Podcasts about native children

In this episode, Craig and Olivia sit down with Eve L. Ewing—author, scholar, poet, comic book writer, and professor—to talk about her newest book, Original Sins: The (Mis)Education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism. Eve shares the inspirations behind the book, the emotional toll of writing it, and the active role imagination plays in justice and systemic transformation. Read the full transcript: Use promo code: SWITCH when signing up for a new Libro.fm membership to get two additional credits to use on any audiobooks—meaning you'll have three from the start. About Eve L. Ewing: Eve L. Ewing is a writer, scholar, and cultural organizer from Chicago. She is the award-winning author of four books: Electric Arches, 1919, Ghosts in the Schoolyard, and Maya and the Robot. She is the co-author (with Nate Marshall) of the play No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks and has written several projects for Marvel Comics. Photo credit: Jaclyn Rivas Get Eve's Book: Original Sins 1919 Maya and the Robot Ghosts in the Schoolyard Books discussed on today's episode: The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins Codename: Pale Horse by Scott Payne

Dr. Molly Fuentes is medical director at the inpatient rehabilitation unit at the Seattle Children's Hospital. Dr. Fuentes is an assistant professor of rehabilitation medicine at the University of Medicine. She also is a pediatric physiatrist. She completed her undergraduate degree at Stanford University and is a graduate of the School of Medicine at the University of Michigan. She completed her residency at the University of Washington and later completed a pediatric fellowship at the Seattle Children's Hospital. She then completed a research fellowship in pediatric injury at the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center at the University of Washington. She is the medical director at the inpatient rehabilitation unit at the Seattle Children's Hospital.   Part 2 She indicated that the Indian Health Service per capita receives half of what Medicaid receives. Treaty-bound trusts for providing health care are chronically underfunded. The Indian Health Service operates under a funding cap, which is annually appropriated. In contrast, Medicare and Medicaid are entitlement programs. She then returned to looking back at the injury-equity framework. She wanted to dive into the pre-event phase factors for native children and teens. An example pertains to motor vehicle injuries. Tribal sovereignty means that tribal laws are what is important to safety on reservations roads, e.g., speed limits and seat belt use. She described various programs that aim to improve safety on tribal roads. She then discussed the post-event phase involving rehabilitation and the golden hour that affects health outcomes. Where native people mostly reside in the U.S., there are fewer trauma centers. A related topic is models of access to health care services. The acceptability of these services by patients is a key element in the quality of health care provided.  High rates of health uninsurance affect this population negatively.

Today's episode of Africa Today is preempted by special programming for KPFA's 2025 Spring Fund Drive. Jesse Strauss speaks with accomplished author, scholar, educator, cultural organizer, poet, and playwright Eve L. Ewing about her book Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism. To support our mission and receive Eve L. Ewing's book Original Sins as a thank-you gift, please donate here or call (800) 439-5732 (800-HEY-KPFA).   The post Special Spring Fund Drive Programming: Eve L. Ewing on Original Sins appeared first on KPFA.

Today's episode of Project Censored is preempted by special programming for KPFA's 2025 Spring Fund Drive. Jesse Strauss speaks with accomplished author, scholar, educator, cultural organizer, poet, and playwright Eve L. Ewing about her book Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism. To support our mission and receive Eve L. Ewing's book Original Sins as a thank-you gift, please donate here or call (800) 439-5732 (800-HEY-KPFA).     The post Special Spring Fund Drive Programming: Eve L. Ewing on Original Sins appeared first on KPFA.

Regular listeners of this show know that we frequently explore interpretations and nuances of abolition. When we think of abolition, we often conjure Angela Davis' articulation, that prisons are a way of disappearing people and the social problems that are associated with those people. From that framing, abolition tells us to rethink the social problems being disappeared by prisons, in order to address those problems, as a space from which to grow, where no one person, regardless of how exceptional or not, they are, is disposable. Where the social problems people have engaged with, or experienced, or been structured by, have social solutions, as opposed to locking them away, while making no real changes. On today's show, we add more layers: How embedded are these social issues, in the United States? How were they not only created, but institutionalized and maintained in just about every one of our, life, if not day to day, experiences? Our guest today draws clear and direct lines between the civilizing project that was the conquest of the land that the United States is on, the genocide of indigenous peoples of this land, the institutional formation of enslavement of Black people in its both economic and social functions, and the creation and reinforcment of the idea of citizenship, embedded in every one of our institutions – starting, with schools and schooling, where our young folks learn about their roles, their access, and a false idea of American exceptionalism that still now binds a colonial nexus of success with whiteness and christianity, and embeds economic accumulation as the primary priority of not only our working lives, but our very identities. We're joined now by award-winning author, scholar, cultural organizer, and poet Eve L Ewing, who is from Chicago, now working as a professor at University of Chicago, and a former middle school teacher in that city. Today, we'll be talking about her latest book, Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism. —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Schooling and the Construction of American Racism w/ Eve L Ewing appeared first on KPFA.

Dr. Molly Fuentes is medical director at the inpatient rehabilitation unit at the Seattle Children's Hospital. Dr. Fuentes is an assistant professor of rehabilitation medicine at the University of Medicine. She also is a pediatric physiatrist. She completed her undergraduate degree at Stanford University and is a graduate of the School of Medicine at the University of Michigan. She completed her residency at the University of Washington and later completed a pediatric fellowship at the Seattle Children's Hospital. She then completed a research fellowship in pediatric injury at the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center at the University of Washington. She is the medical director at the inpatient rehabilitation unit at the Seattle Children's Hospital.   Part 1 Dr. Fuentes described her life experiences that influenced her choice of a career in the area of pediatric disability. In this presentation, she wanted to: review the injury epidemiology literature for American Indian and Alaska Native children and teens, identify some historical traumas that impact native people, recognize the utility of the injury-equity framework, the international classification of functioning disability and health model, conceptualize rehabilitative care, and describe some barriers to rehabilitation care. A health disparity is just that difference in health status between population groups. A health disparity becomes an inequity when that disparity is due to systematic differences in social, economic, environmental, or health care resources. There is a health care inequity when there is a difference in access to health care utilization or receipt of health care services. Looking specifically at disability and functional difference among American Indian and Alaska Native children, there really is not that much published literature on the prevalence of disability in this population. Dr. Fuentes concluded Part 1 by discussing historical relationships between Native American tribes and the federal government, which have had a significant deleterious impact on individual and community health status of these individuals. For example, boarding schools or residence schools represent another kind of push in the direction of forced assimilation where traditional practices were punished.

Oscar season might be over but that doesn't mean we still can't cover some Oscar bait. 2009's The Soloist that has all the makings of an awards season darling: two stars at the height of their power with Robert Downey Jr. an Jamie Foxx, an award winning director and screen writer and a sappy true story. And yet, it feels like a parody.  We discuss how cruelly this movie treats the unhoused community it seemingly wants to uplift, Jamie's crazy hairline and outfits, and how movies like this seek to win awards through Black pain.  Announcement: We are finally starting out book club this April! Our first book will be Eve Ewing's Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism. We will be livestreaming our discussion on IG (@whitepeoplewontsaveyoupod) on April 27th so stay tuned and we hope to see you then! 

Are schools providing the best education possible for all their students? This episode's guest argues that the U.S. school system is where children are first introduced to racial hierarchies and that these normalized beliefs solidify in many institutions like healthcare, employment, policing and more. Sociologist and author Eve L. Ewing joins The Excerpt to discuss her new book “Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism.” It is out on bookshelves now.Let us know what you think of this episode by sending an email to podcasts@usatoday.com.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This month which brings the Ides of March, I have the true joy of speaking with women’s fiction author Brenda Janowitz. I met Brenda about a billion years ago when we co-blogged at Girlfriend’s Book Club, an early author blog co-founded by Hank Phillipe Ryan. Brends’s had an interesting journey that I can’t wait to share with you. Let’s chat. I have *so* many questions. You can find Brenda: Website: brendajanowitz.com Facebook: BrendaJanowitz Instagram: @brendajanowitzwriter Show Notes: movies, books, writers, and topics we discuss: Modern Love: He's Never Going to Put Away That Shirt Someone Else’s Wife (formerly titled The Good Enough Husband) The Secrets She Keeps Taming the Bad Boy What Was Perfect (The Story of Us Trilogy)Books by Brenda: The Lonely Hearts Club The Grace Kelly Dress Other mentions: Brenda’s CBS NY Book Club Pick – The Audrey Hepburn Estate Burnout by Emily & Amelia Nagasaki Rage Becomes Her by Soraya Chemaly Sold a Story (podcast on the corruption of reading education in the U.S.) Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism By Eve L. Ewing

Professor Eve Ewing argues that education systems in the United States have been designed to reinforce racial inequality at the expense of Black & Native children. She's interviewed by Associate Press editor Alia Wong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Professor Eve Ewing argues that education systems in the United States have been designed to reinforce racial inequality at the expense of Black & Native children. She's interviewed by Associate Press editor Alia Wong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An investigation at an Indian residential school in Canada is the focus of the documentary, “Sugarcane," named after a Native reservation in British Columbia. The film is up for an Academy Award, and has already made history: it's the first time an Indigenous director from North America has been nominated for an Oscar. Jeffrey Brown spoke to the filmmakers for our series, "CANVAS." PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

This week, award-winning writer and scholar Eve L. Ewing discusses her new book Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism. She is interviewed by AWM President Carey Cranston. This conversation originally took place February 10, 2025 and was recorded live at the American Writers Museum. We hope [...]

An investigation at an Indian residential school in Canada is the focus of the documentary, “Sugarcane," named after a Native reservation in British Columbia. The film is up for an Academy Award, and has already made history: it's the first time an Indigenous director from North America has been nominated for an Oscar. Jeffrey Brown spoke to the filmmakers for our series, "CANVAS." PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

This week, award-winning writer and scholar Eve L. Ewing discusses her new book Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism. She is interviewed by AWM President Carey Cranston. This conversation originally took place February 10, 2025 and was recorded live at the American Writers Museum.We hope you enjoy entering the Mind of a Writer.AWM PODCAST NETWORK HOMEMore about Original Sins:If all children could just get an education, the logic goes, they would have the same opportunities later in life. But this historical tour de force makes it clear that the opposite is true: The U.S. school system has played an instrumental role in creating and upholding racial hierarchies, preparing children to expect unequal treatment throughout their lives.In Original Sins, Ewing demonstrates that our schools were designed to propagate the idea of white intellectual superiority, to “civilize” Native students and to prepare Black students for menial labor. Education was not an afterthought for the Founding Fathers; it was envisioned by Thomas Jefferson as an institution that would fortify the country's racial hierarchy. Ewing argues that these dynamics persist in a curriculum that continues to minimize the horrors of American history. The most insidious aspects of this system fall below the radar in the forms of standardized testing, academic tracking, disciplinary policies, and uneven access to resources.By demonstrating that it's in the DNA of American schools to serve as an effective and underacknowledged mechanism maintaining inequality in this country today, Ewing makes the case that we need a profound reevaluation of what schools are supposed to do, and for whom. This book will change the way people understand the place we send our children for eight hours a day.EVE L. EWING is a writer, scholar, and cultural organizer from Chicago. She is the award-winning author of four books: the poetry collections Electric Arches and 1919, the nonfiction work Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side, and a novel for young readers, Maya and the Robot. She is the co-author (with Nate Marshall) of the play No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks. She has written several projects for Marvel Comics, most notably the Ironheart series, and is currently writing Black Panther. Ewing is an associate professor in the Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity at the University of Chicago. Her work has been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and many other venues.

