Here are the documents:
Legislation
Tsunami could erase Northwest Washington village – bellinghamherald.com
Here’s an article about the Quileute Tribe’s efforts to move its village to avoid tsunami dangers: Tsunami could erase Northwest Washington village – Northwest McClatchy – bellinghamherald.com.
Another Chance to Oppose the Arizona Gun Bill
Ya’a’teeh abini,
Please be advised that the AZ governor has the state gun bill (SB 1610)before her to sign or to veto. I urge you to contact her and urge her not to sign the bill into law.
The honoring of any gun is offensive to Native Americans. Guns were used to kill Native Americans and take everything that belong to them. They were used to put Native Americans on reservations.
Please get involved. Here’s the contact info:
Honorable Jan Brewer
Governor of Arizona
1700 West Washington
Phoenix, AZ 85007
1-602-542-4331
1-800-253-0883
Easiest contact: http://www.azgovernor.gov
Thank you. Have a nizhoniful day.
Ahbihay aka Representative Albert Hale
Arizona Senate Bill 1610 — Makes the Colt .45 the State’s Official Firearm — Used to Kill Navajo People
Here’s the article on the approval of the bill.
Here is the Arizona Dems Press Release from a few days ago:
STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX – House Minority Whip Anna Tovar released the following statement today on making the Colt Action Army Revolver the official state firearm (SB 1610), which passed the House and will be sent to the governor:
“Another day, another waste of taxpayers’ time and money at the state capitol. My family owns guns, and I’m embarrassed that state government chose to spend hours on a state gun — even brought it back on reconsideration after it was defeated — instead of changing one word in statute to ensure 20,000 Arizonans’ jobless aid isn’t cut off during tough times. This is absolutely ridiculous and offensive, and it’s even more humiliating that the weapon they chose isn’t even manufactured in Arizona . It’s time for a change.”
Last Week’s SCIA Oversight Hearing on SBA sec. 8(a)
Witnesses (with links to written testimony):
Panel # 1
Mr. Joseph G. Jordan [testimony]
Associate Administrator
Government Contracting and Business Development, Small Business Administration, Washington, DC
Mr. Peter L. McClintock [testimony]
Deputy Inspector General,
Office of the Inspector General, Small Business Administration, Washington, DC
Panel # 2
Ms. Jackie Johnson-Pata [testimony]
Executive Director
National Congress of American Indians, Washington, DC
President
Alaska Federation Natives, Anchorage, AK
Panel # 3
The Honorable Chief James Allan [testimony]
Tribal Chairman
Coeur d’Alene Tribe, Plummer, ID
Chairman
Native American Contractor s Association, Washington, DC, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Ho-Chunk, Inc., Winnebago, NE
President
S & K Electronics Inc., Ronan, MT
New Mexico Enacts Native Youth Suicide Prevention Bill
Here is the press release from the governor’s office.
The text:
Governor Susana Martinez today signed Senate Bill 417, the Native American Suicide Prevention law, at the Phil Thomas Performing Arts Center in Shiprock. She was joined by Shiprock High School students and teachers, along with the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Lynda Lovejoy, and numerous other local and state leaders.
“Suicide prevention requires the attention of our entire community. Parents, families, coaches, grandparents, friends and public officials hold a shared responsibility to encourage New Mexico young people and never let the opportunity pass to simply tell them ‘you matter,’” remarked Governor Martinez. “Sadly, Native American youth suffer from a disproportionately high suicide rate, and this is a problem that must not go unaddressed. I am confident that this bill will increase and improve collaboration, data collection, and resource-acquisition efforts so that we can better support Native American young people and stop the scourge of suicide.”
