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Native America Calling
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"National native news, I'm art Hughes in bra Antonio Gonzalez. Alaska governor Mike dunleavy signed legislation extending state recognition to Alaska's 229 tribes, all of the Alaska native tribes are federally recognized. The approval comes as supporters were pushing a public referendum this fall to accomplish the same thing. The governor's signature means the referendum vote is unnecessary. The new law is mostly symbolic as there are no new legal provisions that supporters say it paves the way for better consultation between the tribes and the state. Two influential U.S. senators are calling for an investigation into whether freed men should receive federal benefits offered to Native Americans under the nation's treaty obligations. The hearing before the Senate Indian affairs committee is the first ever in that chamber to address the status of the descendants of black people enslaved by native nations. Hawaii Democrat Brian shotz chairs the committee. He acknowledged the difficult and emotionally charged nature of the discussion, but he says disagreements are not resolved in silence. So it is our goal today to start a respectful dialog. To listen to different perspectives, both in a formal setting and informally among members of Congress, tribal leaders and freed men advocates. And to educate the committee and the public within formed accounts relating to our nation's two greatest failures. The removal of native peoples from their traditional homelands and the enslavement of black people. Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski agreed with shots call for a review of federal policy. The Cherokee nation is the only one of the 5 tribes of Oklahoma to fully recognize freed men as citizens, principal chief chuck hoskin junior told the committee the efforts by the Cherokee nation to make amends with freed men has made him a better chief. The oglala Sioux tribe is suing the federal government over inadequate law enforcement on the pine ridge reservation in South Dakota. The Sioux Falls Argus leader reports the lawsuit lists a total of 33 tribal law enforcement officials to patrol more than 3 million acres of land, the tribe says those officers handle around 134,000 emergency calls in a year's time. That translates to as much as 80 hours of overtime for the 6 to 8 officers working at any one time, the lawsuit says the reservation would need at least 140 officers to comply with bureau of Indian affairs standards. The Argus leader reports, the lack of adequate law enforcement means citizens don't feel safe and businesses are forced to pay for private protection for their property and employees. Representatives from the tribe traveled to Washington D.C. to discuss the problem but the lawsuit says they were met with indifference. The South Dakota state legislature also recognized the problem during this year's session with a resolution requesting the federal government fulfill treaty obligations by fully funding the tribes police department. The first inaugural James Welch native lit festival is underway in northwest Montana, the festival aims to create a space for indigenous writers to share their work. Aaron Bolton has more. The three day festival in Missoula is named after Montana author and poet James Welch, who was born on the reservation in 1940, and died in the early 2000s. Welch wrote several novels and one book of poems. His 1986 novel fools crow about the arrival of white settlers in the blackfeet nation, won the Los Angeles Times book prize for fiction.
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"This is national native news, I'm Antonio Gonzalez. The leader of the Cherokee nation of Oklahoma says the U.S. Supreme Court has failed its duty to honor the nation's promises to fight Congress's statutes and has disregarded tribal sovereignty, principal chief chuck hoskin junior made the statement following the high court's ruling Wednesday citing with Oklahoma, ruling the state can prosecute non Native Americans when the victim is Native American for crimes on tribal land. The 5 to four decision undercuts the court's own 2020 landmark mcgirt ruling, which reaffirmed reservation boundaries and held the state did not have jurisdiction. Hoskin expressed disappointment in Wednesday's ruling, but said it does not diminish the tribe's commitment to public safety and that tribal and federal jurisdiction remain unchanged. Hoskin also affirmed unchanged reservation and tribal sovereignty. U.S. veterans affairs secretary Dennis McDonough has officially recognized the Navajo Nation veterans administration as a tribal veteran service organization. It meets the standards to be accredited under a VA tribal program, which helps veterans with benefits and claims. During a visit to Gallup, New Mexico on Tuesday, McDonough recognized the tribe. His remarks were streamed live by the Navajo Nation president's office. They are the first tribe to take up this new authority. And thrilled that we can announce that today. And as importantly, what an action. It's to ensure that we are living up to our obligations. Navajo Nation, president Jonathan nez called it a milestone achievement and a big step forward for Navajo veterans, 5 Navajo veterans office staff members are accredited to process claims. The accreditation allows employees to represent claims on behalf of veterans before Navajo veterans would have to travel to VA centers off the reservation, more than 80 claims have been filed since May, according to the tribe there are about 10,000 Navajo veterans, now the whole leaders say there's a need for a veterans outreach center and hospital on the reservation to provide services and healthcare. Gallup or reservation border town has one of the closest community based outpatient clinics. It was one of four clinics in the state facing closure, the VA and members of New Mexico's congressional delegation announced this week all four clinics would remain open. The California state Senate public safety committee approved the feather alert Bill Tuesday evening, the bill was introduced by Native American assembly member James Ramos. It would create a state endangered, missing advisory system for Native Americans, creating an alert system was a recommendation from tribal leaders who joined Ramos and advocates before the committee hearing Tuesday at the state capitol and Sacramento, were almost talked about his bill as a tool to address missing and murdered indigenous people. This bill brings further attention and effort to end violence on tribal lands and across the state of California. The rates of murdered and missing people and Native American communities is a shameful it's a shameful state and national tragedy that does not receive the scrutiny and attention. It deserves. We are excited, but about this alert system, but even more excited about the growing momentum, the momentum to tackle this issue, not only from Indian country, but also by non native people like our collaborators here with us today. The California high patrol and other law enforcement agencies, as well as the state legislature. Ramos says California has the greatest population of Native Americans in the nation and is among states with high rates of reported cases a missing and murdered indigenous people. He says the alert system would help get the word out sooner when an individual is missing or endangered by asking the public for tips and leads as quickly as possible. The bill is supported by a number of tribes urban Indian clinics and native business councils..
Native America Calling
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"Of interior offers the definitive list of transgressions against native people at more than 400 boarding schools over more than a century and a half. While many of the actions and methods listed in the report are already well known, it's important to note, it's the first such factual accounting to come from the federal government. Notable also is the fact that the report was produced by the very department that oversaw boarding school policy in the first place. Already, tribal leaders are praising the effort led by the first Native American cabinet secretary. At the same time, they want more. Navajo Nation president Jonathan nez says this is only the first step in what should be a bold effort by the federal government to revitalize language and cultures, they attempted to eradicate. Cherokee principal chief chuck hoskin junior says the report is the basis for giving dignity to the children who paid the price during the boarding school era. We're asking, what's next? Join our discussion, call in one 809 9 6 two 8 four 8. That's a one 809 9 native. Joining us on the show today from Carlisle, Pennsylvania is Barbara Landis. She is the retired Carlisle Indian school research specialist for the Cumberland county historical society. Barbara, thank you very much for coming on native America calling today. Hello. It's great to be here. It's great to have you Barbara. What's your reaction to this report released last week documenting boarding school abuses? Oh my gosh, my reaction was one of real support and my response was it's about time. I mean, this is actually coming into the forefront of American history and culture and it's something that more and more people are going to be aware of as we move forward. Now as the retired research specialist for Cumberland county historical society, you focused on Carlyle. Did you do any of this research in the past regarding these abuses in that previous role? I have not focused on abuse at the Carlisle Indian school. My interest has always been trying to enumerate who the children were and trying to get the names to the nations. And so that's where my focus and my interest right now is looking at the outing program at Carlisle, which was the displacement program that put children in non native homes during the off season of the residential school. So when a child was enrolled at Carlisle there and wrote for a period of three to 7 years, and they never went home. And so I feel compelled to look at who were those white families who were taking children into their homes and how many children were placed in homes..