On this week's episode, Imprint Indigenous Children and Families Reporter Nancy Marie Spears hosts a special roundtable discussion on the future of Indigenous child welfare. Our panel of guests break down how they will engage with a new 25-year plan to reform and improve Indigenous child welfare policy and practice through improved implementation of, and compliance with, the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act, or ICWA.. ICWA 2050 was launched November 7 by the Protect ICWA Campaign to Honor ICWA's 46th Anniversary and it's called Protect, Preserve, Progress: Realizing the Spirit of the Indian Child Welfare Act. There are four key goals of this long-term plan, and the panelists talk about how their respective communities intend on engaging with each area of proposed change.Guest panel:Sarah Kastelic, (Alutiiq), is the executive director of the National Indian Child Welfare Association.Te'Ata Loper, (Chickasaw), is the executive director of the Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Association.Kimberly Cluff is legal director of the California Tribal Families Coalition.Linda S. Spears is president and CEO of the Child Welfare League of America.Reading RoomProtecting Children and Healing Families, One Native Auntie at a Timehttps://imprintnews.org/foster-care/protecting-children-and-healing-families-one-native-auntie-at-a-time/241572The Way Forward: Report of the Alyce Spotted Bear & Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children https://udallcenter.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/2024-07/TheWayForward.pdfIndian Child Welfare Act Think Tank to Strategize Legal Protections for Tribal Sovereigntyhttps://imprintnews.org/top-stories/indian-child-welfare-act-think-tank-to-strategize-legal-protections-for-tribal-sovereignty/239084New Online Resources Available to Assist With Indian Child Welfare Caseshttps://imprintnews.org/indigenous-youth-and-families/new-online-resources-available-to-assist-with-indian-child-welfare-cases/255684

What is the purpose of schools? Most people would say to teach children to meet their potential and to prepare them for the world. But in her new book “Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism,” Chicago author and sociologist Eve Ewing presents readers with an exhaustively researched history of how U.S. schools have been a place where separation and inequality have been enshrined by design. Reset checks in with Ewing to explore the role of schools in America and a better way forward. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

Autumn and adrienne are thrilled to welcomeDr. Eve L. Ewing to get deep into her new book, Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism.Dr. Ewing is also the author of Electric Arches, Ghosts in the Schoolyard, 1919, and Maya and the Robot. She writes comic books, including Exceptional X-Men and Ironheart and Black Panther. And TV, and theater, and a lot of other things as well.She's an associate professor in the Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity at the University of Chicago, where she teaches courses on education and racial inequality and directs the Beyond Schools Lab.Dr.Ewing is also a cultural organizer, which means she works collectively with other people to to build and nurture creative communities, and strive for social transformation through artistic and cultural practices.In this engaging conversation, we learn about Dr. Ewing's teaching experiences, and her reflections on the difference between school and educations. The conversation flows through themes of Afrofuturisms and imaging alternatives to our current moment. They explore the tension between education as liberation versus control, and the implications of these narratives on contemporary schooling and the carceral system.---⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TRANSCRIPT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠---⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT OUR SHOW! -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow---HTS ESSENTIALS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PEEP us on IG⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠

This week, scholar and author Eve L. Ewing joins us to discuss her new book, Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism. We examine the differences between schooling and education, the purpose of schools and how their design perpetuates inequality, and how we can change them for the better. Eve also shares how her experience as a middle school teacher has shaped her as a writer.The Stacks Book Club pick for February is Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. We will discuss the book on February 26th with Ira Madison III returning as our guest.You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' website:https://thestackspodcast.com/2025/2/12/ep-358-eve-ewingConnect with Eve: Instagram | Website | TwitterConnect with The Stacks: Instagram | Twitter | Shop | Patreon | Goodreads | Substack | SubscribeSUPPORT THE STACKSJoin The Stacks Pack on PatreonTo support The Stacks and find out more from this week's sponsors, click here.Purchasing books through Bookshop.org or Amazon earns The Stacks a small commission.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Little Mysteries, Original Sins, (S)kin, and more great books! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: Little Mysteries: Nine Miniature Puzzles to Confuse, Enthrall, and Delight by Sara Gran Dead in the Frame by Stephen Spotswood  Alligator Tears: A Memoir in Essays by Edgar Gomez Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism by Eve L. Ewing Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood (S)kin by Ibi Zoboi One Message Remains by Premee Mohamed The Crimson Road by A.G. Slatter For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, bookstagrammer and journalist Jocelyn Aspa and I discuss books with extensive character development, how everything makes us cry, and why we gravitate towards books with low ratings on Goodreads. We also discuss how we determine books to pack on a trip which can be a little extra.    Follow Jocelyn on Instagram   Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy's reading:  Devil is Fine by John Vercher  Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism by Eve L. Ewing    Books Highlighted by Jocelyn: 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster  Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, trans. Sarah Moses A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara  Same as it Ever Was by Clarie Lombardo  The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels  A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall   All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: There's a Nightmare in my Closet by Mercer Mayer  Normal People by Sally Rooney  The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon The Secret History by Donna Tartt  My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh  The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt  We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler  The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo  The Wedding People by Alison Espach  Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach  The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai  Fire Exit by Morgan Talty  Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty  Orbital by Samantha Harvey  American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis Maeve Fly by C.J. Leede

Rachel's Recommendations Favorite 2024: What's Not Mine by Nora Decter Non-2024 book: Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2024 book no one read: Dead in Long Beach, California by Venita Blackburn Most anticipated 2025 by a Chicago author: Original Sins by Eve L. Ewing Most anticipated by an author with a long gap since last book: Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Small press titles: The Gloomy Girl Variety Show by Freda Epum Leave: A Postpartum Account by Shayne Terry No Offense: A Memoir in Essays by Jackie Domenus Friends might think you're nuts but sorry not sorry: The Harder I Fight the More I Love You by Neko Case   Greg's Recommendations Favorite 2024: There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension, by Hanif Abdurraqib Non-2024 Book: Bunny, by Mona Awad 2024 Book No One Read: Familiaris, by David Wroblewski Most Anticipated Chicago: All the Water in the World, by Eiren Caffall Most Anticipated after long gap: Dream Count, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Most Anticipated Small Press: A Forty-Year Kiss, by Nickolas Butler Friends Might Think I'm Nuts: Great Big Beautiful Life, by Emily Henry ... Mark Twain, by Ron Chernow   Mike's Recommendations Street Fight by Anne Morrissy The Overstory by Richard Powers Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism by Eve L. Ewing People of Means by Nancy Johnson Vanishing Daughters by Cynthia Pelayo True Failure by Alex Higley All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall The El by Theodore C. Van Alst Jr The Antidote by Karen Russell Stag Dance by Torrey Peters Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity by Sarah Schulman Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls: Margaret C. Anderson, Book Bans, and the Fight to Modernize Literature by Adam Morgan Waterline by Aram Mrjoian

On today's show, guest host Sara Gabler speaks with two Washington Post journalists–Dana Hedgpeth and Sari Horwitz–about their investigation into deaths at Indian boarding schools from 1828-1970. The post Remembering Native children who died at boarding schools appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

On this episode, Cynthia Okechukwu, the founder of Black Girls Read Chicago, and I discuss books that make you cry, her love of hardcover books, and what kinds of audiobooks work for both of us. She also gets to share an incredible story of getting a critical book put into her hands at a young age.    Black Girls Read Chicago Instagram  The Read & Run Chicago Gift Guide    Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy's reading:  The City and It's Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami  How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix  Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman   Books Highlighted by Cynthia: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou  The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai  Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn  The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison  Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origins and Spread of Nationalism by Benedict Anderson Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine    All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: Little House Box Set by Laura Ingalls Wilder  Matilda by Roald Dahl  Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe  Original Sins: The (Mis)Education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism by Eve L. Ewing  Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side by Eve L. Ewing Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson  Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport that Wasn't Built for Us by Alison Mariella Désir Will by Will Smith & Mark Manson The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey  Caucasia by Danzy Senna  It by Stephen King The Help by Kathryn Stockett 

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Roundtable discussion entitled “The Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission's Report on Native Children.” Date: May 8, 2024 Time: 2:30 PM Location: Dirksen Room: 628 Witnesses: Gloria O'Neill Chair of the Commission President/CEO of Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. Anchorage, Alaska Tami Decoteau, PhD Vice Chair of the Commission DeCoteau, Trauma-Informed Care & Practice, PLLC Bismarck, North Dakota Anita Fineday Commissioner Implementation Director of Equity and Engagement Minnesota Department of Children, Youth and Families Brainerd, Minnesota Leander (Russ) McDonald Commissioner President of United Tribes Technical College Bismarck, North Dakota Don Gray Commissioner Board Member of Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation Anchorage, Alaska Delia Ulima Advisory Committee Member Statewide Initiative Manager HI H.O.P.E.S. Initiative, EPIC ‘Ohana Inc. Honolulu, Hawaii Gil Vigil President of the Board National Indian Child Welfare Association Portland, Oregon Sarah Kastelic Executive Director National Indian Child Welfare Association Portland, Oregon Committee Notice: https://www.indian.senate.gov/hearings/roundtable-discussion-entitled-alyce-spotted-bear-and-walter-soboleff-commissions-report-on-native-children/

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Roundtable discussion entitled “The Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission's Report on Native Children.” Date: May 8, 2024 Time: 2:30 PM Location: Dirksen Room: 628 Witnesses: Gloria O'Neill Chair of the Commission President/CEO of Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. Anchorage, Alaska Tami Decoteau, PhD Vice Chair of the Commission DeCoteau, Trauma-Informed Care & Practice, PLLC Bismarck, North Dakota Anita Fineday Commissioner Implementation Director of Equity and Engagement Minnesota Department of Children, Youth and Families Brainerd, Minnesota Leander (Russ) McDonald Commissioner President of United Tribes Technical College Bismarck, North Dakota Don Gray Commissioner Board Member of Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation Anchorage, Alaska Delia Ulima Advisory Committee Member Statewide Initiative Manager HI H.O.P.E.S. Initiative, EPIC ‘Ohana Inc. Honolulu, Hawaii Gil Vigil President of the Board National Indian Child Welfare Association Portland, Oregon Sarah Kastelic Executive Director National Indian Child Welfare Association Portland, Oregon Committee Notice: https://www.indian.senate.gov/hearings/roundtable-discussion-entitled-alyce-spotted-bear-and-walter-soboleff-commissions-report-on-native-children/

House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Date: Tue, 05/07/2024 - 1:00 PM Location: Capitol Complex, 2008 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515 Witnesses Jeffrey Gill Councilor, Seneca Nation Wema Supernaw Chairwoman, Quapaw Nation Carson Ball Self Governance Coordinator, Muscogee (Creek) Nation (MCN) Chuck Hoskin, Jr Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation John Pettigrew Acting Chief of Police, Oglala Sioux Tribe-Dept. of Public Safety Julius T Murray, III Chairman, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation Dustin Klatush Chairman, Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation Cindy Marchand Secretary, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Maulian Bryant Ambassador, Penobscot Nation Darnell Maria Executive Director, Ramah Navajo Chapter Thora Padilla President, Mescalero Apache Tribe Victoria Kitchenyan Chairwoman, Winnebago Tribe Greg Hitchcock Vice Chairman, Cowlitz Indian Tribe Jeremy Takala Councilman, Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation Ron Allen Chairman and CEO, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe Brian Harris Chief, Catawba Nation Gloria O'Neill President and CEO, Cook Inlet Tribal Council/Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Jill Sherman-Warne Councilmember, Hoopa Valley Tribe Catalina Villa Montes Treasurer, Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health, Inc Russell Attebery Chairman, Karuk Tribe Charmaine McDarment Chairperson, Tule River Indian Tribe Committee Notices: https://appropriations.house.gov/events/hearings/public-witness-hearing-american-indian-alaska-native-day-1-afternoon-session https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=117269

Bills expected on the Floor of the House this week:H.R. 7109: Equal Representation Act – OPPOSETo require a citizenship question on the decennial census, to require reporting on certain census statistics, and to modify apportionment of Representatives to be based on United States citizens instead of all persons.Call Your Representative: tell them to vote NO on HR 7109Read more hereH.R. 2925: Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2024 – OPPOSEThis bill sets forth a process to allow mine operations to use, occupy, and conduct operations (e.g., construction of roads and other mining infrastructure activity) on public land regardless of whether a mineral deposit has been discovered on the land.Call Your Representative: tell them to vote NO on HR 2925Bipartisan SupportRead more hereS. 2073: Eliminate Useless Reports Act of 2023 – SUPPORTA bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to require agencies to include a list of outdated or duplicative reporting requirements in annual budget justifications, and for other purposes.Call Your Representative: tell them to vote YES on S 2073Has already passed through the SenateBipartisan SupportRead more hereSenate Hearings Scheduled:JudiciaryHearings to examine the urgent need to protect immigrant youth.Tune in at 10:00am ET, Wednesday, May 8, 2024 (or watch after!)Indian AffairsTo receive a briefing on the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission's Report on Native Children.Tune in at 2:30pm ET, Wednesday, May 8, 2024 (or watch after!)Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsHearings to examine consumer protection, focusing on examining fees in financial services and rental housing.Tune in at 10:00am ET, Thursday, May 9, 2024 (or watch after!)Where to find other Senate hearings!https://www.senate.gov/committees/hearings_meetings.htmDrop us a line: talktalkvote@gmail.com

