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Guest Opinion. The National Congress of American Indians is the oldest and largest intertribal organization in the country and brings together tribes from across the land to discuss and advocate for issues important to American Indians and Alaska Natives. NCAI has been an important national voice on Native issues since its founding in 1944. Unfortunately, the mission of NCAI has been harmed by the inclusion of groups who are not legitimate Indian tribes. Change is needed, and we have an opportunity to do so at the upcoming NCAI convention.
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- By Chuck Hoskin Jr
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Guest Opinion. Growing up in the inner city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, my childhood family’s primary community event as Anishinaabe would be to walk down to the Grand River for the September powwow back when it was held at Ah-Nab-Awen Park. This was the one time and place that our very protective mother would relax the creased forehead of her worry and suspicion, as well as her close watch over me and my three sisters.
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- By Dr. Nichole Keway Biber
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Opinion. Along the federal government’s “Road to Healing Tour” for Indian boarding school survivors, there were a lot of flags on display. Native American honor guards, at most tour stops, proudly presented the flag of the United States, eagle staffs and tribal nation flags.
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- By Levi Rickert
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Guest Opinion. We stacked up on the house, covering windows and doors. With a kick, I crossed the threshold – and froze. Cussing and shoving brought me back and I moved through the ‘fatal funnel’ (entry point in urban warfare). We cleared the small house and I returned to him. 9, 10 years old, unresponsive. Seizing. Were his parents killed? Flee the insurgency, our advance, or both? Skin and bones, dying of starvation, dehydration, and exposure, he did what a child might before slipping into unconsciousness – hugging himself on the floor. I don’t know if he lived. Nobody answered, “is the kid alright?” We simply continued clearing houses during our 2005 Iraq operation. My 19-year-old self knew it was wrong. The thought surfaces: there is no just war. Just war.
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- By Seth Allard
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Guest Opinion. Each year during the month of November, I am proud that our nation takes this time to reflect on the unique heritage, rich history and special contributions of Native Americans. As a proud member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, I always take this special time to reflect on my tribal heritage and the importance of tribes and their members in the United States. And as the longest serving Native American in the U.S. House of Representatives, the privilege and honor it is to represent the interests of tribes in Congress is certainly not lost on me.
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- By Tom Cole
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Opinion. Last Thursday evening, I did a reading at the Wyoming Public Library of Visions for a Better Indian Country: One Potawatomi Editor’s Opinions, a book I authored last year. I was happy to do so because the reading was at the location of the library in Wyoming, Michigan where I grew up. It’s where I fell in love with learning and reading because my mother took me and my siblings there on a weekly basis.
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- By Levi Rickert
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Guest Opinion. November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and this disease still affects a staggering number of adults and children: 1 in 10 individuals struggles with diabetes and another 1 in 3 people is pre-diabetic. The rates are even higher in Native communities. Diabetes is the third leading cause of death in the Cherokee Nation, according to our Cherokee Nation Health System data.
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- By Chuck Hoskin Jr
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Opinion. In the summer of 2021, a month after the world was awakened by the discovery of 215 remains of innocent school children at the Kamloops Industrial Residential School in British Columbia, I attended a community event in my hometown, Grand Rapids, Michigan. The four-hour event included a potluck dinner, jingle-dress dancing, and a talking circle.
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- By Levi Rickert
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Guest Opinion. On Oct. 18, President Joe Biden announced the nomination of Sara Hill to be a federal judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate to this lifetime position, she will be the first Native American woman to serve as a federal judge in Oklahoma.
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- By Chuck Hoskin Jr
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Opinion. Two weeks ago on Saturday, the surprise attack in Israel by radical Hamas that left over 1,300 innocent Israeli men, women, and children dead stunned the world. On that Saturday, as stories emerged from Israel there were horrific accounts of women being raped, children being brutalized, and men being beheaded. It was a pure evil unleashed on innocent people.
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- By Levi Rickert