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"Owned and operated by the club as well to Seattle club. And then directly next to us, we have a clinic. We have the Seattle Indian health board. Right next door to us. So we're all kind of within the same structure and that was built from the ground up by chief Seattle club. So we had steps along the way to really indigenize the entire space and make sure that our relatives that were battling housing and security housing and stability had a place to live that they could call home. Nice, nice. And what's been what you guys have been open since December of last year, so I imagine there's a lot of remaking the menu and listening to reviews from customers. What's been the reception so far from folks who've visited all cafe? Yeah, it's been really positive. Which is great. Yes, indigenous foods are something that I just care so deeply about and wanted to serve the best possible food that we can and also then tie that into the mission of chief Seattle club and let folks know what the organization is about. We're a native run organization, been around for like 50 years. And we're really making strides to solve this housing and security and homelessness problem for our native community and the public has been, yeah, it's been super positive. A lot of people had never heard about chief Seattle club and had lived in Seattle, their whole life. So we're able to kind of tell those two stories of the work that the club is doing as well as the importance and the significance of traditional indigenous foods. Right, right. And, you know, what can be the importance and significance of indigenous food to some of our relatives who are maybe experiencing homelessness and in Seattle. Yeah, well, I think from my time working in the, we call it club kitchen, but that's directly next to the cafe and that serves around 80 to a hundred people completely zero cost meals for breakfast and lunch. Every day of
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"This is national native news on Meghan camera in for Antonia Gonzalez. A hospital on the Navajo Nation near the Arizona New Mexico border is suing the Indian health service after a steep cut to its budget. As Arizona public radio's Ryan Heinz reports, the facility says the decision will heavily impact the quality of healthcare in nearby tribal communities. According to the fort defiance, Indian hospital board, the IHS cut 90% of the budget from the facility's contract support funding. It totals about $16 million in the hospital board says the move violates provisions of the Indian self determination and education assistance act. The 1975 law gives tribes the authority to contract with the federal government for programs that serve tribal members. The fort defiance hospital board slammed IHS decision to slash the budget, saying it's especially bad timing as the Navajo Nation continues to grapple with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cases on the vast reservation skyrocketed during the omicron fueled surge, setting the tribes all time record for new daily infections in mid January. The board says the cut will also impact employees in the local economy, making it more difficult to provide healthcare to Navajo communities. The IHS didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. For national native news, I'm Ryan Heinz in Flagstaff. In Detroit, police intervened to stop a Native American ceremony Friday night in a city park with one officer caught on a video posted to social media saying, quote, the sovereign stuff is not valid. The Detroit free press reports the ceremony was a kick-off to the Detroit sugar bush project for three years on a shinada and potawatomi people have taught participants how to tap maple trees in river rouge park and boil the SAP over a fire to make syrup. It's part of a larger food sovereignty movement and organizers have a memorandum of understanding with the city of Detroit and a burn permit for a bonfire. But police officers showed up in tactical garin told participants they had two minutes to put out the fire and leave. Attendees filed reports with the police department, which was unavailable for comment. However, the project organizers confirmed their paperwork is in order, and they reconvened Saturday morning in the park to reflect on what happened. Rosebud bear Schneider, a ceremony organizer, told the free press, quote, it's a shame that it's 2022, and we still have to fight for our rights and just to exist, as native people. A new apartment building has opened in Seattle's pioneer square, focused on low income and unhoused to Native Americans in the city. Indian country today reports all all was opened by the chief Seattle club, nonprofit organization, the name means home in the Lesotho language. The 80 unit building was designed by indigenous architects, residents or families must make below 50% of the area's median income and ten of the units are reserved for veterans. Monthly rents will range from about $216 to $556. Executive director of the club, Derek bell guard, said Native Americans in Alaska natives make up just 1% of King County's population, yet they account for about 15% of the chronically homeless. Bell guard says they're also battling more trauma and addiction from hundreds of years of oppression and forced relocation. This is the first housing project in Seattle geared to that population. The interior of the 9 story building features work by native artists and the exterior brickwork is