Content Warning: In this episode we dive deep into trauma in Indigenous communities including the atrocities that occurred at the so-called residential boarding schools.  If you are in crisis or struggling at any level please call or text 988 in the USA:  Your mental health and wellness is a priority. Native American,  Indian, Indigenous, and Alaska Native communities are placed at a higher risk due to historical trauma, and compounding discrimination and oppression, in conjunction with a lack of investment into supportive resources. Below, you will find tips and resources to support yourself, a loved one, and other members of Native American, Indian, Indigenous, and Alaska Native communities. If you need support, you can call, text, or chat with 988. We are available 24/7. 988 works to ensure that all people have access to the support and resources reflective of their own needs. We are always here for you. Those in Canada can call the Indian Residential School Survivors crisis line 24/7 at 1-800-721-0066  Show notes An enrolled member of the Assiniboine-Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation and a descendant of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Dr. Maegan Rides At The Door, LCPC has served as the National Native Children's Trauma Center Director since 2015. Maegan utilizes her knowledge in culturally trauma responsive care to provide training and technical assistance with a wide variety of systems of care including but not limited to schools, child welfare, juvenile justice, and healthcare. She has been central to the design and implementation of trauma-responsive systems of care with tribal, private, federal, and state partners; the implementation of cross-system youth suicide prevention programming; and the expansion of child advocacy centers' capacity to meet the needs of tribal communities. Continuing Education Units (CEUs): https://cbiconsultants.com/shop BACB: 1.5 Learning  IBAO: 1.5 Cultural QABA: 1.5 DEI   Contact: Dr. Maegan Rides At The Door maegan.ridesatthedoor@mso.umt.edu  https://www.nnctc.org/who-we-are   The Behaviour Speak Podcast Episodes Referenced: Mark Standing Eagle Baez  Episode https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-111-the-sweetgrass-method-a-culturally-responsive-approach-among-american-indianalaska-native-peoples-with-dr-mark-standing-eagle-baez/ Grant Bruno Episode https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-37-the-realities-of-autism-in-first-nations-communities-in-canada-with-grant-bruno-phd-candidate/ Evan Auguste Episode https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-98-black-liberation-psychology-a-conversation-with-dr-evan-auguste/   Links: National Native Children's Trauma Center at the University of Montana https://www.nnctc.org/ Film with Grant Bruno https://aidecanada.ca/resources/learn/asd-id-core-knowledge/the-gift-of-being-different One in Ten Podcast: What's Culture Got to Do With It? Everything, with Maegan Rides At The Door, Ph.D., LCPC Season 3 Episode 14 October 8, 2021 https://oneintenpodcast.org/episodes/whats-culture-got-to-do-with-it-everything/ First Nations Health Authority https://www.fnha.ca/ First Nations Emergency Services Society https://www.fness.bc.ca/ Articles Referenced: Maegan Rides At The Door & Ashley Trautman (2019) Considerations for implementing culturally grounded trauma-informed child welfare services: recommendations for working with American Indian/Alaska Native populations, Journal of Public Child Welfare, 13:3, 368-378, https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2019.1605014 Rides At The Door, Maegan, and Sidney Shaw. 2023. "The Other Side of the ACEs Pyramid: A Healing Framework for Indigenous Communities" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 5: 4108. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054108    

*Warning: discussions of violence and abuse towards children* Since 2015, the Mohawk Mothers are engaged in a legal battle against McGill University's plans for Montreal's Royal Victoria Hospital. The Mohawk Mothers are "committed to searching the grounds for unmarked graves, as well as undiscovered evidence related to the CIA's MKULTRA medical program." For more information https://www.mohawkmothers.ca/ https://mohawknationnews.com/blog/ The Mohawk Warrior Society: A Handbook on Sovereignty and Survival Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Forty-five years ago, Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act to address a crisis. Native American children were being removed from their homes at alarming rates. Studies found that more than a quarter of all American Indian children were taken from their families, placed in foster care or put up for adoption — typically in non-Native households.  ICWA was designed to counteract decades of policies and systems that uprooted Native American children from their families and culture — from boarding schools, to the Indian Adoption Project, to the disproportionate removal of Native American children by child welfare agencies. Minnesota even has its own version of the law, called the Minnesota Indian Family Protection Act, or MIFPA, that lawmakers strengthened this year in case ICWA is struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in a case scheduled to be decided later this month. But while experts insist ICWA has helped, Native American children living in Minnesota remain 16 times more likely than white children to be removed from their homes and placed in foster care. ICWA compliance still a problemNearly a half century after the law was passed, systemic bias still plagues the child welfare system, and many social workers are still not complying with it. “I think that comes in because people don't understand why these laws are so important,” said Larissa Littlewolf, a Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe member who co-directs the Tribal Training and Certification Partnership at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.“They're told they have to check off this list, how do you comply with the law? Which is important! But I think that there is a need to know why, right? Like, why do we work with American Indian families differently than non-Indigenous families? Why do Indigenous families get these special protections?”When social workers understand why these rules are in place, Littlewolf said, they are much more likely to act in “the spirit” of ICWA, and work to keep Native children close to home. “They deserve their community. They deserve their identity. That's what's going to help them to be happy and healthy and whole.”In 2021, Littlewolf and others at UMD launched a two-day training on ICWA that's now required for all child welfare professionals across the state. Since it began, about 1,500 county and tribal social workers have gone through the training, which now gets an annual $1 million appropriation from the state. It's the only program like it in the country. ‘Heart work'To help participants understand why ICWA is so important, the training focuses first on what Littlewolf calls “heart work — understanding the historical trauma, the correct history of Indigenous families.”To do that, community trainers walk participants through a history of U.S. government policies that were intended to break Native families apart. That includes nearly 100 years where Native kids were forced to attend boarding schools, where they were forbidden from speaking their language or practicing their culture. Abuse was rampant. “And this wasn't just like hundreds of years ago. This happened to my grandparents,” community trainer Lynn Brave Heart told about a dozen social workers from around the state during an online training held last month. “Many tribes tried to hide their children in the woods to keep the government from coming and taking the kids.”Another trainer, Kat Preuss, from the Upper Sioux Community in southwestern Minnesota, shared a story of her mom driving her grandma to visit the boarding school she attended in South Dakota. “‘There's a swing in the back, can you go to that swing in the back?'” her grandma asked. “So my mom drove around, and sure enough, there was a swing there. ‘Do you want to go sit on it?'” her mom asked. Her grandmother walked over and sat on the swing, and began to cry. “‘All my life I wanted to sit on this swing,'” she said. “‘But we were never allowed to.'”“She finally got her chance when she was 72 years old,” Preuss said. The training connects the dots from boarding schools, to the current overrepresentation of Native youth in the foster care system. It describes how historical trauma becomes contemporary trauma, which Preuss explained is reflected in the stark economic and health disparities that exist today. “So all of that historical trauma has really done a number on our people. So when you're working with our Native American families, keep that in mind. It builds that understanding,” she said.Perpetuating traumaWhile compliance with ICWA has improved recently, last year the Minnesota Department of Human Services found that 21 out of 37 counties it reviewed failed to comply with specific requirements of the law. When counties are out of compliance for two consecutive years, they lose state aid. That money used to get redirected to the general fund. Now it gets funneled to UMD to help pay for its ICWA training program. St. Louis County was one of those counties penalized for failing to comply with the law. It's now under a performance improvement plan with the state. The county now requires everyone working with children and families to take the training, regardless of what unit they work in. “When people have that deeper understanding, we're able then to empathize more, and to show up in a way of compassion, understanding that there's this historical trauma that impacts families today,” said Nishah Dupuis, Indian Child Welfare Supervisor for St. Louis County. Natalie Hanson, who's worked as a social worker in St. Louis County for the past decade, said the training she took last month made her realize for the first time how she could be a part of the continuation of generational trauma. “As a government worker, when I take a Native child and place them in a non-Native home, absent their culture, I'm perpetuating that trauma,” Hanson said. The training helped reinforce for Hanson “why there are Indian Child Welfare placement preferences, and that we have to go through these steps to try to keep children connected to their culture. And when we don't do that, it's similar to the boarding school era."Working to keep more Native kids connected to their families and their communities is more than simply reducing disparities, and complying with federal law, said Larissa Littlewolf. It's about the very future of tribes. “The children in our communities are our future leaders,” Littlewolf said. “They're our future nurses, doctors, culture carriers, language carriers, spiritual advisors.”

The federal Indian Child Welfare Act, known as ICWA, became law in 1978 in response to what was called a crisis of Native children being removed from their families by social service agencies. Two studies found 25 to 35 percent of all American Indian children were taken from their families and 90 percent were placed with white families. In the case now before the U.S. Supreme Court, non-Native families wanting to adopt Native children are challenging provisions of the federal law designed to protect Native family and cultural connections. Among other things, the law prioritizes where Native children should be placed if they are adopted, the first priority is extended family, followed by someone in their tribe or another Native family. The plaintiffs in the Brackeen case argue the federal government is unlawfully imposing requirements on states. They also contend that protections for American Indian children are based on an unconstitutional racial classification, said Mitchell Hamline School of Law professor, and Director of the Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute, Angelique EagleWoman.But, American Indians have always had political, not racial status as members of sovereign tribal nations who have treaty relationships with the U.S. government, said EagleWoman.“For hundreds of years there have been U.S. Supreme Court cases that recognize the tribal nation status and the political status of tribal citizens.”Possible broad implicationsSome worry a Supreme Court ruling in the Brackeen case could have broad implications for the sovereign status of American Indian tribes. But EagleWoman expects the Supreme Court decision to be narrow. “In my view, the U.S Supreme Court may carve out the third placement preference. They may tweak some of the ways in which states are required to do record keeping for Indian Child Welfare Act cases,” she said.“I do not foresee a sweeping decision or a change to the Tribal nation U.S. relationship in a decision coming out of the Brackeen case. I think that is a step much too far for any U.S. Supreme Court to take.”The Court is expected to release its decision by the end of June. ‘Gold standard of protection'Uncertainty about the future of ICWA brought urgency to legislative efforts this year to strengthen the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act or MIFPA. Lawmakers in both houses passed the legislation and Governor Walz is expected to sign it. “MIFPA legislation creates basically the gold standard of protection for our native kids,” said State Senator Mary Kunesh. Kunesh said it was critical to clarify parts of the state law that relied on the federal law for guidance. “We removed any reference to ICWA, so should ICWA go away or be amended in a way that does not fully protect our kids, Minnesota has those protections in place,” she said. But the state needs to do more said Kunesh. Placement disparitiesMinnesota still has some of the greatest racial disparities in the country for out of home placement of children. American Indian children are 16 times more likely than white children to experience out of home care, according to a 2020 report by the the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Why that disparity exists is a complicated question according to people involved with the system on a daily basis.“I have been doing this work in Minnesota for over 20 years and I will say that that is a question that keeps me up at night,” said Shannon Smith, executive director of the ICWA Law Center in Minneapolis. “Minnesota is often lifted up on the national stage as a place where all these awesome things are going on and then it's always kind of that dagger of like, ‘and then we have our numbers,'” she said.The numbers also show disparity in how counties enforce the laws designed to keep Native children close to their families and culture. Counties out of complianceThe Department of Human Services began checking county compliance with specific requirements of the law in 2017. Data shows compliance rates have improved, but in 2022, the agency reviewed 37 counties and found 21 were out of compliance, resulting in a reduction in state aid. Smith said children are often removed from homes because of what is defined as neglect. She said poverty, addiction, cultural bias and a range of other social issues often contribute to that decision. Grandma's House Learning Ojibwe as a first language in Cloquet Uprooted The plan to erase Indian Country I've never told anyone stories of life in Indian boarding schools A reckoning Nuns apologize for Native boarding schools “And when we think about the child welfare system and all these different systems, it's kind of the perfect place for them all to come together and have this really devastating impact to communities,” she said. The state needs to provide more resources for counties to improve staffing and provide adequate training to fully implement ICWA and MIFPA, said Kunesh.“The counties have to make a commitment, and we have to make a commitment at the legislature to fund those counties to ensure that there are people and resources available in order to do that,” she said.

Brooke Pepion Swaney (Blackfeet/Salish) and Kendra Potter (Lummi) join All My Relations for “Native Children Belong in Native Homes.” This heartfelt, vulnerable and raw story is centered around their film, “Daughter of A Lost Bird”, which follows Kendra, an adult Native adoptee, as she reconnects with her birth family, discovers her Lummi heritage, and confronts issues of her own identity. Her singular story echoes many affected by the Indian Child Welfare Act and the Indian Adoption Project. ++++Special thanks to  Santa Monica College and everyone there who made this possible, thank you to the AMR team: Jonathan Stein, Max Levin, Teo Shantz, Lindsay Hightower,  and Charlie Stavish. Major shout out to KP of Blackbelt Eaglescout for being our live music for the event and to Ciara Sana for the episode artwork.++++Resources mentioned in this episode:Download the Daughter of A Lost Bird Discussion Guide here: https://www.daughterofalostbird.com/impactThis Land Podcast: https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/ The National Indian Child Welfare Association: https://www.nicwa.org/about-icwa/ Blood Memory (documentary): https://www.bloodmemorydoc.com/ Dawnland (documentary): https://dawnland.org/ Sign the petition now:https://www.change.org/p/protect-the-indian-child-welfare-act orhttps://action.lakotalaw.org/action/protect-icwaIlluminative Protect ICWA tool kit: https://illuminative.org/protect-icwa-toolkit/Native American Rights Fund: https://icwa.narf.org/ Support the showFollow us on Instagam @amrpodcast, or support our work on Patreon. Show notes are published on our website, amrpodcast.com. Matika's book is available for pre-order! T'igwicid and Wado for being on this journey with us.

