by NUNAverse | Aug 1, 2022 | Daily Media Clips
Good Morning, NUNAverse, Last Friday, Pope Francis said the residential school system that abused and aimed to assimilate Indigenous peoples in Canada was “genocide.” The statement came in a conversation with reporters on his return flight to Rome, according...
by NUNAverse | Jul 25, 2022 | Daily Media Clips
Good Morning, NUNAverse, Over the weekend, Pope Francis visited Indigenous lands in Canada for the first time, visiting the homelands of the Métis people. The Pope greeted and exchanged gifts with Indigenous leaders, including Arcand; residential school...
by NUNAverse | Jul 13, 2022 | Daily Media Clips
Good Morning, NUNAverse, The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta is being rightly decried as undermining tribal sovereignty. In Castro-Huerta, the Supreme Court abandoned years of precedent and clear congressional direction,...
by NUNAverse | Jul 12, 2022 | Daily Media Clips
Good Morning, NUNAverse, In the packed Riverside Indian School gymnasium on Saturday, July 9, 2022, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) and Assistant Secretary of the Interior Bryan Newland (Bay Mills Indian Community) began the Road to Healing...
by NUNAverse | Jul 8, 2022 | Daily Media Clips
Good Morning, NUNAverse, In early June, the New York state legislature passed legislation that, if signed by Governor Kathy Hochul, would protect unmarked burial sites from excavation. The Unmarked Burial Site Protection Act would require that construction be...
