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  • LA SED Senior Center emphasizes wellness support for Southwest Detroit seniors, caregivers as Latino population and funding needs rise

    Paula Anderanin Georgi-Ann Bargamian Lucas Resetar

    August 30, 2023 |

    New Michigan Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Latin Americans for Social and Economic Development (LA SED) provides culturally relevant programming and services for the area’s predominantly Latino senior community. The Center offers a safe space for seniors to converse in their native language, take English classes, connect with the community, exercise classes, and receive necessary care like vaccinations, food distribution and other social programming and wellness-focused care.

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  • Partnerships, not parachutes: How Indigenous knowledge and citizen science can enhance climate research

    Chad Small

    August 21, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States

    To fill gaps in climate data, some researchers are using a collaborative tactic known as “ethical space” to solicit and include Indigenous knowledge about climate change. Often, this results in improved conservation outcomes.

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  • Indigenous people navigate abortion access after Roe v. Wade

    Noel Lyn Smith Maddy Keyes Kevin Palomino

    August 17, 2023 |

    News21 |

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    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    Indigenous Women Rising is a national fund that covers the costs of abortions and the traditional ceremonies that come afterward for Indigenous people. Indigenous Women Rising provides funds for airfare, child care, gas and whatever else a person getting an abortion may need covered, particularly to those in states with abortion restrictions. Since the reversal of Roe v. Wade, the demand for services have significantly increased. In 2019, the group funded 37 abortions and in the first six months of 2023 they had funded over 300.

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  • How Peru's indigenous peoples fight for quality education

    Ellen Nemitz

    August 08, 2023 |

    FairPlanet |

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    Response Location: Peru, Cusco

    Amantaní spearheads a range of initiatives to improve educational opportunities for students in remote areas of Peru, such as its Ethical Trade program, in which artisans sell traditional goods both to support themselves and to help fund fellowships covering students’ tuition costs. The organization is also focused on helping indigenous students embrace their cultural heritage and languages.

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  • Growing number of NM schools pursue restorative justice to keep kids in schools

    Bryant Furlow

    August 08, 2023 |

    New Mexico In Depth |

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    Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, New Mexico

    More New Mexico schools are adopting restorative justice as an approach to discipline, which encourages students to reflect on their actions through mediation and structured communication. Since instituting “talking circles” to help resolve conflict, Cuba Independent Schools, which serves a large Indigenous population, has seen fights decrease and attendance rates improve.

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  • As Indigenous Youth, We Know Peer Overdose Education Is Vital

    Sarina Lyons Taliah Lyons Zara Lyons Ayla Martin

    August 03, 2023 |

    Native News Online |

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    Response Location: Canada, Ontario

    Talk Overdose provides peer-delivered education to youth in seventh to twelfth grade about overdose prevention. The group of teens also provides naloxone training, hosts guest speakers and interactive workshops that teach empathetic listening skills. Talk Overdose was formed in 2021 and has since reached over 1,500 youth across the country and has stated to offer Indigenous culture workshops, as a connection to culture has shown to have a positive impact on mental health and wellbeing.

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  • Tree Keepers: Where Sustaining the Forest Is a Tribal Tradition

    Fred Pearce

    July 24, 2023 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    Response Location: Menominee, United States, Wisconsin

    Menominee tribal members are practicing methods of forest management that blend both conservation and Indigenous culture to preserve the viability of the forest long-term. In 2018, it was found that after a century of logging on the reservation, the forest had higher tree volume, higher rates of regeneration, more plant diversity and fewer invasive species than other, nontribal forests.

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  • Indigenous wisdom meets Western medicine at this psychedelic therapy centre

    David Minkow

    July 20, 2023 |

    The Discourse |

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    Response Location: Canada

    Roots to Thrive offers psychedelic-assisted therapy and through the Naut sa mawt Centre for Psychedelic Research the group works with universities across the country to advance the field of psychedelic-assisted therapy. Roots to Thrive specifically works to decolonize psychedelic-assisted therapy by forming relationships with Indigenous communities to learn from them. Psychedelic-assisted therapy has been shown to offer several benefits like treating symptoms of depression, anxiety and PTSD and allowing people to look inward to address past traumas.

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  • Amid Severe Drought, Arizona Turns to Sustainable Farming

    Roe Medovoi-Klotz

    July 16, 2023 |

    The Sweaty Penguin |

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    Response Location: Tohono O'odham Nation Reservation, United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Tucson-based Mission Garden’s crops are thriving in a drought-stricken region because of the use of techniques and knowledge from the Tohono O’odham Nation to plant traditional local crops and native plants that can handle the lack of water.

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  • How ancient 'skywells' are keeping Chinese homes cool

    Xiaoying You

    July 13, 2023 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: China

    Architects in China are drawing inspiration from the ancient practice of building skywells, and restoring old ones, as a low-carbon way to keep homes cool in modern times. Skywells are rectangular tunnels in the middle of a building that function similarly to a chimney, allowing cool air from outside to flow in and push the warmer air out.

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