The Supreme Court case Brackeen v. Haaland concerns how adoption placement currently works under the Indian Child Welfare Act. The law prioritizes placing Native children with Native families. But depending on how the court rules, striking down or changing ICWA could affect not only adoption but Indian tribes' entire status as sovereign nations.  Guest: Elizabeth Hidalgo Reese, Stanford law professor and scholar of American Indian tribal law, federal Indian law, and constitutional law. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Amicus—and you'll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Supreme Court case Brackeen v. Haaland concerns how adoption placement currently works under the Indian Child Welfare Act. The law prioritizes placing Native children with Native families. But depending on how the court rules, striking down or changing ICWA could affect not only adoption but Indian tribes' entire status as sovereign nations.  Guest: Elizabeth Hidalgo Reese, Stanford law professor and scholar of American Indian tribal law, federal Indian law, and constitutional law. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Amicus—and you'll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Supreme Court case Brackeen v. Haaland concerns how adoption placement currently works under the Indian Child Welfare Act. The law prioritizes placing Native children with Native families. But depending on how the court rules, striking down or changing ICWA could affect not only adoption but Indian tribes' entire status as sovereign nations.  Guest: Elizabeth Hidalgo Reese, Stanford law professor and scholar of American Indian tribal law, federal Indian law, and constitutional law. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Amicus—and you'll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As you and the young people in your life settle down for a long winter's nap, a number of new Native children's books would make great bedtime stories, especially for those hungry little book worms. "Forever Cousins" by Laurel Goodluck (Mandan, Hidatsa and Tsimshian) has been getting good reviews since its October release. It focuses on a pair of young cousins and how their relationship changes when one of them moves away. "Look, Grandma! Ni Elisi!" by Art Coulson (Cherokee) weaves math and the Cherokee language with a story about a boy on a quest for the perfect container to show off his artwork. Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce talks with authors Laurel Goodluck and Art Coulson and gets more book ideas, just in time for the holiday shopping season, from Debbie Reese (Nambé Pueblo), founder of the American Indians in Children's Literature blog. 

As you and the young people in your life settle down for a long winter's nap, a number of new Native children's books would make great bedtime stories, especially for those hungry little book worms. "Forever Cousins" by Laurel Goodluck (Mandan, Hidatsa and Tsimshian) has been getting good reviews since its October release. It focuses on a pair of young cousins and how their relationship changes when one of them moves away. "Look, Grandma! Ni Elisi!" by Art Coulson (Cherokee) weaves math and the Cherokee language with a story about a boy on a quest for the perfect container to show off his artwork. Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce talks with authors Laurel Goodluck and Art Coulson and gets more book ideas, just in time for the holiday shopping season, from Debbie Reese (Nambé Pueblo), founder of the American Indians in Children's Literature blog. 

In our news wrap Sunday, Pope Francis landed in Canada, where he will ask forgiveness from Indigenous communities for historical abuses of Native children at residential schools once run by the Catholic Church. Also, President Biden's physician says his COVID symptoms continue to improve, a volcano on Japan's southernmost island erupted, and Jonas Vingegaard won the Tour de France. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In our news wrap Sunday, Pope Francis landed in Canada, where he will ask forgiveness from Indigenous communities for historical abuses of Native children at residential schools once run by the Catholic Church. Also, President Biden's physician says his COVID symptoms continue to improve, a volcano on Japan's southernmost island erupted, and Jonas Vingegaard won the Tour de France. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In our news wrap Sunday, Pope Francis landed in Canada, where he will ask forgiveness from Indigenous communities for historical abuses of Native children at residential schools once run by the Catholic Church. Also, President Biden's physician says his COVID symptoms continue to improve, a volcano on Japan's southernmost island erupted, and Jonas Vingegaard won the Tour de France. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Brittney Griner is 6 foot 9. She's an American basketball player, some say she's the greatest female basketball player of all time and she is currently being detained in Russia on drug charges that could carry a sentence of up to 10 years in prison. Overnight Russian courts have extended her detention for two more months. All this while tensions between Russia and the States remain tense and her family worry she may be used as a political pawn. Molly McElwee, the Telegraph's Women's Sports reporter explains. To mark Red Nose Day Ena Miller visits a Comic Relief supported project helping survivors of domestic abuse. At Tower House Horses they use equine assisted learning to help women improve their mental health and recover their confidence. A woman we are calling Sophie tells her story and Susie, one of the co-founders of the project, explains how horses help women who have been through trauma. Yesterday the government set out its plans to address racial disparities in the UK with changes to policing, health and education. Inclusive Britain: the government response to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities sets out 70 plans including ones to tackle the differences in maternal health to ones referring to police powers. There also includes a plan to get a diverse panel of historians to, as the report puts it, ‘develop a new knowledge rich History Curriculum by 2024 exploring Britain's historical past'. But how would that actually work in practice? Kendra Mylnechuk Potter was adopted into a white family and raised with no knowledge of her Native background. A new film 'Daughter of a Lost Bird' currently showing at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival follows Kendra as she connects with her birth mother April, also a Native adoptee, and discovers her Lummi homelands in Washington state. Her story has parallels with many of those children affected by the 1958 Indian Adoption project, where Native children in the US were removed from their families and placed in white homes, dubbed by some as' cultural genocide'. In the late1970s the Indian Child Welfare Act came into force which prioritised keeping native Indian children within their own tribes. Anita speaks to Kendra and to the filmmaker Brooke Pepion Swaney. The history of civil rights changed when Barbara Lisicki met Alan Holdsworth. The two were disabled cabaret performers in the 1980s when they met, fell in love and founded the disabled people's Direct Action Network (DAN). They became the driving force behind the campaign that ultimately led to the passing of the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act. A new BBC Two drama, Then Barbara Met Alan, tells their story. We hear from the real-life Barbara Lisicki, and Ruth Madeley, the actor who plays her. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Kirsty Starkey Interviewed Guest: Molly McElwee Interviewed Guest: Susan Little Interviewed Guest: Dr Angelina Osborne Interviewed Guest: Stella Dadzie Interviewed Guest: Brooke Pepion Swaney Interviewed Guest: Kendra Mylnechuk Potter Interviewed Guest: Ruth Madeley Interviewed Guest: Barbara Lisicki Photo Credit: BBC/Dragonfly

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The song is on education and the forced assimilation by teaching the Native Children from a white man's view and went as far as giving them a “white” name. The 1893 court ruling that kept them in boarding schools & the passing of the Indian Child Welfare Act in 1978!The hard to believe problems facing children in Canada to this day!Education statistics, respecting blood lines and reservations struggles with voting. We need voting sites on Native Land!Hear excerpts from- Canadian folk singer, Oscar Brand and Producer Joe Henry. Links:Drums Lyrics: https://www.antiwarsongs.org/canzone.php?id=11083&lang=enCanadian Education Articles: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/world/canada/canada-indigenous-children-settlement.htmlhttps://www.npr.org/2021/10/05/1043156113/canada-indigenous-children-residential-school-burial-searchA Heartbeat & A Guitar Book: https://www.amazon.com/Heartbeat-Guitar-Johnny-Making-Bitter/dp/156858637XWe're Stii Here Documentary: https://www.kinolorber.com/film/We're%20Still%20Here:%20%20Johnny%20Cash%20Bitter%20TearsJohnny Cash-Bitter Tears LP: https://www.amazon.com/Bitter-Tears-Ballad-American-Indian/dp/B000002AU0Look Again to the Wind LP: https://www.amazon.com/Look-Again-Wind-Johnny-Revisited/dp/B00KLOCQIESing Out Article on Bitter Tears: https://singout.org/various-look-wind-johnny-cashs-bitter-tears-revisited/Bitter Tears Article by Antonino D'Ambrosio: https://www.salon.com/2009/11/09/johnny_cash_2/#Before the Lights Podcast: https://www.beforethelightspod.com/Before the Lights Bitter Tears Webpage: https://www.beforethelightspod.com/bittertears 

“The single reason why the Democrats have lost rural America is because rural America doesn't think the Democrats respect them, appreciate them, or know them.” Former United States Senator Heidi Heitkamp, Democrat of North Dakota, returns to the podcast. Since ending her career in the Senate, Heitkamp has focused on connecting to rural America and figuring out what Democrats can do to make gains in these crucial swathes of the country. With midterm elections looming, how does this veteran of the Democrats see her party's odds of survival come November 2022? What are the Democrats doing— or not doing— particularly in rural America to ensure a viable path to the next elections? If you like what we do, please support the show. By making a one-time or recurring donation, you will contribute to us being able to present the highest quality substantive, long-form interviews with the world's most compelling people. Heidi Heitkamp served as the first female U.S. senator elected from North Dakota from 2013-2019. Senator Heitkamp grew up in a large family in the small town of Mantador, ND. Throughout her time in public service, Senator Heitkamp has stood up for tribal communities and worked to improve outcomes for Native American children, women, and families. The first bill she introduced in the Senate, which became law in 2016, created a Commission on Native Children. Her bill with former Senator John McCain became law to create Amber Alerts in Indian Country. She introduced Savanna's Act to help address the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women. On the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Senator Heitkamp pushed to provide training and resources for first responders and worked to combat human trafficking in North Dakota, across the country, and around the world. Senator Heitkamp has a long record with energy development in North Dakota. She continued those efforts in the Senate, working to responsibly harness North Dakota's energy resources, and successfully pushed to lift the 40-year old ban on exporting U.S. crude oil while expanding support for renewable energies, like wind and solar energy development. Senator Heitkamp sat on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, where she helped write, negotiate, and pass two long-term, comprehensive Farm Bills which Congress passed. Senator Heitkamp previously served as North Dakota's Attorney General where she helped broker an agreement between 46 states and the tobacco industry, which forced the tobacco industry to tell the truth about smoking and health. It was one of the largest civil settlements in U.S. history. Prior to her time as Attorney General, Senator Heitkamp served as North Dakota's Tax Commissioner. Senator Heitkamp received a B.A. from the University of North Dakota and a law degree from Lewis and Clark Law School. She currently serves as a contributor to CNBC and resides in Mandan, North Dakota with her husband.

Episode Notes Welcome to the #StillHere Podcast, Episode 17! Paiute Children Mass Graves Read Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer: https://www.amazon.com/Braiding-Sweetgrass-Indigenous-Scientific-Knowledge/dp/1571313567 Segment 01 The shark from last week's episode was a great white shark. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_white_shark Amanda watched the Blackfish documentary. She was greatly troubled by it. Curious about the controversy around the treatment of animals and fish at Seaworld? WATCH Blackfish: https://www.blackfishmovie.com (Side note, Amanda worked for Seaworld in San Diego, once upon a time).  The correct pronunciation is “invertabrate”, Amanda. :) https://www.britannica.com/animal/invertebrate Curious about the Stanford Prison Experiment? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment Here's the Netflix documentary about it: https://www.netflix.com/gr-en/title/80038159 Yeah, turns out, it was a complete fraud. https://www.vox.com/2018/6/13/17449118/stanford-prison-experiment-fraud-psychology-replication Keep up with the Great Salt Lake Film Festival. :) https://www.greatsaltlakefringe.org Be sure to get your COVID information from accurate sources: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html You should follow Tara Brach: https://www.tarabrach.com Understanding the Mind/Body connection of Yoga. https://www.yogajournal.com/yoga-101/yoga-therapy-and-the-mind-body-connection-part-1/ Segment 02 Hundreds of bodies of native Paiute children were recently discovered in Utah: https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2021/08/23/bodies-paiute-children/ https://www.thespectrum.com/story/news/2021/09/02/inside-utah-indian-boarding-school-where-12-paiute-kids-likely-died/5579602001/ https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/remains-of-paiute-children-believed-to-be-in-unmarked-cemetery Read Hotel On The Corner of Bitter & Sweet, by Jamie Ford: https://www.amazon.com/Hotel-Corner-Bitter-Sweet-Jamie/dp/0345505344 Radio West article/episode about Native Boarding Schools: https://radiowest.kuer.org/post/how-do-we-talk-about-painful-legacy-native-american-boarding-schools Watch the Broken Treaties documentary: https://www.opb.org/television/programs/oregon-experience/article/broken-treaties-oregon-native-americans/ Watch Indian School: A Survivor's Story: https://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/54410/Indian-School--A-Survivor-s-Story Support #StillHere: A Survivor Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/stillhere Find out more at https://stillhere.pinecast.co

Cherokee journalist Rebecca Nagle (@rebeccanagle) talks about the new season of This Land podcast, which investigates how and why rightwing corporate lawyers are trying to dismantle the Indian Child Welfare Act. Listen: https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/   Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

A custody trial in Texas involving a Native American child and white foster parents caught journalist Rebecca Nagle's eye. She discovered it was a part of something much, much bigger. Rebecca Nagle joins Meghna Chakrabarti.

