Coushatta Tribe hosting Thursday event honoring efforts to address crimes against Indigenous Women
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Executive order concerning National Day of MMIW Awareness, signed by Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards on May 5, 2021
RED RIVER PARISH - A tribal community in Louisiana is organizing an event to shed light on the widespread problem of crimes against Indigenous women as well as recent efforts to address the issue.
Lafayette-based news outlet KATC reports that The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana s Thursday, May 20 event will be held in the town of Elton.
Experts weigh in on the impact of Arizona voter bills
The Republican-controlled Arizona legislature is looking at changes to election rules which could end up disenfranchising thousands of voters while adding little, if any, ballot protections, according to several political experts.
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The Republican-controlled Arizona legislature is looking at changes to election rules which could end up disenfranchising thousands of voters while adding little, if any, ballot protections, according to several political experts.
Bills introduced in the 2021 legislative session include changes to Arizona s permanent early voting list to eliminate infrequent voters and reducing the time period for early voting.
The Daily Yonder Study: Enough Habitat Exists to Support Return of Mexican Wolves in Southwest Although some ranchers still oppose the reintroduction efforts, the state and federal agencies in charge are working on ways to keep the predators away from the cattle without killing them.
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Researchers fitted this Mexican grey wolf with a radio collar in 2018. Tracking the animals in the wild is part decades-long effort to reintroduce the subspecies, which was nearly extinct in the 1970s. (Source: Jenna Miller / Cronkite News)
A U.S.-Mexico partnership could aid the long-term recovery of the endangered Mexican wolf, a subspecies of the North American gray wolf, and its eventual removal from the U.S. endangered species list, according to a new study.
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Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, would be the first Native American Cabinet secretary, and oversee a department with significant responsibilities to the tribes.
The advertisements were put up by the Global Indigenous Council (GIC) and Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council.
Tom Rodgers, president of the GIC, said he did not like how many of the senators treated Haaland during the hearing, and he wanted the billboards to be a lesson. He added that others, like Manchin, were courteous, so his billboard, which went up before he announced his support for Haaland, served a slightly different purpose.
Indigenous groups post billboards urging senators to confirm Deb Haaland msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.