President Biden is a huge failure, but on this, he gets it right. Acee Agoyo has the full story at Indianz.com
As promised by the Biden administration, the White House Tribal Nations Summit is returning after a four-year absence.
FIRST, Let me say, I pray that Gabby Petito's body is found soon and the perpetrator is brought to justice (yeah, we know who did it)
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| Gabby Petito |
My next wish is that our INDIGENOUS Mothers, Sisters, Daughters, Aunties abductions and murders would get the same news coverage.
Please read articles on the differences in press coverage linked in this story.
No missing Native women get this type of coverage. The recent DATELINE piece on one missing Native woman was from a years old murder. Mollie Tibbet's murder coverage was IMMEDIATELY a National story.
Why are white women valued so much by our media over others? Is it deliberate racism? Or simply ingrained that women of color are worth less?
The comments are open
UPDATE: FBI announces they have found a body in WY consistent with what they know of Gabby. PRESSURE works. Again, I wish they would put this kind of pressure for all our #MMIW who deserve justice, and to be found. FBI STATEMENT
POWERFUL video from the ancestors of Virginia Timmons and Lorena Butler of the Redding Rancheria and her children, including Leon, Lorena, Leland and Bob and two additional generations.
Please Watch "SACRED" and Share
"Sacred" #StopDisenrollment #NativeTwitter @opechanga @NDNlawyer @NNCMagazine @ProjNativeHope @CAGovTribal @indianz
— Cam Foreman (@CForeman31) August 29, 2021
Edited by @NativeLove530 pic.twitter.com/PIMaQtxv8c
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Rep. Maxine Waters just affirmed, Sovereign Immunity is NOT Immunity to Condemnation or Sanctions. Moral outrage works
We wrote about Maxine Water's efforts last month and it's coming closer to fruition.
"This is a fight that's about fairness and equality," Rep. Maxine Waters, chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, said at the hearing. "For one minority group to discriminate against another minority group cannot stand. And as chair of this committee, I don't intend for it to stand."
My friend Marilyn Vann, who fought for JUSTICE for disenrolled descendants of Cherokee slaves (FREEDMEN) is honored by a nomination to serve her tribe.
Cherokee Nation Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. announces on his Facebook page:
A special shout out to my friend Marilyn Vann who made history tonight as, I believe, the first Cherokee citizen of Freedmen descent to serve in a Cherokee Nation government post in our modern history, perhaps ever. An engineer by profession with an impressive professional resume of government service, she is highly qualified to join the Cherokee Nation Environmental Protection Commission. It was a great honor to nominate her and to watch her confirmation at tonight’s council meeting.
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| Marilyn Vann Cherokee Warrior |
While other tribes like Pala and Pechanga deny their children their heritage through disenrollment, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians and four other tribes from across the nation have joined the federal government in petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a law that gives adoption preference for American Indian children in state foster care to American Indian families.
In a petition filed Sept. 3, the tribes are essentially requesting that the high court leave intact the Indian Child Welfare Act, a law enacted in 1978 amid a trend that saw an “alarmingly high percentage” of American Indian children separated from their families by nontribal public and private agencies.
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, who is of American Indian descent, also has petitioned the Supreme Court to uphold the law, while the state of Texas, on behalf of Chad and Jennifer Brackeen, have petitioned the high court to repeal the law, claiming it is unconstitutional.
READ more HERE
ICWA has withstood legal challenges for more than 40 years, but in the past four years federal judges have been divided on its constitutionality.
We've had stories on #MMIW and #MMIWG here
SAVANNAH's ACT
Biden Don't Erase Trump's #MMIW Legacy and MO)RE
Kozee Decorah's MURDER by Boyfriend
Savanna's Act addresses the issue
MISSING/MURDERED
White Women in Jep Gets all the media. No room for stories about Native women?
Nooksack Stalking of Native Woman is how it starts
FOX NEWS leads with MISSING WHITE WOMAN
And take a look at this website: Justice For Native Women
Throughout The United States, over 90 Native American Tribes, most commonly those with Casinos, have Violated their Respective Constitutions, Treaties, Obligations to Protect their Citizens & their Rights Declared in their Constitutions, The Indian Civil Rights Act & Article 9 of The UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples through Disenrollment, A corrupt Practice in which Tribal Leaders orchestrate Conspiracies to Disenroll Members, specifically Elders, to reduce their Membership to consolidate Money & Politcal Power.
My Grandfather was one of Thousands of these Elders. Despite providing Indisputable evidence proving His Heritage, including a Letter of Support from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, my Grandfather's Rights were ignored & Banished from the Tribe he dedicated his life to. Like Other Tribes, Redding Rancheria Leadership declared it wasn't about Money.
I humbly ask that the Committee investigate this matter & withhold ALL funding to These Tribes.
If Disenrollment is NOT about Money, than these Tribes should have no problem using their Revenue & increased Per Capita to fund their Tribes, Programs & Projects
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HERE is a letter YOU can and SHOULD send to Attorney General Merrick Garland It's a request for a policy statement, which could be as simple as "we won't defend the civil and human rights of Native American people harmed by their own Tribes." And may be far too likely.
Should a tribe that cheated over 10 percent of their tribe, be trusted? If they cheat their own, won't they cheat the people of Redding?
The estimable Cecily Hilleary has an excellent article up in Voice of America. You can read the full article here ...Paper Genocide.. We have used the term paper genocide to describe disenrollment. It also applies here.
Excerpt
Colonial construct
For thousands of years, Native tribes understood “belonging” in terms of social kinship. Settler colonialism, however, introduced notions of race to determine social status, eligibility to marry, hold office or own land.
By the 19th century, terms such as “mixed-blood” and “half-breed” crept into treaties such as that with the Osage in 1825, by which the United States set aside a separate reservation for “half-breeds.”
Gradually, BQ became the standard test for deciding who was eligible for land and treaty benefits.
PLEASE read the full article at the link above
