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indie<p>Tribe successfully sued the city of Toppenish -- whose red tape and evil colonizer ways of white supremacy -- tried to shut down an inclusive, humanitarian effort to keep people warm at a warming shelter. </p><p>""The Yakama Nation was likely to succeed on the "merits of its 1855 Treaty claim," said the The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington; </p><p>and the State of Washington issued the restraining order against Toppenish yesterday.</p><p>This is a public reminder to all my indigenous kin that tribal treaty rights like the fact that a building in Toppenish that the clinic owns and which was reserved in the Treaty of 1855 was specifically designated for the use and benefit of the Yakama Nation, according to court documents.</p><p>Fair warning if you are someone who link dives</p><p>🏊🏽‍♀️ 🏊🏽‍♂️ <br> <br> journalist in this article made a mistake and is trying to link the readers to their </p><p>`C:/Users/` drive instead of to the link where the court docs docs were found.</p><p>:win3_terminal: </p><p>I am sure if you care enough to research them on your own they can be found from where he downloaded them.</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/restraining-order-will-allow-yakama-nation-to-run-cold-weather-shelter-in-toppenish/article_d85804e8-ad07-11ef-844a-4b655b991dd3.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcrightnow.com/news/restraini</span><span class="invisible">ng-order-will-allow-yakama-nation-to-run-cold-weather-shelter-in-toppenish/article_d85804e8-ad07-11ef-844a-4b655b991dd3.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MutualAid</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Washington</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Yakama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Yakama</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Treaty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treaty</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HonorTheTreaties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HonorTheTreaties</span></a></p>
Oscar Baechler<p>11/ Also, her day job in the Teens (that's how we refer to 2010-2020, right?) was working for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Yakama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Yakama</span></a> nation. She is deeply connected to tribal activism in the area. I went over there a few years ago for a photogrammetry project to scan fragile <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indigenous</span></a> artifacts. If you care about central WA's tribal needs, send her a message.</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WashingtonState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> threaten animals, homes, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/crops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crops</span></a></p><p>Story by Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, July 27, 2023</p><p>"A wildfire that started in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Klickitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Klickitat</span></a> County, Washington, on Friday afternoon destroyed more than 30,000 acres in less than a day and continues to grow as it feeds on brush, grass and forest vegetation.</p><p>"Fire crews are working to extinguish the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewellRoadWildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewellRoadWildfire</span></a> near <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bickleton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bickleton</span></a>, which has resulted in the evacuation of residents in the rural area, and is threatening <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/farms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farms</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/livestock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>livestock</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/homes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homes</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wind</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarFarms</span></a>, reported KOMO News.</p><p>"'It's very difficult terrain to fight fire,' said Allen Lebovitz, a spokesperson for the state's Department of Natural Resources, as Reuters reported. 'We are under a red flag warning. That's a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/firefighter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firefighter</span></a>'s worst nightmare because the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/humidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humidity</span></a> is dropping precipitously. The winds are picking up. And so the fire carries extremely fast.'</p><p>"The wildfire is burning just to the north of where the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oregon</span></a>-Washington border is represented by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColumbiaRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaRiver</span></a>. It has destroyed several structures and is threatening a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NaturalGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pipeline</span></a>.</p><p>"Lebovitz said the fire was heading in the direction of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Yakama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Yakama</span></a> Indian Reservation."</p><p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/washington-state-wildfires-threaten-animals-homes-crops/ar-AA1er4ah?rc=1&amp;ocid=winp1taskbar&amp;cvid=981bee14b02942c4bb3675d430fab3a1&amp;ei=9" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/weather/topstori</span><span class="invisible">es/washington-state-wildfires-threaten-animals-homes-crops/ar-AA1er4ah?rc=1&amp;ocid=winp1taskbar&amp;cvid=981bee14b02942c4bb3675d430fab3a1&amp;ei=9</span></a></p>
iNFoPiG<p>WA Lawmakers Work on Issue of Missing and Murdered <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> Women</p><p><a href="https://www.chronline.com/stories/washington-lawmakers-work-further-on-issue-of-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women,307874" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">chronline.com/stories/washingt</span><span class="invisible">on-lawmakers-work-further-on-issue-of-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women,307874</span></a></p><p>Nationwide, more than 80% of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanIndian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanIndian</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alaskan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alaskan</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Native" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Native</span></a> women reported experiencing violence in their lifetimes, and those populations made up a disproportionate percentage of missing people in the U.S., according to a 2022 report prepared for Congress.</p><p>Lekanoff is sponsoring House Bill 1177 to create a cold case investigations unit in the state Attorney General's Office focused on missing and murdered Indigenous people. Sen. Manka Dhingra, D-Redmond, is sponsoring the companion Senate Bill 5137.</p><p>Annie Forsman-Adams, policy analyst for the attorney general's task force and a member of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Suquamish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Suquamish</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tribe</span></a>, said unresolved homicide or missing people cases have a large cultural effect on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tribal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tribal</span></a> communities, since it can be difficult to perform ceremonies when the remains of loved ones have not been identified or recovered.</p><p>In Washington, one of the earliest recorded cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women took place in 1855, when miners murdered a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Yakama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Yakama</span></a> woman, her daughter and baby, igniting the Yakama War, according to some accounts.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_handprint" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_hand</span><span class="invisible">print</span></a></p>
ProPublicaHow the U.S. Broke Its Promise to Protect Fish for Tribes
Bo Jacobs<p>"What our nuclear history means for indigenous food: Two stories about the loss of land and the persistence of hope"</p><p>Excellent <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> episode of Things that Go Boom, by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@laicie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>laicie</span></a></span></p><p>Available now on apps and online: <a href="https://shrtm.nu/vLn2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">shrtm.nu/vLn2</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>Guests include: Robert Franklin, Associate Director of the <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Hanford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hanford</span></a> History Project; Marlene Jones, Marylee Jones, and Patsy Whitefoot, <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Yakama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Yakama</span></a> Nation members; Kali Robson, Trina Sherwood, and McClure Tosch, Yakama Nation’s Environmental Restoration/Waste Management Program; Togzhan Kassenova, Senior Fellow at the Center for Policy Research, SUNY-Albany; Sarah Cameron, University of Maryland</p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/radiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radiation</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> @histodons <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/STS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>STS</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a></p>