designed with salish patterns. There's a space for a cafe serving traditional foods. There will also be a clinic in the building with a traditional healing space operated by the Seattle Indian health board. Bell guard told Indian country today that culturally specific programs tend to have higher rates of success, especially when people who are unhoused don't trust the mainstream system. The chief Seattle club has plans for another larger project called sacred medicine house due to break ground in the summer. For national native news, a Meghan camera. National native news is produced by chronic broadcast corporation with funding by the corporation for public broadcasting. Support by the Sanofi chambers law firm, championing tribal sovereignty and defending Native American rights since 1976, with offices in Washington, D.C.. New Mexico. California and Alaska. Support by the center for indigenous cancer research at Roswell park comprehensive cancer center dedicated to cancer research medicine and cancer care for indigenous population. The no charge online risk assessment tool is available at Roswell park dot org slash assess me. Native voice one the Native American radio network. This is native America calling, I'm Sean spruce. Today's discussion involves a discrimination debate from 80 years ago. But the idea has remained just as relevant today. What makes the difference now are the many years of awareness and legal protections attributed to the champion of that debate. Elizabeth peratrovich, she is the woman whose voice was instrumental in enacting the Alaska anti discrimination act of 1945. Before that time, Alaska native people were routinely denied access to businesses and refused employment. Alaska just marked Elizabeth peratrovich day on Wednesday. It was enacted in 1988 to honor her achievements. Her likeness was added to the $1 gold coin in 2020. Today, we'll get a better idea of who Elizabeth peratrovich was, and the challenges she faced when she fought against discrimination in what was then the Alaska territory. As always, you're more than welcome to join our conversation. So give us a call. One 809 9 6 two 8 four 8. That's a one 809 9 native. Joining us today from her vacation spot in fort Campbell, Kentucky is Daphne, albie. She's the grand president of the Alaska native sisterhood, and she's twink it. Daphne, welcome to native America calling. Thank you. I'm happy to be here. And joining us from Longmont Colorado is Michael Roberts. He's the president and CEO of First Nations development institute. He's link it. Welcome back to NAC Michael. Thank you, sir. And joining us from Juno Alaska is paulette, M Marino. She's a three term Alaska native sisterhood, grand president, from 2019 through 2021, and current ANS executive council. She's Twinkie and southern Tony nation. Welcome to native America calling paulette..
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Indigenous Fashion: The Politics of Ribbon Skirts, Runways and Resilience
"Abigail echo hawk is here to talk about a ribbon. Dress a traditional symbol of healing. But it's not a typical ribbon dress. She's the chief research officer at seattle indian health board and the director of the urban indian health institute in march of twenty twenty in the early days of the pandemic. She reached out to her federal health partners to ask for some more p. p. e. so the institute could continue to serve the native population in the seattle area instead of receiving masks and testing kits. She was sent bodybags abigail ponti and joins me now. Welcome to the show abigail and so excited to be here. Can you take take me back to that moment. When you opened up the box with the body bags and what happened we had gotten noticed at a large box had arrived at our clinic. We ran downstairs. We hoping for mask and when we opened it up what we saw instead was a box of bodybags. It was absolutely devastating. I remember taking one of the body bags out of the box. In the toe tags fell out of the bag and instantly there were tears in my eyes. Because all i could think about was the elders. I had seen upstairs. Wanting to get tested of our providers were showing their own mass of our executive leadership team. Who had started washing the scrubs of our providers at our own homes in order to ensure that they had what they needed. And when we asked for help bodybags is what we got. What did you think about when you saw what your federal health partners had sent you. When i saw what they had sent us. I wish i had been more surprised. Unfortunately i wasn't as we look at. How the federal government in the united states has provided the treaty obligations for american indians alaska. Natives we know they haven't and in fact they have never fully funded our healthcare systems and as a result of that we've seen our people have high rates of disease. We've seen our people die. And when i thought about it it was almost the perfect metaphor for what the federal government has been doing to us for centuries and that is giving us the thanks to bury our people in and not giving us the resources so are can live. When did you get the idea to transform the body bag into a rib andress. I've been working in healthcare for really long time and it's hard i have seen people die. I've seen are people not receive the resources that they need. And sometimes i'll drive home from my work and just cry all the way home and so i've had to find ways of coping with the trauma that i experience as an indigenous person working native healthcare. And so. I use the cultural traditions. That i have been taught by my aunties my relatives by my
