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.’
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Oregon Tribe and State Leaders Enter Historic Rivershed Co-Management Agreement
Amid drastic declines in Chinook salmon in the Coquille River watershed, the Coquille Indian Tribe last year began pushing the state for more authority in managing natural resources in southwest Oregon, culminating in a state commission approving an agreement on June 17.
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Family of Lakota Man Killed by Police Speaks Out
Authorities release body cam footage and say law enforcement’s actions were justified, but family and supporters say police used excessive force in March shooting death of Barney Peoples in South Dakota.
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Swinging Heartbeats with Musician Delbert Anderson
The Diné performer has blended jazz, rap, soul, funk, blues and Indigenous rhythms throughout his career. Now, as the BLM’s artist-in-residence, he’s embarking on a tour that includes a stop in Oregon on June 27-28.