Nakani is a word that comes from the Tlingit language. Nakani is defined as a person, or entity, which serves as a connector and/ or go between for different people, places, and cultures.
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The cops in Uvalde, Texas stood outside a locked elementary school door while helpless, trapped children inside begged for help as they watched their classmates get gruesomely murdered.
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As of 2016, the National Crime Information Center has reported 5,712 cases of missing American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls. Strikingly, the U.S Department of Justice missing persons database has only reported 116 cases. The majority of these murders are committed by non-Native people on Native-owned land.
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The urgent communication was submitted in response to the first reading of Bill No. 5923, "Rescue of the Pre-Hispanic Heritage", developed by the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala. Its provisions will cause the dispossession, privatization, and economic exploitation of two thousand seven hundred and fifty-four (2754) ceremonial centers, sacred sites, and other elements of Mayan spiritual, religious, and cultural heritage.
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Indigenous peoples suffer one of the highest incarceration rates of any racial or ethnic group in the United States, and they are also disproportionately sentenced to serve life and long sentences in state prisons.
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The future is a rough draft waiting to be written
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For our Native communities, breastfeeding is a public health issue. Because of the enduring health benefits breastfeeding provides, community leaders and medical professionals are making a concerted effort to reconnect Native women to the cultural tradition of breastfeeding.
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The Cherokee Nation’s heirloom garden is home to more than 200 traditional plants as well as 26 different crops. These plants have been used by the Cherokee people for hundreds of years for medicinal and ceremonial purposes.
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A Washington methane gas project is compounding a crisis of tribal consultation, pension funds and national immigration practices.
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Chief Arvol Looking Horse, 19th Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe, calls on people from around the globe to gather at sacred places on June 21 and join in prayer for the healing and protection of Grandmother Earth.
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Imposter Syndrome. I felt it a lot more strongly when I was a teenager and when I was in my twenties. Everyone knew what being Indian really was but not me. I didn’t grow up on a reservation, wasn’t surrounded by the culture, didn’t have any relatives really teaching me much, wasn’t schooled really in anything but the same American way that everyone else was.
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In many ways, westernized medical practices are lacking in regard to cultural competency, especially towards Indigenous people and traditional practices. Stereotypes and misconceptions are reinforced by overworked and understaffed professionals.
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The report documents that in the six years since the Paris Agreement was adopted, the world’s 60 largest private banks financed fossil fuels with USD $4.6 trillion, with $742 billion in 2021 alone. 2021 fossil fuel financing numbers remained above 2016 levels, when the Paris Agreement was signed.
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A South Dakota hotel owner’s social media post banning Native Americans has prompted a federal civil rights lawsuit as well as calls for the Attorney General to open a racial discrimination investigation.
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New York’s unjust actions go far beyond the restricted account in which Compact-related funds have been kept. That account has more than adequate funds to satisfy any Compact-related court rulings and judgements. The State knows this, as we have had to demonstrate that fact several times in our various court proceedings.
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Through hosting drum circles for healing, to providing medicines, and grass-roots organizing Unkitawa exemplifies the spirit of giving and selflessness. They have grown from one man’s good intentions into an organization recognized for their selfless acts.
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The Democratic National Committee Native American Caucus calls on President Biden to release political prisoner Leonard Peltier.
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As a sovereign Tribal nation and treaty signatory, the Snoqualmie Tribe is requesting the Canadian government directly meet with its leadership on a sovereign government-to-government basis. The Tribe will request that the Canadian government respect the rights of the Wet’suwet’en and protect the climate and ocean from the threats the pipeline presents.
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