NPR on the Restoration of the Phoenix Indian School

Here is “Phoenix Students Restore School To Reclaim Native American Identity.”

HuffPo on Native Children

Here is “Native Children Are Facing A ‘National Emergency.’ Now Congress Is Pushing To Address It.”

NPR on Native Protests of Copper Mine in Arizona

Here is “Native Americans Protest Proposed Copper Mine In Arizona.”

ICT Profile on PLSI ’05 Alum Matt Campbell

Here is “Matt Campbell Works the Dream Job at NARF.”

An excerot:

In 2005, he received a flyer for the Pre-Law Summer Institute for American Indians and Alaska Natives, offered at the American Indian Law Center (AILC) in Albuquerque. He called the AILC yet was told the deadline had passed. “They asked me to send my application anyway, and I got in,” he said.

Campbell describes the two-month program, which replicates the first year of law school, as “intense,” and it attracts recruiters from law schools all over the country. Not only did he do well, but he was also wooed by recruiters from three different law schools. Campbell ended up enrolling at Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in Tempe. In addition to his J.D., obtained in spring 2008, he holds an Indian Legal Certificate, with an environmental emphasis.

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NYTs Op/Ed by Thomas King: “No Justice for Canada’s First Peoples”

Here.

We posted the truth and reconciliation report here.

NYTs: “Christopher Lee Dies at 93”

Terrible news. One of the great ones.

Here.

Environmental group initiates FOIA lawsuit against NPS for new rule allowing Tribes to gather in National Parks

The materials are here, on PEER’s website. Among the arguments being made are that tribes are not entitled to “special rights” for gathering on NPS lands, absent an act of Congress.

Eastern Michigan U. Native Students Meet with University President and DOJ Liaison over Harassment and Continued Use of Hurons Logo

Here is “Hurons logo, harassment prompt meeting at EMU.”

Native Students Sues School District over Ban on Eagle Feathers at Graduation

Here are the materials in Titman v. Clovis Unified School District (Cal. Super. Ct.):

2015.06.01_Complaint

2015.06.01 App for TRO OSC

ACLU press release here.

Fresno Bee news coverage by Marc Benjamin here.

Canada’s Chief Justice References “Cultural Genocide” of Aboriginal People

Here is “Chief Justice ignites debate over Canada’s treatment of aboriginals.

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