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The Rush Is on To Get Seattle Public School Employees Vaccinated
"Partner is given a hand 150 Workers from the Seattle Public School Special Education Department got their first dose of the Madonna vaccine today. Included teacher's aides, custodians and nutrition services staff. Mr. Lucero, president of the Seattle Indian Health Board, says she and Superintendent Denise Juno came up with the idea a couple months ago. This is what it looks like when you have true community partnership because we actually have the system in place so that we could make sure that we track and monitors with everybody not only get the first dose, but their second, though. State supplied an additional 150 doses so they could get this done. The second doses are scheduled for April. 12th Kelly Blier Coma news Places you shop would not be allowed to jack up prices during an emergency under
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"And at this hearing, it was focused on the measures legal help for tenants who can't afford it. Sharon Galloway, who manages an apartment and mobile home park, says the pandemic made it clear all tenants are not created. Equal with some using this to quote ride. The covert train never worked. They had drug issues. They're damaging the apartment, and I'm sitting here with my hands tied to prevent further loss of income supporters say. Landlords who come with lawyers who specialize in eviction put renters in a disadvantage that can usually be overcome with a lawyer of their own. There was no vote at this hearing. Ryan Harris camo news. The unequal impact of Copan 19 has inspired new legislation to ensure health equity statewide comas, Corwin Hank explains. The global pandemic has proven to be twice the crisis for low income populations and communities of color. Not only has the virus struck them hardest, but these communities are least equipped to handle the health consequences. Francisca more nan is with the Seattle Indian Health Board. People are disproportionately likely to experience combination infections. Associated hospitalization and Mentality. Democratic State Senator Karen Keiser says the issue often is limited access to healthcare. Her solution. Directing resource is where they are needed in geographic health equity zones are trying to put all the partners together to focus on how to improve outcomes is certain geographic areas where we have very poor outcomes. Under the bill, the State Health Department would identify equity zones. And work with each to develop projects to improve health outcomes. Corwin Hague Co. Moh news workers air cleaning up the damage and making repairs to Nordstrom's flagship store downtown after Vandals smashed several windows and doors. Company normally has 24 7 private security at that building, but their guards couldn't make it there with the bad weather. Each of the smashed windowpanes cost 50 to $70,000 to fix this. Damage only adds to the cost of business owners face in the wake of George Floyd stepped last year and the wave of protests that followed In her state of the city address last night. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkin never specifically mentioned the vandalism and property damage. She did mention implementing plans in the coming weeks to recover and reopen downtown. Will address public safety, expand alternatives to policing and have other responses willing. The mayor did not elaborate or explain the plan that said the city will take steps to improve safety downtown. It's comas. Molly Shen, homicide detectives in the Tri City said. They won't give up until they find a missing man's body and those responsible for his murder. Details from comas. Carleen Johnson, Nathan Rich had just gotten out of jail December 2018 when he vanished. His girlfriend, Mira fits. You reported a missing months later telling authorities he left on foot, hoping to get to Nevada somehow and see family. That's not the case. Nathan never left the tri cities. Pasco Police Detective Julie Lee won't reveal how they know. But they say Rich, who was 24 was murdered and that the girlfriend fits you and a man named Cory Silva deny being involved, but did commit fraud, stealing the dead man's identity. My surprise, I realized that Nathan Was also a victim of fraud over the course of him being missing. Detective Lee says the pair used in E B T card in Richard's name for seven months, she told Capt. TV in the Tri city. She won't give up on the case needing to earn some justice for the victim's family. Carleen Johnson come on news. Camo news time. 6 10, a drug ring and a smash tennis racket Making sports news of the land down under here's comas. Bill Swartz of the Beacon Plumbing Sports Desk, a stunning predawn police raid in Sydney, Australia. Olympic swimming medalist Scott Miller arrested charged with running a meth drug ring throughout New South Wales. Meanwhile, in Melbourne on Novak, temper tantrum. Mm hmm. Hold boy. There's a little frustration Australian Open tennis one seed Novak Djokovic, beating his racket into the court to event some shots. They were missed and Just kind of let it go. Poor record. Djokovic still defeated Alexander's Rafe in the quarterfinals. Serena Williams still in the hunt for a 24th Grand Slam title, she moves into the semi finals to play Naomi Osaka doesn't matter who I'm playing really in this semifinal..
