--- title: "This Week in Native American News - January 13, 2016" slug: this-week-in-native-american-news-january-13-2016 date: 2017-01-13 author: "Guest User" original_url: https://www.lutheranindianministries.org/news-notes/this-week-in-native-american-news-january-13-2016 section: news-notes images: ["images/51d178bc-like.gif", "images/37f6badb-google-plusone.png", "images/f203ea33-social_connect_tweet.png", "images/17082339-nan_logo.jpg", "images/3f29dd6e-color-facebook-48.png", "images/bef17570-color-link-48.png", "images/fa7346d2-color-twitter-48.png", "images/bcf2c627-382c173c-7405-473f-ae5b-219eb1cbfbbc.jpg", "images/4e854fe8-00131d21115de7395b704f534a4cd5c3.jpg", "images/ed3a4de8-a63e7bf64a20dc16c74e4123dda993e9.jpg", "images/d9af5d23-b3345750210c57c180e23a73519e4e2d.jpg", "images/610fa248-bc69e61c4d1d62b831f4fc6bd5e42cd1.jpg", "images/52cf6e78-d81da5b7197805e4ff221ca96767b51c.jpg"] --- # This Week in Native American News - January 13, 2016 Jan 13 Written By [Guest User](/news-notes?author=6839f4dcc52c4707a9ee7c66) \*|MC:SUBJECT|\* | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | --- | | This Week in Native American News: [See all the stories online](https://flipboard.com/@indianministry/native-american-news-dh5rtbury) | | | | --- | | [View this email in your browser](*|ARCHIVE|*) | | | | | | | | --- | --- | | | | | --- | | | | | | | | --- | --- | | | | | --- | | This Week in Native American NewsThe top five news stories brought to you by [Lutheran Indian Ministries](http://lutheranindianministries.org) | | | | | | --- | --- | | | | | --- | | | | | | | | --- | --- | | | | | --- | | [Deaths spark action](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/653233120921279186/) Jan 12, 2017 02:04 pm Deaths spark action - The deaths of two 12-year-old girls from a remote First Nation in northern Ontario prompt a national suicide strategy. The community is focused on ensuring there is enough support in place to stabilize the situation and a number of young people, that have been identified as high-risk, were flown out of the community Wednesday. 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The project will connect residents to the nearby New Mexico Rail Runner train station, making The Domingo Housing Project a rare rural transit-oriented development. 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What were needed were homes that would cut down on energy costs, withstand the wet climate, and be suited to singles and smaller families. “We want something better, and our membership deserves better.” Read more: [thetyee.ca/...](https://thetyee.ca/News/2017/01/09/First-Nation-Active-Passive-Housing/) [read more](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/653233120921279125/) [Like And another option - on Facebook](http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=6bd0fdf07982467754a1ffc63&id=a9169c5142&fblike=fblike-10bd2514&e=[UNIQID]&socialproxy=http%3A%2F%2Fus6.campaign-archive2.com%2Fsocial-proxy%2Ffacebook-like%3Fu%3D6bd0fdf07982467754a1ffc63%26id%3Da9169c5142%26url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.pinterest.com%252Fpin%252F653233120921279125%252F%26title%3DAnd%2520another%2520option%2520- "Like And another option - on Facebook")   [Google Plus One Button](http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=6bd0fdf07982467754a1ffc63&id=a9169c5142&socialproxy=http%3A%2F%2Fus6.campaign-archive1.com%2Fsocial-proxy%2Fgoogle-plus-one%3Fu%3D6bd0fdf07982467754a1ffc63%26id%3Da9169c5142%26url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.pinterest.com%252Fpin%252F653233120921279125%252F%26title%3DAnd%2520another%2520option%2520-&gpo=gplusone-10bd2514)   [share on Twitter](http://twitter.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F653233120921279125%2F&text=And+another+option+-&count=none) [Immersion programs -](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/653233120921279107/) Jan 12, 2017 01:53 pm Immersion programs - Just a few months ago teachers from the Indian Education Program noticed their students were dropping out this year starting as early as seventh and eighth grade. So, in order to encourage students to stay in school, the Paris Gibson Education Center started the native American immersion program. 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So, Giant left the Innu Nation community of Natuashish on Labrador’s Atlantic coast and walked across the frozen waters of Lake Melville, into the Innu’s traditional homeland they call Nitassinan – ‘our land’. 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