First Nations introduces 2021 cohort for the Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship
13 Native leaders selected for their passion and ingenuity in perpetuating Indigenous knowledge and strengthening Native communities
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13 Native leaders selected for their passion and ingenuity in perpetuating Indigenous knowledge and strengthening Native communities
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First Nations Development Institute
First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) and The Henry Luce Foundation (Luce) announced today the continuation of the Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship with the selection of 13 new Fellows for the 2021 Cohort each one chosen for their work in their knowledge fields, as well as their contribution to this growing Fellowship, which was created in 2019 to honor and support intellectual Native leaders.
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Janice L. Lindstrom, champion for American Indian legal rights and family preservation, dies at 75 Lindstrom helped tribes and counties across the nation to develop programs to ensure that federal law was followed and Indian children were not forcibly removed. May 26, 2021 7:22pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Janice L. Lindstrom, a social worker and champion of legal rights for American Indians, and who testified in Congress for stronger protections for Indian children and families, died of cancer May 7. She was 75.
Lindstrom helped tribes and counties across the nation to develop programs to ensure that federal law was followed and Indian children were not forcibly removed from Indian families.