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Dec 30, 2024 | 
tucsonsentinel.com | Mary Annette Pember
Indian Country Today On Dec. 22, the Washington Post published the results of a yearlong investigation into the number of children who died at Indian boarding schools.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
tucsonsentinel.com | Mary Annette Pember |Jourdan Bennett-Begaye
Indian Country Today President Joe Biden announced the creation of a new national monument on the site of the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School to honor the tens of thousands of students who attended boarding schools as part of the government’s brutal efforts at forced assimilation of Native people.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
news.yahoo.com | Mary Annette Pember
Time is running out for plans to save the Owyhee Canyonlands in Oregon, part of a vast wilderness occupying lands in Oregon, Idaho and Nevada. Environmentalists, tribes and politicians are advocating for preservation and protection of the 1.1-million-acre site from mining and other industrial development projects. That could come in the form of an act of Congress or designation as a national monument by a sitting president.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
msn.com | Mary Annette Pember
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Mary Annette Pember
Mary Annette Pember and Jourdan Bennett-BegayeICTWASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden announced the creation of a new national monument on the site of the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School to honor the tens of thousands of students who attended boarding schools as part of the government’s brutal efforts at forced assimilation of Native people. The proclamation designating the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument was released on Monday, Dec.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
buffalosfire.com | Mary Annette Pember
Complaints surface across the U.S. on Election Day that valid tribal IDs can’t be used, advocates say Voters who hoped to use their tribal identification cards to cast their ballots are hitting roadblocks across the country, with some being turned away at the polls, election watchers told ICT. Five states have officially declared that tribal IDs won’t be accepted – Ohio, Florida, Texas, South Carolina and West Virginia.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Mary Annette Pember
Mary Annette PemberICTVoters who hoped to use their tribal identification cards to cast their ballots are hitting roadblocks across the country, with some being turned away at the polls, election watchers told ICT. Five states have officially declared that tribal IDs won’t be accepted – Ohio, Florida, Texas, South Carolina and West Virginia. But elsewhere, Native voters were also reporting problems using their tribal IDs.Advertisement SUPPORT INDIGENOUS JOURNALISM. CONTRIBUTE TODAY.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
ictnews.org | Mary Annette Pember
Mary Annette PemberICTVoters who hoped to use their tribal identification cards to cast their ballots are hitting roadblocks across the country, with some being turned away at the polls, election watchers told ICT. Five states have officially declared that tribal IDs won’t be accepted – Ohio, Florida, Texas, South Carolina and West Virginia. But elsewhere, Native voters were also reporting problems using their tribal IDs. SUPPORT INDIGENOUS JOURNALISM.CONTRIBUTE TODAY.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
ictnews.org | Mary Annette Pember
Mary Annette PemberICTMy birthday was last month. Like many of my past celebrations, (I’m not revealing how many) the festivities were muted but loving, roses and a breakfast pastry from my husband, handmade cards from my children, texts and emails from friends and colleagues. This year, however, I received something momentous, the gift of a lifetime.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
ictnews.org | Mary Annette Pember
For help on Election Day, contact the Native American Rights Fund’s helpline at 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683) for election protection volunteers who can assist voters in Indian Country. The organization can also be reached at vote.narf.org. Mary Annette PemberICTFour states have marijuana-legalization measures on the Nov. 5 ballot that could influence current and future plans for tribal cannabis and marijuana businesses.