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"Welcome to native America calling. I'm Sean spruce. If you follow sports, you know that indigenous people have strong representation in ice hockey. If you don't follow sports, you might want to after today's show because we're going to hear about how native talent on the ice is taking tribal pride to sports fans everywhere. It's especially true north of the border, where First Nations Inuit and matey young people are usually never far from a hockey rink. We're talking about native hockey today, right after the news. This is national native news. I'm art Hughes in for Antonio Gonzalez. The duwamish tribe in Washington state is suing for federal recognition, the suit filed this week claims the department of interior continues to deny recognition, even though Congress ratified the treaty of point Elliott, a document signed by duwamish leaders. The treaty exchanged thousands of acres of land for continued hunting and fishing rights and creation of a reservation in what is now Washington's most populous county. In their lawsuit, attorneys for the tribe accused the government of discrimination by discounting the lineage of female ancestors who married non native men. Among those opposing the duwamish recognition effort is the nearby muckle shoot tribe. Members merged with the shoots and other tribes and don't have a separate recognition claim. Tribal leaders are offering their observations following this week's release of a report by the department of interior documenting abuses at federal boarding schools, Cherokee nation principal chief chuck hoskin junior says the report is long overdue. Nearly a 5th of the boarding schools were in Oklahoma, the ponca news reports Hoskins says the document spurs discussion about more robust examinations about places where children who died while attending boarding schools are buried and how to give them the dignity they deserve. Congress has cleared a short term extension of a federal law that compensates people in the west, who are exposed to radiation during the Cold War, as Arizona public radio's Ryan Hinch reports, supporters hope it will give lawmakers more time to craft a larger expansion of the program. The radiation exposure compensation act or rika is set to expire in July. Several members of Congress and tribal leaders want the program extended through 2040 and expand eligibility to include more geographic areas. They also want geranium mine mill and transportation workers who are exposed after 1971 to be covered under the law. Navajo Nation president Jonathan nez is urging lawmakers to increase individual compensation to $200,000. Rika provides one time payouts to people known as downwinders who were exposed to radiation from nuclear weapons testing, it also includes uranium industry workers, many of whom were tribal members and suffer from various types of cancers and other long-term health problems caused by the exposure. The U.S. Senate approved the measure earlier this month and it now heads to president Joe Biden's desk. The U.S. conducted nearly 200 atmospheric nuclear weapons tests between 1945 and 1962, the rush to mine uranium on tribal lands in the Southwest throughout the Cold War left more than 500 abandoned uranium mines, few of which have been cleaned up. For national native news, I'm Ryan Heinz in Flagstaff. The eastern band of Cherokee Indians is purchasing land and buildings for their ambitious cannabis production plans..
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"chuck hoskin" Discussed on Native America Calling
"Is national native news. I'm Antonio Gonzalez. Pope Francis has apologized to Canada's indigenous people for the Catholic Church's role in the Indian residential school system, and has asked for forgiveness. As Dan Carpenter reports, the apology comes after meetings this week at the Vatican between the Pope and First Nations made tea and Inuit delegates. This apology is what many of Canada's indigenous people have spent lifetimes waiting for and hoping for. The assembly of First Nations lead delegate chief Gerald Antoine called it a historic day. Today is a day that we've been waiting for and certainly one that will be uplifted in our history. His holiness Pope Francis head of the Catholic Church has issued a long overdue apology for the Roman Catholic role in church run residential school. It's a historical first step. However, only a first step the next step is for the holy father to apologize to our family. At their home. During the final meetings with delegates from First Nations Inuit and metis, speaking in Italian the Pope asked for God's forgiveness for what he called the deplorable conduct of members of the Catholic Church for the wrongs done in residential schools. I want to say he continued with all my heart, I am very sorry. About 190 people, including delegates and survivors of the residential schools had gathered during that final address. The Pope has also promised to travel to Canada in the days around the feast of saint Anna, that falls on July 26th, but no firm date for the visit has been set. From the late 1800s to the late 1900s about 150,000 indigenous children were forced to attend the government funded church run residential schools across Canada. Thousands were abused, more than 4000 died. The last residential school closed in 1996. For national native news I'm Dan Carpenter. The FBI and blackfeet law enforcement executed a search warrant at the residence of the blackfeet nation's chairman early Thursday, Montana, public radio's Aaron Bolton reports, at least four arrests were made for the alleged sale of synthetic opioids. FBI spokesperson Sandra Barker said a search warrant was executed at tribal business council chairman Timothy Davis home, where 8 individuals were arrested. Barker said Davis was not among those taken into custody. She said the surge is part of an ongoing investigation and declined to share more details about the case. Reached on his cell phone, chairman Davis told MTP he was not at home when law enforcement officers searched his residence. He said he did not know anything about the case and declined to comment further. Tribal council member, Mark Pollack confirmed that Davis was traveling on behalf of the tribe at the time the warrant was executed. Blackfeet prosecutor Josh lamson says at least four tribal arrest warrants were served for the alleged sale of a small amount of fentanyl. Those individuals are likely to be arraigned Friday. Lamson says it isn't yet clear what the remaining four people are charged with. The names of those arrested have not been released. Four national native news, I'm Aaron Bolton. Cherokee nation principal chief chuck hoskin junior signed legislation Thursday investing $120 million for affordable housing, low income home repairs and other housing needs for Cherokee citizens in Oklahoma, the tribe previously invested $30 million to replace a repair homes of elders, those with disabilities and energy conservation projects. The new investment comes from the tribe's general revenue fund and dollars from the federal American rescue.
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"She has been charged with willful neglect of duty to lawmakers Tell the Tulsa world that governor stood will ask for an investigative audit of the state education departments. Oversight of how public schools spend taxpayer dollars. An audit of epic charter schools last year found limited accountability and verification of the information reported by school districts and Claremore Man has pleaded guilty to driving reckless while intoxicated and causing an accident that killed a passenger in his pickup truck. 48 year old Bill Hemphill will be sentenced in January. Prosecutors say that he was speeding near foil when he ran off the road and crashed into a ditch. 47 year old Nicole Estes was killed. I'm Beth Myers, the state Health Department today is reporting another 59 Covid 19 deaths in Oklahoma that's based on CDC death reports. There have been another 2200 new cases. The health department says 90% of Covid. Patients hospitalized in the past 30 days were not vaccinated and Tulsa teacher has died of Covid 19, but district officials are not releasing the name or the school where the teacher taught. In a statement, The district says it is heartbreaking to lose any member of the Tulsa public schools, family and the Cherokee Nation has passed nearly $3 billion budget, the largest operating budget in the tribe's history. Covid relief money accounts for about 40% of the budget revenue. Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr says the budget will help Cherokees.
