Erma Vizenor Resigns as Chair of White Earth Nation

January 21, 2016January 21, 2016Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here is “Vizenor resigns as White Earth chair” from the Bemidji Pioneer.

And her personal announcement: Erma public Letter_Jan20

I have found Erma Vizenor to be one of the most visionary and ethical tribal leaders. This is a tough loss for Indian country. Hopefully, Ms. Vizenor will continue her good work.

4,000 artifacts stored at Oregon refuge held by armed group

January 20, 2016Teresa Walrod2 Comments

From the AP:

“Thousands of archaeological artifacts — and maps detailing where more can be found — are kept inside the national wildlife refuge buildings currently being held by an armed group of protestors angry over federal land policy.”

Article is HERE.

Slate News Profile on the Enslavement of Indian People

January 19, 2016Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here is ”

America’s Other Original Sin:

Europeans didn’t just displace Native Americans—they enslaved them, and encouraged tribes to participate in the slave trade, on a scale historians are only beginning to fathom.“

First Aboriginal Woman Appointed as Dean of Canadian Law School

January 14, 2016Sarah M Donnelly1 Comment

Link to Globe and Mail article here.

Excerpt:

Angelique EagleWoman was appointed this week as dean of Lakehead University’s Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, a position she’ll take up in May, a month before the fledgling Thunder Bay, Ont., law school’s first class is set to graduate.

EagleWoman, who currently teaches law at the University of Idaho College of Law, said she was drawn in part by Lakehead’s mandatory first- and second-year courses in aboriginal law.