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Cree kids become recording artists talking about mental health, friendship and culture

Samantha Schwientek

November 10, 2023 |

CBC |

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Response Location: Canada, Calgary, Alberta

Cree youth in Calgary, Alberta, are expressing their views and experiences by writing, recording, and performing original music. The program, called Nikamo, is part of a collaboration between a local theater and a nonprofit focused on supporting youth mental health.

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Prison powwow's message: ‘You are not forgotten'

Nika Bartoo-Smith

September 27, 2023 |

ICT News |

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Response Location: United States, Washington

Organized by an Indigenous religious circle — known as a hoop — called the Sisterhood, the Washington Corrections Center for Women Sisterhood Powwow gathered women who are incarcerated, their families, and staff together to expand their access to cultural connection.

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'POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE, LIKELY STOLEN': Native Nonprofit Educating Buyers About Indigenous Artifacts on Auction

Jenna Kunze

March 18, 2023 |

Native News Online |

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Response Location: United States

The Association on American Indian Affairs alerts community members when they learn of potentially sensitive cultural items going up for auction so they can take action to retrieve them. Many of these sensitive items were stolen from tribal nations, bands, or communities.

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New Fire Mountain Fabrics store offers Indigenous fabric and motifs

Alfonzo Galvan

March 01, 2023 |

Sahan Journal |

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Response Location: United States, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

Fire Mountain Fabrics and Supply is a Native-owned fabric shop in Minnesota that sells materials used to make the regalia worn in different ceremonies that can often be difficult to find.

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Finding forgotten Indigenous landscapes with electromagnetic technology

Geoff Manaugh

February 20, 2023 |

MIT Technology Review |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Ohio

The Heartland Earthworks Conservancy finds and works to preserve ancient, Indigenous earthworks in Ohio. They use a device called a magnetometer to find electromagnetic remnants in the soil that reveal buried and disassembled structures like walls, ditches, and mounds.

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A Lingít culture and language program for Juneau students is expanding to middle school

Yvonne Krumrey

February 13, 2023 |

KNBA |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Juneau, Alaska

Students at Harborview Elementary in Juneau, Alaska, have the Lingít language and culture integrated into their classes through things like singing and dancing. The effort helps them learn about their cultural heritage, clans, and family history.

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Fiddler Dennis Stroughmatt saves a French dialect – and culture

Rhyan du Peloux

December 05, 2022 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Old Mines, Missouri

Fiddler Dennis Stroughmatt plays French Creole music, sings, and speaks in Missouri French to raise awareness about the language and culture no longer widely practiced in the region.

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These women are defying tradition—by flying

Jordan Salama

October 14, 2022 |

National Geographic |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Cuetzalán

Women in Cuetzalan, Mexico, taking part in the danza de los voladores, an Indigenous ritual performed to ask for good harvests and rain, are called voladoras. By partaking in a tradition initially performed by only men, they are laying a path for other women to follow and showing it is unnecessary to exclude them.

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The Indigenous cafe using native cuisine to help its chefs fight addiction

Cecilia Nowell

July 13, 2022 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: White Mountain Apache, United States, Whiteriver, Arizona

Café Gozhóó is a restaurant and vocational training program at the Rainbow Treatment Center, which is operated by the White Mountain Apache tribe. Café Gozhóó uses the kitchen to teach therapeutic skills – connecting with ancestral foods, stress management, and teamwork – to people recovering from substance abuse. Café Gozhóó is also filling a critical gap in access to care as many mainstream recovery programs are located far from Native American communities and often lack counselors trained in culturally competent care.

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How Radar Is Helping Track Down Lost Indigenous Grave Sites

Diane Peters

March 28, 2022 |

Undark |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

Various First Nations communities and organizations are using ground penetrating radar (GPR) to uncover lost indigenous grave sites. So far, Indigenous groups across Canada have used GPR and other technologies to identify more than 1,800 possible graves at former residential schools and the movement is also making strides throughout the U.S.

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