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"chuck hoskin" Discussed on KTOK
"Have a right to know why their well being was placed in the jeopardy by these individuals who chose not to do their jobs. To date No. One from the FBI. The U. S. O P C. Or U. S. A. G has faced federal charges other than Larry Nassar. Nassar was eventually tried and sentenced to more than 100 years in prison. FBI director Chris Wray testified that investigative failures should never have happened. And then investigators engaged in reprehensible conduct, calling it utterly jarring. He vowed such practices will never happen again on his watch. I'm Marco Moreno. In other news, two men booked into the Muscogee County jail on allegations they kidnapped and raped. A woman. Patrick McHenry and Ashton Clark were arrested outside of Tulsa Motel yesterday afternoon. Authorities say the pair also allegedly carjacked demand at a motel in Muskogee and used his car to take the woman to Bragg's, where they held captive for a day before she escaped record setting budget for the Cherokee Nation charity McCurdy reports. The nearly $3 billion budget is the largest operating budget in the tribe's history. Covid relief money accounts for about 40% of the budget revenue. Principal chief Chuck Hoskin Jr says the budget will help Cherokees recover and have the best healthcare, education, language, housing infrastructure and jobs along with other services. And Wagoner County Sheriff Chris Elliott says his office will not require its employees to get covid 19 vaccines and will not enforce a federal vaccination mandate. Calling it federal government overreach and a breach of fundamental rights. I'm Margo Moreno,.
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"chuck hoskin" Discussed on KTOK
"Doctor, Larry Nassar. Nichols was the first to report allegations she says the FBI betrayed her and that its lack of action was a cover up. And the survivors of Larry Nassar have a right to know why their well being was placed in the jeopardy by these individuals who Chose not to do their jobs. To date No. One from the FBI, the U. S. O. P C or U. S. A. G has faced federal charges other than Larry Nassar. Nassar eventually was tried and sentenced to more than 100 years in prison. FBI director Chris Wray testified that investigative failures should never have happened and That investigators engaged in reprehensible conduct. The state Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed a lawsuit seeking state Corporation Commissioner Todd Hi It's removal from office. The story from Margo Moreno. The lawsuit was filed in July by former state representative Mike Reynolds, who claimed high it should resign because he's involved with Spirit Bank in Tulsa, which could be impacted by corporation commission decisions. The Oklahoman reports that the Supreme Court found that Reynolds did not have legal standing in questioning high its service. In a statement, Hyatt called it a frivolous lawsuit, saying he was gratified but not surprised. The lawsuit was dismissed record setting budget for the Cherokee Nation. Charity. McCurdy reports. Nearly three $3 billion budget is the largest operating budget in the tribe's history. Covid relief money accounts for about 40% of the budget revenue. Principal chief Chuck Hoskin Jr says the budget will help Cherokees recover and have the best healthcare, education, language, housing infrastructure and jobs along with other services. He was the Jude Jude and Jody Fame in Oklahoma City. Jude Northcutt died.
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"chuck hoskin" Discussed on KTOK
"Its lack of action was a cover up. And the survivors of Larry Nassar have a right to know why their well being was placed in the jeopardy by these individuals who Chose not to do their jobs. To date No. One from the FBI, the U. S. O. P C or U. S. A. G has faced federal charges other than Larry Nassar. Nassar eventually was tried and sentenced to more than 100 years in prison. FBI director Chris Wright testified that investigative failures should never have happened and that investigators engaged in Reprehensible conduct. The state Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed a lawsuit seeking state Corporation Commissioner Todd Hi It's removal from office. The story from Margo Murano. The lawsuit was filed in July by former state representative Mike Reynolds, who claimed high it should resign because he's involved with Spirit Bank in Tulsa, which could be impacted by corporation commission decisions. The Oklahoman reports that the Supreme Court found that Reynolds did not have legal standing in questioning high its service. In a statement, Hyatt called it a frivolous lawsuit, saying he was gratified but not surprised. The lawsuit was dismissed record setting budget for the Cherokee Nation. Charity. McCurdy reports. Nearly three $3 billion budget is the largest operating budget in the tribe's history. Covid relief money accounts for about 40% of the budget revenue. Principal chief Chuck Hoskin Jr says the budget will help Cherokees recover and have the best healthcare, education, language, housing infrastructure and jobs along with other services. He was the Jude of Jude and Jody Fame in Oklahoma City..
Native America Calling
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"Indigenous importance state representative in navajo tribal member jasmine blackwater nygren sponsored the bill when we wear our traditional regalia it really allows us to celebrate who we are as our full selves right. Not just who. We are as a student but who we are. As native students blackwater nygren who herself or traditional regalia to her high school college and law school. Commencement points out that native americans have the lowest graduation rates of any group. In the nation the ceremonies are particularly important for indigenous graduates. Their families and their communities a school district in maricopa county was sued last year after a native american student was denied entry to her graduation ceremony because she was wearing a traditionally beated cap. With a sacred eagle plume. That was ryan hinds on friday. The cheyenne and arapaho tribes and the clinton oklahoma public school district released a joint statement saying a reported incident involving the cutting of a native students hair by other students is inaccurate. Tribal and school leaders met last week and an investigation began following a report that an elementary student has haircut by two older students without his consent. The report which was widely circulated across social media angered the native community and calls for action quickly followed according to the tribal and school statement. Video shows the student entering and exiting the restroom alone and not with two older students. School officials say the investigation will continue over the weekend. And this data the nation address cherokee nation of oklahoma principal chief chuck hoskin junior vowed to continue to protect tribal sovereignty and seize opportunities through the us supreme court's mcgirt decision the decision affirms reservation boundaries and has been a contentious issue between the state's governor and tribes hoskin in his speech said directly to the governor of oklahoma that the cherokee nation needs to be treated with respect and they're ready to resolve challenges but called the governor ill-informed for insisting that mcgirt is a crisis. Hoskin says this needs to be resolved. Oklahoma governor kevin state has publicly criticized. The mcgirt ruling hoskin also says the cherokee nation will resist any effort in congress to erode mcgirt..
The Oklahoma Observercast
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The Oklahoma Observercast
"chuck hoskin" Discussed on The Oklahoma Observercast
"As a complete an aggressive argument against mcgirt before the supreme court s could be may in. It was talented attorneys. They brought everything they could at it. The mr mcgirt attorneys in those friends of the court briefs filed by the nation and other tribes including the creek nation We we gave are all. The chips fell where they were was on the side of the united states. Keeping a promise. The governor thinks the united states ought not to keep a promise he can go make that case to the court..
