Mary Annette Pember

1 week 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.

1 week 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.

2 weeks 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.

3 weeks 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.

3 weeks 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.