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"The middle of 20 minutes of nonstop news on coma, landlords would have to work out a payment plan with people behind on their rent, and the state would provide a lawyer for renters this under a bill moving through the state capital, and we have more from Cuomo's Ryan Harris, who breaks it down. In addition to requiring a payment plan for people over Dubai, six months or less. The bill would also block landlords from terminating or not renewing leases for two years after the public health emergency ends. And at this hearing, it was focused on the measures legal help for tenants who can't afford it. Sharon Galloway, who manages an apartment and mobile home, park, says the pandemic made it clear all tenants are not created equal with some using this to quote right, the covert train. They never worked at drug issues. They're damaging the apartment, and I'm sitting here with my hands tied to prevent further loss of income supporters say. Landlords who come with lawyers who specialize in eviction put renters in Disadvantage that can usually be overcome with a lawyer of their own. There was no vote at this hearing, Ryan Harris camo news and our common news time now 407. The unequal impact of Copan 19 has inspired new legislation to ensure health equity statewide. Almost, Corwin take explains, the global pandemic has proven to be twice the crisis for low income populations and communities of color. Not only has the virus struck them hardest, but these communities are least equipped to handle the health consequences for incest. Calmer Nan is with the Seattle Indian Health Board. People are disproportionately likely to experience Copan 19 infections associated hospitalization and mortality. Democratic State Senator Karen Keiser says the issue often is limited access to health care. Solution. Directing resource is where they are needed in geographic health equity zones. We are trying to put all the partners together should focus on how to improve outcomes in certain geographic areas where we have very poor outcomes. Under the bill, the State Health Department would identify equity zones and work with each to develop projects to improve health outcomes. Corwin Hague Co. Moh news workers are cleaning up the damage and making repairs to Nordstrom's flagship store in downtown Seattle after Vandals smashed several windows and doors Company normally has 24 7 private security at that building, but their guards couldn't make it there with the bad weather. Each of the smashed windowpanes cost 50 to $70,000 to fix. This damage only adds to the cost of business owners face in the wake of George Floyd stepped last year and the wave of protests that followed in her state of the city address last night. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkin never specifically mentioned the vandalism and property damage. She did mention implementing plans in the coming weeks to recover and reopen downtown will address public safety expand alternatives to policing. And have other responses will thaw. The mayor did not elaborate or explain the plan, but said the city will take steps to improve safety downtown. That's Cuomo's Molly Shannon. Homicide detectives in the Tri city say they won't give up until they find a missing man's body and those responsible for his murder. Details from comas, Carleen Johnson. Nated. Richard just gotten out of jail December 2018 When he vanished, his girlfriend, Mira fits. You reported him missing months later telling authorities he left on foot, hoping to get to Nevada somehow and see family. That's not the case. Nathan never left the tri cities. Pasco Police Detective Julie Lee won't reveal how they know. But they say Rich, who was 24 was murdered and that the girlfriend fits you and a man named Cory Silva deny being involved, but did commit fraud, stealing the dead man's identity. My surprise, I realized that Nathan Was also a victim of fraud over the course of him being missing. Detective Lee says the pair used in E B T card in Richard's name for seven months, she told Capt. TV in the Tri city. She won't give up on the case needing to earn some justice for the victims. Family Carleen Johnson. Come on news Come on news time for 10 drug ring and a smash tennis racket making sports News and the land Down under. Here's Como's bills, works at the Beacon Plumbing Sports desk, a stunning predawn police raid and said the Australia Live Big swimming medalist Scott Miller, arrested charged with running a meth drug ring throughout New South Wales. Meanwhile, in Melbourne on Novak, temper tantrum, old boy, There's a little frustration. Australian Open tennis one seed Novak Djokovic, beating his racket into the court to event some shots that were missed, and I just kind of let it go. Poor record. Djokovic still defeated Alexander's Rafe in the quarterfinals. Serena Williams still in the hunt for a 24th Grand Slam title, she moves into the semi finals to play Naomi Osaka doesn't matter who I'm playing really in this semifinal..
