They’re the Flickertails Fighting Hawks.
Here is “After Decades of Hand-Wringing, U. of North Dakota Has a New Nickname.”
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Ann Arbor Drops Columbus Day
Here is “City Council votes to stop recognizing Columbus Day” from the Michigan Daily.
Profile of Association of Village Council Presidents
Here is “AVCP aims to establish tribal court in every YK village” from Alaska Public Media.
The article features the great Monique Vondall-Rieke!
“Native American culture feels effects of boarding schools decades after system closed”
Here, from the Grand Traverse Record-Eagle.
President’s Memo Outlines New Environmental Policy
Link to Memorandum here.
The Obama Administration advised the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Defense, EPA, and NOAA to avoid harming the environment by ensuring, at minimum, a “no net loss goal” for natural resources deemed important, scarce, or sensitive. The Departments will forgo development of resources deemed “irreplaceable.”
The new policy requires federal regulators to evaluate every proposed natural resource project from a large-scale context, including water-shed and landscape impacts. Going forward, the government’s policy will be to protect the environment by foreseeing and mitigating any damage ahead of time. The Departments have been given a time table for finalizing mitigation mechanisms and guidance.
This is the latest episode in a controversy over energy developments in Indian Country. Republicans in Congress are attempting to enact a law that would speed up energy development on Tribal lands after a GAO report criticized the 2005 federal process for transferring management of energy development to Tribes that has not resulted in any agreements (TERAs).
“Congress should bolster jurisdiction of tribal courts over violence against children, ABA urges”
Here, from the ABA Journal.
“American Indian police departments to get access to federal criminal databases”
Here.
What an insane world we live in where only 10 tribal police departments may access this database, and even then only through a pilot project.
Northwestern University Founds “Indigenous Studies Research Initiative”
This is in partial response to the university’s founder’s role in the Sand Creek Massacre.
Mashpee Casino Land Deal in E. Taunton, MA Finalized
The Mashpee Tribe is planning to locate its casino in Taunton, a struggling city in Southeastern Massachusetts, the city where my grandparents lived in fact. The land deal was just finalized. It sounds like the economic development will be a win-win for the Tribe and the Taunton. Here’s the Taunton Daily Gazette story. Previous coverage here.
The Verge: “Adidas offers design resources to schools looking to ditch racist mascots”
Here.
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