Two brothers, Jewell and Doug James, first started carving totem poles back in 2001 after 9/11. The brothers, both members of the Lummi Nation in Washington, created these poles as gifts meant to heal. They toured them around the U.S. and invited people to put their hands on them because people are … [Read more...]
This Thanksgiving, The Trump Administration Is Taking Land From The Tribe That Welcomed The Pilgrims
And the 1950s termination policies return. They were disastrous then and they will be now . . . On Sept. 7, Cedric Cromwell, the chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe received a letter from Tara Sweeney, the assistant secretary of Indian affairs at the Department of the Interior, informing him … [Read more...]
Colonization & Unitarian Universalism – a Conversation w/ Rev. Clyde Grubbs
November 29th, 4:30 PST / 7:30 EST. Join the next EJPN Webinar on November 29th for a discussion about Colonization and Unitarian Universalism with Rev. Clyde Grubbs. This is the first webinar in the "Decolonization Conversations: Solidarity with Indigenous Land & Water Protectors" program … [Read more...]
Regional tribes host I-1631 support rally in Lacey
Over one hundred supporters cheer as a consortium of Washington Tribal leaders and representatives staged a rally hosted by in support of Initiative 1631 Wednesday in front of the offices of the Western States Petroleum Association office in Lacey. By Steve Bloom Video … [Read more...]
Federal court won’t reopen case of captive orca Lolita
Activist groups have lost the latest battle in a decades long fight to free an orca named Lolita from the Miami Seaquarium. The Miami Herald reports a federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected a petition to reopen a lawsuit over Seaquarium’s treatment of Lolita. The decision says that, at … [Read more...]
Udall and 12 other Democrats introduce bill to battle suppression of the American Indian vote
Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico and a dozen other Democratic senators have introduced the Native American Voting Rights Act of 2018 designed to give American Indians the same access to the ballot box as non-Indian voters. This is something Indians are already supposed to have. But there continue to … [Read more...]
BEING FRANK: TO HELP ORCAS, EAT CHINOOK
From the Northwest Treaty Tribes: Don’t stop eating or serving chinook salmon if you want to help recover Southern Resident Killer Whales. It might make you feel better for a while, but it accomplishes little and makes recovering chinook even harder, by devastating the livelihoods of fishermen … [Read more...]
AN UPDATE ON BEARS EARS NATIONAL MONUMENT: CASE WILL CONTINUE IN D.C.
Federal Judge Tanya S. Chutkan ruled on Monday, September 24, that the cases filed against the Trump Administration’s revoke and replacement of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments will remain in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia—where they were … [Read more...]
‘Our relatives are calling for help’ – Northwest Tribes stand up for dying Orcas
J-35 or Tahlequah, was a young orca mother who pushed the lifeless body of her newborn calf in front of her for 17 days To researchers she is J-35. To the Native people of the Salish Sea she is Tahlequah, the young orca mother who pushed the lifeless body of her newborn calf in … [Read more...]
Court strikes down landmark Indian Child Welfare Act ruling
A federal appeals court has delivered a major blow to tribes and parents who have been seeking stronger enforcement of the Indian Child Welfare Act in South Dakota.The Oglala Sioux Tribe, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and three Indian parents went to court more than five years ago, alarmed by the large … [Read more...]
UUSC – First Peoples’ Convening on Climate-Forced Displacement
https://www.uusc.org/initiatives/first-peoples-convening-on-climate-forced-displacement/ UUSC’s Environmental Justice & Climate Action work focuses on advancing and protecting the rights of populations at risk of climate-forced displacement caused by slow-onset climate impacts. … [Read more...]
Angry at plight of southern-resident orcas, speakers rebuke NOAA in public meetings
Mon., Sept. 17, 2018, 8:30 a.m. Samish Nation member Leslie Eastwood, center, raises her arms with others at Deception Pass Park’s Bowman Bay on Sunday after completing a love song performed for those gathering for a vigil to remember the dead baby orca and her mother, Tahlequah, as … [Read more...]
‘Justice for Jackie’ gets police use of deadly force bill onto Washington ballot
byFrank Hopper Sep 10 Puyallup supports the law limiting the use of deadly force by law enforcement in Washington state. When Puyallup Tribal member Jacqueline Salyers was killed by a Tacoma Police officer in January 2016, her cousin Chester Earl made a promise to Salyer’s … [Read more...]
Tribal leaders pitch Congress on farm bill, Violence Against Women Act
Tribal leaders pitch Congress on farm bill, Violence Against Women Act Sen. Mazie Hirono speaks to a packed room about issues in Indian Country. (Photo by Jourdan Bennett-Begaye) by Jourdan Bennett-Begaye (4 days) Members of Congress met with tribal … [Read more...]
Climate Displacement, Climate Justice and Indigenous Communities
The following text is from the UU Service Committee report on climate displacement (see Resources for the link to the full report). Also see Climate-forced Displacement Initiative for more info. The threat of climate-forced displacement is disproportionately acute in small developing states and … [Read more...]
Lolita may never go free. And that could be what’s best for her, scientists say
Just last month, former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine and the Miami Beach City Commission unanimously passed a resolution urging the Seaquarium to retire Lolita based on the recommendations of a long-standing retirement plan originally created in 1996 by the nonprofit Tokitae Foundation (Tokitae … [Read more...]
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