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"The goal here is 6000 doses every day. Like Stone, ABC News in East L. A President Biden heading to Milwaukee, Wisconsin tonight his first official trip since taking office. He'll be there for a town hall trying to sell US covert 19 rescue package. And in Texas, some four million customers out of power due to record near zero temperatures this past 24 hours testing the power grid. The search for warmth has been a godsend to hotels that have been slammed by the pandemic, which is running around looking for a hotel at this point, trying to get me and my kids out of the cold, many of the power outages or intentional as electric companies try to cut consumption to protect the larger grid Governor Greg Abbott is calling for action, which is in session right now we'll be looking at that system to see if it needs some type of back. Step system have it says the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, The nonprofit corporation that operates the power grid has been anything but reliable in the current crisis. NBC's Jim Ryan, you're listening to ABC News. Stay connected. Stay informed. 20 Minutes of nonstop news continues on CO Moh news 1000 FM 97 7 Good afternoon Call news Time to 02 I'm Taylor Vance Ice Now our top stories from the couple 24 7 News Center. The unequal impact of covert 19 has inspired new legislation to ensure healthy equity or health equity. I should say statewide, Como's Corwin Hank explains. The global pandemic has proven to be twice the crisis for low income populations and communities of color. Not only has the virus struck them hardest, but these communities are least equipped to handle the health consequences. Princess Comer Nan is with the Seattle Indian Health Board. Native People are disproportionately likely to experience Coben 19 infections associated hospitalization and mortality. Democratic State Senator Karen Keiser says the issue often is limited access to healthcare. Her solution. Directing resource is where they are needed in geographic health equity zones, trying to put all the partners together to focus on how to improve outcomes in certain geographic areas where we have very poor out Under the bill. The State Health Department would identify equity zones and work with each to develop projects to improve health outcomes. Corwin Hague Co. Moh news The Mercer Island City Council expected to vote tonight on a measure that would ban camping on city streets and parks. We get more on this from compost Charlie harder, the ordinance would make it difficult for homeless people to spend the night on public property. Instead, the city of Mercer Island would make an arrangement to take people to shelters in other cities on the East Side. Council member Jake Jacobsen is a backer of the proposal. People to places where they can't help it. If people don't want to get help and say I'm not going any shelter than they have made a decision to opt into the justice system. Now some people in Mercer Island and the C L U of Washington say this is just a way to criminalize homelessness, and it doesn't address its causes. Mercer Island. Police say there are fewer than a dozen homeless people they regularly come into contact with Charlie. Harder. Come Oh news coming up on coma. Haven't found a body. But police know what? Tri Cities Man is dead. I'm Carleen Johnson what His girlfriend and another man are now accused of. But first the two of four Come on Traffic.
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"Como's Corwin Hank explains, the global pandemic has proven to be twice the crisis for low income populations and communities of color. Not only has the virus struck them hardest, but these communities are least equipped to handle the health consequences. Francesca. More Nan is with the Seattle Indian Health Board. Native people are disproportionately likely to experience Copan 19 Infections associated hospitalization in mortality. Democratic State Senator Karen Keiser says the issue often is limited access to healthcare. Her solution. Directing resource is where they are needed in geographic health equity zones, trying to put all the partners together to focus on how to improve outcomes in certain geographic areas where we have very poor out Under the bill. The State Health Department would identify equity zones and work with each to develop projects to improve health outcomes. Corwin Hague Co. Moh news The Mercer Island City Council is expected to vote tonight on a measure that would ban camping on city streets and parks come most Charlie harder reports the ordinance would make it difficult for homeless people to spend the night on public property. Instead, the city of Mercer Island would make an arrangement to take people to shelters in other cities. On the East Side, Council member Jake Jacobsen is a batter of the proposal. People to places where they can't help it. If people don't want to get help, and say I'm not going any shelter than they have made a decision, the up into the justice system Now some people in Mercer Island and the CL U of Washington say this is just a way to criminalize homelessness. And it doesn't address its causes. Mercer Island Police say there are fewer than a dozen homeless people they regularly come into contact with Charlie. Harder. Come Oh news coming up from coma News haven't found a body but police know what Tri Cities, Man is dead. I'm Carleen Johnson what His girlfriend and another man are now accused of. But first a 12 before couple traffic Update from the Cuban law Group Traffic Center. Here's Marina Rock, Inger. We have an update from Snoqualmie Pass. I 90 they hope to reopen both directions of I 90 at three o'clock today, Their crews are finishing up their avalanche control missions. They've got.
