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‘We are all we have’: Nome sexual assault survivors find their collective strength

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This series is in partnership with the Associated Press. It is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Fund for Investigative Journalism.  Read the AP in-depth reporting here. By Victoria Mckenzie Frustration over Nome officials’ inaction on sexual assault and other violent crimes boiled over in the summer of 2018. Residents voiced their anger at […]

In Nome, a legacy of mistrust, outsiders promise change

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This series is in partnership with the Associated Press. It is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Fund for Investigative Journalism. Read the AP in-depth reporting here. By Victoria Mckenzie A call comes over Elizabeth Jachim’s radio from a fellow officer responding to a woman outside on a cold Nome night. The woman said […]

For years, Nome sexual assault reports go unanswered

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This series is in partnership with the Associated Press. It is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Fund for Investigative Journalism. Read the AP in-depth reporting here. By Victoria Mckenzie Clarice Hardy opens the door to her mother’s bright-red house in Shaktoolik, Alaska, just yards from Norton Sound, a bay in the Bering Strait. […]

Sanders addresses health care, consultation at forum on Native American issues

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At a presidential candidate forum on Native American issues Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) promoted his ongoing themes of environmental protection, climate change and universal health care. Sanders was the last of the 11 candidates to address the two-day Frank LaMere Native American Presidential Forum in Sioux City Iowa. He also spoke about respecting sovereignty […]

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

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Four presidential candidates kick off the first day of the presidential candidates forum on Native American issues in Iowa A tribal consortium endorsed Montana Governor Steve Bullock for president

Presidential candidates kick off historic forum on Native American issues

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Author Marianne Williamson kicked off the Frank LaMere Native American Presidential Forum in Sioux City, Iowa, where tribal leaders, elders and directors of Native organizations questioned four presidential candidates. Williamson spoke about making amends to Native Americans. She also said, if elected president, she would take down the portrait of Andrew Jackson at the White […]

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