The Oklahoma Observercast
"chuck hoskin" Discussed on The Oklahoma Observercast
"And negotiate something on mcgirt adding the legislature got to have a role in that because they've had a role in every other compacting mechanism that's been developing the state including the gaining complex. Legislature will be important. I certainly respect the jobs they have to do and the fact that they need to listen to their constituents in some of them are feeling anxious over mcgurk so you obviously see now deliver turkey nation but for oklahoma is a whole real opportunity here to make progress and to move the state to a much better place through this ruling in the strengthening of of tribal sovereignty. How do you. How would you measure that if people are gonna say well. How do i really know what's going to be better than the current system that we have. I'm worried sick. what's going to happen to some of these cases. How do you allay those concerns and say you know. Here's why it's gonna be better. These are live. Things are whatever that we're focused on. I can point to what we do is a government right now. I think people generally respect the cherokee nation as being very effective inefficient government. There were air providing core services including services that non indian. So i think they could see what our track record naked. Kill some competence. We put out frequently. The efforts were making to build up criminal justice system. The money they were putting into and i tried to impress upon people that were doing this with lightning speed when you compare it to how now again hundred save. Oklahoma's had more century to build their system. We're going in months In we are doing it. And i want them to see more marshals out on the roads patrolling and want them to know and see more prosecutors. I want them to see you know frankly. More headlines about cases being prosecuted successfully one victims to know that their cases being handled by prosecutors. That are very good. The best in the business. I think we also have a victim services unit. And then i want them to hear from me and other travel officials that we really do want to build. This is the best criminal justice system in the country. And i think to do that you know. You have to be firming. After the tough when it comes to crime you have to put people away. But i think a great criminal. Justice system is one that also provides a path back to those who have done their time. Did the crime the time and they're moving back in society. And what can we do to help. Make them whole. We wanna make the victims whole but we also recognize that people come back into society. It's all of our responsibility in all of our burden. They're not into a society in which they can get a job in lead to good quality. People are going to see that aspect of the nations justice system shine through. And i think you're gonna appreciate it. I think they're gonna look at cherokee. Nation is operating a health system. That is comprehensive more comprehensive. Were building up to complete realistic view. Of how we should take care of people. I think they should understand that. We take things like substance abuse very serious. We're going to put more resources into that. We're going to put more resources in the coming years into behavioral health mentally. Well so much of that goes to some of the underlying problems with crime. They're gonna see us. Invest in parts of oklahoma that the rest of the world forgot about some of the rural areas where some of the crime frankly stems from in terms of the drug use. Lack of opportunity sometimes lack of hope. See us looking at the world in this holistic way and i think many oklahomans appreciate that and sometimes i wonder government couldn't do more the state of oklahoma so all i can say is got a good track record. Were presently putting resources in it. I think people should also withhold judgment. Should also wait and see. Are we doing the job that i say we're going to do. I believe people will see. I think they'll appreciate it. Have to see how it unfolds over time. And i promise you have got best and brightest on this and i feel very competent myself. I had a couple of other things mary. You're more on this. I just another man. I couldn't curious let your take is on the ongoing debate about critical roofs theory. Oklahoma and how that's playing out in public schools. Sure seems to me that cherokee nation members were very concerned about the freedom to really explore discuss our academic settings the reality of american history the critical race theory. Bill was an absurd piece of legislation and absurd solution in search of a problem. There is no problem in this terms of critical race theory. I wonder if some of the folks touting it bothered look much critical race theory which is a master's and doctorate level theory. That was in college classrooms in terms of thinking about how things are taught through the matter is there are difficult chapters in state history in american history in cherokee history that we ignore at our own peril that we suppress in a way that might make some people in the in the society. Feel good a collectively. I think it strips of something we have to tell history or to know. I think that if this country which is on a path to i think teach history native americans better in this generation does didn't previous generation that includes the Tears the forced removal of the cherokee people. My daughter girl is growing up in a world and with education opportunity to teach her more in her peers. More than i had my father had. My grandfather had their peers his peers. If we start to regress we'll be less of a state for it And so in that. I'm talking about here. Native american history. There's elements of history with african americans in the state. I mean my goodness. We just came off. A month ago memorializing the tulsa race massacre. Which is effectively an active crime scene in north tulsa in which people were killed and communities destroyed and there was a cover up history that a teacher in the state should be afraid to teach because they might violate state. Law is discussing the trail of tears. Something that might give a reason to pause in this state. It's almost beyond the beside the point with the precise language of the statute is or the regulations that just issued from the state. What message does it send on the political leaders of this state. Tell teachers you better watch it. You'd better watch what you say. We need teachers who have not only the funding to do their jobs. Teachers have the freedom to jobs and the critical race theory ban. I'm afraid we'll have a chilling effect. And i don't want oklahoma to grow up in a state in this coming generation in which teachers are reluctant to talk about the origins of the state and how it was imposed on tribal lands. And frankly if they did that people might not have a great understanding of things like mcgirt or maybe the next mcgirt that happens in the next generation. Maybe some monumental indian law case that's handed down that has real for oklahoma. Don't we wanna population that understands the origins of that that it's based entreaties there was that this place existed before the state of oklahoma was imposed on it. I think we do Don't we want in the future. When i hope there's not. But there may be instances of racial strife in this state. Don't we want young people to have some understanding that there was a tulsa race massacre and then it was covered up and it was horrendous and the people suffered and people out of know about it. Don't we want them to grow up in a world which they know those things and then they can be critical of their own society. And we're came from. We ought to. That makes them more well rounded person so sorely disappointed in that bill and i think it's the wrong direction also think it doesn't say much about the state in terms of whether it's a great place to come and raise a family and move a business. I mean it starts to look like we're really regressive here. I thought we wanted to build a top ten state. I thought we wanted to lay out a welcome mat for investment in this state. I think that does the opposite but my first concern is that we're not gonna teach history in the way we ought to. We really should take a critical look at history. Always someone who grew up in oklahoma and didn't really learn about the tulsa race massacre referred to those days also raise riot july. I in henry people on the anniversary were saying. I never heard that and swore i never heard any of that stuff and assured him which leads me to believe. This is the thing that gets ram through. The legislature is symbol mountain slowly. Will noisy wordy get something like this knowing. But then i think the people at large no we need to have these discussions and and we. We wanna know what happened and particularly young people. I certainly since that from my conversations with young people well of dumping there as a parent in chief. Your appearance You know arnold apparent will boom curious. You know they're like oh. What is this you know. And so just this idea that they banished from thought this concept that before it was really only taught in law school You know. I have to wonder if the consequences might not might be a little counter to what their expectations are being. You know it could be the as happens. Seemingly generation after generation the young generation may take matters in their own hand. They may explore. They may be just energized. Start exploring this history. That's supposedly not supposed to be looked at that. Might be our best home. Better would be for the law to be repealed for teachers to have the freedom to teach history. So i wanna jump on the mention of repeal. Though i mean i'm just thinking it'll be the governor. Sorry the governor wanting to The supreme court to overturn mcgirt. They just ruled Evidence can he bring to the you know to get them to. Oh wait we were wrong right. I is curious. Says curious to understand. The governor would think that supreme court decision but the decision was written by conservative justice justice at understood federal indian law and a majority of justices. Who believed that if the united states makes it promise. And i keep that promise. And that if it's going to obliterate that promise in let's be clear. The united states under lindy law longstanding federal law can wipe away treaty promises. They can do it. The congress has the power to do at the court. Said the congress didn't do it in the courts right congress kinda tiptoed up to completely terminating. The five tribes. It didn't quite new. I'm not sure what facts. The governor could advance in the state of oklahoma made a.
