The stark reality when it comes to Native Americans and the education system isn’t good, in fact it’s pretty poor. The latest stats and trends only demonstrate Native students continue to have difficulty finding success (i.e. graduating high school) in comparison to their peers from different racial backgrounds. Continue reading
A few years ago, while quietly sitting on her couch, I heard this old Lakota grandma tell a story that ended with her saying, “They say we’re supposed to forgive but I won’t. I will never forgive. I will never forgive.” Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, California (September 20, 2017) – From September 30th through October 14th, 2017, a delegation of Indigenous women from across the United States who have been at the forefront of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) resistance effort and other movements to stop fossil fuel extraction and infrastructure which pose threats to Indigenous and human rights, self-determination, lands and culture will travel to Norway, Switzerland and Germany. Continue reading
On April 4th, it was discovered that the Dakota Access pipeline had leaked 84-gallons of oil. The leak occurred 100-miles east of the Missouri River’s Lake Oahe reservoir, the source of drinking water for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Continue reading
Wells Fargo shareholders are proposing a resolution at an upcoming stockholders meeting that calls on Wells Fargo to adopt a policy respecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples. Continue reading
