First Nations Australian language expert, Daryn McKenny, visits Northwestern class and shows his community's dormant language preserved in book that somehow wound up in Chciago

Legendary Native advocate Ada Deer receives the 4W UNESCO prize at UW-Madison tonight.

Patty Loew Patty Loew, a professor at Northwestern Medill, recommends using the resource Wisconsin First Nations for teachers on how to teach Thanksgiving: wisconsinfirstnations.org

Dr Margaret Noodin, UWM professor and Ogemakwe of Anishinaabeg language revitalization talks about language at The Right to Speak: Examining Language in the Framework of Human Rights conference at Northwestern University.

Marcus Winchester, Director of Language and Culture for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi, talks about his nation's continual presence in the Chicago at Northwestern University's "The Right to Speak: Examining Language on the Framework of Human Rights."

Rigged No More earthjustice.org/video/pawnee-f… via Earthjustice

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Supercool TSA agents at SEA-TAC airport. I used my Tribal ID. 3 agents there apologized for the "Giddyup" incident at the MPLS airport. She and I are different Indian nations, but I appreciated the sentiment.

This is heartbreaking.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/a…

Journalism at its best.

74 journalism / comms professors + journalists have written an open letter to Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch about the network's coronavirus coverage. "Viewers of Fox News, including the president of the United States, have been regularly subjected to misinformation..."

Native Americans in Chicago chart a 15 percent COVID-19 mortality rate — but the city hasn’t released that information dailynorthwestern.com/?p=243106

As Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. emergencemagazine.org/story/the-serv… via Emergence Magazine

A bunch of Associated Press equipment had to be abandoned and a crowd is trashing it. "We are the news now!" a man yells. Looks like they're going to try to light it on fire.

They made a noose from the camera cord and hung it from a tree.

Wisconsin Natural Resources Board Votes 4 to 3 Against Holding A Wolf Hunt this Winter tinyurl.com/y6gw7p95

Che miigwech to June and Jessie and everyone at the American Indian Health Center in Chicago...shot 1 of the COVID vaccine. So I'm a thoroughly Modern(a) Millie....

Native People of Wisconsin by Patty Loew. Ages 8 - 11. A resource for young readers to learn about the unique cultural traditions, tribal histories, and lives of the twelve Native Nations in Wisconsin.

🧵🧵🧵 Time to get into the twitter content game now that I’m settling into the new gig. Wanna start it off with a concept I’ve been wrapping my head around lately, which is that I feel many athletes/coaches screw things up by doing too much volume at medium intensity.