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"Ryan Harris with Y. A local public health expert says We should be prepared for Kobe variants. 3 31 100 Million Covert 19 vaccines billions in federal funding to make it happen and uniting a divided nation. They are at the top of President elect Joe Biden's to do list, he says. That includes more vaccination sites in all communities, including those hardest heads to make sure It's done equitably. Going to make sure their vaccination centers in communities his hardest by the pandemic. Mr Biden says he'll use the Defense production act to speed up the rollout. Governors and state health officials say they're ready to ramp up vaccinations as long as they get enough doses. Minnesota governor Tim Walz and Colorado's Jared Policy. They were told this week that the federal vaccine reserved the White House has been touting doesn't exist. The N R A has filed for bankruptcy. It's a move. That's what's expected to avoid a criminal prosecution in New York state. Again. A very moving to Texas to reincorporate the Pentagon now says up to 25,000 National Guard troops will be in Washington, D. C heading into next week's inauguration. Daria Aldinger, ABC News Co. Moh news 1000 FM, 97 7, and we Continue Now, with our top stories from the coma 24 7 news center time Rick Fan sites with ELISA Jaffe. There is no stockpile. Washington and other states were preparing to receive a surge of covert vaccines after the Trump administration. Promise to stop holding back second dose is now come with Charlie Harper tells us there weren't any doses that were being held back. The Washington Post reports. The Trump Administration has already been shipping out all the vaccines that are available. This is despite that health and human services secretary saying earlier this week that operation Warp speed would release the vaccines being held in reserve for second shots. There is no extra vaccine on the way the Washington State Health Department was blindsided in a tweet. They say they understand why people may feel the situation is confusing and frustrating. We've reached out to health and human services for comment. Charlie Harder come. O'Neill's local health officials are sounding the alarm about the Corona virus variants and one public health expert tells comas, Ryan Harris. We need to be ready for their potential effects. Viruses mutate. That's the nature of the beast. And that could mean they become more transmissible like the UK variant, But you w medicines. Dr Ali Mokdad says they could also render vaccines less effective. Oh, God says there are some things we need to do. Primary among them to keep our guard up is we work toward herd immunity, since the virus is less likely to mutate with fewer places to go, And, he says, We need to do more testing for the variance old companies that are rolling up the vaccine, especially wealthy countries that have the means to keep an eye on what's circulating because many countries in Africa and the Middle East would not have vaccinated the public and the body's system you taking over their Mokhtar also says vaccine makers need to be ready to tweak the vaccine. Match any resistant mutations, which he says can be done like it is with the flu shot each year. Ryan Harris come Oh news. Seattle Children's Hospital is looking into allegations of racism within its walls and has hired a former U. S. Attorney general to investigate Kama Sutra Merrill Passmore. The hospital hired former U. S. A. G. Eric holder to investigate racism allegations at Seattle Children's Odessa Brown Children's Clinic, the Puget Sound business general reports. The move comes three months after the clinics. Medical director Dr Ben Danielson abruptly resigned and sent a memo to staff alleging several instances of racism at the hospital. This after 21 years at the clinic for the investigation holder will work with the committee, which includes a member of the Seattle Indian Health Board and former governor Gary Locke. C Romero CAMO NEWS. The Washington State Democratic Party is filed a bar complaint against Lauren Cults. Campaign attorney complaint alleges that Stephen Pigeon repeatedly advanced meritless allegations of unspecified election fraud. Filed frivolous lawsuits and contributed to the spread of disinformation that led to threats against elected officials. Those allegations amount to a violation of his oath and legal ethics. According to the filing. The pigeon has worked with numerous right wing figures. In addition to Lauren cult Including activist Tim I'm in and Franklin County Commissioner Clint did here, Jeff Pooja, Look come on news. Pigeon has not responded to our request for comment. 3 34 traffic now from the Jew, been Law Group Traffic Center here. Seven. Smith. Seem to new accident in Seattle in all of wages north of high five and this is cousin minor North bound slowly and the area. Meanwhile, in Seattle's well under the express lanes heading north bound and just north of Lake City Way crashes in the Wrights lane there a minor bit of slowly, not much of a distraction for us right now. On Highway five or seven South found at escape. Rhoda JB 11 disabled vehicle still taking off of the Wrights lane on both directions of Highway three, and.
