The Northwest Indian Language Institute’s efforts to preserve Indigenous languages are now supported by a grant from The Roundhouse Foundation that will fund a needs analysis and tribal outreach programs.
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‘Don’t Be Afraid to Stand Up:’ The Legacy of Tim Giago
The Oglala Lakota journalist “has been a champion of free press in Indigenous communities his entire career and faced challenges, threats and political pressure, but always pushed to bring essential news and information to the people.”
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MMIP: Beyond the Reservation
While the national discussion surrounding this issue often focuses on reservations, the majority of Native Americans live in cities and also experience high rates of violence. In Portland, home to one of the country’s largest urban Indigenous populations, the city’s tribal relations director is spearheading efforts to tackle the problem.
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Gaps in Education, Communication and Training Hinder Police Response to Indigenous Cases
Oregon’s police training academy is crafting curriculum to address the gaps, while a tribal police chief calls for law enforcement to receive more comprehensive historical education.
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Justice Lags for Indigenous Survivors of Violence
For Indigenous families, the struggle to prosecute crimes committed by non-Natives on tribal land has created lasting trauma.
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Desireé Coyote’s Fight to Empower Survivors of Violence
Coyote’s story, told through hours of interviews and documents, reveals how years of trauma and systemic failures drove her to advocate for survivors like her.
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Indigenous Survivors: Voices of Resilience
Three Indigenous women in Oregon, all survivors of violence who have become advocates in the footsteps of Desireé Coyote, share their personal stories in an effort to inspire and help other survivors.
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‘We Will Never, Ever Stop Having Abortions’
Access to abortion was already difficult for Indigenous women and people who birth before the U.S. Supreme Court’s June decision, due to the Hyde Amendment banning the use of federal money for abortion care.
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Indigenous and Two-Spirit Identity through the Airwaves
Jack Malstrom’s journey of self-discovery, beginning as an adoptee to a non-Native family, has been defined by revelations of family history and roles as an Indigenous advocate, radio host, DJ and director of the Portland Two Spirit Society.
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Supreme Court Limits Historic McGirt Ruling
‘Where this Court once stood firm, today it wilts,’ Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the dissent opinion, while reaction throughout Indian Country was swift, with a law professor saying the ruling ‘dismissively and casually cuts apart tribal independence.’