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Indigenous people have made great contributions to the country yet the alarming rates of violence against them remains a public health crisis. A new study showed intimate partner violence disproportionately impacts Indigenous women more than any other ethnic or racial group in the U.S. The murder rate for Native...
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Montana’s Indigenous population is pushing back against efforts to limit ballot collection on tribal lands. Many members of the state’s seven tribes live several hours from the nearest polling place. The Montana Supreme Court has ruled two laws make it prohibitive for people living on reservations to reach a...
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New research shows Indigenous youth comprise more than a third of the children in Montana’s foster care system, despite making up a far smaller segment of the state’s overall population. Researchers said addressing the problem is challenging. Data from the National Center for Juvenile Justice show the number of Indigenous...
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Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services El proyecto de ley 435 del Senado de California — que propone recopilar datos desglosados sobre las subpoblaciones latinas y las comunidades indígenas — se dirige al escritorio del gobernador Gavin Newsom para su firma. El proyecto de ley — patrocinado por la senadora...
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Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services California Senate Bill 435 — which proposes to collect disaggregated data on Latino sub-populations as well as Indigenous communities — is headed to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk for signing. The bill — sponsored by Sen. Lena Gonzalez, a Democrat — was presented to Newsom...
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PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, Alaska –Just east of the Kenai Peninsula in south central Alaska sits Prince William Sound: an inlet full of tidewater glaciers spanning 3,800 miles of coastline and flanked by the jagged Chugach Mountains. Home to several species of salmon and other fish, commercial fishing has been...