It’s illegal to sell such ceremonial items in the U.S., but they’re popular (and profitable) in France. The art and artifacts are due to hit the auction block Monday.
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American Indian Girls Often Fall Through the Cracks
They’re poor, more likely to be sexually abused, end up in foster care, drop out of school, become homeless. They’re often the prey of traffickers.
Interior Department adds $4M to Cobell Scholarship program
According to the American Indian Graduate Center, which administers the scholarship, just four of the 369 recipients were Alaska Natives, and none currently live in Alaska.
Sen. Murkowski pushes change to ACA’s Alaska Native, American Indian exemption
Sen. Lisa Murkowski says a significant number of Alaska Natives who are eligible for IHS benefits don’t meet the Affordable Care Act’s requirements for exemption, particularly if they were born after most Native corporations stopped enrolling members in the 1970s.
New regulations for Indian Child Welfare Act promise ‘clarity’ for Alaska tribes
Tribal sovereignty experts say the changes could have major implications for foster care in Alaska.
Congress approves commission on Native American children
The 11-member commission will study and develop recommendations on ways to combine and coordinate federal programs and funding for Alaska Native, American Indian, and Native Hawaiian children.
Investigating historical trauma endured by Native Americans, Alaska Natives
In one of her articles, Mary Annette Pember tells the story of Oseira. In 1944, at the age of five, she was removed from her home in a Bristol Bay area village and sent to a Catholic boarding school in Interior Alaska.
Senate committee holds hearing on violence in American Indian, Alaska Native communities
The hearing came a day after a task force report highlighted the damage violence inflicts on the children of Native Americans. Sen. Mark Begich emphasized his efforts to repeal Alaska’s exclusion from the Violence Against Women Act.
American Indian, Alaska Native children suffer high rates Of PTSD
American Indian and Alaska Native children see so much violence in their homes and communities that they suffer Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder at triple the rate of the general population, akin to veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Minneapolis Renames Columbus Day As Indigenous People’s Day
Minneapolis has designated the second Monday of October, the federal Columbus Day holiday, as Indigenous Peoples Day.