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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 11, 2013 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Timbisha Shoshone tribal leaders filed two administrative appeals today to stop a vote on a proposed new constitution scheduled for Nov. 4, 2013. The proposed constitution would revoke the existing Constitution adopted by the Tribe in 1986 and establish many non-Timbisha as new tribal members. “The proposed constitution has been drafted...

Despite the abuse that almost took her life, Harjo now declares, “I’m not a victim. I’m a survivor. I am the First Lady of The Seminole Nation. I’m a councilwoman. I now have the opportunity to share my story and let people know it can happen to anybody. It’s not drunks. It’s not the poor people. It’s not the uneducated...

For Justin Secakuku, Hopi from Shugopavi, Arizona, Native love is respect. While the traditional roles and duties of men and woman may differ from one tribe to another, Native women should be treated with utmost respect, he says, “because they are the life of your family and your people and your culture, and because they carry on the family name.”...

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(Helena, Mont.) -- The Indian Law Resource Center and the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC) have launched the first videos in a new campaign to raise awareness of and help end violence against Native women and girls. The campaign is two-fold, featuring a series of “Survivor Stories” with Native women who have experienced domestic and sexual violence and another...

On October 9, the Indian Law Resource Center hosted a panel discussion to highlight Indigenous Peoples’ land rights and the impacts of development activities financed by the World Bank. The event, “Indigenous Peoples’ Lands and Development: World Bank Interventions and Lessons Learned”, was held at the World Bank headquarters in Washington DC, as part of the Civil Society Forum in...

By Mark Waite [email protected] WASHINGTON, D.C. — Timbisha Shoshone tribal leaders filed two administrative appeals Monday to stop a vote on a proposed new constitution scheduled for Nov. 4. Leaders claim the proposed constitution would revoke the existing constitution adopted by the Tribe in 1986 and establish many non-Timbisha as new tribal members. “The proposed constitution has been drafted by...

Speaking to the high percentage of Alaska Native women who are sexually assaulted, Lisa Frank, Gwich’in, has two recommendations: “Keep telling people until someone believes you, and remember it’s not your fault, whatever the situation.” Assaulted as a young woman, Frank says she became an advocate for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence primarily because of her daughter. “It’s...

The small ways her parents show one another respect, compassion, and tenderness, even after a hard day of work, is how college student Jalisa Ross defines Native love. “It is nothing for my mom to come home from a long day at work and want to cook a meal for my dad; not because she has to, but because she...