The Supreme Court Ended Biden Administration's Eviction Moratorium For months, the Biden administration has been extending a federal eviction moratorium to protect tenants struggling to pay their rent during the pandemic, but now, the eviction moratorium is over. What Resettlement Looks Like for Afghan Refugees Amid the chaotic evacuation of U.S. troops and allies from Afghanistan, the US State Department has prepared to bring around 50,000 Afghan refugees into the U.S. for resettlement. Some conservatives have criticized the plans despite the extensive security checks that are required for refugees to relocate within the U.S. However, in the face of those partisan complaints, refugee agencies in states across the country have already started the complicated resettlement process for recent Afghan arrivals.   "This Land" Tackles Potential Threat to the Indian Child Welfare Act This month marks the season two debut of the award-winning, documentary podcast “This Land” which is produced by Crooked media and hosted by Rebecca Nagle. She joined to discuss the new season which centers around a federal challenge to the Indian Child Welfare act. The ICWA is meant to protect Native Children by giving their tribes and family a say in the child's placement. This season exposes how the far right is challenging the law in order to advance their conservative agenda. For transcripts, see individual segment pages.  

The Supreme Court Ended Biden Administration's Eviction Moratorium For months, the Biden administration has been extending a federal eviction moratorium to protect tenants struggling to pay their rent during the pandemic, but now, the eviction moratorium is over. What Resettlement Looks Like for Afghan Refugees Amid the chaotic evacuation of U.S. troops and allies from Afghanistan, the US State Department has prepared to bring around 50,000 Afghan refugees into the U.S. for resettlement. Some conservatives have criticized the plans despite the extensive security checks that are required for refugees to relocate within the U.S. However, in the face of those partisan complaints, refugee agencies in states across the country have already started the complicated resettlement process for recent Afghan arrivals.   "This Land" Tackles Potential Threat to the Indian Child Welfare Act This month marks the season two debut of the award-winning, documentary podcast “This Land” which is produced by Crooked media and hosted by Rebecca Nagle. She joined to discuss the new season which centers around a federal challenge to the Indian Child Welfare act. The ICWA is meant to protect Native Children by giving their tribes and family a say in the child's placement. This season exposes how the far right is challenging the law in order to advance their conservative agenda. For transcripts, see individual segment pages.  

Ursuline Academy and St. Ignatius Mission School in Montana served as a “school” for Native American children for more than 100 years. During that time, hundreds of children were physically and sexually abused. A lawsuit filed in 2011 details a small portion of that abuse. Source Material: https://medium.com/@kristybixler95/the-incarcerated-child-and-st-ignatius-mission-schools-366fc3541099 https://www.bishop-accountability.org/complaints/2011_10_05_John_Does_1_16_v_Ursulines_and_Helena.pdf https://flatheadbeacon.com/2015/03/04/montana-clergy-sex-abuse-case-faces-final-court-approval/?fbclid=IwAR1MK5EpcRII-cIFlE7VM7ArQTCFsEX2bhcbCbRLRsmafFGXXzIZpqkMKWU https://missoulian.com/news/local/st-ignatius-vigil-honors-lost-children-survivors-of-native-american-boarding-schools/article_3e375fc6-5514-5ea5-93db-b3bcac2e050c.html?fbclid=IwAR3PYY2ZCUeuA6Ipu5u02taqSF8d1-8Pq2gqgHYXFBPWwiNU9lknATf2ufM SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd85RJRW6kn51aM2un6ButA/featured *Social Media Links* Facebook: www.facebook.com/truecrimeparanormalTPS Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/215774426330767 Website: https://www.truecrimeparanormalpodcast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@truecrimeparanormal? Our Latest Video: https://youtu.be/HdPbuzW3PtI Check Out Some of Our Previous Uploads! Mass Kidnapping of First Nations Children-Indian Boarding School https://youtu.be/8Q69P1buvxs May 5th, A Day of Awareness For Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women https://youtu.be/9plgAdjNobo The Lamanite Placement Program of the Mormon church https://youtu.be/3vNmwSq3Nr0 True Crime Paranormal on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5gIPqBHJLftbXdRgs1Bqm1 True Crime Paranormal on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-paranormal/id1525438711?ls=1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/truecrimetps/support

The U.S. House of Representatives considers S.325, a bill addressing the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act, on July 26, 2021. The bill extends the deadline for the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children to conduct its work. Members of the commission will be given another two years to study ways to improve health, education and other outcomes for American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian youth. "The Commission is tasked with conducting a comprehensive study of federal, state, local, and tribal programs that serve Native children with the goal of developing a system that delivers wraparound service for Native youth," said Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), who introduced the House version of the bill. "The Commission was put in place, as I mentioned, in 2016, but was not able to have its first meeting until 2019," Young added. "Further meetings were delayed by COVID, and as we know, things weren't really going according to scale." S.325 was considered under a suspension of the rules but a final vote was not taken before the House went on break for the month of August. The bill has already passed the U.S. Senate. However, the same two-year extension is contained in an appropriations bill that passed the House on July 29.

Air Date 7/28/2021 Today we take a look at the legacy of residential schools for native children in the US and Canada. We hear some of the voices of victims, from those looking to establish truth and reconciliation and some thoughts on what it would really take to get a full accounting of this genocide and its impact through generations. Be part of the show! Leave us a message at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com  Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content) BestOfTheLeft.com/Refer Sign up, share widely, get rewards. It's that easy! OUR AFFILIATE LINKS: BestOfTheLeft.com/Descript CHECK OUT OUR FANCY PRODUCTION SOFTWARE! BestOfTheLeft.com/Blinkist GET KEY INSIGHTS FROM THOUSANDS OF BOOKS! BestOfTheLeft.com/Bookshop BotL BOOKSTORE BestOfTheLeft.com/Store BotL MERCHANDISE! BestOfTheLeft.com/Advertise Sponsor the show! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Boarding School Healing - Native American Rights Fund - Air Date 1-25-17 The Native American Rights Fund is pursuing strategies to support the healing of boarding school survivors; Native American children, families, and communities; and tribal nations. Ch. 2: Stealing Children to Steal the Land - Intercepted - Air Date 6-16-21 The Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation uncovered a mass grave of 215 children on the grounds of a former residential school in British Columbia, Canada. Naomi Klein discusses the relationship between stolen children and stolen land. Ch. 3: How the US stole thousands of Native American children - Vox - Air Date 10-14-19 The long and brutal history of the US trying to “kill the Indian and save the man”. Ch. 4: What We Inherit - Code Switch - Air Date 6-5-18 On this episode, the story of one family's struggle to end a toxic cycle of inter-generational trauma from forced assimilation. Getting back to their Native Alaskan cultural traditions is key. Ch. 5: Sec. Haaland on healing from the indoctrination, dehumanization at Indian boarding schools - PBS NewsHour - Air Date 7-16-21 Like Canada, America has a painful history of creating boarding schools to assimilate Native American children, leading to trauma, abuse and death. For more than 150 years Indigenous children were taken from their families and forced into boarding schools Ch. 6: No Apologies, Land Back - The Red Nation Podcast - Air Date 7-5-21 Red Power Hour is back! The Red Nation podcast host Nick Estes (@nickwestes) joins RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie to discuss justice for boarding and residential schools. MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S) Ch. 7: The Legacy of Residential Schools (feat. Keith Burich) - Let's Talk Native with John Kane - Air Date 6-10-21 The recent discovery of 215 bodies at the Kamloops Residential School in British Columbia, Canada surprised everyone except Native people. For several decades survivors of these genocidal institutions have told stories of the abuse, neglect and violence Ch. 8: Unapologetically Indigenous w/ Sarah Pierce and Amy Sazue - Future Hindsight - Air Date 2-25-21 Championing Indigenous students to be successful in school systems starts with school curriculums – telling the accurate history of the United States – and leadership that represents the Indigenous Americans they serve. FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 9: Final comments on the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition and patriotism MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions): Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr  Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent Activism Music: This Fickle World by Theo Bard (https://theobard.bandcamp.com/track/this-fickle-world) Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent   Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Listen Anywhere! BestOfTheLeft.com/Listen Listen Anywhere! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com

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House Committee on Natural Resources Legislative Hearing on Tribal-Related Legislation – Including RESPECT Act and Stop Act Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Date: Thursday, May 20, 2021 Time: 12:00 PM EDT Presiding: The Honorable Teresa Leger Fernández, Chair On Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. EDT, the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) will host a virtual, fully remote legislative hearing on the following tribal-related legislation: • H.R.2930, the Safeguarding Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act. The bill, also known as the STOP Act, seeks to enhance protections for Native cultural heritage. It will increase penalties for the illegal trafficking of tribal cultural artifacts. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2390 • H.R.438, a bill to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act. The bill extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children by another two years. The report would be due sometime in 2024 if H.R.438 became law. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/438 • Discussion Draft of RESPECT Act, the Requirements, Expectations, and Standard Procedures 3 for Executive Consultation with Tribes Act. The proposed bill mandates all federal agencies to engage in tribal consultation. It would establish standards for tribal consultation and provide recourse when federal agencies fail to engage in adequate consultation. https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/RESPECTActDiscussionDraft.pdf Witness List The Honorable Brian D. Vallo (H.R. 2930) Governor Pueblo of Acoma Acoma, New Mexico https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/vallo052021.pdf Ms. Stacy Leeds (Discussion Draft – RESPECT Act) Professor of Law and Leadership ASU Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Phoenix, Arizona https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/leeds052021.pdf Mr. Matthew L.M. Fletcher (Discussion Draft – RESPECT Act) Director & Professor of Law Indigenous Law and Policy Center Michigan State University College of Law Ann Arbor, Michigan https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/fletcher052021.pdf Ms. Lauren van Schilfgaarde (Discussion Draft – RESPECT Act Director Tribal Legal Development Clinic UCLA School of Law Los Angeles, California https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/vanschilfgaarde052021.pdf Mr. Robert Gallegos (H.R. 2930) Treasurer Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association Rio Rancho, New Mexico https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/gallegos052021.pdf House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Notice https://naturalresources.house.gov/hearings/hearing-on-tribal-related-legislation_-including-respect-act-and-stop-act

House Committee on Natural Resources Legislative Hearing on Tribal-Related Legislation – Including RESPECT Act and Stop Act Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Date: Thursday, May 20, 2021 Time: 12:00 PM EDT Presiding: The Honorable Teresa Leger Fernández, Chair On Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. EDT, the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) will host a virtual, fully remote legislative hearing on the following tribal-related legislation: • H.R.2930, the Safeguarding Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act. The bill, also known as the STOP Act, seeks to enhance protections for Native cultural heritage. It will increase penalties for the illegal trafficking of tribal cultural artifacts. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2390 • H.R.438, a bill to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act. The bill extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children by another two years. The report would be due sometime in 2024 if H.R.438 became law. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/438 • Discussion Draft of RESPECT Act, the Requirements, Expectations, and Standard Procedures 3 for Executive Consultation with Tribes Act. The proposed bill mandates all federal agencies to engage in tribal consultation. It would establish standards for tribal consultation and provide recourse when federal agencies fail to engage in adequate consultation. https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/RESPECTActDiscussionDraft.pdf Witness List The Honorable Brian D. Vallo (H.R. 2930) Governor Pueblo of Acoma Acoma, New Mexico https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/vallo052021.pdf Ms. Stacy Leeds (Discussion Draft – RESPECT Act) Professor of Law and Leadership ASU Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Phoenix, Arizona https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/leeds052021.pdf Mr. Matthew L.M. Fletcher (Discussion Draft – RESPECT Act) Director & Professor of Law Indigenous Law and Policy Center Michigan State University College of Law Ann Arbor, Michigan https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/fletcher052021.pdf Ms. Lauren van Schilfgaarde (Discussion Draft – RESPECT Act Director Tribal Legal Development Clinic UCLA School of Law Los Angeles, California https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/vanschilfgaarde052021.pdf Mr. Robert Gallegos (H.R. 2930) Treasurer Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association Rio Rancho, New Mexico https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/gallegos052021.pdf House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Notice https://naturalresources.house.gov/hearings/hearing-on-tribal-related-legislation_-including-respect-act-and-stop-act

House Committee on Natural Resources Legislative Hearing on Tribal-Related Legislation – Including RESPECT Act and Stop Act Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Date: Thursday, May 20, 2021 Time: 12:00 PM EDT Presiding: The Honorable Teresa Leger Fernández, Chair On Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. EDT, the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) will host a virtual, fully remote legislative hearing on the following tribal-related legislation: • H.R.2930, the Safeguarding Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act. The bill, also known as the STOP Act, seeks to enhance protections for Native cultural heritage. It will increase penalties for the illegal trafficking of tribal cultural artifacts. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2390 • H.R.438, a bill to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act. The bill extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children by another two years. The report would be due sometime in 2024 if H.R.438 became law. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/438 • Discussion Draft of RESPECT Act, the Requirements, Expectations, and Standard Procedures 3 for Executive Consultation with Tribes Act. The proposed bill mandates all federal agencies to engage in tribal consultation. It would establish standards for tribal consultation and provide recourse when federal agencies fail to engage in adequate consultation. https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/RESPECTActDiscussionDraft.pdf Witness List The Honorable Brian D. Vallo (H.R. 2930) Governor Pueblo of Acoma Acoma, New Mexico https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/vallo052021.pdf Ms. Stacy Leeds (Discussion Draft – RESPECT Act) Professor of Law and Leadership ASU Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Phoenix, Arizona https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/leeds052021.pdf Mr. Matthew L.M. Fletcher (Discussion Draft – RESPECT Act) Director & Professor of Law Indigenous Law and Policy Center Michigan State University College of Law Ann Arbor, Michigan https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/fletcher052021.pdf Ms. Lauren van Schilfgaarde (Discussion Draft – RESPECT Act Director Tribal Legal Development Clinic UCLA School of Law Los Angeles, California https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/vanschilfgaarde052021.pdf Mr. Robert Gallegos (H.R. 2930) Treasurer Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association Rio Rancho, New Mexico https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/gallegos052021.pdf House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Notice https://naturalresources.house.gov/hearings/hearing-on-tribal-related-legislation_-including-respect-act-and-stop-act

