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
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
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. […]
Faced with voting obstacles in North Dakota: ‘We’ll find a way’
Just weeks before the midterm election in North Dakota last November, voting rights advocates and tribes faced what seemed like an insurmountable task: to reach thousands of tribal members and others who could be turned away at the polls because of a new voter I.D. law. Tribal leaders, organizations, and volunteers came together to bring Native voters in compliance with the law, and in the process sparked one the largest Native vote turnouts ever in the state for a midterm election. Read more here
How tribes, voting rights advocates and volunteers countered North Dakota’s voting law
In the lead-up to the 2018 Midterm Election, tribes and voting advocates in North Dakota worried that a new law could have severely hamper voter turnout among tribal members. The law requires voters to list a physical address on their I.D., which was burdensome for many tribal members who relied on post office boxes for […]
Minnesota primaries pick two Native women for executive races
Whichever party wins the governor seat in Minnesota in November, a Native American woman will be the lieutenant governor. The top vote-getters in each party have Native American female running mates. Tim Waltz and Peggy Flanagan secured the Democratic nomination for governor. Jeff Johnson and Donna Bergstrom won the Republican primary.
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‘Unacceptable risk’ of Alaska’s Pebble Mine prompts EPA to keep proposed Obama-era mining restrictions
In a surprise announcement, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is suspending its effort to reverse environmental protections for the Bristol Bay Watershed. That is a blow to the Pebble Mine proposed for southwest Alaska. Mine opponents praised the EPA’s actions. “The fact that the Trump Administration is choosing to keep them in place and keep them on the shelf is a recognition Pebble Mine is too toxic–too toxic even for the Trump Administration,” said Alannah Hurley with the United Tribes of Bristol Bay
Parenting is Sacred
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Native parents in Los Angeles County are turning to the Southern California Indian Center for support. Families face a number of challenges living in a large urban area, and some parents may not have access to services and help with necessities or raising their children with their extended family members or their tribe. Through a […]
Monday: October 13, 2014
Protesters in Chile draw attention to Indigenous rights Communities in the US celebrate Indigenous People’s Day South Dakota man honored for heroic act President Obama signs order for additional disaster relief to Santa Clara Pueblo
