Karina Brown
@karinapdx
Managing editor at @Underscorenews. Covering Indigenous issues in the Pacific Northwest. She/her
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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:
opb.org/article/2023/1…
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
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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From our friends at OPB
#WarmSprings #tribalconsultation #water #CentralOregon ow.ly/8mgY50Qseuq
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…
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