House Committee on Natural Resources Legislative Hearing on Tribal-Related Legislation – Including RESPECT Act and Stop Act Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Date: Thursday, May 20, 2021 Time: 12:00 PM EDT Presiding: The Honorable Teresa Leger Fernández, Chair On Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. EDT, the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) will host a virtual, fully remote legislative hearing on the following tribal-related legislation: • H.R.2930, the Safeguarding Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act. The bill, also known as the STOP Act, seeks to enhance protections for Native cultural heritage. It will increase penalties for the illegal trafficking of tribal cultural artifacts. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2390 • H.R.438, a bill to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act. The bill extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children by another two years. The report would be due sometime in 2024 if H.R.438 became law. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/438 • Discussion Draft of RESPECT Act, the Requirements, Expectations, and Standard Procedures 3 for Executive Consultation with Tribes Act. The proposed bill mandates all federal agencies to engage in tribal consultation. It would establish standards for tribal consultation and provide recourse when federal agencies fail to engage in adequate consultation. https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/RESPECTActDiscussionDraft.pdf Witness List The Honorable Brian D. Vallo (H.R. 2930) Governor Pueblo of Acoma Acoma, New Mexico https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/vallo052021.pdf Ms. Stacy Leeds (Discussion Draft – RESPECT Act) Professor of Law and Leadership ASU Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Phoenix, Arizona https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/leeds052021.pdf Mr. Matthew L.M. Fletcher (Discussion Draft – RESPECT Act) Director & Professor of Law Indigenous Law and Policy Center Michigan State University College of Law Ann Arbor, Michigan https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/fletcher052021.pdf Ms. Lauren van Schilfgaarde (Discussion Draft – RESPECT Act Director Tribal Legal Development Clinic UCLA School of Law Los Angeles, California https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/vanschilfgaarde052021.pdf Mr. Robert Gallegos (H.R. 2930) Treasurer Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association Rio Rancho, New Mexico https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/gallegos052021.pdf House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Notice https://naturalresources.house.gov/hearings/hearing-on-tribal-related-legislation_-including-respect-act-and-stop-act

House Committee on Natural Resources Legislative Hearing on Tribal-Related Legislation – Including RESPECT Act and Stop Act Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Date: Thursday, May 20, 2021 Time: 12:00 PM EDT Presiding: The Honorable Teresa Leger Fernández, Chair On Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. EDT, the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) will host a virtual, fully remote legislative hearing on the following tribal-related legislation: • H.R.2930, the Safeguarding Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act. The bill, also known as the STOP Act, seeks to enhance protections for Native cultural heritage. It will increase penalties for the illegal trafficking of tribal cultural artifacts. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2390 • H.R.438, a bill to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act. The bill extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children by another two years. The report would be due sometime in 2024 if H.R.438 became law. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/438 • Discussion Draft of RESPECT Act, the Requirements, Expectations, and Standard Procedures 3 for Executive Consultation with Tribes Act. The proposed bill mandates all federal agencies to engage in tribal consultation. It would establish standards for tribal consultation and provide recourse when federal agencies fail to engage in adequate consultation. https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/RESPECTActDiscussionDraft.pdf Witness List The Honorable Brian D. Vallo (H.R. 2930) Governor Pueblo of Acoma Acoma, New Mexico https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/vallo052021.pdf Ms. Stacy Leeds (Discussion Draft – RESPECT Act) Professor of Law and Leadership ASU Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Phoenix, Arizona https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/leeds052021.pdf Mr. Matthew L.M. Fletcher (Discussion Draft – RESPECT Act) Director & Professor of Law Indigenous Law and Policy Center Michigan State University College of Law Ann Arbor, Michigan https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/fletcher052021.pdf Ms. Lauren van Schilfgaarde (Discussion Draft – RESPECT Act Director Tribal Legal Development Clinic UCLA School of Law Los Angeles, California https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/vanschilfgaarde052021.pdf Mr. Robert Gallegos (H.R. 2930) Treasurer Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association Rio Rancho, New Mexico https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/gallegos052021.pdf House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Notice https://naturalresources.house.gov/hearings/hearing-on-tribal-related-legislation_-including-respect-act-and-stop-act

House Committee on Natural Resources Legislative Hearing on Tribal-Related Legislation – Including RESPECT Act and Stop Act Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Date: Thursday, May 20, 2021 Time: 12:00 PM EDT Presiding: The Honorable Teresa Leger Fernández, Chair On Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. EDT, the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) will host a virtual, fully remote legislative hearing on the following tribal-related legislation: • H.R.2930, the Safeguarding Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act. The bill, also known as the STOP Act, seeks to enhance protections for Native cultural heritage. It will increase penalties for the illegal trafficking of tribal cultural artifacts. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2390 • H.R.438, a bill to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act. The bill extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children by another two years. The report would be due sometime in 2024 if H.R.438 became law. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/438 • Discussion Draft of RESPECT Act, the Requirements, Expectations, and Standard Procedures 3 for Executive Consultation with Tribes Act. The proposed bill mandates all federal agencies to engage in tribal consultation. It would establish standards for tribal consultation and provide recourse when federal agencies fail to engage in adequate consultation. https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/RESPECTActDiscussionDraft.pdf Witness List The Honorable Brian D. Vallo (H.R. 2930) Governor Pueblo of Acoma Acoma, New Mexico https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/vallo052021.pdf Ms. Stacy Leeds (Discussion Draft – RESPECT Act) Professor of Law and Leadership ASU Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Phoenix, Arizona https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/leeds052021.pdf Mr. Matthew L.M. Fletcher (Discussion Draft – RESPECT Act) Director & Professor of Law Indigenous Law and Policy Center Michigan State University College of Law Ann Arbor, Michigan https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/fletcher052021.pdf Ms. Lauren van Schilfgaarde (Discussion Draft – RESPECT Act Director Tribal Legal Development Clinic UCLA School of Law Los Angeles, California https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/vanschilfgaarde052021.pdf Mr. Robert Gallegos (H.R. 2930) Treasurer Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association Rio Rancho, New Mexico https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/gallegos052021.pdf House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Notice https://naturalresources.house.gov/hearings/hearing-on-tribal-related-legislation_-including-respect-act-and-stop-act

House Committee on Natural Resources Legislative Hearing on Tribal-Related Legislation – Including RESPECT Act and Stop Act Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Date: Thursday, May 20, 2021 Time: 12:00 PM EDT Presiding: The Honorable Teresa Leger Fernández, Chair On Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. EDT, the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) will host a virtual, fully remote legislative hearing on the following tribal-related legislation: • H.R.2930, the Safeguarding Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act. The bill, also known as the STOP Act, seeks to enhance protections for Native cultural heritage. It will increase penalties for the illegal trafficking of tribal cultural artifacts. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2390 • H.R.438, a bill to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act. The bill extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children by another two years. The report would be due sometime in 2024 if H.R.438 became law. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/438 • Discussion Draft of RESPECT Act, the Requirements, Expectations, and Standard Procedures 3 for Executive Consultation with Tribes Act. The proposed bill mandates all federal agencies to engage in tribal consultation. It would establish standards for tribal consultation and provide recourse when federal agencies fail to engage in adequate consultation. https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/RESPECTActDiscussionDraft.pdf Witness List The Honorable Brian D. Vallo (H.R. 2930) Governor Pueblo of Acoma Acoma, New Mexico https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/vallo052021.pdf Ms. Stacy Leeds (Discussion Draft – RESPECT Act) Professor of Law and Leadership ASU Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Phoenix, Arizona https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/leeds052021.pdf Mr. Matthew L.M. Fletcher (Discussion Draft – RESPECT Act) Director & Professor of Law Indigenous Law and Policy Center Michigan State University College of Law Ann Arbor, Michigan https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/fletcher052021.pdf Ms. Lauren van Schilfgaarde (Discussion Draft – RESPECT Act Director Tribal Legal Development Clinic UCLA School of Law Los Angeles, California https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/vanschilfgaarde052021.pdf Mr. Robert Gallegos (H.R. 2930) Treasurer Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association Rio Rancho, New Mexico https://www.indianz.com/News/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20/gallegos052021.pdf House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Notice https://naturalresources.house.gov/hearings/hearing-on-tribal-related-legislation_-including-respect-act-and-stop-act

Terry Cross shares the relational worldview and discusses mental health and resilience for Native children and families with host Katie Volk. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC). Visit c4innovates.com and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube for more resources to grow your impact Learn More Terry Cross (Seneca), National Indian Child Welfare Association National Indian Child Welfare Association Relational Worldview Model by Terry Cross New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Access a transcript of Intentional Resilience for Native Children and Families

Terry Cross shares the relational worldview and discusses mental health and resilience for Native children and families with host Katie Volk. This episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC). Visit c4innovates.com and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube for more resources to grow your impact Learn More Terry Cross (Seneca), National Indian Child Welfare Association National Indian Child Welfare Association Relational Worldview Model by Terry Cross New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Access a transcript of Intentional Resilience for Native Children and Families

Welcome to the Writing & Literacies SIG podcast series "Scholarship Spotlight"! This episode, titled “Writing Across Modalities and Communities,” is an interview with Dr. Eve Ewing. Dr. Ewing discusses how her work engages different genres and audiences as well as advice for younger scholars about navigating academia. She concludes the interview by citing writers and scholars of color who continue to inform her thinking and with a description of her recently released comic book "Outlawed." Dr. Eve L. Ewing is a sociologist of education and a writer from Chicago. She is the author, most recently, of the poetry collection 1919 and the nonfiction work Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side. Her first book, the poetry collection Electric Arches, received awards from the American Library Association and the Poetry Society of America and was named one of the year's best books by NPR and the Chicago Tribune. She is the co-author (with Nate Marshall) of the play No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks. She also currently writes the Champions series for Marvel Comics and previously wrote the acclaimed Ironheart series, as well as other projects. Ewing is an assistant professor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. Her work has been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and many other venues. Her first book for young readers, Maya and the Robot, will be published by Kokila Books in summer 2021. Currently she is working on her next book, Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism, which will be published by One World. This Scholarship Spotlight Series is brought to you by the The W&L Graduate Board Podcast Team: Karis Jones at New York University, Gemma Cooper-Novack at Syracuse University, Alex Corbitt at Boston College, Jessica Lough at West Virginia University and April Camping at Arizona State University. Special thanks to Alex Corbitt for his leadership and Karis Jones and Gemma Cooper-Novack for their audio editing work on this episode! Music credit: Mouvements Libres by Tryphème (https://linktr.ee/trypheme). This music is used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License.

This is the second part of the two-part series about how disability has been and continues to be used as a way to control and profit from Native populations. Last week, we heard from UC Berkeley's Ella Callow about how the U.S. government built a psychiatric institution in the early 1900s to imprison Native Americans. Today, Callow discusses how Native communities are still forced to exist in societal systems that use disability to justify taking Native children away from their families, and to ultimately control, and make money from, their lives.Listen to the episode and read the transcript on Berkeley News. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“The democratic party has lost the ability to communicate in rural America. We’re trying to figure out how we can better explain policies to rural America, but also how we can better explain rural America to urban America.” Former Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) joins the podcast to discuss where American politics are right now. She and Daniel talk about her roots in a big working-class family in a small town in North Dakota, her early passion for public service and leadership, and how maybe Americans really are more united than we might think. Can we get back to that place where Republicans and Democrats have passionate political debates over coffee and then go hang the Christmas lights together, as Senator Heitkamp says? The conversation also includes an informative and moving discussion of Native American peoples and their many continued plights in North Dakota and the country. U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp served as the first female senator elected from North Dakota from 2013-2019. Senator Heitkamp grew up in a large family in the small town of Mantador, ND. Alongside her six brothers and sisters, she learned the value of hard work and responsibility, leading her to choose a life of public service. During her six years in the U.S. Senate, Senator Heitkamp quickly became a proven senator who worked across the aisle to fight for North Dakotans. Senator Heitkamp personally showed that if senators work together, it can lead to real solutions. Throughout her time in public service, Senator Heitkamp has stood up for tribal communities and worked to improve outcomes for Native American children, women, and families. The first bill she introduced in the Senate, which became law in 2016, created a Commission on Native Children. Her bill with former Senator John McCain became law to create Amber Alerts in Indian Country. She introduced Savanna’s Act to help address the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women. And she worked to help address the detrimental impact exposure to trauma can have on children and families – particularly those in Native communities. On the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Senator Heitkamp pushed to provide training and resources for first responders and also worked to combat human trafficking in North Dakota, across the country, and around the world. She helped write legislation, which was signed into law, to crack down on trafficking online, which led to the closure of Backpage.com. Senator Heitkamp previously served as North Dakota’s Attorney General, battling drug dealers, protecting senior citizens from scams, and working to keep sexual predators off streets and away from kids, even after their prison terms were up. Senator Heitkamp received a B.A. from the University of North Dakota and a law degree from Lewis and Clark Law School. She currently serves as a contributor to CNBC, She lives in Mandan, North Dakota with her husband, Dr. Darwin Lange, a family practitioner. They have two children, Ali and Nathan. -------------------------------------- Please consider supporting Talking Beats with Daniel Lelchuk via our Patreon: patreon.com/talkingbeats In addition to early episode access, bonus episodes, and other benefits, you will contribute to us being able to present the highest quality substantive, long-form interviews with the world's most compelling people. We believe that providing a platform for individual expression, free thought, and a diverse array of views is more important now than ever.