The Oklahoma Observercast
"chuck hoskin" Discussed on The Oklahoma Observercast
"Example. I gave one a moment ago but suppose there is a non any has committed an assault. The exception is domestic violence. We have a special category of domestic violence. Cases leakage prosecute. But if you're talking about a non indian hurson gauging assault and battery let's say north tulsa which is part of the cherokee nation that non-indian would be not subject to the prosecution by the state of oklahoma. Which has been the case for one hundred thirteen years prior to mcgirt they would be subject to the jurisdiction of the united states justice department so the way that crime would be addressed on the front lines handy. And should be seamless in other words tulsa police department can apprehend the suspect Book the suspect. The question is where are charges filed. By whom in that case where it's a non indian assailant versus the the beat up a cherokee. Then the united states not the cherokee nation the united states would have the obligation to prosecute that case. Now the initial handling in that case. Should be seamless and smooth concern. That we all have and should have. Is that the united states. Attorney's office historically has not played that rope and they're looking at a lot of crime. Do important work is wonderful. Men and women that were used attorney's office and that's true over years and decades but they're not set up for that day today prosecution. That's what we're seeing more. Us attorneys being assigned to the eastern district in northern district of oklahoma particular But it's still a concern that we have to shift pretty quickly to the us attorney's office prosecuting. Let's have another example. Suppose it's an indian on indian crime in that same area north tulsa which is in the cherokee nation reservation the cherokee nation would have jurisdiction over that same crime and so the tulsa police officer can and should apprehend the indian defendant. Let's say it's a cherokee citizen. What happens next question is which jurisdiction which court which prosecutors should step in to prosecute the case which government should hold that person in custody beyond the initial looking stage and answer that case would be the cherokee nation. The problems can arise when there's uncertainty among law enforcement on that front end but the good news is that cherokee nation for years and decades has developed really good relationships with law enforcement we have crossed deputy agreements with just about every jurisdiction across a reservation including the oklahoma highway patrol. So if we can make sure that those are seamless and then we can do our job which is to take on the prosecution of lots more cases. Ub some context here in the decade prior to mcgirt we about five hundred criminal cases in the time since mcgirt applied to the cherokee nation over twelve hundred s. Just in a few months. So we're having to build up scale up this criminal justice system but what i want people know is that we're doing. We're not spending our time at political forums drumming up support from girton certainly not drumming up opposition to mcgirt. We're doing the difficult work every day occurring at criminal justice system that everyone deserves and i think every leader ought to do that. And what's the governor more. So i just wanna make perfectly clear to summarize it as clearly as possible to get away from any misconceptions if you're on tribal land if non tribal citizen commits a crime. They go to the federal this system. If a tribal citizen commits a crime that goes to the tribal citizen. The state is removed from the later. State is not from maybe an apprehension so so okay there's there's a couple of things. I kind of went to ask some more questions on one is how. How are you all kind of expanding your bandwidth your capacity You know i. I mean you know court y i guess Just kind of facilities rise. What does that look like And my second question. But i'll think of it. What with respect to that question right after megared. We assembled internally a sovereignty commission and this included people who are experts in federal indian law and including an external expert as well. We gathered those folks together to look at our system and determine what we needed to do in the near term to address mcgirt in the long term and what they determine is that at a minimum we will spend about thirty five million dollars extra per year on a criminal justice system but that in some context we spend about fifteen million dollars. A year in college scholarships which is great money that we spend a great deal of money. But it's been more than twice that just to meet the minimum challenge that mcgurk presents to us. And i think we'll have to spend a deal more for two reasons. One is the cost of criminal. Justice system does go up over time and paces inflation. Secondly if you wanna make a criminal justice system that's the best in the country this chair connection we're going to build a criminal justice system. That's the best in the country. Got to commit the resources to do it. But a of minimum of thirty five million. What are we done with those dollars. We've hired more marshals. We've heard about thirteen new marshalls. We have an excellent marshall service. Very highly trained not big enough to take on all of the geographic scope of mcgirt. So we're scaling up. Our marshall service hired Six new prosecutors some additional attorney general office staff including those with a focus on victims. We've doubled the number of staff that address victim services which is something that's been in the news lately. What about the victims. We have to keep them at the center of any criminal justice system. They'll certainly be at the center of ours. We are expanding courts out into the outlying areas From tallec will tell calls or capitals. Were courts have been for some time. Bring the courts out where the community is. And where where. It's more convenient for people to seek access to justice or working with a county right now within our jurisdiction that will announce in the near future is going to be great arrangement co using a facility that they're using at we built out of facility in muskogee to focus some on juvenile justice. And we're gonna keep doing those sorts of things we're gonna expand even in talal. We're going to build a new justice center so that we can house more court staff more prosecutors. We're gonna have to continue to grow if we're going to keep up and really sees these great opportunities presented by mcgirt. So that's what we're doing so far as to the tuna millions of dollars and i want to stress. This isn't a penny of extra federal dollars. Although we are getting those and we are committed to hold the government accountable trust responsibility. There are opportunities for the gum in the united states to step up and provide some resources. Not only to us. But to the justice department here locally so we're gonna continue to push for more funds. But i will tell you this. We're committed to putting what we need to in terms of resources into building up this justices. Let's take time hiring the best and brightest of prosecutors hiring the best and brightest in law enforcement you have to be selective. He should be selected at takes time. And we wanna hire cherokees. Of course the great extent possible and so we're putting an effort into recruiting. So that's what we're doing. We're making agreements with counties for jail space. We don't have a cherokee nation prison here. In modern times we had one historically. Will there come a time when we have to build a prison. It could be but for now. We want to make arrangements with counties and municipalities. Already doing that. So that helps with capacity were also reaching out to communities who are braced for potential revenue lost from something. That's just kind of day the day to day work of courts and law enforcement. And that's traffic tickets. We don't want to reinvent necessarily traffic court in every community. We don't want to extend our marshall service so that they have to directly handle every single speeding ticket in every single town so what we're doing is reaching agreements with those communities so they can continue to issue tickets if it's a cherokee that speedy. I get caught speeding through my hometown of anita and i get ticket I would say that ticket down at city hall and ticket though would be remitted to the cherokee city of if they engage in this agreement would keep a lion share that revenue. This we worked together. This isn't the stuff that gets a lot of headlines It's not the stuff that You get a lot of people riled up about but it is the difficult work of governing and that's what tribal leaders.
