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 numbers of Indian children…
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. UUSC’s program emboldens the principle of the right to self-determination by prioritizing building protections in place and when necessary and required by our partners, supporting communities to…
BY ALEXIS KRELL – Tacoma News Tribune September 18, 2018 05:51 PM Hunger strikers, including one who reportedly hasn’t eaten for nearly a month, have sued to prevent being force-fed as they protest conditions at the immigration detention center on the Tacoma Tideflats. Northwest Detention Center detainees Viacheslav Poliakov and Raquel Martinez Diaz asked U.S….
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 well as the plight of other orcas….
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 mother, Lisa Earl. . . . Washington State Initiative 940, the…
