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15 May 2024, 6:29 am by centerforartlaw
”[6] While the Fowler has been a leader in repatriation to Native American tribal communities, this was the museum’s first international repatriation.[7] The Fowler had kept the seven royal items in its collection since they received them as a gift in 1965 from the Wellcome Trust, a charitable organization founded by British pharmaceutical magnate Sir Henry Wellcome.[8] Funding from a Mellon Foundation grant allowed the Fowler’s team to conduct the… [read post]
24 Apr 2024, 3:50 pm by NARF
Navajo Nation & the Colorado News Bulletinhttps://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html This week, in brief: Army seeks extension in lawsuit over return of Native childrens’ remains Native American Rights Fund gets $100K for Tribal eco-stewardship legal support Illinois now home to federally recognized Tribal nation in historic Department of Interior decision At UN, Indigenous leaders fight for application of… [read post]
20 Mar 2024, 1:03 pm by NARF
News Bulletinhttps://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html This week, in brief: Are we living up to our obligations to protect Native American rights and Tribal sovereignty? [read post]
13 Mar 2024, 1:52 pm by NARF
Oklahoma court recognizes Wyandotte Reservation, criminal jurisdiction Unequal before the law: Native Americans serve astoundingly longer prison sentences — because they are Native. [read post]
6 Mar 2024, 9:56 am by Taylor Johnson
Jamaica, where the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights deemed Jamaica’s anti-sodomy laws as violating human rights. [read post]
4 Mar 2024, 9:05 pm by Noah Brown
In her statements before voting on the bill, Commissioner Anna Gomez emphasized the  particular challenges that Native American women face, citing a 2016 National Institute of Justice study that found that 84 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native women have experienced domestic violence in their lifetime. [read post]
28 Feb 2024, 12:44 pm by NARF
News Bulletinhttps://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html This week, in brief: How Ute Tribes in Colorado resisted U.S. boarding schools Northwest Tribes, Washington and Oregon sign Columbia River salmon agreement at the White House Members, allies of Mohawk Nation protest land settlement talks in downtown Syracuse Native American Tribes gain new authority to stop unwanted hydropower projects South Dakota committee advances bill to enhance… [read post]
23 Feb 2024, 5:03 am by Jennifer González
Thomas Mundy Peterson recalled being encouraged by a fellow Perth Amboy native to head on over to the poll booth. [read post]
20 Feb 2024, 2:26 pm
The Getches-Wilkinson Center, Native American Rights Fund, CU American Indian Law Program and Ridges to Riffles Indigenous Conservation Group are thrilled to co-host: Celebrating the Boldt Decision and Treaty Justice. [read post]
19 Feb 2024, 9:14 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
  The mission of the Native American Institute is to produce and further scholarship and programming for the benefit of tribes, American Indian communities, and Native organizations. [read post]
However, Tribal organizations, like the Native American Rights Fund, have expressed that Indigenous peoples are concerned in how to ensure that these consultations are meaningful and produce an actual impact in the United States. [read post]
29 Jan 2024, 10:47 am by Amy Howe
Northern Arapaho Tribe (Mar. 25): Whether Native American tribes that manage their own health care programs are entitled to receive funds from the Indian Health Service to cover the costs associated with services covered by insurance. [read post]
29 Jan 2024, 10:46 am by Frank O. Bowman, III
In addition, the newly independent states and their outlying western settlements warred intermittently with Native American tribes justifiably hostile to increasing European encroachment into their tribal territories. [read post]
23 Jan 2024, 4:00 am by Joelle Boxer
Medicaid pays for more than 40% of births in the U.S., covering 64% of Black mothers and 66% of Native American mothers. [read post]
10 Jan 2024, 5:00 am by The Petrie-Flom Center Staff
With over a decade of professional expertise, Thalia has collaborated with decision-makers in her native Mexico and internationally, including the Boston Human Rights Commission (US) and the Global Legislators Organization for a Better Environment (UK).The post Introducing the Global Health and Rights Project’s New Affiliated Researchers first appeared on Bill of Health. [read post]
28 Dec 2023, 9:05 pm by Noah Brown
The law seeks to keep Native American adoptees connected to their tribal community by placing the adopted children with Native families. [read post]
26 Dec 2023, 9:02 pm by Marci A. Hamilton
Only right-wing organizations like the Becket Fund are celebrating its 30-year anniversary this year. [read post]