This Week in the News - September 16, 2016

This Week in Native American News: See all the stories online View this email in your browser This Week in Native American News The top ten brought to you by Lutheran Indian Ministries Hundreds of Native Americans to celebrate sobriety this weekend Sep 16, 2016 02:38 pm | Andrew Capasso For the 10th year in a row, hundreds of Native Americans are prepared to celebrate a milestone. read more       Bill to Help Native Children Passes Unanimously in House Sep 16, 2016 02:38 pm U.S. Senators Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced on Tuesday that their bipartisan bill to improve the lives of Native youth by … read more       Downie and Lemire’s ‘Secret Path’ Raises Awareness about Canada’s Shameful Treatment of its Indigenous Peoples Sep 16, 2016 02:37 pm | Jason Wilkins Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie and critically-acclaimed comics creator Jeff Lemire’s (Essex County, Descender) multimedia collaboration shines a … read more       Running for their lives: Native American relay tradition revived to protest Dakota Access Pipeline Sep 16, 2016 02:37 pm | Alli Joseph “We wanted to bring awareness of the pipeline. It grew and grew, and more people would join," said one activist “We run — for our sisters. We run — for our brothers. We run — for our water. One Nation!” Bobbi Jean Three Legs yelled as she ran on Friday, repeating the military-style call-and-response … read more       New B.C. school curriculum overhauls method of teaching First Nations history Sep 16, 2016 02:37 pm The way B.C. students learn about First Nations history is changing with the new school curriculum. Joanne Chrona, a curriculum coordinator with the … read more       An Italian and a Native American’s Quest to Give Voice to American Indians Sep 16, 2016 02:37 pm | David Rosenberg Sage in the Colorado River. Sage Honga, 22, of the Hualapai tribe, earned the title of first attendant in the 2012 Miss Native American USA. From … read more       NPS Official: Continent Belongs to Native Americans ‘I Hear the Pain’ Sep 16, 2016 02:38 pm | Penny Star/CNS News Carol McBryant, the relevancy, diversity, and inclusion strategist for the National Park Service, said on Thursday, August 25, that the continent … read more       The Torres Strait Islanders who use the stars to predict weather Sep 16, 2016 02:37 pm | Anna Salleh Traditional stories in songs show how Indigenous people on Murray Island observe the features of twinkling stars to predict weather and changes in … read more       The case against the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience (NATIVE) Act Sep 16, 2016 02:38 pm NOTE: The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience (NATIVE) Act (click here to read … read more       The precise, painstaking work of translating Alaska's ballot into Native languages Sep 16, 2016 02:38 pm | Devin Kelly After hours in the state elections office in Midtown Anchorage last month, two women stared at a computer screen, murmuring words in Yup'ik. They were … read more         If you found value in this email, consider a donation to LIM Sign up to get these emails in your inbox and never miss a week again! Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights reserved.  *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Our mailing address is: 15400 W. Capitol Drive, Suite 201 Brookfield, WI  53005 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences *|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|* Follow LIM Like LIM Learn More

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