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Lumbee Chairman Harvey Godwin, Jr. testifies at the first committee hearing for a bill extending federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe.
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
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Lumbee tribal Chairman Harvey Godwin Jr. is among the speakers scheduled for the first congressional hearing on a bill to extend federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe. (Photo: Godwin addresses a crowd in March 2017 by NCDOTcommunications via Flickr/CC).
A County Attorney in Wyoming has decided the fatal police shooting of a Northern Arapaho man was justified
A bill establishing federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe is getting its first U.S. congressional committee hearing
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
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(Photo: video screenshot from the popular Pinkfong song Baby Shark)
The governor of Idaho has ordered a review of data on Lake Coeur d’Alene as indicators show the lake’s health is continuing to decline.
The Baby Shark song is getting a makeover in Navajo
Nome rejects ACLU lawsuit settlement, police chief stepping down
By Emily Hofstaedter
Nome rejected an initial offer from the ACLU to settle on behalf of an Alaska Native woman who claims police failed to properly investigate her rape allegations. The ACLU said the city sent what the ACLU calls an “extremely callous deflection” of the ACLU’s initial $500-thousand dollar settlement offer on behalf of Clarice ‘Bun’ Hardy.
“Presently our understanding is that Nome’s position is that if we want compensation or justice for Hardy, we will have to see them in court,” said Stephen Koteff, Legal Director for the ACLU Alaska.
The ACLU says Hardy’s case exemplifies the threat to countless Alaska Native sexual assault victims in Nome. Koteff says Hardy has waited long enough for justice.
“While we do not have a timeline, we do not expect to add to that delay,” he said
Hardy claims police investigators failed to adequately follow up on her allegation she was raped in March 2017.
While the city’s most recent response acknowledges there may have been a failure of one police officer to adequately perform his job, they deny allegations the department deliberately neglected Native women.
The case is being handled by the city attorney and Nome’s insurance adjuster.
Meanwhile, the city’s police chief announced last week he’s stepping down after just over a year on the job. Chief Bob Estes had launched an audit of all department sexual assault cases going back to 2005. He has since put the review on hold because of a lack of investigators.
Thursday, October 17, 2019
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Nome city officials reject ACLU’s assertion that police mishandled sexual assault complaints (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, Feb. 23, 2019)
Nome city officials reject ACLU’s settlement offer over an alleged mishandling of a sexual assault police investigation
The Alaska Federation of Natives convenes in Fairbanks
The Wyiot tribe in California schedules celebration for the return of an island they consider sacred
Wednesday, October 17, 2019
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The Yakama and Lummi nations are calling for the removal of three dams on the Columbia River, including The Dalles dam (pictured) (Photo: Portland Corps via Flickr/CC)
Northwest tribes call for removal of Columbia River dams
An event in South Dakota honored Native young people who died at the Rapid City Indian Boarding School
Thousands of First Nations people in Manitoba evacuate after a massive snow storm knocked out power
Tuesday October 15, 2019
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Northwest coastal tribes declare a salmon emergency.
More states and cities celebrated Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday
Tribal leaders across the northwest are sounding the alarm over threats posed to wild salmon
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
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Organizers say the first tribally-operated casino in Las Vegas, Nev. will open in late 2020 (Photo: rendering courtesy Virgin Hotels and Rockwell Group)
A new documentary focuses on how the high rate of missing and murdered indigenous women affects tribes, families and communities in Montana
A new deal will bring the first tribally-operated casino to Las Vegas
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
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Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez signs the $1.25 billion fiscal year 2020 budget at a signing ceremony (Photo: @NNPrezNez Twitter photo)
The Crow Legislature is considering a bill that would allow alcohol on the tribe’s Reservation.
Officials with the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire say they are investigating after a student found a racist message written on a door.
Waiting for justice in Nome, Alaska
This series is in partnership with the Associated Press with support from the Pulitzer Center and the Fund for Investigative Journalism
Even after the initial trauma, invasive medical exams, and difficult police questioning, a woman in Nome who reports sexual assault must also confront the likelihood her complaint will go nowhere. She may never learn the fate of her case in the law enforcement system. National Native News takes a look at the climate of fear, mistrust and despair that arises when perpetrators don’t face any consequences. A group of mostly Alaska Native women have been working for years to change the narrative coming from a mostly male, non-Native government and legal structure.
For years, Nome sexual assault reports go unanswered
Community outrage has forced city and police leaders from office and new leaders promise a new era of trust and transparency. But the promise of reform faces a skeptical public, especially among Nome’s Alaska Native residents who say they encounter indifference from an overwhelmingly non-Native power structure.
In Nome, a legacy of mistrust, outsiders promise change
Even with new officers and a renewed public outreach effort, Nome’s new police chief has an uphill battle convincing a skeptical public that has a long memory about the department’s troubled history that includes murder, physical assault and inaction.
‘We are all we have’: Nome sexual assault survivors find their collective strength
Fed up with inaction, a group of Nome residents–mostly Alaska Native women–chart a path for accountability from city leaders and law enforcement. Progress is slow, but their gaining some victories.
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