SB 417 creates a collaboration between the state’s Indian Affairs Department and Human Services Department to establish culturally-based programs designed to increase suicide awareness and prevention in New Mexico’s Native American Communities. Governor Martinez continued, “In signing this legislation, New Mexico takes an important step in addressing a serious problem that has claimed too many of our youth and devastated our families. I encourage every young New Mexican to chase their dreams with vigor, shut out any whispers of self-doubt, and commit to overcoming their fears. We must not be held back by stereotypes, despair, or glass ceilings that limit achievement and undermine confidence. Every New Mexican is capable of succeeding in school, in the workforce, and in life – and in making a difference in our families and communities.”
Sen. Lovejoy also remarked, “I am grateful to Governor Martinez for signing this important bill. It demonstrates her support and our mutual commitment to making the well-being of Native youth and their families a priority in New Mexico in preventing needless suffering and loss from suicide.”
Proposed transfer of national park land to Quileutes would allow tribe to move from tsunami zone
Here’s the article from Seattle Times: Outdoors | Transfer of park land would let Quileutes move from tsunami zone | Seattle Times Newspaper.
Student Forum on Fort Lewis College Tuition Waiver Legislation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Alray Nelson, (970) 403-6953
September 17, 2010 Student Body President
STUDENT FORUM ON FEDERAL LEGISLATION AFFECTING THE REIMBURSEMENT TO FORT LEWIS COLLEGE FORTHE NATIVE AMERICAN TUITION WAIVER
DURANGO, CO– Fort Lewis College students and other stakeholders are invited to a student-led forum at the Fort Lewis College Native American Center on Thursday, October 7, 2010 from 3:30 to 5:00 pm.
“Is it not our responsibility, regardless of the academic field in which we have been trained, to make every effort to produce a more decent and educated electorate, a more humble and sincere political leadership, a morally alert and concerned citizenry?” – Robert A. Corrigan, Past Chair of the Association of American Colleges and Universities
Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss and make recommendations on the federal legislation pending in both the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate concerning Native American Tuition Waiver funding for out-of-state Native students at Fort Lewis College. The general public is encouraged to attend.
Fort Lewis College Tuition Funding Bill
Purpose:
- It is the purpose of this Act to ensure that Federal funding is provided to support and sustain the longstanding Federal mandate requiring Fort Lewis College in the State of Colorado to waive tuition charges for each Indian student it admits to an undergraduate program, including the waiver of tuition charges for Indian students who are not residents of the State of Colorado.
Ms. Magazine Blog Profile of Tribal Law and Order Act!!!!
From Ms. blog (thanks to A.T.!):
As a Native feminist without apology, I’m thrilled that the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 has been passed to protect Native women from violence. I have fellow Native woman warrior and feminist to thank for coining that exact phrase, and in fact, the bill itself: my shero Ms. Sarah Deer.
Sarah and I first met through Facebook, then face-to-face at the Tribal Policy and Law Institute of America in St. Paul, MN. It was Indigenous feminist love at first sight.
A Mvskoke (Creek) from Kansas, Sarah is a Tribal Law Professor at William Mitchell College of Law and served on the advisory committee (while undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer) for Amnesty International’s 2007 report “Maze of Injustice: The Failure to Protect Indigenous Women from Violence“–the fire behind getting the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 passed.
It’s been a whirlwind three years–from the Amnesty report to the bill signing just days ago–but as Sarah says here it’s really been 500+ years in the making. And since women are the life-givers, matriarchs, and center of our communities, we all have a responsibility to keep fighting.
JY: How are you feeling right now?
SD: I’m feeling exhausted and exhilarated. We–the five or six of us women who were connected in making this happen–kept saying to each other outside the White House, “This is so surreal!”
JY: When did it become real for you?
SD: It became very real when Lisa Marie Iyotte–a Lakota woman from the Rosebud Sioux tribe in South Dakota who is a rape survivor–spoke [at the bill’s signing] and said unequivocally, “If the Tribal Law and Order Act had existed 16 years ago, my story would have been very different.”
JY: Watching Lisa Marie I couldn’t help but cry myself. I’m always reminded that when I feel emotional or show my feelings publicly, it’s a sign that I’ve survived the attempts to beat the feelings out of me as an Indigenous person.
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