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"And quote. Seattle's Children's Hospital looking into allegations of racism within its walls. They've hired a former U. S. Attorney general to investigate the hospital hired former U S. A. G. Eric holder to investigate racism allegations at Seattle Children's Odessa Brown Children's Clinic, the Puget Sound Business Journal reports. The move comes three months after the clinics. Medical director Dr Ben Danielson abruptly resigned and sent a memo to staff alleging several instances of racism at the hospital. This after 21 years at the clinic for the investigation holder will work. The committee, which includes a member of the Seattle Indian Health Board, and former governor Gary Locke, C. Romero Camo News, a King County Council member, demanding improvements after a warning siren failed to go off during a test of the told River Dam this week. Break in the dam could flood the city of carnation in as little as 90 Minutes. Council member Kathy Lambert says the warning system is critical. It was the third example of where the Seattle Utilities Department did not do what they were supposed to do. Seattle Utilities Department in charge because the dam is owned by the city of Seattle last July, a siren went off by mistake, but it sent people scrambling to evacuate. Lambert wants a robo call system that could alert people in the event of a mistake or an error on Everett based destroyer returns home after its first ever deployment more from Camilla's Eric Giants. The USS Ralph Johnson returned to naval station every Thursday morning after being in the Indian and Pacific oceans for nine months and joined the Navy base in April 2018 the left in April of 2020 after a restriction of movement period. To avoid exposing the crew to cove in 19 during deployment, the Ralph Johnson helped capture more than £2000 of narcotics from a vessel in the Arabian Sea. It was a part of other operations with the 5th and 7th US fleets. Eric Hi, it's common news, someone whose time to 40 time for an update on sports from the Beacon Plumbing Sports desk, a local soccer star.
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Making sure American Indian COVID-19 cases are counted, and feeding a hungry heart
"The Corona virus pandemic underscores an issue Abigail Hawk the chief research officer of the Seattle Indian health. Board has been fighting her entire career, the exclusion of native people in public health data. We know that the data that's being collected across the United States isn't collecting race and ethnicity correctly however, even with that incredible lack of data, the data that we do have shows an incredible disparity. Growing up in rural Alaska. Echo Hawk was surrounded by examples of how a native community diligently cared for one. Another I was raised amongst incredible people who were the very first public health practitioners. I ever saw if somebody needed fed, they fed them. If somebody needed a ride to a doctor, a five hour trip tankards, Alaska, they drove them. All of my scientific background comes from that space of understanding what it means to serve the community and also the. As an indigenous person, I come from thousands of years of incredible indigenous scientists but after being stereotyped mistreated while seeking prenatal care in Seattle. Washington she knew how she can make an impact in her community. I had a medical assistant question me on how much I had been drinking. She pulled up my sleeves and then I realized she was checking my arm to see had track marks. It was really traumatizing to me is a a young person. I was only nineteen years old and as a result of that experience I didn't get prenatal care until I was in my second trimester, I became a grassroots advocate to ensure that native women were properly treated because we have some of the highest. Rates of infant mortality and maternal mortality within this country and as I went through my college years that turned into what I did my thesis on, she went on to study health policy at the University of Washington, but it wasn't easy navigating between Western, and indigenous knowledge systems. It was hard to balance who I was native person versus what the university is expected me to be and what Western science wanted almost insisted I had to be it became another struggle to be seen as relevant. As smart and as knowledgeable, the other people in the room, and in fact, in the first year of my career I would say that I did not actively practice indigenous science. We come from thousands of years of data gatherers in my communities. We know how to ensure that our corn grows for example, in a time where there is complete droughts I was called out by one of my elders in the fact that I no longer was representing or being an indigenous person it reminded me of. Who I was, and that I would not make any difference in my community. If I didn't go back to the knowledge that I knew was right that I knew was ethical. I was able to incorporate that and not only see how western science has a lot of basis in indigenous knowledge systems. But I also feel that western science needs to quit coming to indigenous people because they think we have all of the problems they need to come to us because we have all of the answers. Today Echo Hawk as the director of the urban Indian Health Institute, a Seattle based organization seeking to decolonize data by putting native people's priorities at the forefront of data collection by being intimately involved