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Business Meeting to consider S. 1161, S. 2165, S. 2610, S. 2716, S. 2891, S. 2912, S. 3019, S. 3044, S. 3099, S. 3100, S. 3650, S. 3948 Wednesday, July 29 2020 - 02:30 PM Location: Dirksen Room Number: 628 S. 1161, A bill to support the education of Indian children. S. 2165, A bill to enhance protections of Native American tangible culture heritage, and for other purposes. S. 2610, A bill to reauthorize certain programs under the Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs of the Department of Energy, and for other purposes. S. 2716, A bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, and for other purposes. S. 2891, A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish Tribal Wildlife Corridors, and for other purposes. S. 2912, A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain land located in Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the Gila River Indian Community, and for other purposes. S. 3019, A bill to protect access to water for all Montanans, and for other purposes. S. 3044, A bill to amend the American's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 to expand the Indian reservation drinking water program, and for other purposes. S. 3099, A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium located in Sitka, Alaska, and for other purposes. S. 3100, A bill to convey land in Anchorage, Alaska, to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, and for other purposes. S. 3650, A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to deem employees of urban Indian organizations as part of the Public Health Service for certain purposes, and for other purposes. S. 3948, A bill to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes. Committee Notice: https://www.indian.senate.gov/hearing/business-meeting-consider-s-1161-s-2165-s-2610-s-2716-s-2891-s-2912-s-3019-s-3044-s-3099-s

On this episode, we welcome Tam Lutz MPH, MHA (Lummi), and Candice Jimenez, MPH (Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs). Historically Native children and youth have fared far worse in motor vehicle accidents than children from majority populations. Learn how the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health oard has been working with tribes to help address this […]

R. Trent Shores, Choctaw Nation, is the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma ... tonight we will be discussing JUSTICE initiatives in Indian Country to include MMIW, Tribal Access Programs to federal information and the Presidential Task Force to help Native Children in the IHS. Information here. Shé:kon and Thanks for joining Native Trailblazers! The Native Show with nearly a million listeners worldwide!  For over nine years, our award-winning Native themed online radio show has been delivering the hottest topics in Indian Country to your desktop, mobile or other listening devices! Listen in every Friday night at 8pm or any time after in archives! HOSTS: Vincent Schilling (Producer, Speaker, Journalist, Author, VP Schilling Media) www.Twitter.com/VinceSchilling  and Delores Schilling (CEO, Schilling Media, Inc.) www.Twitter.com/DelSchilling Join our chat room Here's How   Website www.NativeTrailblazers.com  Mailing List - http://eepurl.com/O7fa1  iTunes Podcasts- http://goo.gl/GkEOJ3

The Iowa Department of Human Services in Sioux City (Woodbury County) discusses their Community Initiative for Native Children and Families (CINCF) which was formed in response to the disproportionate and disparate number of Native American children in the child welfare system. This collaboration was built on a grassroots effort started by the Native American community, gaining the attention of Iowa Department of Human Services and building partnerships, and how it continues to be sustained today. 

The Iowa Department of Human Services in Sioux City (Woodbury County) discusses their Community Initiative for Native Children and Families (CINCF) which was formed in response to the disproportionate and disparate number of Native American children in the child welfare system. This collaboration was built on a grassroots effort started by the Native American community, gaining the attention of Iowa Department of Human Services and building partnerships, and how it continues to be sustained today. 

The Iowa Department of Human Services in Sioux City (Woodbury County) discusses their Community Initiative for Native Children and Families (CINCF) which was formed in response to the disproportionate and disparate number of Native American children in the child welfare system. This collaboration was built on a grassroots effort started by the Native American community, gaining the attention of Iowa Department of Human Services and building partnerships, and how it continues to be sustained today. 

The Iowa Department of Human Services in Sioux City (Woodbury County) discusses their Community Initiative for Native Children and Families (CINCF) which was formed in response to the disproportionate and disparate number of Native American children in the child welfare system. This collaboration was built on a grassroots effort started by the Native American community, gaining the attention of Iowa Department of Human Services and building partnerships, and how it continues to be sustained today. 

