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How a struggling school for Native Americans doubled its graduation rate

Emrys Eller

November 28, 2017 |

The Hechinger Report |

Video |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Since opening its doors in 2006, the Native American Community Academy has built up a school led by native leaders and centered around curricula informed by tribal cultures in New Mexico. The charter school has had remarkable success educating a population that has traditionally sat at the bottom of math and reading test score rankings and is now exporting its model to other tribes around the country.

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Inventing a Vocabulary to Help Inuit People Talk About Climate Change

Laura Poppick

October 17, 2017 |

Smithsonian |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, Inuvik

A graduate student from British Columbia, the Arctic Energy Alliance, and the elders of the Inuvialuit people may seem a strange team, but together they are tackling the dual concerns of climate change and the loss of indigenous language in Canada. By inventing new terms and words in the Inuvialuit language to describe renewable energy technologies, they are increasing awareness about sustainable development while helping preserve the culture and heritage of this unique population.

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Hospital Beats Federal Bureaucracy to Offer Local Traditional Foods

Stephen Miller

October 11, 2017 |

Yes! Magazine |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Alaska

The siglaug, is an Inupiaq word for ice cellar. It is also how the Inupiaq people are preserving a part of their culture. The siglaug, opened after the Farm Bill was passed, which allowed for the opening of a food processing center. Prior to that, elders staying at the local hospital ward could only eat federally approved foods like spaghetti. “Since 2015, the sigluaq has provided a facility for Harris and others to process donated meat, fish, and fowl according to government regulations so they can be served to elders in the long-term care.”

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Native Youth and the Prophecy of Crazy Horse

Alia Wong

August 02, 2017 |

The Atlantic |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota

After generations of waiting, the Oglala Sioux prophecy of an economic, spiritual, and social renaissance is coming true. "Now the Seventh Generation is here," and they are creating dynamic change in one the least developed communities in the United States. Providing highly reduced tuition and parental efficacy at excellent schools has allowed many children to break the generational poverty chain.

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At the UN, a New Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Is Adopted by 122 Nations

Maria Luisa Gambale

July 07, 2017 |

PassBlue |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

On July 7, 122 United Nations member countries approved a new treaty prohibiting and eliminating nuclear weapons. The legally binding agreement emphasizes humanitarian concerns, including the disproportionate impact of weapons testing and deployment on indigenous people as well as on women, young children, and reproductive systems. All nine states holding nuclear weapons boycotted negotiations.

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Blackfeet Researcher Leads Her Tribe Back to Traditional Foods

J. Gabriel Ware

June 06, 2017 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Blackfeet Nation, Montana

Generations of oppression and poverty have led to severe food insecurity for many Native Americans, resulting in some of the country's highest obesity and diabetes rates. But a few dedicated individuals on the Blackfeet reservation are striving to reclaim their food system, and their first step is collecting and disseminating traditional knowledge about nutritious, locally-sourced food for their people and ensuring it is accessible.

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Ecuador's Push to Let Women Stand During Childbirth

Anna-Catherine Brigida

June 05, 2017 |

Bright Magazine |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Ecuador

A program in Ecuador invites indigenous parteras, or midwives, into state hospitals in order to accommodate and better provide services for indigenous women. After the program was implemented the child birth rate dropped from “zero deaths during childbirth, compared to 10 deaths over the previous four years.” It also won an award from the Pan American Health Organization in 2012 for reducing the mortality rate through culturally sensitive care.

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The people making films above the 60th parallel

Valentina Valentini

April 25, 2017 |

BBC |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: Canada, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

By leveraging technology, artists living above the 60th parallel are increasing indigenous representation in filmmaking. In Yellowknife, Canada, aRTLess Collective’s Dead North Film Festival uses live streaming to reach thousands of residents across remote—and otherwise largely inaccessible—northern areas. The film festival connects and empowers indigenous northerners to represent themselves and their culture through film.

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Saving seeds and stories at Taos Pueblo

Cody Hooks

April 20, 2017 |

The Taos News |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Taos Pueblo, United States, Taos, New Mexico

One small thing colonization destroyed was seeds. Indigenous communities used to pass seeds down from generation to generation, but according to some estimates, seed erosion has wiped off as much as 90 percent of agricultural crops. A global effort is being undertaken to save seeds, and also conserve tradition.

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Canada's Successful Drive to Educate Its Indigenous Students

Jon Marcus

November 23, 2016 |

The Atlantic |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada

In Canada, just under ten percent of indigenous adults hold university degrees. Canadian universities are working to make college campuses more welcoming to indigenous communities that have historically been subject to forced and often abusive assimilation in the name of "education." Administrators are incorporating indigenous-focused courses into the curriculum, adding an admissions counselor for indigenous applicants, and creating cultural centers for indigenous students. While many barriers remain, one university has seen a 40% increase in indigenous enrollment since implementing changes in 2011.

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