The Oklahoma Observercast
"chuck hoskin" Discussed on The Oklahoma Observercast
"Prosecution prosecution posture. That does sort a day to day crimes. Like you might think so. If there's an assault and battery and it involves say a non indian assailant. The jurisdiction is in almost every case exclusively in the hands of the united states attorney's office. So there is some concern that cases. You need to be properly transfer. If it's kinda case that's in the hands of the cherokee nation will the cherokee nation prosecute that case and the answer is yes. It takes a great deal of working together but working together takes work. And that's.
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"chuck hoskin" Discussed on The Oklahoma Observercast
"The little i'm arnold hamilton editor of the oklahoma observer. And i'm marianne. Martin is observer. Cast your weekly deep dive into oklahoma politics policy powered by the oklahoma observer democracy foundation just over a year ago. July ninth twenty twenty the. Us supreme court delivered its ruling in mcgirt v oklahoma described as the most important ruling for indian country in decades as justice neal. Gorsuch road on the far end of the trail of tears was a promise forced to leave their ancestral lands. Ends in georgia and alabama. The creek nation received assurances that they're new lands in the west would be secure forever the government further promise that no state or territory shelf ever have a right to pass lawless for the government of such indians but they shall be allowed to govern themselves. Today gorsuch continued. We were asked whether the way in these treaties parliament's remains as indian reservation for purposes of federal criminal law because congress has not said otherwise we hold the government which were just like the impact of the forced expulsion of indians from their lands in the eighteen hundreds reverberates to this day. The effect of the mcgirt ruling the state of oklahoma cannot be overstated namely the ruling ignited a political firestorm locally elected. The state district attorney's remain apoplectic over losing prosecutorial power. The da's have worked around the clock to stout fear that native criminal justice systems won't be up to the task that a crime wave will be unleashed the likes of which law-abiding oklahoma's have never seen that heinous crimes go Justice cannot be served. What arm-in-arm with the politically powerful prosecutors is first. Republican governor kevin stint who has proven himself no friend of indian country despite his cherokee nation citizenship. He's been playing the old right wing along and order card as core race. Baiting dog whistle while whipping fantastical claims that state and local governments will lose taxing authorities huge swaths of the state and even worse for his oil and gas overlords environmental authority not surprisingly the state of oklahoma is challenging mcgirt in federal court. The legislature even caught up ten million dollars this year to help. Fund the governor's windmill tilting. What's that unfortunately hasn't bothered to do. However is engaged the tribes and dialogue to search for common ground. That could yield a win win for a post mcgirt framework that benefits both state and tribal citizens and citizens for a post mcgirt framework that benefits both state and tribal governments and citizens even worse. The governor continues to poke tribal nations. In the i like with this recent tulsa form on mcgirt that included district attorney's but no tribal leaders jerky nation principal. Chief chuck hoskin. Junior is one of the leaders indian country pushing back against the state political establishments chicken little rhetoric. We invited chief hoskin to join us for this week's observer cast to discuss what mcgirt actually does and offer his vision for the future of a fairer more just and prosperous oklahoma chief. It's great pleasure as always to visit with you. Thanks for making time with us today. We're just past the anniversary first anniversary of the mcgirt ruling and we're just passed a rather remarkable event that the governor had in tulsa that was related to the gert event. And so we thought it would be a great opportunity to visit with you about this whole issue and not only what means For the cherokee nation and for indian country of but also for the state of oklahoma and What might be lost for a lot of folks who are Hearing some fairly inflammatory rhetoric coming from Prosecutors and state law enforcement it affect the governor himself gird is the most important indian law case in many generations. you'd have to back to the nineteenth century to see a case it was answered impactful to the cherokee nation in other tribes as the impact. Were feeling from gert. It's absolutely the right decision to say. The united states ought to keep its promise under a tree that's very basic proposition. That ought to be celebrated how we apply that proposition to the specifics of mcgirt news. The great challenge of the day and it takes a great deal of leadership. Whippy very thoughtful about it but we have to act quickly. People should keep in mind the cherokee nation with the other tribes that are affected. The trigger nation is is building the biggest criminal justice system in the state of oklahoma other than the state of oklahoma's over a period of months and save oklahoma. Had hundred thirteen years to do it. We have a period of months to do it. And we're doing it and we don't just want to build a criminal justice system that is adequate for the obligations at mcgirt places upon us. We wanna build the best criminal justice system in the country. We think our people zurve. I think the people within our reservation in not a non-indian deserve it because ultimately we should all have the same goal everyone leadership on every citizen would use it. We should want a blanket of protection over various jurisdictions there's overlaps overlaps in that respect. But we all should want that blanket of protection now should wanna focus on protecting victims holding lawbreakers accountable There's a way to do it And we're we're committed to doing it. the difficulty though is in the jurisdiction and the challenges that creates and so people who live in northeast. Oklahoma may have directly experienced. Certainly read something bad at paper so who has jurisdiction over crimes committed over every square inch of for example the cherokee reservation hutus fourteen counties in northeast oklahoma who has jurisdiction will depends on. Who's involved with the crime. If if a native american is involved in the crime and then that jurisdiction is is all is certainly not with the state of oklahoma. Which is the great departure from one hundred thirteen years of criminal justice in this state that is causing some anxiety out there. It naturally would when you're making this change. But the good news is that the jurisdiction is in the hands either of the cherokee nation which is the most progressive and dynamic and effective government in this day salsa in the hands of the united states through the justice department the challenges the justice department being a in a.
