Homelessness in Oregon is in the national spotlight today with the #GrantsPassVJohnson case.

For a primer on the origins of Oregon's homeless crisis and possible solutions, here's something I pulled together last year:

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News: Adam Becenti, Diné, will be the city of Portland's new Tribal Relations Program manager. After the city's tribal relations office sat empty for months, Becenti will lead a downsized office of two underscore.news/reporting/city… by Nika Bartoo-Smith & Jarrette Werk

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Yurok Tribe, Save the Redwoods League, National Park Service, and CA State Parks signed a historic MOU to return land to the #Tribe .
“As we are healing the land, it’s healing ourselves...' said Joseph James.
✍️ Nika Bartoo-Smith
#NativeAmerican #California #LandBack
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From our friends IndigiNews
The last woolly #dog disappeared more than 100 years ago. Coast Salish communities have been collectively mourning and remembering these #canines from the #SalishSea to Stó:lō for decades.
#Musqueam #FirstNations
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As Oregon moves to recriminalize drug possession, there's hope that people will pursue treatment to avoid criminal convictions.

In fact, convictions aren't expected to be much lower than the last time Oregon had such a law on the books. #orleg

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“It’s frustrating that the people who have unlimited authority to kill people and never be held accountable for it are saying, ‘Hey, let’s actually not hold us accountable.’” opb.org/article/2024/0…

Make time for this captivating Luna dive into the Indigenous activism and solidarity across civil rights movements that led to the landmark Boldt decision 50 years ago. underscore.news/reporting/the-…

Who's to blame for the shortfalls of Oregon's Measure 110? Supporters and critics of the drug decriminalization experiment agree: State leadership.

“They simply tried to do the least amount of work to administer it to the letter of the law.”

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When OPB published a story last year revealing that a Vancouver police officer seeking to become Clark County sheriff had been placed on leave, the police agency launched an investigation to reveal OPB's sources.

They failed.
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From our friends at OPB
#WarmSprings #tribalconsultation #water #CentralOregon ow.ly/8mgY50Qseuq

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The Siletz Valley School Board didn’t investigate seven complaints against the principal at a majority-Indigenous school. Then Nika Bartoo-Smith wrote about the complaints. Last week, the board announced her termination. underscore.news/reporting/sile…

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The tentative Portland Public Schools contract gets rid of mandatory minimum suspensions, which contribute to disproportionate rates of suspension for Native and Black students. underscore.news/reporting/port…
Via Nika Bartoo-Smith