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OXNARD, California — La mañana del 18 de septiembre, cuando los primeros rayos de sol comenzaban a asomar en el cielo, María se dirigía a los campos de fresas en Oxnard, California. Iba en auto con una amiga y se encontraba a apenas una cuadra de su casa cuando,...
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OXNARD, Calif. — On the morning of September 18, as the first rays of sun began to appear in the sky, María made her way to the strawberry fields in Oxnard, California. Riding with a friend, she was barely a block from her home when their car was suddenly...
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BERKELEY, California – Calvin Hedrick recuerda que deseaba poder desaparecer durante su clase de historia de cuarto grado, después de que su maestro le dijera a la clase que los «pobres pioneros» que llegaban a California eran masacrados por los indígenas. Ese recuerdo sigue inspirando la obra de Hedrick...
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BERKELEY, Calif. – Calvin Hedrick remembers wishing he could disappear during his fourth-grade history lesson after his teacher told the class that the ‘poor pioneers’ coming to California were slaughtered by Indians. That memory continues to animate Hedrick’s work to this day, ensuring Native and Indigenous people are seen...
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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...