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Senator Cantwell talks about tribal broadband at confirmation hearing
"This is national native news antonio gonzales the biden administration says it's ordered a pause new oil and gas leasing on public lands does not apply to tribal nations the mountain west news bureaus savannah mar reports the administration issued the clarification after the chairman of the youth indian tribe called the initial. Moratorium direct attack on tribal sovereignty. Stephen fast tourists of the northern arapaho. Business council agreed that would impact all of our guests tribes. Pretty bad it would triple fast. Horror says those tribes rely on oil and gas revenue to pay for social services and unlike state and local governments. They don't have a tax base to back on. The issue is thornier for climate activists. Gold tooth with the nonprofit indigenous environmental network. It's nice to see them. Ministration recognized travel it is disheartening to the tribes. The use that to continue fossil fuel extraction moving forward gold tooth hopes to biden will support tribes in divesting from fossil fuel industry for national native news. I'm savannah mar this week. President biden signed a memorandum on tribal consultation. It directs all executive departments and agencies to engage a regular consultation with tribes agencies. Have ninety days to come up with a plan. Tribal leaders across the country are welcoming the memo in a statement principal chief of the cherokee nation. Chuck hoskin junior applauded. The action hoskins says meaningful consultation is vital to treble governments to have a seat at the table to shape policy and hold the federal government responsible. He says the memorandum is the first comprehensive white house affirmation of mandatory consultation with tribes since two thousand nine the tribal consultation follow directives laid out by the obama administration. President biden says he's committed to honoring tribal sovereignty and including tribal voices and policy and hopes to strengthen the government's relationship with tribes this week washington. Us senator. Maria cantwell address. President biden's nominee for us. Secretary of commerce rhode island governor gina raimondo and talked about tribal broadband. Steve jackson has more. Senator can't will introduce legislation last session. That would accelerate the deployment of broadband services to tribal communities by setting aside fcc and usda funds for deployment on tribal lands at the confirmation hearing for commerce secretary. Can't well made governor raimondo. Aware of the issue and the secretary will inherit a new program as part of the kobe. Bill the tribal broadband connectivity program. It two thousand nineteen report from. Fcc found that less than half of households in indian country have access to high speed broadband services a twenty percent gap from non tribal areas. And so i hope that we will be able to get good administration of that program. The cova pandemic has only increased the problem of limited broadband. Dude at more people working from home as well as distance learning for students for national native news. I'm steve jackson reporting from spokane alaskan native artist and illustrator. Michaela goad was honored by the american library association. This week with the randolph called toco metal. She said to be the first native american to win the award. A member of the central council of lincoln and haida indian tribes go was recognized for most distinguished american picture book for children. We are water protectors. The book written by carol lindstrom turtle mountain honors water protectors for fighting for indigenous rights and environmental justice. Awards were announced during the association's virtual midwinter gathering. I'm antonio
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"chuck hoskin" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"We'll talk fire prevention with F D N y Lieutenant Frank Manetta as part of our asking experts series. I'm Alison Stewart joined me for all of it. We think at noon on W N. Y C You're listening to the takeaway. I'm tan Xena Vega and I'm talking to Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Junior about how the covert 19 vaccine rollout is going for his tribe. She's asking you at the end of their last segment. You said you were looking at how other jurisdictions around the country. Native jurisdictions are going to have to prepare for this vaccine. Roll out. What are you seeing is needed right now. Well, I think across Indian country supplies the most important thing, But one thing we have to remember is even though vaccine distribution is the most noteworthy thing lately. There still has to be an ongoing public health effort to keep people safe. So having consistent messaging out of the government, United States about public health. That's is important now as it was before the vaccine came out, because it's still our best defense against this vaccine. I'm talking about wearing masks and social distancing and I can tell you As a tribal leader. Who has done the same thing that many travel leaders has done, which is let science drive our decision making to hear a consistent message out of the White House out of federal officials. Is refreshing. I mean, I can't emphasize enough how important that is, when we're on the front lines, trying to send that message and have that kind of back up out of Washington, D. C. So that's important. We also need further resource is to continue to address the impact of covert on our communities that could be Infrastructure impact because our budgets have dwindled because the revenues of doing from some of our business activities such as gaming, it can also mean other health care resource is just so we can keep up with What we need done, And there's some parts in Indian country that I think many people this country would be shocked and appalled that still exist. Some parts of Indian country with No running water, which makes it difficult in good time. Certainly during a pandemic, that's not the case with Turkey Nation. But it is the case of some parts of Indian country. So I think this ought to be a wake up call for this country in terms of making sure that reservation scribes across the country have even the basic things that most Americans take for granted. One of the things that communities of color, particularly black, Latino and native communities, have is a someone of a mistrust of the U. S medical system because of The history of discriminatory and racist treatments and experiments that have been conducted on these communities. What work has your government done to combat vaccine skepticism? Well, one thing that it's important to understand about how medicine how health care is delivered in Indian country is that it varies from tribe to tribe, and it varies has it has changed over time, so Cherokee Nation is an example of the tribe that because of the resource is we've been able to amass through our own business activities, gaming and whatnot. We have really taken control of our health care, destiny. So Was born in 1975 in the Claremore Oklahoma Indian Hospital of federal installation and the federal government tries it might is not delivered health care directly. Very good to native Americans across the country. I'm talking. That's I'm talking in broad terms. Certainly there except there are exceptions. When Cherokee Nation began to develop resource is we started to take Control of health care. And so even though we still hold the government of the United States accountable for dollars for resource is we manage our health care system. I think we do it better than anyone in the country. But that doesn't mean that there's not lingering distrust about health care among our people. I think particularly among older, another generation of Cherokees, but I do think it makes a difference of tribes are able to again control their own destiny. When it comes to health care is we have done On that builds confidence. I mean, it makes a difference when you walk into a health care facility, and you see people, you know people you consider to be family, even if they're very extended family. Because you know, this is your government. The Cherokee Nation operating this health care system. So I think had covert hit a few generations ago. Uh, it would be a different story than it is today. I think we're better off today because Cherokee Nation Operates its own health care system by and large Ordination, While um you have kept coronavirus cases and deaths relatively low at a very difficult moment. During the pandemic, the tribe has seen a spike. In cases. What do you think accounts for that as we're seeing similar spikes across the country? Yeah, Absolutely. So, just overall, we've had over 13,000 positive cases just in our health system and 82 deaths. And it is true that we fared better than many parts of the country and even fared better, I think than other parts of Oklahoma. The fact is, we don't live on an island and as the virus spreads, Aziz, people start to have fatigue over protecting themselves and others against the virus. As Thanksgiving and Christmas comes along and, of course, Cherokee people like a lot of native peoples across the country. Very much gather on a regular basis with extended family and friends. And that, of course, is the worst thing you could do during the worst public health crisis, the worst pandemic in living memory. And so all of those things I think have conspired to increase the numbers. And I worry about all of our people. But I particularly jarred by this statistic, which is that we've lost over 30 fluent speakers, and we only have about 2000 fluent speakers left so in addition to being a pandemic that steals lives away from our people that takes away precious lives. It takes also away a precious resource that is dwindling, which is our language, and so that's sort of another thing that weighs on us every day. Does that mean? Uh, that native speakers might be prioritized in the vaccine rollout because of that element that you're just describing? Yeah, that's exactly what we've done. But I really would take you back to march of 2020. When we decided to shut down all of our gaming operations and really go into Gonna hunker down mode as people were learning about this virus. I was sitting with our deputy chief, and he said, you know, chief. You just shut down all the casinos. There's perishable foods and all those refrigerators, So let's get them out to our fluent speakers. But we did more than that. We took our translators are young people who are learning to speak Cherokee. We took. We safely took that perishable food out too. As many of our speakers as we could and these air largely elders, and we also took in translated in the Cherokee, the best public health information that we had at the time. And so really, it's been a continuum of protecting our speakers. And then when we got the vaccine When we anticipated getting it. We put the We put fluent speakers at the top of the list, and we've now vaccinated about 1000 fluent speakers. That's about halfway to the total amount. But that is a great blessing because it means we protected a really precious resource. Chief Chuck Hoskin. Junior is the principal chief for the Cherokee Nation. Chief Hoskin..
