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Mary Annette Pember

Cincinnati

National Correspondent at Indian Country Today (ICT)

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Articles

  • 1 week 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.

  • 2 weeks 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.