in the collection of information native people can shape the narratives told about their communities data and a Western context has always been used against native people. It has been used to show how bad off we are how higher suicide rates are higher diabetes is how we don't achieve the same educational standards Western folks that deficit narrative continues to build support stereotypes of those communities as being less than not as smart of they're responsible for. Their own health disparities all of those things as a result of that, many of our communities have protected themselves and have not participated actively data-gathering efforts across the United States and across the world and that was absolutely the right thing for them to do was to protect themselves. Tribal communities have a right to ensure that data gathered about them is used for their benefit and that they maintain ownership in control over that controlling the data also means making sure that indigenous people are counted in federal and state data sets in the United States. A practice not always followed despite a treaty agreement between tribal nations and the United States. Government. The US census didn't proactively count American Indians until eighteen sixty and this earth of data was used as settle on native peoples land. One of the things that we actively are fighting against is that a small population people don't gather the data about US correctly or they don't gather it at all. So very often albeit presentation, it will say a little asterix that we were American Indians Alaska natives were statistically insignificant to me. That is one of two things either you did not actively try or didn't know how to connect with the community to gather the data you needed to, and the other is, is that when? You eliminate us in the data. You are actively participating in the ongoing genocide of American Indians and Alaska natives, and that seems really strong to say, and yes, it is and I believe it one hundred percent. So I ask people to question these practices that they're doing and recognize that. Yes, I know they're not inherently individually racist but they're participating in a system that has been meant to eliminate my people. These data collection issues remain a major problem in the covid nineteen pandemic initially Echo Hawk was unable to access the CDC breakdown of race ethnicity data. Once she saw the data, she was unimpressed with its quality and breadth. What we found in twenty three states is that native people were three point five times more likely to be infected with covert than Non Hispanic whites. Why did we only do twenty three states in the country? because. The rest of the state simply hadn't gathered enough data for us to be able to analyze what was happening within their states. So only twenty three states had gathered seventy percent of their race ethnicity data policymakers are trying to make data driven decisions. How can they make data driven decisions with bad data? Gathering this data, the resources that we need are not being. In the right way because we don't know how to allocate them. Correctly, Echo Hawk has provided training to universities and the State Department about how to correctly collect race and ethnicity data as well as how to restructure their database systems to better serve indigenous people in all realms of public health. We know that there's about a twenty increase in domestic violence right now as a result of Covid and many of folks who could leave their homes for work or school or things like that to get away from their abusers for an amount of time no longer can do that. I'm deeply dedicated towards the safety of victims of sexual violence and domestic violence and other types of intimate partner violence and so. I am actively working with a large county here in Washington state where we are changing their database system. We are also going to assist them in working with the local tribal communities on what it means. Once they collect that data, how that data is shared back to the tribal communities, how it's analyzed and what kind of meaningful change can come from that at the end of the day. The individual story behind the data guides, echo hawks work. We are also listening to the stories of the community, the impact of a family who's lost both parents the impact of a tribe where cove nineteen has just ravishing through their communities causing so much destruction that qualitative data is justice important as the quantitative data. Simply. Because right now, we don't have enough of that quantitative data to get to those decision makers. So they can make those data driven decisions. Every single data point is a mother is grandfather is an uncle is an anti is relative. We have a responsibility to the story and two story teller to the story. We have a responsibility to ensure that it builds the strength of the community. It identifies gaps that we can then go in and work towards filling that it also shows the strength and the resilience season, the answers that are held within our community by hope for my great. Great. Great. Great. Great. Great grandchildren. That they are not facing the same battles that I am facing that we have an opportunity to come together now as allies within the scientific community recognize we have gone wrong and to see our path forward. The story was originally reported by Lizzie wait as part of scientists, voices of the pandemic series.
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