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Federal judge: Oklahoma tribal gaming accords renewed Jan. 1
"Limits on some rural interstates. Cherokee Nation. Principal chief Chuck Hoskin Junior says he is very pleased with today's federal court ruling that the state's 15 year tribal gaming compacts automatically renewed on January 1st. Oskin hopes the governor will take note. I think at this point he's heard from just about every, uh, voice of authority on this matter, and hopefully this drawing this phase of the matter to a conclusion. We can get on to doing what we really should have been doing this whole time, which is moving forward in a cooperative manner. Hoskins says. The governor's claim that the compacts expired was a wasteful battle Now, Governor State says in a statement, The ruling confirms his fear. At the state entered into a poorly negotiate a
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Native youth talk about struggles of mental health issues during COVID-19
"This is national native news I'm Antonia Gonzalez native. Youth are warning US lawmakers in the midst of the COVID, nineteen pandemic Indian country is struggling to combat mental health issues, which can lead to suicide correspondent. Matt Laszlo has a story from Washington suicide rates in substance. Abuse problems in Indian country are always alarmingly high, but officials fear big spikes during the pandemic. That's in part because these summer months are usually marked by important native social events like powwows or canoeing few friends just to name a few. But most social gatherings are now canceled. The TASHA Gonzalez of California's Bishop Pie tribe is with the unity mission. Feels like. Has Been. Under all this in many younger travel members are confused especially, because many tribal communities haven't seen any coronavirus cases yet, Margot Vonda as a youth leader with twenty, five, hundred, twenty five. So it's been really tough time for them to grass that sort of new reality of staying home to keep safe from a threat that they can't see. Cutty Miller's CO president of the National Unity, council, he's a member of Washington State Swish Indian travel community, which he describes as a small tribe in a small town or their stigma, already surrounding people seeking mental health services. Part of it I think would just be like education. Everybody advocating that you don't have to go. You don't have a problem to go to the counselor. That's Miller and the others are asking Congress to increase mental health funding in the next corona virus stimulus package. For National Native News on that Laszlo in Washington the Executive Director of the National Council of Urban. Indian health says urban Indian centers have been hit hard and have many unmet needs to address Cova Nineteen Francis Curvier recently told the U. S. Commission. On Civil Rights, the federal government is failing in its obligations to native people living in urban areas despite the government's failures are facilities have done everything they can to keep their doors open for the patients who rely on them with or without the pandemic. She says urban Indian organisations were recognized by Congress in the nineteen seventies to assist with healthcare needs of native people living off reservations and native people who lack insurance often rely on. Others crea says many centers have not been able to keep up with the pandemic loading tests, equipment and other resources and funding, and does calling on the federal government to uphold its obligations. Leaders of the Cherokee chickasaw choctaw nation say more dialogue as needed on potential impacts of the mcgurk case, the US Supreme Court recently ruled. Congress never disestablished the Muskogee creek reservation, affirming reservation boundaries, which has led to tribal state and federal jurisdiction questions in a joint statement Monday. The tribes committed to more discussions with stakeholders and the public. The leader say the path forward requires collaboration. Collaboration with the Cherokee chickasaw choctaw seminal and Muskogee Creek nations. The statement follows proposal from Oklahoma's attorney general last week involving jurisdiction in a video message to tribal citizens, Cherokee, nation, principal chief, Chuck Hoskin Junior, said he spent the day listening to citizens and leaders, none of the leaders of the five tribes support eroding sovereignty or turning back the recognition of our reservations achieved through mcgirt. This isn't a stork ruling for Indian. Country and we would never ever undermine this monumental decision. On those points, we all agree leaders at the seminal Muskogee Creek. Nations were quick to disapprove of the state's proposal Friday and called for meaningful government government discussions. I'm Antonio
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Tribes in Arizona and Oklahoma report first positive cases of COVID-19, Navajo numbers rise. Native helpline continues services, concerns raised about abuse during COVID-19 orders.
"The National Native News Antonio Gonzalez the Navajo nation is reporting additional cases of covert nineteen while other tribes are reporting first cases in their communities. Now the whole nation leaders were informed Tuesday night the number of positive cases total forty nine with cases in Arizona and New Mexico. A reservation wide stay at home. Order is in place. The Hilo River Indian community in Arizona. This Week reported its first positive. Cases one is a healer river tribal citizen and the other is a member from another federally recognized Tribe Governor Steven Rayle. Lewis says they're likely to see more cases in coming days and says the tribe is taking aggressive actions to respond which includes a task force and command center the Cherokee Nation Oklahoma Tuesday announced the tribes first positive case of Cova nineteen principal. Chief Chuck hoskin junior in a video. Message TO TRIBAL CITIZENS URGES FOR VIGILANTS won't important respect. Today is no different than yesterday in no different than tomorrow. A single test result does not mean. Only one person contracted the virus. The reality is the virus is spreading all over our region. This is a serious health crisis that requires everyone's attention everyone's cooperation everyone's dedication so that we can get through this together. Cherokee nation cannot and we will not wait for other jurisdictions to decide how best to protect public health. We will remain guided by facts. Medical Science and compassion Hoskins says some precautions include shutting down hotels and casinos and conducting much tribal business from home. He also confirmed a Cherokee nation citizen in Tulsa died last week from covert nineteen strong hearts native helpline will continue to offer service amid Cova. Nineteen the phone support line. One eight four four seven native supports native. American and Alaskan native people who are experiencing abuse or have family members or friends experiencing abuse advocates are concerned about those who may be an unhealthy or abusive relationships as self isolation and social distancing takes place across the country. Laurie jump is director of strong hearts. All the new restrictions the not being able to work and you know not being able to find just the things that you need at the grocery store. is creating additional stress and that can lead to more violence. So we know that People are experiencing this And we are encouraging them to you know. Look at planning whether they are stuck at home with her abusive partner whether they are thinking about leaving You know or maybe they've already left. We know that there are increased opportunities for violence happening and so really think about that. Safety plan how they can keep themselves safe at home. Jump says during this time. Self-care is essential for emotional mental health for strong people. We've weathered a lot of difficult periods of time right over in in our history and you know just are Historical TRAUMAS THAT. We've all survived. And so I think it's really important to remember that that we do come from strong people and and we have been through so much and that we can weather this as well. Strong hearts is based in Minnesota and will continue to operate the help line and offer services daily from seven. Am to ten PM central time. Us Senator Tom Udall announced Wednesday. A bipartisan agreement of Eight Billion Dollars for tribes to ensure direct access to Cova nineteen resources for economic recovery and essential services. It's part of a national cove in nineteen emergency relief package. I'm Antonio