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President Biden disembarks Air Force One at Grand Canyon National Park Airport in Grand Canyon Village, Ariz., on Monday. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images To read more of Tamara Keith's article, please click here. President Biden is designating a new national monument near the Grand Canyon on Tuesday. The move protects lands that are sacred to indigenous peoples and permanently bans new uranium mining claims in the area. It covers nearly 1 million acres. The president will give remarks at the...

Visit the website: Not Our Native Daughters In the whispers of the wind, a tale unfolds, Of missing souls, their stories left untold, A haunting lament, through the ages it flies, Of indigenous women and children, lost in the skies. Mystic breezes carry their names on their breath, Echoing across lands, whispering the depth, Of sorrow and loss, of shattered dreams, Where silence reigns, and justice teems. The wind's mournful wail, a solemn refrain, For the daughters and sisters, who can't...

The latest Surviving Spirit Newsletter - Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health is out - It can be read online via this & you can also subscribe - http://ml.survivingspirit.com/dada/mail.cgi/archive/newsletter/20230724161930/ or this - http://newsletters.survivingspirit.com/pdfs/2023-07-The_Surviving_Spirit_Newsletter_July_2023.pdf “ Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”. Kahlil Gibran Contents List :...

To read more of Nick Martin's article, please click here. Larissa FastHorse stood stage right and waited for her cue. Behind her, the set of The Thanksgiving Play : three white walls plastered with inspirational posters, some long brown tables and the fluorescent lights that clearly compose the average classroom — smeared and dripping with the faux blood of Native people. Before her, an audience thundering in a standing ovation. FastHorse’s name was announced, along with the title that will...

Courtesy of FX To read more of Nick Caruso's article, please click here. The third season of FX ’s Reservation Dogs — which returns Wednesday, Aug. 2 — will be its last, creator Sterlin Harjo announced on Instagram Thursday. The writer/director called it the “correct decision creatively for the show.” “When we came up with the idea for Reservation Dogs , I didn’t think the show would ever get made, but thankfully it did. The first and most basic idea for us as Native people, was to show the...

July is a time to celebrate all summer has to offer by building bridges and innovating with community to get to the heart of trauma-informed awareness and resilience building. This month, we’ve added new July dates to the summer 2023 *CRC* curriculum—but that’s only half of the good news. Last year, the CRC began as a pilot program. Now that it's evolved, what better time to bring accelerator participants together in a PACEs Connection CRC community than the summer? We are proud to announce...

To read more of the SOURCE article, please click here. Local Native Americans are about to complete the longest indigenous prayer run in U.S. history. “Run with the Sun” is the brainchild of Lakeside resident Bobby Wallace, a member of the Barona Band of Mission Indians, in hopes of protecting waters across America. “It’s been awesome making changes in people’s minds about water everywhere,” Wallace told East County Magazine in an interview. “We started running, traveling with the water over...

When the Evolved Nest is provisioned to children and to adults, our full humanity is developed and expressed. Through the Evolved Nest we develop the Kinship Worldview. Reimagining Humanity gives us a taste of the kind of lifeways that nestedness promotes.

Demonstrators outside the US supreme court in November. Joe Biden said: ‘I stand alongside tribal nations as they celebrate today’s supreme court decision.’ Photograph: Mariam Zuhaib/AP To read more of Maya Yang's article, please click here. Native Americans, tribal leaders and top Democrats hailed the US supreme court’s decision on Thursday to uphold federal protections for Native American children against removal from their tribal communities for fostering or adoption. Following the...

Light illuminates part of the Supreme Court building in Washington on Nov. 16, 2022. Patrick Semansky/AP To read Nina Totenberg and Meghanlata Gupta's article, please click here. In a major victory for Native American rights, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld key provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act, a law enacted 45 years ago to remedy decades of past government abuse. By a 7-2 vote, the court ruled that the law does not impermissibly impose a federal mandate on traditionally...

(Stock photo) To read more of Kaili Berg's article, please click here. Intergenerational trauma and violence has led to increased cardiovascular disease in American/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) women in childbearing years, according to a scientific statement published by The American Heart Association (AHA) this week. The scientific statement highlights pregnancy risk factors related to cardiovascular health for Native women, Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, by a peer-reviewed AHA...

Students participate in an afterschool education program in this undated photo provided by Bristol Bay 4-H. Housed at the Bristol Bay Native Association, the Bristol Bay Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Program supports 4-H and positive youth development activities in Dillingham, Alaska, and other communities. To read more of Brian Rinker's article, please click here. Native American families nationwide have a need for afterschool programs that outpaces current community resources,...