More bills than anyone could possible read were passed by a branch of Congress in June, including the 994 page National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), four government funding bills, and thirty bills governing a wide range of topics, including Wall Street, MediCare, fishing, carbon dioxide emissions, stolen art, chemical storage, taxes, and more. Please support Congressional Dish: Click here to contribute with PayPal or Bitcoin; click the PayPal "Make it Monthly" checkbox to create a monthly subscription Click here to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Mail Contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North #4576 Crestview, FL 32536 Thank you for supporting truly independent media! New Congressman Rep. Trent Kelly of Mississippi's 1st district was sworn into office Emergency The Obama Administration continued the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13405 on June 16, 2006 with respect to Belarus Bulletin: Prospects for Belarus' Membership in the WTO by Anna Maria Dyner, The Polish Institute of International Affairs, July 31, 2013. Laws H.R. 2048: USA Freedom Act Outlined and discussed in Congressional Dish Episode 98: The USA Freedom Act H.R. 2620: United States Cotton Futures Act Hearing: House Agriculture Committee, June 17, 2015. Exempts cotton from foreign companies from part of the United Sates Cotton Futures Act, which will allow foreign cotton companies to participate in cotton futures trading. Current law only allows 100% U.S. cotton to be traded on the futures exchange. Passed the House of Representatives and the Senate by voice votes Sponsored by Rep. David Scott of Georgia's 13th district His #2 contributor is ICE Group, (stands for Intercontinental Exchange) which is a network of financial exchanges and clearing houses; it operates eleven exchanges, including three in the United States, Canada, and Europe that deal with agriculture futures. The company has ten lobbyists and has spent over $1.3 million lobbying for the last Congressional election. In the last election cycle, ICE Group gave more to Rep. David Scott than to any other politician, and over the years, the company has given Rep. David Scott at least $73,850. 1 page H.R. 1626: DHS IT Duplication Reduction Act Makes the DHS submit a report about the department's technology and gives them no additional money to complete it. Passed the House of Representatives and the Senate by voice votes Sponsored by Rep. Will Hurd of Texas's 23rd district 2 pages Bills H.R. 1735: National Defense Authorization Act Passed the House of Representatives 269-151 The version passed by the House of Representatives received a veto threat by President Obama Passed the Senate with changes 71-25 Sponsored by Rep. Mac Thorneberry of Texas's 13th district 994 pages Weird advertisement for the NDAA H.R. 2685: Department of Defense Appropriations Act Passed the House of Representatives 278-149 Received a veto threat from President Obama Sponsored by Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen of New Jersey's 11th district 170 pages H.R. 2596: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 Passed the House of Representatives 247-178 Received a veto threat from President Obama Sponsored by Rep. Devin Nunes of California's 22nd district 63 pages H.R. 2578: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 Passed the House of Representatives 242-183 Received a veto threat from President Obama Sponsored by Rep. John Culberson of Texas's 7th district 218 pages H.R. 2577: Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Passed the House of Representatives 216-210 Received a veto threat from President Obama Sponsored by Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida's 25th district 354 pages H.R. 1335: Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act Hearing: House Rules Committee, May 19, 2015. Changes the rules for management of an overfished fishery so that there is no hard deadline (currently 10 years) to replenish the fishery and adds exceptions, including one that allows the overfishing to continue if replenishment can't be done "without significant economic harm to the fishery". Doubles the amount of time an emergency regulation can adjust a fishery management plan. Adds economic impact to "fishing communities" to the list of factors that need to be considered when creating catch limits and exempts for some fish with short life spans. Regional Fishery Management Council meetings will have to be posted online All requirements of the the National Environmental Policy Act and all related implementing regulations will be deemed approved if the Regional Fishery Management Council completes a fishery impact statement. Creates a pilot program for using electronic monitoring at fisheries. Repeals independent peer-reviewed analysis' of the quality of statistics collected on fishing populations and a requirement for catch limits for Gulf of Mexico red snapper for recreational and commercial fishermen Ensures that this law will trump the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, the Antiquities Act, and the Endangered Species Act Prohibits the government from factoring in red snapper killer during the removal of offshore oil rigs when determining catch limits. Prohibits the government from factoring fish caught by foreign vessels in the U.S. economic zone when determining catch limits. Requires new guidelines be issued that will use nongovernmental sources for fisheries management decisions. Passed the House of Representatives 225-152 Received a veto threat from President Obama Sponsored by Rep. Don Young of Alaska His #4 contributing industry for the upcoming election is Fisheries and Wildlife; he has taken $9,000 from them for this election cycle as of 9/11/15. 57 pages H.R. 2042: Ratepayer Protection Act of 2015 Hearing: House Rules Committee, June 23, 2015. Prohibits any final rule to address carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil-fuel powered electric utilities from being enforced until all lawsuits and appeals filed within 60 days of the final rule's publication are complete. Exempts states from complying with a final rule addressing carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel powered plants if the Governor informs the EPA that the rule would increase rates or have a significant adverse effect on the reliability of the State's electricity system. Hydropower will be counted as renewable energy Passed the House of Representatives 247-180 Received a veto threat from President Obama Sponsored by Rep. Ed Whitfield of Kentucky's 1st district His #1 and #2 industries for the upcoming election are Oil and Gas and Electric Utilities; he's taken $46,100 from Oil and Gas and $38,500 from Electric Utilities as of 9/11/15. Over the course of his Congressional career, he has taken at least $771,315 from Electric Utilities and $562,097 from Oil and Gas. 6 pages H.R. 2289: Commodity End-User Relief Act Hearing: House Rules Committee, June 2, 2015. Extends operations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Limits the rules and regulations that can be enacted on futures commissions merchants Adds seven more considerations (including alternatives to regulation) to the requirements of cost-benefit analysis of regulations. Orders the CFTC cost benefit analysis to be reviewed by a judge. Allows the traders to be regulated to challenge new CFTC rules directly to the US Court of Appeals, the second most powerful court in the country. Limits the subpoena power of the CFTC Removes the requirement that the CFTC be immune from lawsuits that arise from sharing data about swaps with domestic and foreign authorities and backdates this change to July 21, 2010, the effective date of Dodd Frank Financial Reform. Adds "a utility operations-related swap" to the list of swaps that can be traded, which allows gambling on the future of natural gas or electric generation, purchases, sales, supplies or delivery. Exempts traders from being classified and regulated as a "swaps dealer" if they trade less than $8 billion (current CFTC rule exemption limit is $3 billion). Expands the number of financial models swaps dealers will be allowed to use to determine how much actual money they need to hold onto. Passed the House of Representatives 246-171 Received a veto threat from President Obama Sponsored by Rep. Michael Conaway of Texas's 11th district His top contributor for the upcoming election is Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, which is a swaps clearing house; he received $15,000. His top 5 contributors over the course of his career are, in this order, the American Institute of CPA's an international association of accountants, KPMG LLP, a multinational corporation specializing in auditing and regulation compliance, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and even larger multinational corporation specializing in regulation compliance, Energy Future Holdings Corp, a portfolio of energy companies, and Deloitte LLP, the self-proclaimed "world's largest" multinational corporation that specializes in auditing and risk management. From these five companies, Conaway has taken at least $319,873. 80 pages H.R. 1190: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 Hearing: House Rules Committee, June 16, 2015. Repeals the Independent Payment Advisory Board, which is designed to suggest solutions if Medicare costs get out of control. Drastically cuts funding for the Prevention and Public Health Fund, cutting it by a total of $8.8 billion by 2026, which is a 61% cut. Passed the House of Representatives 244-154 Received a veto threat from President Obama Sponsored by Rep. Phil Roe of Tennessee's 1st district His #1 contributing industry over the course of his career is Health Professionals; he has taken $435,088 as of 9/11/15. 3 pages H.R. 160: Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015 Hearing: House Rules Committee, June 16, 2015. Repeals the medical device excise tax The effects of this repeal on the budget will not be counted The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that this will increase the budget deficit by $24.4 billion Passed the House of Representatives 280-140 Received a veto threat from President Obama Sponsored by Rep. Erik Paulsen of Minnesota's 3rd district His #3 contributing industry over the course of his career has been Pharmaceuticals/Health Products; he has taken at least $654,929. His #4 contributing industry has been Health Professionals; from them, he has taken $622,645. 4 pages H.R. 2200: CBRN Intelligence and Information Sharing Act of 2015 Allows the Office of Intelligence an Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security to share information and work with the Intelligence community to analyze possible chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear attacks. Allows the Department of Homeland Security to share information related to terrorist attacks with the public. Passed the House of Representatives 420-2 Sponsored by Rep. Martha McSally of Arizona's 2nd district 6 pages H.R. 805: DOTCOM Act of 2015 Press Release: NTIA Announces Intent to Transition Key Internet Domain Name Functions, March 14, 2014. Prohibits the transition of NTIA's functions in Internet domain name registry until 30 days after a report is submitted. Passed the House of Representatives 378-25 Sponsored by Rep. John Shimkus of Illinois's 15th district 4 pages H.R. 2576: TSCA Modernization Act Eliminates a requirement that EPA use the "least burdensome requirements" when regulating toxic chemicals Orders the EPA to do risk evaluations on chemicals used, stored, sold or disposed of by commercial companies. The risk evaluations will not consider cost If the risk evaluation is requested by a manufacturer, the manufacturer will pay for the risk assessment The EPA will be required to do at least 10 risk assessments per year "subject to the availability of appropriations". Adds an exemption for "replacement parts" from the EPA rules prohibiting chemicals unless the replacement parts "contribute significantly to the identified risk". Adds the requirement that any rules created "shall provide for a reasonable transition period." Eliminates the requirement for an informal hearing when making rules about toxic chemicals. Creates a "critical use exemption" option for the EPA if the requirement is not "cost-effective", if it would "significantly disrupt the national economy, national security, or critical infrastructure" The exemption would be valid for 5 years at a time The exemption will include conditions on the use of the toxic chemical Allows data to be shared with State, local, or tribal governments and with health care professionals to assist with diagnosis or treatment. Forces companies that want to keep information confidential to explain their reasons and automatically releases the information to the public in 10 years, unless the company justifies the confidentiality again in writing. Eliminates caps of fees that can be collected and creates a "TSCA Service Fee Fund" to collect, store, and disperse the funds to pay for the EPA's costs for regulating chemicals. Passed the House of Representatives 398-1 Sponsored by Rep. John Shimkus of Illinois's 15th district 48 pages H.R. 1615: DHS FOIA Efficiency Act of 2015 Orders the Chief Freedom of Information Act Officer of the Department of Homeland Security to update Freedom of Information Act regulations within 90 days of the bill's passage. Orders the Chief FOIA Officer to identify the total annual cost of implementing the FOIA within 90 days. Orders the Chief FOIA Officer to identify unnecessary actions taken in the course of processing requests and eliminate them within a year of identifying them. Orders the Chief FOIA Officer to develop a plan to to process requests electronically. Orders the Chief FOIA Officer to issue guidance to the necessary people to reach the goal of reducing the FOIA request backlog by 50 percent by 2018. Passed the House of Representatives 423-0 Sponsored by Rep. Buddy Carter of Georgia's 1st district 7 pages S.611: Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act Authorizes $15 million per year until 2020 to provide technical assistance to small public water systems. Passed the Senate by a voice vote Sponsored by Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi 5 pages S. 653: Water Resources Research Amendments Act Adds a requirement for additional research into new water treatments into the Water Resources Research Act Requires an evaluation of water resource research projects every three years and withdraws funds from projects that do not qualify based on the evaluation. Authorizes $13.5 million per year through 2020. Passed the Senate by a voice vote Sponsored by Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland 5 pages H.R. 2088: United States Grain Standards Act Reauthorization Act of 2015 Reauthorizes the Department of Agriculture's process for grain inspections until September 30, 2020. Forces the Secretary of Agriculture to waive weighting and inspections of grain in an "emergency, a major disaster"; currently, the Secretary has the option to do so, but does not have to. A "major disaster" is defined to specifically include "a sever weather incident causing a region-wide interruption of government services". Changes the location of export inspections to specifically "export elevators" at export port locations. Widens the criteria for who is qualified to perform official inspections by deleting a list of requirements. Delegations of authority to conduct grain inspections to a State will expire every five years, and my be renewed. Adds a public comment period before the Secretary can delegate inspection responsibility to a State and requires a notice in the Federal Register announcing if the State was approved and the rational for the decision. The State would have to give at least 90 days notice advanced notice in writing to the Dept. of Agriculture if they want to stop performing grain inspections, unless there has been a major disaster. The public must be given online a list of the States delegated to perform official inspections, which needs to be updated at least twice a year. Passed the House of Representatives by a voice vote Sponsored by Rep. Michael Conaway of Texas's 11th district His #2 contributing industry over the course of his career has been Crop Production and Basic Processing; he has taken at least $646,470. 18 pages H.R. 2051: Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 2015 Extends mandatory price reporting requirements for livestock until September 30, 2020. Clarifies that reports are expected on days the Dept. of Agriculture is open for business, including days when the government is "on shutdown or emergency furlough as a result of a lapse in appropriations". Allows transactions between pork packers and producers to take place using a new pricing formula. Changes the definition of an importer of lamb to include anyone who imports an average of 1,000 metric tons per year; currently importers have to comply with regulations if they import and average of 2,500 metric tons of lamb per year. Changes the definition of a lamb packer to someone who owns 50% or more of a facility and slaughters an average of 35,000 heads of lambs per year; currently if they slaughter 75,000 lambs per year. Passed the House of Representatives by a voice vote Sponsored by Rep. Michael Conaway of Texas's 11th district 8 pages H.R. 2394: National Forest Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2015 Reauthorizes and appropriates $3 million per year until 2018 for the National Forest Foundation Act, which established a partnership with a non-profit to study and restore national forests. This is triple the previous funding. Passed the House of Representatives by a voice vote Sponsored by Rep. Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania's 5th district 3 pages H.R. 235: Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act Article: Internet tax moratorium extended again by Grant Gross, IDG News Service, December 15, 2014. Makes the moratorium on Internet access taxes permanent. Passed the House of Representatives by a voice vote Sponsored by Rep. Bob Goodlatte of Virginia's 6th district 2 pages H.R. 889: Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act Prohibits art imported into the United States to be temporarily displayed from being seized by the United States, even if that art is discovered to have been stolen. This immunity does not apply to art stolen by the Nazis. Passed the House of Representatives by a voice vote Sponsored by Rep. Steve Chabot of Ohio's 1st district 5 pages S. 184 and H.R. 1168: Native American Children’s Safety Act Requires criminal background checks of any person who lives in a house applying to provide foster care to an Indian child and prohibits placement if anyone in the home is found to have committed certain crimes. This will not apply to emergency foster care placement Both bills passed the Senate and the House of Representatives by voice votes S. 184 was sponsored by Senator John Hoeven of North Dakota and H.R. 1168 was sponsored by Kevin Cramer of North Dakota S. 184: 12 pages H.R. 1168: 10 pages S. 246: Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act Establishes the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children. All 11 members will be appointed by the President and Congressional leaders and their appointments will be for the entire duration of the commission. The Commission's job will be to complete a study on the effectiveness of programs aimed at the health and education of native children and to make recommendations for fixing the inadequacies. The Commission will terminate 90 days after they submit their report. Authorizes, but does not appropriate, $2 million. Passed the Senate by a voice vote Sponsored by Senator Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota 27 pages H.R. 404: Authorizing early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska Allows Nebraska landowners to repay construction debts at any time. Passed the House of Representatives by a voice vote Sponsored by Rep. Adrian Smith of Nebraska's 3rd district 3 pages H.R. 1493: Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act Directs the State Department to designate an existing employee to coordinate efforts to protect art around the world from being stolen and/or destroyed. Establishes a committee, which will meet once a year and be made up of representatives from various Federal agencies, who will "coordinate and inform Federal efforts to protect international cultural property". Blocks importation of "archaeological or ethnological material of Syria" starting 120 days after the bills enactment. The import restrictions will expire in five years, but can be extended. Passed the House of Representatives by a voice vote Sponsored by Rep. Eliot Engel of New York's 16th district 19 pages S. 253: Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act Orders a public report every two years on competition, availability of services, and regulatory barriers to entry into the communications services business. Repeals an annual public report on privatization of the communications services industry, which includes public comments. Repeals an annual report on foreign and domestic competition in the communications satellite market. Eliminates an annual report on the "status of competition in the market for the delivery of video programming". Eliminates the requirement that a report on cable industry price be completed annually. Eliminates the requirement that a report on regulatory barriers be reviewed every three years. Eliminates an FCC analysis "of whether any of such competitors have a dominant share of the market" Passed the Senate by a voice vote Sponsored by Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada 16 pages S. 565: Federal Vehicle Repair Cost Savings Act Encourages Federal agencies to use remanufactured vehicle parts to maintain Federal vehicles. Passed the Senate by a voice vote Sponsored by Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan 4 pages H.R. 2570: VBID for Better Care Act Establishes a three year demonstration project to test "value-based insurance" for Medicare patients at two Medicare Advantage sites. Value based insurance allows insurance companies flexibility with co-payments, allowing them to lower co-payments for services deemed to be "high value" preventative services and increasing rates for services with uncertain value. It's designed to "create financial disincentives for poor health choices". The demonstration projects would not allow increases in co-payments to discourage the use of services. Passed the House of Representatives by a voice vote Sponsored by Rep. Diane Black of Tennessee's 6th district 17 pages H.R. 2507: Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act Extends the amount of time between proposed Medicare rate changes are announced and when they can go into effect from 60 days to 90 days. Requires more information about why the changes are being implemented. Passed the House of Representatives by a voice vote Sponsored Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas's 8th district 4 pages H.R. 2505: Medicare Advantage Coverage Transparency Act Requires an annual report to Congress detailing the location and number of people enrolled in Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and Medicare Part D. Passed the House of Representatives by a voice vote Sponsored by Rep. Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania's 3rd district 4 pages H.R. 2582: Securing Seniors' Health Care Act Prohibits the government from terminating a contract for a Medicare Advantage organization because it fails to meet minimum quality standards until the end of 2018. Passed the House of Representatives by a voice vote Sponsored by Rep. Vern Buchanan of Florida's 16th district 10 pages H.R. 1633: DHS Paid Administrative Leave Accountability Act of 2015 Article: Administrative Leave Restrictions at DHS Backed, FedWeek, July 8, 2015. Orders a report to be completed by the Department of Homeland Security four times per year on the number of people on paid administrative leave for more than six months and the cost associated. Passed the House of Representatives by a voice vote Sponsored by Rep. Barry Loudermilk of Georgia's 11th district 7 pages H.R. 1646: Homeland Security Drone Assessment and Analysis Act Orders a report on how commercially available small and medium sized drones could be used to commit terrorist attacks and what the Department of Homeland Security could do to stop this type of attack. Passed the House of Representatives by a voice vote Sponsored by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey's 12th district 4 pages H.R. 1637: Federally Funded Research and Development Sunshine Act of 2015 Orders an annual report on the Federally funded research projects being conducted by the Department of Homeland Security Passed the House of Representatives by a voice vote Sponsored by Rep. John Ratcliffe of Texas's 4th district 3 pages H.R. 2390: Homeland Security University-based Centers Review Act Orders an annual report on the effectiveness of using universities to conduct Department of Homeland Security research. Passed the House of Representatives by a voice vote Sponsored by Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi's 2nd district 5 pages June Hearings Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: Security Assistance in Africa, June 4, 2015. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: Trade Promotion and Capacity Building in the Asia-Pacific Region, June 16, 2015. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Western Hemisphere Drug Interdiction Efforts, June 16, 2015. House Committee on Financial Services: The Impact of the International Monetary Fund: Economic Stability or Moral Hazard?, June 17, 2015. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Drones: The Next Generation of Commerce?, June 17, 2015. House Committee on Energy and Commerce: A National Framework for the Review and Labeling of Biotechnology in Food, June 18, 2015. House Committee on Foreign Affairs: The Future of Property Rights in Cuba, June 18, 2015. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: American Energy Exports, June 23, 2015. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Cannabidiol, June 24, 2015. House Committee on Homeland Security: DHS' Efforts to Secure .Gov, June 24, 2015. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: The State of Positive Train Control Implementation in the United States, June 24, 2015 House Committee on Ways and Means: Repatriation of Foreign Earnings as a Source of Funding for the Highway Trust Fund, June 24, 2015 Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Country of Origin Labeling, June 25, 2015 Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Global Impact of a Greek Default, June 25, 2015. Jen's Podcast Appearances September 9, 2015 episode of American Workers Radio Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio) Money, Money, Money by The Undercover Hippy (found on Music Alley by mevio)