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Indigenous groups have condemned Canada’s trucker protests and symbols with one Native leader declaring that the so-called Freedom Convoy is the result of unabashed entitlement among privileged Canadians, as Dan Karpenchuk reports.
Jared Nally, a former tribal student journalist, has claimed a victory in his first amendment lawsuit against the leadership of Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas. Nally, former editor of the student newspaper the Indian Leader, fought back, after the former president of Haskell officially instructed him to stop engaging in news and information gathering in October 2020. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, backed Nally and helped him with a lawsuit against the school. On Tuesday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, ordered Haskell to adopt policy reforms to protect the First Amendment rights of students and safeguard the editorial independence of the student newspaper. Nally says the immediate impact will help protect free speech on campus, but hopes there will be similar impacts for students at other tribal colleges and universities across the country. Nally graduated from Haskell last fall. He’s considering graduate school and is currently a guest editor at a magazine. Under the settlement, the university must pay $40,000 in attorneys’ fees. One claim still stands, which is expected to continue in a federal appeals court to hold federal officials accountable for their actions. Haskell is a federally operated university. *Correction-the outstanding claim will continue in a lower court and not the Supreme Court.
Tribal leaders from across the country are gearing up for the National Congress of American Indians winter session, which kicks off Sunday. N.C.A.I. President Fawn Sharp will deliver the State of Indian Nations address Monday. Native American Congresswoman Sharice Davids will give the congressional response and U.S. Interior Sec. Deb Haaland will update tribal leaders on federal initiatives.
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