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Seattle U. School of Law Field Trip to the Elwha River
Here are some pictures from Sunday’s Seattle U. field trip to view the progress of the Elwha River’s restoration. The trip was led by Robert Elofson, Director of the River Restoration Project for the Lower Elwha Tribe. It was part of a class on the restoration of the River after the removal of the two dams, which is taught by Professors Catherine O’Neill and Eric Eberhard. What lucky students to have the chance to examine the mechanics of a tribal triumph like this one and then to see the on-the-ground evidence firsthand!
Ninth Circuit Affirms Conviction for Theft from Blackfeet Tribe’s Po’Ka Project
Here is the opinion in United States v. Conti.
Washington to Retrocede PL 280 Jurisdiction over Yakama Reservation
Here.
Kate Fort at the 2015 Oregon Tribal/State ICWA Conference
Here’s a picture on Turtle Talk of Kate Fort speaking about Turtle Talk at the 2015 Oregon Tribal/State ICWA Conference. Kate is a regular presenter at ICWA conferences around the country, but this may be the first time she’s presented about the blog specifically at one of these conferences.
Thanks Addie S for sending along the picture!
Federal Court Orders Interior/Justice to Redo Discovery in Trust Breach Suit; Too “Document Dump”-Like
Here is the order in Goodeagle v. United States (Fed. Cl.):
Sarah Deer’s New Book on Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America
Available in November!
Sarah Deer will soon publish “The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America” with the University of Minnesota Press.
From the blurb:
How to address widespread violence against Native women—practically, theoretically, and legally—from the foremost advocate for understanding and change
The Beginning and End of Rape makes available the powerful writings in which Sarah Deer, who played a crucial role in the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act in 2013, has advocated for cultural and legal reforms to protect Native women from endemic sexual violence and abuse. These essays point to the possibility of actual and positive change in a world where Native women are systematically undervalued, left unprotected, and hurt.
Bears Ears Coalition Materials
Press Release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 15, 2015) — The Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition — an historic partnership of five sovereign Tribal Nations — today formally presented to the Obama Administrationtheir proposal for the creation of a 1.9 million acre, collaboratively managed national monument in southern Utah. A copy of the proposal was also delivered to Representatives Rob Bishop and Jason Chaffetz of Utah.
The Hopi, Navajo, Ute Indian Tribe, Ute Mountain Ute, and Zuni Tribes created the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition in July of this year with the mission to protect and preserve the Bears Ears region, to which they have ancestral and contemporary ties. The sovereign-led proposal is formally supported by an additional 19 Tribes as well as the National Congress of American Indians.
“This proposal originates from the heart of Indian Country,” said Eric Descheenie, Co-Chair of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition and advisor to Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye. “By protecting these sacred ancestral lands we can take a very important step towards healing.”
The Bears Ears National Monument proposal is named for the Bears Ears buttes – two prominent landforms at the center of a landscape rich in antiquities, with more than100,000 archaeological and cultural sites that are sacred to dozens of tribes. However, rampant looting and destruction of the region’s structures, artwork, and gravesites is ongoing, and oil, gas and potash extraction also loom as threats. “This destruction of our sacred sites—including the gravesites of our ancestors—deeply wounds us,” said Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk, Councilwoman to the Ute Mountain Ute. “Bears Ears should have been protected long ago. It has been central to our creation and migration stories since time immemorial.”
“The Antiquities Act was written to protect Native American artifacts on public lands,” said Alfred Lomahquahu, Vice Chairman to the Hopi Nation. “But this is the first time tribes have ever come together to call on the President to use the Antiquities Act.”
The collaborative management the proposal calls for—between Tribes and the federal government—would not change the ownership of the land; tribes and agency officials would be working together as equals to make joint decisions. As with any national monument, members of the public and key stakeholders will have ample opportunity to contribute to the development of plans and policies.
Prior to presenting their proposal to the Obama Administration, the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition delivered copies to Representatives Rob Bishop and Jason Chaffetz of Utah. Reps. Bishop and Chaffetz have been working on a Public Lands Initiative, which seeks to address federal land management in the Bears Ears and other regions of eastern Utah. However, as the Bears Ears proposal details, Tribes have been excluded despite their extensive effortsto have the proposal considered as part of the Public Lands Initiative.
Still, at a press conference at the National Press Club, the tribes emphasized that the proposal is an opportunity to bring people together—including Representatives Bishop and Chaffetz. “It’s not just for us to get healed,” said Willie Grayeyes, chairman of Utah Diné Bikéyah, a nonprofit that developed and built grassroots support for the proposal among tribal members. “It’s for our adversaries to be healed too. We can come out dancing together.”
The proposed monument would be open to all members of the public.
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Contact: Natasha Hale at 505-906-8303 or BearsEarsPress@gmail.com.
The full proposal, timeline, B-roll, photos and other media resources can be accessed at: http://www.bearsearscoalition.org/media-resources/
PROPOSAL TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA FOR THE CREATION OF BEARS EARS NATIONAL MONUMENT
Alaskan Tribal Consortium Seeks Family Services Director
Link to job announcement here.
The Association of Village Council Presidents includes 56 Alaska Native Villages in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The position is out of Bethel, AK.
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