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1 week ago | 
tucsonsentinel.com | Mary Annette Pember
ICT There’s been a flash point of change in the U.S. that has brought new recognition and reckoning with the high rates of missing and murdered Indigenous people.
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1 week ago | 
ictnews.org | Mary Annette Pember
Mary Annette PemberICTThere’s been a flash point of change in the U.S. that has brought new recognition and reckoning with the high rates of missing and murdered Indigenous people. After decades of sporadic police and public interest and investigation, public awareness, support and funding sources have aligned in a way that may finally bring closure and justice for families. Recent developments in the decades-old murder case of Susan “Suzy” Poupart highlight the shifts.
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4 weeks ago | 
ictnews.org | Mary Annette Pember
Mary Annette PemberICTThe Oklahoma state legislature overrode several of Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt’s vetoes included House Bill 1137, a critical amendment to Ida’s Law which addresses the high rates of missing and murdered Indigenous peoples in the state. The bill, written by state Rep. Ronald Stewart, a citizen of the Choctaw Nation, and state Sen.
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1 month ago | 
ictnews.org | Buffalo’s Fire |Mary Annette Pember
IndiJ Public Media honors our ancestors and future generations through stories that make Indigenous peoples come alive. ICT is an independent, nonprofit, multimedia news enterprise. We reach audiences through our digital platform and as a broadcast carried via public television stations.
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1 month ago | 
tulsaworld.com | Mary Annette Pember
Twenty-three-year-old Emily Morgan of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma joined the heartbreakingly long list of Native American women in the U.S. whose murders are unsolved on Aug. 26, 2016. Her best friend, Totinika Elix, 24, was also killed, both gunned down as they sat in Morgan’s car near McAlester, Oklahoma. Both young women were mothers; Elix was non-Native.
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1 month ago | 
cherokeephoenix.org | Mary Annette Pember
Twenty-three-year-old Emily Morgan of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma joined the heartbreakingly long list of unsolved murders of Native American women in the U.S. on Aug. 26, 2016. Her best friend, Totinika Elix, 24, was also killed, gunned down as they sat in Morgan’s car near McAlester, Oklahoma. Both young women were single mothers; Elix was non-Native.
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1 month ago | 
cherokeephoenix.org | Mary Annette Pember
The sight of a room full of human cadavers can be off-putting for some, but not for Haley Omeasoo. In fact, Omeasoo’s comfort level and lack of squeamishness convinced her to pursue studies in forensics and how DNA can be used to solve crime and identify human remains, especially among Indigenous peoples.
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2 months ago | 
ictnews.org | Mary Annette Pember
Mary Annette PemberICTTwenty-three-year-old Emily Morgan of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma joined the heartbreakingly long list of unsolved murders of Native American women in the U.S. on Aug. 26, 2016. Her best friend, Totinika Elix, 24, was also killed, gunned down as they sat in Morgan’s car near McAlester, Oklahoma. Both young women were single mothers; Elix was non-Native. SUPPORT INDIGENOUS JOURNALISM. CONTRIBUTE TODAY.
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2 months ago | 
lithub.com | Mary Annette Pember
The United States began paying missionaries to civilize, convert, and educate Indians in 1792 by recommendation of Secretary of War Henry Knox to President George Washington. Washington authorized an annual payment of $1,500 to Samuel Kirkland of the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge in order to establish the Hamilton-Oneida Academy, a boarding school for both Indian and white students in New York.
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2 months ago | 
ictnews.org | Mary Annette Pember
Mary Annette PemberICTThe sight of a room full of human cadavers can be off-putting for some, but not for Haley Omeasoo. In fact, Omeasoo’s comfort level and lack of squeamishness convinced her to pursue studies in forensics and how DNA can be used to solve crime and identify human remains, especially among Indigenous peoples. SUPPORT INDIGENOUS JOURNALISM.CONTRIBUTE TODAY.
