voice One - NV1
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It’s often said that elections have consequences. In this case the Georgia Senate race last month could make all the difference if Rep. Deb Haaland is confirmed as the first Native American to be Secretary of the Interior. Republicans will need Democrats to vote against her to prevent her from taking office.…
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We now know how close this whole affair came to an even more lethal day with some of the provocateurs promising to kidnap or kill the vice president, members of Congress, and their staff. It also opened up a political honeymoon for the Biden administration that could result in profound changes that have been held up by divisions.…
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There are few jobs as complicated in Washington as running the U.S. Department of Interior. It’s a structured conflict of interest. But Deb Haaland brings something to the post that’s never been seen before, she has experienced the impact of the agency’s policies.Native Voice One - NV1
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Representation by Native Americans in government falls short. At the Interior Department, the agency responsible for the relationship between the government of the United States and tribal governments, there have been 53 secretaries. And the math here is easy. Zero from 53 is still zero.Native Voice One - NV1
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There is a lot of speculation about Rep. Deb Haaland being named Secretary of the Interior. She is Laguna Pueblo and she would make history because a Native American has never served in a presidential cabinet. And she clearly has a shot at history. But that’s only one possibility of many appointments that could benefit Indian Country.…
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A COVID-19 vaccine is on the day and that’s the most hopeful news of the year. Vaccines are tricky in Indian Country. We know that influenza continues to kill people and that disease can be prevented with a vaccine. Yet year after year only about 30 percent of us bother to get that shot.Native Voice One - NV1
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The state of Navajo has been an idea that surfaces from time to time. And the idea of an Indigenous state has a rich history in the United States as well as around the world.Statehood will not fix the problems facing the Navajo Nation but it would do two things: Add representation in Congress and open up funding.…
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